60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel.
You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.
A War of a Madman's Making
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, War 23.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Dark 10.7%, Adventure 6%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Political 28.3% ★, RPG 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: War 37.6%, Visual Novel 31.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Political 21% ★, Dystopian 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Political 26.8% ★, Crime 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 8.9%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political 33.7% ★, Visual Novel 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, RPG 8.1%
Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%, 2D 6.4%
The Twenty-Second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv is a quest and a visual novel that will tell you in the first person about the events of 2022 in the Kharkiv metro.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, War 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 11.1%, Dark 8.9%
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Political 28.2% ★, Dystopian 23.7%, War 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: War 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, RPG 9.2%, Emotional 6.8%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political 30.7% ★, Dystopian 29%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 6.8%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
Why similar: Political 41.7% ★, War 18.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 9.1%, RPG 8.6%
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Dystopian 19.2%, Political 17.9% ★, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Political 30.6% ★, Dystopian 28.4%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Dark 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.
Why similar: War 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dark 10.6%
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
Why similar: War 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 31.3%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 3.9%
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Surreal 11.6%
Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.
Why similar: Political 30.4% ★, Dystopian 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dark 8.1%, RPG 8%
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Dystopian 25.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9%
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Why similar: Dystopian 25.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark 9.8%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dark 14.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Political 27.9% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Dark 21.3%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, RPG 18.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Surreal 10%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Surreal 11.3%, Dark Humor 9.8%
The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.3%, Visual Novel 33.1%, Adventure 14%, 2D 7.6%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, RPG 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Surreal 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Emotional 16.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Political 28.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Emotional 8.5%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Political 43.4% ★, Dystopian 39.7%, 2D 6.7%, Story Rich 5.2%, Adventure 4.9%
This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dystopian 20.8%, Crime 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark Humor 12.8%
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Psychedelic 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, RPG 11%, Colorful 8.6%
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychedelic 19.5%, Surreal 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Emotional 12.4%
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Crime 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, RPG 10.8%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.6%, Dark 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 11.3%
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Dark 22.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Story Rich 5.7%
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: Crime 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 10%
ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.
Why similar: War 36.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, RPG 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Dark 9.5%
As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?
Why similar: Political 70.1% ★, RPG 17.8%, 2D 8.2%, Story Rich 3.9%
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Dystopian 20.8%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Surreal 9.2%
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Dark 13.9%, Dark Humor 13%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Dark 16.8%, Dark Humor 14%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.2%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychedelic 14.4%, Dark 12.8%, Emotional 9.2%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, RPG 17.6%, Story Rich 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, RPG 18.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Dystopian 25.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.6%, Dark 23%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 7.7%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, RPG 9.4%, Emotional 9.3%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, RPG 27.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%
This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe
Why similar: Surreal 27.9%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Story Rich 19.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.2%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.4%, Surreal 20%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Dystopian 34%, Visual Novel 26%, RPG 18%, 2D 8.4%, Adventure 7.7%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: Political 42.7% ★, Adventure 10.9%, Dark 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Emotional 8.6%
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Lore-Rich 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, RPG 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Emotional 6%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Crime 25.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Dark 8.1%, Emotional 8%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Adventure 24.8%, Dark 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, 2D 8.6%
The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.9%, Hand-drawn 35.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, 2D 11.5%
