- #1 Project Nihilum - Zero
97% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Tired Racoon Games
Windows
Project Nihilum Zero is a narrative-driven Visual Novel. Discover the twisted story from different points of views and make your own choices. Discover 1 or 3 abilities: Mind Glimpse, Shape Shift and Hybrid. Use your ability wisely to see the past, influence the present and shape the future.
Why similar: Dystopian 14.4%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, RPG 10.3%
- #2 KORA
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Psychological 10.1%
- #3 BUG
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INT Games Studio
Windows
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, RPG 14.3%, Life Sim 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #4 Kindred [Subject 6244]
95% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Dystopian 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Sci-fi 12%
- #5 Depression The Game
94% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Life Sim 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Psychological 11.3%
- #6 InfiniteCorp: Cyberpunk Cards
94% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: T-Bull
Windows
The 2190 year. You are an employee of a corporation dealing in goods distribution and logistics in the “megatower” – the place where all local citizens live. Find yourself in the cyberpunk reality by playing InfiniteCorp, a decision-based strategy card game!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.1%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Choices Matter 12%
- #7 恐怖夜話
92% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #8 Into Oblivion
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: RPG 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%
- #9 信标2010
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 心跳立方
Windows
Beacon 2010 is a short science fiction visual novel that, with the development of technology, humanity has embarked on an interstellar exploration. The story originates from a super jump project
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Text-Based 25%, Sci-fi 24.4%, RPG 15%, Adventure 4.5%
- #10 The Horrorscope
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #11 Avatar Zero
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AnylightPub: Anvil Studio
Windows
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dystopian 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #12 Backspace Backspace Backspace
89% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #13 Minds Beneath Us
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,264 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 15.6%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #14 Aliya: Timelink2 Dawn
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
A truth spanning time—connect with Aliya and meet diverse characters from 1,000 years later. In this real-time synchronized adventure, help her escape the Courtyard and team up to uncover the massive corporation’s hidden secrets...
Why similar: Time Management 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Dystopian 11.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #15 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
87% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #16 控制论:年份游戏2022
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: thusgone
Windows
这是一款关于2022这个年份的视觉小说,以我们所经历的2022的封闭与萧条为引言,长度约25分钟。它采用伪纪录片加旁白的形式,讲述的是一个在历史和现实中不断轮回的故事,由四条历史线构成,涉及到1894、1895、1911和2022几条历史线的循环。
Why similar: Dystopian 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, RPG 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #17 Destiny's Sword
86% matchMixed61% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: 2Dogs Games Ltd.Pub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Destiny’s Sword is a Living-Narrative Graphic Adventure. Explore distant worlds, forge friendships and lead your troops through an epic adventure.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.4% ★, Sci-fi 14.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Psychological 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #18 Second Thoughts
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows · Mac
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: Dynamic Narration 18.7% ★, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Psychological 12.2%, Dystopian 11.5%
- #19 Winterclaw
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Queen's Court
Windows
Winterclaw is an immersive dark fantasy sim with an in-depth companion. Discover the fire within and survive the cold.
Why similar: Time Management 25.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, RPG 14.3%, Life Sim 12.9%
- #20 Thoughtless
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #21 Whispers From The Rift
83% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, RPG 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%
- #22 Steel Soul Shaper
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GENEPOP StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
A narrative-driven simulation where you play a highly skilled cyberware surgeon running a secret back-alley clinic in a cyberpunk city. As you modify your clients' tech, you'll hear their stories, uncover their secrets, and quietly shape the course of destiny in this concrete jungle.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19%, Visual Novel 17.8%, RPG 15.9%, Dystopian 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%
- #23 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
81% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.6%, Dystopian 16%, Visual Novel 15%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #24 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dystopian 14%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #25 Sokolov Test
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Holytoor
Windows
Sokolov Test is a psychological sci-fi visual novel in which a machine examiner evaluates your answers one by one. Face strange questions, visual tests, system anomalies, secrets and fragmented memories. The test is not asking whether you are good. It is asking whether you are a person.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Choices Matter 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.4%
- #26 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
79% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Psychological 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #27 You, in every Room.
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obliviant Interactive
Windows
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #28 B面人生:存在的重量 Life:Reboot
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlazinFinity
Windows
Step into a narrative-driven social media simulator in a world dominated by one powerful platform. Here, followers are your currency and your life. You had it all—until someone set you up and banned your account for good. Start over. Climb. Be seen. Ultimately, the world's fate is in your hands.
Why similar: Time Management 19.1%, Life Sim 17.3%, RPG 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #29 The Quiet After
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Psychological 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #30 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
78% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #31 Rouge Patrol
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Time Management 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dystopian 11%
- #32 Lucia Journey
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fumoku Labs
Windows
A psychological story-driven RPG where your choices shape Lucia’s fate. Confront distorted inner voices in turn-based hallucination battles and navigate a fragile mind where reality slowly begins to fracture.
Why similar: RPG 26.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #33 Moon Reader
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nikoru
Windows
Become a Fortune Teller in this Narrative Life-sim set in a Neo-futuristic Moon Colony. Read Tarot Cards and influence people, manage your Time and Money, Pay your Bills, and Make Decisions that would change your life and the lives of the people around you.
Why similar: Life Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Dystopian 10.9%
- #34 灰海迷城
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coladice Studio
Windows
《灰海迷城》是一款赛博朋克风格的文字冒险游戏。玩家将扮演一位名为“铅灰”的少女,探索这座名为“25小镇”的赛博朋克都市,并踏上一条属于自己的救赎之旅。
Why similar: RPG 24.3%, Cyberpunk 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dystopian 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #35 The Will and Torment of El Brante
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: RPG 19.9%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #36 Second Thoughts: Terminal
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gestmorph Games
Windows · Mac
A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.9% ★, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Psychological 12.4%, Dystopian 12%
- #37 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
75% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Life Sim 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #38 Post Office Simulator
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Splash Games
Windows · Mac
You are the new postal worker! Serve customers by sending and receiving packages and letters. Check the contents of boxes for prohibited items. Every decision you make has consequences. Decide whose side you're on.
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Life Sim 13.4%, Management 12.5%
- #39 ATYPIAN
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team A_EGOPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
ATYPIAN은 고전 JRPG 세계와 사이버펑크가 결합된 배경의 스토리 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여관을 경영하며 손님들과 대화하고, 도시를 조사하며 단서를 모아 위기를 모면하세요. 신원을 의심받지 않고 무사히 10일을 보낼 수 있을까요?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Life Sim 18.4%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Management 11.6%
- #40 Elfie
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pressed Elephant
Windows
Ever wondered what it would be like to have an elephant the size of a softball as a friend? Elfie is a unique and cozy experience that combines elements of pet simulators, minigame collections and visual novels to answer just that! Enjoy the company and hobbies of your new rotund friend!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.4% ★, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Life Sim 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #41 Error: Love - Human Bug Eradication Project
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 子时不卜
Windows · Mac
If love is an error you can’t fix… will you delete me—or choose to keep me? Step into the role of a censor and dive into a story of order, freedom, and love.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Cyberpunk 9.5%
- #42 Hushroot
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BATAREX
Windows
You are a nameless cultist. An otherworldly entity has awakened, seeking to unite all into a single mind. Roll dice to craft amalgams. Control the awakening or suppression of the creature within characters. Uncover the world's history and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, RPG 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #43 Omnisight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yahont Games
Windows
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Dystopian 13.9%, Psychological 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
- #44 Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories
71% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Vivid Foundry Corp.
Windows
Can you retain your humanity while fighting against a corporate biotech conspiracy? Play as the young hacker Chloe who confronts political plots as she fights for her friends and her neighbors. Your choices in building up relationships and communities can revolutionize into hope or hostility.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.7%, Dystopian 16.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Life Sim 10.4%
- #45 Univocity
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Novaerc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Univocity is a short cyberpunk visual novel wrapped in neon aesthetics with a lush atmospheric soundtrack, featuring a deep and emotional conversation between two people about taking down a global tech monopoly.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.5%, Cyberpunk 23%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #46 Pet
71% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #47 Ghostpunk
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: James Suret
Windows · Linux
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
Why similar: Time Management 15.7%, Cyberpunk 13%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Life Sim 11%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #48 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
69% matchVery Positive88% of 12,515 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Choices Matter 25.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #49 Synergia
70% matchVery Positive87% of 813 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.8%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #50 Athanasy
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.2%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #51 Seeds of Pain
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of kids decide to leave their floating island to go and explore the collosal tree that occupies half of their world. They descent will soon become much more dangerous than they thought. Visual Novel with resource management elements in a dark fantasy world.
Why similar: Time Management 26.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #52 IA
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Psychological 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
- #53 恐怖夜話 第二夜
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #54 cyberpunkdreams
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,326 reviews2021
Dev: Late Night Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 162.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Dystopian 12.7%, RPG 11.5%, Life Sim 10.3%
- #55 Doctor Visit
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 15%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Psychological 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #56 银河七日生存法则—Seven Days on the Edge: Galactic Fringe
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CalmSeal
Windows · Mac
Daytime romance, nighttime werewolf! Explore freely by day—then face the “Night Council” nightly. Use what you uncover to choose the right side among factions… because your decisions will decide who lives and who doesn’t. And when you finally piece together every clue, the truth behind Ferron is…
Why similar: Dystopian 15.5%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #57 AI VS ARTISTS
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VALHALLA STUDIOS
Windows · Mac
Prove the power of human artists in this narrative-driven story game! Do you have what it takes to dethrone Scylla Corporation?
Why similar: Time Management 16.1%, Dystopian 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%
- #58 許願ReadyGo!
66% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: 第一點心
Windows
“Wish Ready GO!” is a game combines visual novel, simulation and role-playing. In the game, players will role as an goddess candidate, who need to pass the final exam to be a real goddess. Make your choices carefully, and help the heroine to finish her tasks!
Why similar: Time Management 21.8%, Dynamic Narration 19% ★, RPG 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Management 10.2%
- #59 Shadows of Fortificar
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Dreams
Windows
A hybrid role-playing visual novel based on Dungeons&Dragons. Players take control of one of five playable characters, each of whom offers a different perspective on the story. The story is set in an original universe - the city of Fortificar, which has been struck by an incurable plague.
Why similar: Time Management 23.5%, RPG 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Adventure 8%