- #1 A Maid Choice
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyclops Clover Studio
Windows
In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Simulation 19.9%, Point & Click 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #2 Chase The Number
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LAUGHHAVEN GAMING LLC
Windows
A darkly funny financial life sim. Start with $17 and chase $1,000,000 cash while surviving jobs, debt, taxes, relationships, bad decisions, and life itself.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Simulation 17.8%, Capitalism 11.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #3 Retention
96% matchMostly Negative35% of 708 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #4 31 Days In Orange Carnival
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReversePI
Windows
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Modern 11.3%
- #5 Your Story: Games with Death
94% matchMixed43% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Life Sim 25%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 11%
- #6 Pocket Boss
93% matchVery Positive91% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: LangfilmPub: Playables
Windows · Mac · Linux
Who says that work and play don’t mix? Not us! Play Pocket Boss, the game where you handle lots of fun data and one not-so-fun boss.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Capitalism 15%, Parody 11.3% ★, Minimalist 9.6%
- #7 you're just imagining it
92% matchVery Positive96% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Life Sim 26.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Simulation 16.2%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #8 Corti Co.
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jawolz Gaming
Windows · Linux
Corti Co is a Science Fiction, Visual novel sandbox. Follow several people involved in a conspiracy surrounding Corti Co, an AI development and research firm.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Simulation 12%
- #9 バズってVTuber ゲームでいいから万バズしたい!(BUZZtte VTuber-I want to go viral, even if it's just in a game!)
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: WatariTamaStudio
Windows
English version release on August 22, 2024.The First Vertically Streamer-Recommended Game? You, Enlarged by OBS, Are the Protagonist!In the fictional social media platform "Vitter," you aim to go viral as a VTuber in this game.Not just stream-friendly, but stream-recommended.
Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Life Sim 12.5%, Text-Based 11%
- #10 Two Years Later
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: West Bridge Studio
Windows
More than a visual novel: explore campus, plan each day, use an interactive phone, discover dynamic events, earn achievements, and unlock character outfits through a cosmetic gacha system that never affects the story, choices, or in-game economy. What will tomorrow be? Chose on you.
Why similar: Life Sim 33.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Simulation 9.2%
- #11 Ted
89% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Başar Melih Tümtürk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #12 FAFO Executive Order Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1981 Games
Windows
F around and find out! A ruthless no F's given dark comedy where you play the president of the United States of America, abuse executive power, crank up the FAFO meter, deal with robot overlords, alien invasions, drain swamps, flip off allies, crush protests, and destroy all that oppose you!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Simulation 16.9%, Point & Click 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #13 LIVORA
88% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Shift The Story
Windows · Mac
Build a life from childhood to legacy. LIVORA is a choice-driven life simulation where education, work, money, relationships, family, health, time and where you live all connect — and the decisions you make can shape what happens years later.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Simulation 12%
- #14 New Hayven 365
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Lady Emporium
Windows
Big Lady Emporium presents... New Hayven 365! Help your girlfriend stuff her face, or stuff her heart; with love! A Creative Story, Colorful Dialogue, Weight and Affection Dependent Interactions and much, much more! There's plenty of different ways to play in New Hayven!
Why similar: Life Sim 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Capitalism 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #15 Can I Get a Job?
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Prod
Windows
Operator, you have been appointed to the position of labor resource allocator. The System observes and analyzes every decision you make. Compliance with instructions is recommended. Begin work.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Point & Click 17.6%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #16 Defragmenting
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Simulation 10.7%
- #17 Realize in Peace
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
If we were to bring a loved one back to life as an AI, and then, for whatever reason, we had to let them go or part ways, would we be able to turn them off?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Life Sim 26%, Simulation 25.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, 2D 3.2%
- #18 Project: Home!
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NiktarinPub: Sei-ren
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing your job, you return to your hometown to rebuild your life—and your family house. But you’re not alone. Two old friends, Lola and Mira, offer to help you renovate… and maybe build something more.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Point & Click 15.2%, Simulation 13.2%
- #19 Bingus: My Beloved
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: beelopeelo
Windows
Bingus: My Beloved is a visual novel and dating sim where you choose to pursue Bingus or Big Floppa while you attend Zabloing Academy. Join your favorite high school club, make friends, and prepare to enter the Floppaverse! 💕
Why similar: Life Sim 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Parody 9.5% ★
- #20 and Roger
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,850 reviews2025
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Life Sim 20.9%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #21 Beat The Machine
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Greencandle Games
Windows
Beat the Machine is a stock trading game, corporation simulator, and job/career simulator.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.1%, Simulation 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Capitalism 14%, Minimalist 11%
- #22 Borefest
83% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: CyberwastePub: Enchanted Workshop
Windows
"Why would you waste your time making this? Couldn't you have made something fun instead? Games are supposed to be fun..." - The Game Developer's Dad
Why similar: Life Sim 20.1%, Point & Click 12%, Text-Based 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #23 游戏策划面试模拟器
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 小W的游戏开发互助组
Windows
This is a simple "real" interview simulation game.Although it is a text adventure game, it is challenging.It's not that easy to pass the game in one go.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Simulation 9.5%
- #24 重构人生 Project Refactor
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 社死的RBT
Windows
Every choice comes with loss. This is no power fantasy, but a ten-year reckoning with ambition, class, pride, and reality. Plan each week, face relentless comparison and locked paths, and find out what remains when you finally stop trying to become someone else.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Simulation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #25 Isolated Room
80% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: Black Hole Games
Windows
What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.7%, Point & Click 18.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #26 Quillzyra
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quillzyra
Windows
Create persistent AI characters, shape their personalities and relationships, and chat privately on your own device. Three conversation quality levels are included. Add local portrait generation with the optional NVIDIA DLC.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Life Sim 24.1%, Simulation 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #27 The Butterfly Effect
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8 Ball Studios
Windows · Mac
Follow the journey of a young boy living in seclusion, whose life takes a dramatic turn after a fierce storm uncovers a peculiar mirror. What begins as a simple curiosity transforms into a heartfelt connection as the boy discovers the mirror's magical properties.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, 2D 3.7%
- #28 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Kenbu
Windows
Welcome to Hakuba school! Live a student life in Hakuba and solve the mysteries surrounding the school and your past...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Simulation 12.9%
- #29 1000 Days with My Kid's Concert Band
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunekotto Games
Windows
Your child joined the school concert band. Somehow, you ended up its director. Scold the ones who skip rehearsal and the band gets better. That evening, your child doesn't say much. Three years. Nine endings.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Simulation 25.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Modern 8.2%
- #30 UNPOLISHED
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NYXMILK
Windows
A detective-style psychological horror game. Live a terribly depressing office life! Meet Death! Take over the bodies of your coworkers! Struggle fruitlessly against the relentless drudgery of your mundane existence! Maybe eat some pancakes, or become one.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Simulation 20.1%, Point & Click 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #31 Ephemera
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Ashley Moore
Windows
Guide your character through it all, from their birth to their last breath. Make sure they remember you.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Point & Click 15.4%, Text-Based 15%, Simulation 11.1%
- #32 Exploring Friscott
76% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Point & Click 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #33 MysteryOS
75% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Point & Click 17.6%, Simulation 15.5%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #34 Rule or Fall
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Concept, Retry
Windows · Linux
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Life Sim 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Simulation 7.4%
- #35 They Came for Blood
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Zachary Fox
Windows
They Came for Blood is a desk simulation game. Your goal is to make it through the month and make enough income to afford rent in your apartment. Greet donors at the blood bank, look at their ID to determine if they're good to donate blood, or secretly a vampire trying to bleed you dry
Why similar: Life Sim 27%, Simulation 21.3%, Point & Click 17.5%, Capitalism 14%, Text-Based 5.5%
- #36 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
75% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Simulation 22.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #37 The Great Plague Exodus
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Simulation 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #38 Shadows of Allegation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justice Studio
Windows
One day during a study session at the campus library, you instinctively scratch an itch through your pants due to a recurring skin condition. Unbeknownst to you, a girl seated across misinterprets your action as something indecent and records a video to report you.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Simulation 25.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #39 Almost Castaways
72% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Pent Panda
Windows
Stranded on a mysterious island after a sudden shipwreck, two girls must work together to survive. Balance deep narrative choices with sandbox survival mechanics as you build your camp, uncover ancient secrets, and navigate a story filled with humor, drama, and unexpected destiny.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Life Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Point & Click 12.5%
- #40 Fleeting Iris: Alansya Chronicles Ren'Py Edition
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Heaven StudiosPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Ayame travels to Heaven City, USA to be with her fiancée but all is not what it seems. How will Ayame's life unfold in this updated release now built in Ren'Py!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Simulation 22.6%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Modern 9.2%
- #41 Moon Reader
73% 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #42 旧时光/新天地
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 虽陨
Windows
The theme of "the gaming industry", a Galgame centered on romantic plots and nurturing gameplay.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Life Sim 17.4%, Simulation 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Modern 8.9%
- #43 Please pay the rent!
70% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: 男爵トマトPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
You found success through an unexpected investment, living a carefree life managing properties. One day, two letters from tenants spark your curiosity. Visiting their residence, you meet two elegant women, their refined demeanor hiding subtle unease, drawing you in to uncover the story behind it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Point & Click 19.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #44 Wishing Well Simulator
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kanuni Games
Windows · Linux
You are a wishing well in a small seaside town. Eight people return for eight days, tossing coins and whispering what they want most. Your power is limited: every wish you grant makes another impossible. The town remembers everything.
Why similar: Life Sim 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Simulation 24.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 3.3%
- #45 Career of the President
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: WagnerGameLab
Windows
Economic simulator based on late 1980's game President
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Life Sim 24%, Simulation 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 8%
- #46 The Laws of Probability
68% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Unspoken
Windows
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 15.8%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #47 Will Die Alone
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #48 HeartWare
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Point & Click 19.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Simulation 13.9%, Text-Based 13%
- #49 How to #### a Man
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monstrr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Simulation 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 8%
- #50 Time Re:Quest
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: ima shouganai
Windows
A survival game with a classic style of the graphic adventures of the 80s. Current graphics, updated to the new generations and with a simple way to play. Two game modes. Discover your way and one great game. Procedural game, it is generated as you progress. Every game is different. Survive!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Point & Click 16.2%, Simulation 13%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #51 Winter Dream
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
When Caron visits his uncle during his winter vacation, he meets three interesting girls with tragic pasts and a hidden connection to him.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%
- #52 Automobiels and the Eisenhower Hiway System the Game
70% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Jeffrey MarshPub: Jeffrey marsh
Windows
in this text based game the goal is to get to new york, but traversing the Eisenhower highway system can prove to be difficult
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Memes 14.6%, Text-Based 13.7%, Parody 11.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #53 Very Unserious Game
66% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Le Clown de la ClassePub: Youplaboum!
Windows
Are you looking for a new job that will give meaning to your life? The Innovality family is ready to welcome you! Between smart innovation and spontaneous conference calls, grow into a valued team member in a cutting-edge startup!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Parody 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Capitalism 14%
- #54 One Week Left : Last Days at the Office
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: yongdustudio
Windows
Only 5 days until you quit. Plan your daily schedule, chat with coworkers, and make choices as you prepare to resign. Will you hand over your duties perfectly, or slack off in the breakroom and cause chaos? Experience a hyper-realistic K-office drama shaped by your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #55 Good Night, Every Night
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 7757
Windows
Guide the traumatized 'Woochan' as you navigate his destiny. He can either find happiness with the heroine or remain forever lost in the depths of his past.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Life Sim 18.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 12.7%
- #56 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Life Sim 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Simulation 6.8%
- #57 Late Ming: County Magistrate Simulation & Management
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 小贼猫
Windows
Late Ming: Magistrate Simulation and Management is a county-building sim set in the chaotic late Ming Dynasty. Rule as a magistrate, rebuild your border town, raise troops, gather intelligence, explore underground treasures, and expand your power across overseas islands amid endless chaos.
Why similar: Simulation 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Point & Click 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #58 Huanhai: A Career in Ink
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flamvyr
Windows
第一人称古风官场生存 roguelike。你想做实事,也想往上爬——可这台「凭考绩升转」的机器,会一步步教会你虚报、火耗、程仪。没有作恶按钮,每个选择都理所当然。 一局一仕途,死了重来。
Why similar: Life Sim 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Simulation 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%, Management 6.5%
- #59 Mortgage Me Daddy
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Crowpunk Studios
Windows
A single-screen satirical game where you press a button to request a mortgage… and you're always told no. There is no ending. No progress. Just despair — for the price of a coffee.
Why similar: Simulation 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 12%, 2D 5%