- #1 Tell Me Why
97% matchVery Positive82% of 15,869 reviews2020
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Cinematic 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Emotional 9%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this game features a supernatural mystery and deep emotional exploration of sibling bonds and past trauma.
- #2 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
96% matchVery Positive86% of 6,195 reviews2025
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Cinematic 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Romance 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative adventure shares the nostalgic, character-focused atmosphere and choice-driven gameplay found in the Life is Strange series.
- #3 Life is Strange: True Colors
96% matchVery Positive89% of 16,710 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Cinematic 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar small-town mystery setting with a protagonist who possesses a unique supernatural ability that influences social interactions.
- #4 Life is Strange: Double Exposure
95% matchMixed69% of 10,165 reviews2024
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Cinematic 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: As a direct continuation of Max Caulfield's journey, it is essential for fans of the character's specific narrative arc.
- #5 Life is Strange: Before the Storm
94% matchVery Positive93% of 37,790 reviews2017
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.6%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 10%, LGBTQ+ 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This prequel provides crucial context for the relationship between Max and Chloe, which is central to the emotional stakes of the series.
- #6 Life is Strange Remastered
94% matchVery Positive92% of 10,401 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9%, Emotional 7.8%, Cinematic 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The original game that defined the series' emotional, choice-based gameplay and supernatural time-manipulation mechanics.
- #7 Life is Strange 2
93% matchVery Positive87% of 40,296 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It maintains the series' signature focus on the consequences of choices and the bond between two central characters on a difficult journey.
- #8 As Dusk Falls
92% matchVery Positive90% of 4,331 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Mystery 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This interactive drama excels at delivering high-stakes, choice-driven storytelling that feels like a playable prestige television series.
- #9 Detroit: Become Human
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 251,725 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.7%, Cinematic 26%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly cinematic experience where branching paths and moral dilemmas significantly alter the fate of multiple protagonists.
- #10 Until Dawn™
91% matchVery Positive83% of 4,971 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Cinematic 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Emotional 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic horror experience where the survival of the cast depends entirely on the player's quick decisions and moral choices.
- #11 The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
89% matchVery Positive91% of 51,897 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Dog LLCPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 28.9 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Third Person 11.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional and cinematic journey that explores complex themes of love, loss, and the consequences of one's actions.
- #12 The Walking Dead: The Final Season
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,308 reviews2018
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same intense emotional investment in character relationships and the weight of protecting those you love in a dangerous world.
- #13 Beyond: Two Souls
89% matchVery Positive88% of 41,233 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.5%, Cinematic 23.3%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on a female protagonist with supernatural connections, delivering a cinematic experience driven by narrative and choice.
- #14 A Plague Tale: Requiem
87% matchVery Positive91% of 25,496 reviews2022
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.6%, Emotional 15.5%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Third Person 11.3%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An emotionally charged, third-person adventure that focuses on the unbreakable bond between siblings in a hostile world.
- #15 Oxenfree
88% matchVery Positive91% of 12,084 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.3%, Supernatural 20.9%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This supernatural thriller features a group of friends dealing with mysterious events, emphasizing dialogue and relationship-building.
- #16 Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
86% matchVery Positive84% of 8,897 reviews2024
Dev: DON'T NODPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
Why similar: Cinematic 18.9%, Emotional 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Third Person 12.4%, Supernatural 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong focus on the emotional relationship between two partners and the difficult choices made in a supernatural setting.
- #17 Twin Mirror
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,688 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Cinematic 21.3%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Third Person 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological mystery from the creators of Life is Strange that uses a unique 'mind palace' mechanic to solve puzzles and uncover truths.
- #18 Firewatch
85% matchVery Positive91% of 98,260 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Mystery 28.7%, Story Rich 23.3%, Adventure 23.2%, Atmospheric 20.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in environmental storytelling and dialogue-based character development that feels intimate and deeply personal.
- #19 The Expanse: A Telltale Series
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,817 reviews2023
Dev: Deck NinePub: Telltale
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Choices Matter 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy, cinematic sci-fi adventure that emphasizes the consequences of leadership and interpersonal conflict.
- #20 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 280 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Emotional 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that offers deep, branching paths and a focus on the emotional impact of the player's decisions on a grand scale.
- #21 The Wolf Among Us
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 39,720 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Cinematic 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized, noir-inspired narrative adventure where your choices as a detective shape the outcome of a dark, urban fantasy story.
- #22 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
82% matchVery Positive91% of 3,855 reviews2023
Dev: Summerfall StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Cinematic 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Romance 10%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game where choices and musical interactions shape the relationships and fate of the characters.
- #23 Night in the Woods
82% matchVery Positive95% of 20,046 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, Choices Matter 22.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Stylized 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven story that captures the feeling of returning home and dealing with the emotional complexities of growing up.
- #24 Syberia: The World Before
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,962 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.8%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Emotional 13.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, story-rich adventure that follows two protagonists across different eras, focusing on mystery and emotional discovery.
- #25 Road 96 🛣️
81% matchVery Positive92% of 25,450 reviews2021
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Emotional 14.2%, Political 9.7% ★, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A procedurally generated narrative adventure where your choices determine the fate of various characters attempting to escape a regime.
- #26 Citizen Sleeper
79% matchVery Positive92% of 10,281 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative experience that uses tabletop-inspired mechanics to explore themes of identity, community, and survival.
- #27 What Remains of Edith Finch
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,503 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 24.2%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Mystery 18.9%, Atmospheric 15%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich experience that explores the history and emotional weight of a family's legacy.
- #28 Heavy Rain
79% matchVery Positive86% of 29,404 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.9%, Cinematic 22.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pioneer in the cinematic, choice-driven genre that focuses on a desperate search for a missing person.
- #29 Martha Is Dead
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,850 reviews2022
Dev: LKAPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Why similar: Cinematic 34.2%, Female Protagonist 23%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological, and cinematic thriller that explores trauma and mystery in a highly atmospheric setting.
- #30 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
77% matchVery Positive85% of 4,562 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Cinematic 7.6%, Emotional 7%
- #31 Life is Strange - Episode 1
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 174,370 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Mystery 7.5%, LGBTQ+ 7%
- #32 The Council
78% matchVery Positive84% of 5,671 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 38.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Adventure 13.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-lite narrative adventure where social manipulation and dialogue choices are the primary tools for progression.
- #33 Mixtape
73% matchVery Positive88% of 7,952 reviews2026
Dev: Beethoven and DinosaurPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.4%, Narrative 24.1% ★, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Adventure 7.6%, Third Person 6.9%
- #34 The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
76% matchVery Positive93% of 14,977 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.9%, Story Rich 17.5%, Adventure 16%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Emotional 4.7%
- #35 Road 96: Mile 0
76% matchMixed68% of 2,092 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Emotional 13.7%, Narrative 12.4% ★, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #36 Lake
75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,789 reviews2021
Dev: GamiousPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Romance 7.1%
- #37 Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
73% matchMixed68% of 44,486 reviews2024
Dev: BioWarePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single-player RPG.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 62.2%, Politics 12.7% ★, Romance 5.2%, Third Person 4.4%, Choices Matter 3.6%
- #38 Dustborn
74% matchMixed67% of 702 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Emotional 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Third Person 6.8%
- #39 a new life.
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,412 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.8%, Emotional 13.9%, Romance 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #40 This Bed We Made
73% matchVery Positive91% of 3,132 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Cinematic 17.2%, Female Protagonist 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #41 Dreamfall Chapters
75% matchVery Positive82% of 4,521 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.7%, Cinematic 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 13%, Emotional 10%
- #42 Set Yourself on Fire
71% matchVery Positive97% of 292 reviews2026
Dev: Denhop
Windows · Mac · Linux
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.3%, Cinematic 13.5%, Romance 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Emotional 10.3%
- #43 OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,057 reviews2023
Dev: Night School StudioPub: Netflix
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Supernatural 17.5%, Narrative 13.3% ★, Choices Matter 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #44 Tides of Tomorrow 🌊
69% matchVery Positive87% of 623 reviews2026
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Choices Matter 19%, Emotional 16.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Stylized 8.9%
- #45 Goodbye Volcano High
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,834 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Cinematic 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Emotional 11.1%
- #46 Last Stop
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 363 reviews2021
Dev: Variable StatePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Last Stop is a single-player third-person adventure set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.
Why similar: Adventure 28.8%, Narrative 15.9% ★, Story Rich 13.7%, Emotional 13.6%, Mystery 13.6%
- #47 Winds of Change
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Romance 12.1%, Story Rich 6%
- #48 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
67% matchVery Positive82% of 39,945 reviews2025
Dev: Insomniac GamesPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 26.2 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Be Greater. Together. The incredible power of the symbiote forces Peter Parker and Miles Morales into a desperate fight as they balance their lives, friendships, and their duty to protect in an exciting chapter of the critically acclaimed Spider-Man franchise on PC.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Action 16.4%, Third Person 15%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #49 Life After Magic
69% matchVery Positive98% of 281 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.9%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Romance 11.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #50 Growing Up
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Emotional 15.9%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #51 Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,713 reviews2025
Dev: Myrkur GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Embark on a perilous journey to rescue your brother and prevent a looming war. Harness the power of devastating magical abilities to conquer enemies, traverse treacherous landscapes, and unveil the hidden history of Aema.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.3%, Third Person 16%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Adventure 8.6%
- #52 Lost Connections
68% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Emotional 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #53 Eclipse : Special Forces
66% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: MoonSun
Windows · Mac
MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Mystery 7.2%
- #54 New Tales from the Borderlands
72% matchMostly Negative31% of 2,108 reviews2022
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: 2K
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Cinematic 22.4%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #55 Chasing Sunsets
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,091 reviews2024
Dev: Stone Fox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
When your mother remarries, her new husband's fiery daughter enters your life. After forming an initial strong connection, misunderstanding pushes you apart. Years later, reunited by tragedy and conspiracy, the two of you must choose a path to follow: Will you be rivals, friends, or lovers?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Romance 13.8%, Cinematic 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #56 Heatwave: Sam's Stay
64% matchVery Positive94% of 488 reviews2026
Dev: CodyFord
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into Sam’s shoes and guide him through a summer of self-discovery, complicated relationships, and unexpected desires that will change everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Cinematic 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Romance 6.9%
- #57 The Quarry
67% matchVery Positive82% of 23,573 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 39.9%, Cinematic 29.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Narrative 7.7% ★, Story Rich 5.6%
- #58 Return to Ash
65% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35%, Emotional 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #59 Haven
67% matchVery Positive88% of 6,050 reviews2020
Dev: The Game Bakers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.4%, Romance 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Third Person 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
