- #1 Guilt Free
97% matchVery Positive85% of 296 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #2 Between the Lines
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #3 Do 11
96% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #4 Pasajeros
95% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #5 Chronicles of Humanity
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #6 All (Too) Good Things
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #7 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #8 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #9 Whispering Memories
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #10 And who is the maiden?
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cipi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #11 Cryspace
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: JIMMY DIAMOND
Windows
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
- #12 Tayke Me With You
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foccelized Studios
Windows · Linux
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #13 Living on Plain Pasta
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #14 Emily is Away
89% matchVery Positive89% of 32,336 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #15 キズツケ kizutsuke
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #16 正体 SHOUT-AI
86% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%
- #17 Presidential Shaman
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #18 Our Personal Space
85% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Metasepia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #19 Yuika My Bestie
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Emotional 9.5%
- #20 Merry’s Seven Wishes
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Shift Games
Windows
After his wife Merry dies, Richard finds a letter containing seven final wishes she left behind. Fulfill them one by one, revisit the memories of their life together, and slowly bring color back into a world that has turned completely gray.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Emotional 12%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #21 Where Control Ends
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #22 Venus: Improbable Dream
84% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Borealis
Windows · Mac
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Emotional 9.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #23 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
81% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #24 Come to my party!
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SIMSANG YOONPub: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Jimin dreams of finally having her first birthday party, but what begins as a childhood wish unravels into social pressure, fragile friendships, family expectations, and consequences that hit closer than you’d like. Join Jimin in this coming-of-age story where every choice carries weight.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #25 The Zoo
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #26 This Warm Place
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Emotional 11.7%
- #27 Alcyone: The Last City
79% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #28 Over The Phone
79% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #29 LIVORA
76% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Emotional 9.2%
- #30 To Be With You
78% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 9.2%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #31 Zugzwang
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Text-Based 7%
- #32 Drinks With Abbey
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #33 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
77% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #34 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #35 Tower of the Ice Lich
74% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #36 Lost Connections
75% matchVery Positive96% of 79 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: Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Emotional 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #37 Kamilia
73% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #38 声韵之恋
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 铃墨文化
Windows
《声韵之恋》是一款以配音行业为题材的 GALGAME。作品以配音导演张文轩为主角,他受友人委托承接一部番剧的配音执导工作,借此与三位风格各异的配音演员相遇结缘并了解配音行业的真实生态与圈内文化。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Emotional 9.5%
- #39 Detours
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #40 Black Dog Bar
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Emotional 8.8%
- #41 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
73% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Emotional 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #42 Arderico's Journey
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #43 Heartbeat House: Hong Kong
70% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2026
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Emotional 9%
- #44 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #45 阴桃花 (The Flowers of Yin)
72% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%
- #46 Dear Nobody
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Romance 8.5%
- #47 Mass of Consumption
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #48 Coffee Talk Tokyo
67% matchVery Positive90% of 556 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #49 Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%
- #50 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #51 VIDEOVERSE
69% matchVery Positive95% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Narrative 9.2% ★, Story Rich 8.9%
- #52 We should talk.
70% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Emotional 9.2%
- #53 The Wreck
68% matchVery Positive89% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #54 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
66% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #55 The Afterlife Cafe
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Guava Pixel Studios
Windows · Linux
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #56 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
68% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.3%, Choices Matter 21.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #57 Dark Coffee
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TwoArtist
Windows
Welcome to Mursvinch - a town where secrets are brewed into every cup. In this comic - and Lovecraft-inspired cozy café management sim, listen to strange visitors, brew drinks that change their fates, and either bring the town back to life - or plunge it into madness.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #58 What If We Warm It?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vodoyom
Windows · Mac
Who are you? You are not the main character. You are his inner voice, speaking to him. Aren't you? A life crisis. A strange job. A lonely train station. A dead man. Someone watching from the outside. A narrative-driven interactive mystery of choices, inner dialogue, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #59 Where are you, Cinderella?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #60 Border of her Heart
69% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%