- #1 Backspace Backspace Backspace
97% 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: Psychological 13.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #2 Monsters of Little Haven
96% matchVery Positive88% of 436 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Narration 9.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #3 Room 337
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Psychological 9.2%, Narrative 8.7% ★
- #4 The Darkest Emptiness
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Psychological 11.2%, Horror 8.8%
- #5 The Quiet After
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Emotional 8.5%
- #6 To Be With You
94% matchPositive96% of 28 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: Psychological 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Visual Novel 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Emotional 7.8%
- #7 RUNT
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 15% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #8 Luce Spenta
92% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: MrFaabry
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gothic psychological visual novel where you decide who deserves forgiveness… and who deserves condemnation. Explore the lives of five souls, confront unsettling truths, and make choices that will shape your ultimate fate. Every choice is a reflection. Every judgment carries a sentence.
Why similar: Gothic 15.7% ★, Psychological 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #9 Worn Out
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #10 It Paints Me
91% matchVery Positive97% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Horror 7.8%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #11 Thorner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Psychological 8.8%, Dark 8.6%
- #12 Before They Catch Us
89% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Narrative 10.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #13 De Profundis
90% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: points contigus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Narration 11.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #14 Next Please
88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.6%, Horror 9.9%
- #15 Canceled
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Gothic 10.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #16 Not It: Spookiest Edition
86% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Narration 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #17 For Mother Matron
86% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #18 Necrophobia
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Sapphire Comics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start your life anew at Heaven's Gates Academy. Learn new subjects, make new friends, experience what you've never before deemed possible. Change your fate, and the fate of those around you- your decisions matter greatly.
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #19 Provoron
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tara Kan
Windows
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Psychological 12.9%, Narrative 11.2% ★, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Horror 8.2%
- #20 Morse Academy
84% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
Why similar: Psychological 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Narration 11.6%, Horror 9.6%
- #21 Pet
83% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #22 Penrose
82% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Psychological 10.3%, Drama 10%
- #23 Victorian Debutante
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12%, Narration 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Text-Based 10.4%, Psychological 9.2%
- #24 Confinio: Reality Prison
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Psychological 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #25 3Paths
80% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Psychological 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #26 There Is No Next Stop
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #27 Bound Between Desks
79% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Narration 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #28 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
79% 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: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #29 Wildwake
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #30 Bad Faith
78% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 15.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.6%, Narration 9.1%
- #31 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
77% 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: Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #32 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 15.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #33 BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hinterland Mood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 10.8%, Emotional 8.7%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #34 Mass of Consumption
75% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #35 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #36 The Wolf of Derevnya
76% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Nightwell Games
Windows · Linux
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #37 Zugzwang
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Narration 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #38 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #39 I Saw Black Clouds
74% matchMixed62% of 633 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Narrative 8.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #40 Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
73% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows · Linux
A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.
Why similar: Text-Based 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Narration 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #41 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Psychological 12%
- #42 Venus: Improbable Dream
73% 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: Visual Novel 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Psychological 9.2%, Narration 9.1%
- #43 Dancing with Shadows: Prologue
70% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Glass Umbrella Inc.
Windows
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.
Why similar: Gothic 12.9% ★, Psychological 10.1%, Narrative 9.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #44 Doctor Visit
71% 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: Psychological 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #45 Contra Spem Spero
70% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #46 The Mermaid of Zennor
72% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Narration 10.4%, Psychological 10.2%, Drama 9.3%
- #47 Witchlight Woods
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Horror 10.9%
- #48 The Castle
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Psychological 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Narration 12.1%
- #49 Gloom and Doom
71% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Neo Tegoel Games
Windows
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
Why similar: Gothic 14.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.9%
- #50 The Lanterne of Light
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: skekpen
Windows · Linux
A Gothic horror faerie tale.
Why similar: Gothic 12% ★, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #51 My Pretty Closet
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tyro Interactive
Windows
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Narration 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choices Matter 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: Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #53 Dreaming After You
68% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Psychological 11.8%
- #54 Parasite in Love
67% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 8%
- #55 イツワリの令嬢少年
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: meLtRoman
Windows
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 18.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
- #56 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
67% matchVery Positive91% of 132 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: Psychological 13.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Narrative 11.7% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #57 Bleeding Moons
69% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.8%, Narration 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #58 The Peresmeshnik
68% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 8.6%
- #59 Guilt Free
67% matchVery Positive86% of 288 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: Narration 13.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #60 The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wolkemann
Windows
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Narration 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%