- #1 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
97% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #2 Sword Princess Amaltea - The Visual Novel
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Senpai Media GroupPub: Natalia Batista
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Comic Book 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #3 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
96% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.6%, Comic Book 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #4 Trapped with Jester
95% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Text-Based 12%
- #5 Shadow of Paris
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Comic Book 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Narration 9.8%
- #6 Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.7%, Comic Book 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dark Humor 11.7%
- #7 be you 2
93% matchVery Positive83% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: louis morel
Windows
be you 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.7%, Comic Book 14.2%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #8 Weirdo
91% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.3%, Dark Humor 10.7%
- #9 Not It: Spookiest Edition
92% 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 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Narration 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #10 TOY BOX
90% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #11 Snapshot
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Madeleine Chai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Magic and science. Past and future. But what of the present?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Narration 15.3%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #12 Koncolos
89% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
"Do you know a monster that dwells around here?" she asked. An ordinary barkeepers' journey, intertwined with the only survivor from a shrouded monster hunter company, started with this question.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #13 I keep Dying in Another World -What the hell, Goddess!-
89% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: artoonu
Windows · Linux
Adult-Only Fantasy Murder Mystery Visual Novel filled with dark humor, countless deaths, despair, suspenseful twists, complex relationships, and multiple sex scenes in an exciting story!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.1%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Narration 10.9%, Romance 9.2%
- #14 The Way Down
88% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #15 Tidal Therapy
87% matchVery Positive94% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: veryOK
Windows
Tidal Therapy is a travel novel game for tired adults. A tired office worker heads to the sea. The setting is a quiet and beautiful sea town with a seaside park, warehouse district, and tower condominiums.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.7%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #16 SideEye High
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fundamental Studios
Windows
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Narration 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #17 Ostera : The curse of...
86% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #18 The Noob Adventures: Fool For Love
85% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Ping Group
Windows · Linux
A visual novel set in the world of 'The Noob Adventures'. Meet and talk to your favourite characters in this nostalgic fan-fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #19 The Specter's Desire
83% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #20 Dawn of Gray
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Wistfulware
Windows
Dawn of Gray is a single-player visual novel with a distinctive style, in which you play the role of a young man discovering himself and his feelings.
Why similar: Romance 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Comic Book 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #21 さらば劇薬 -encore-
84% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
普通の女子高生・ソワレは、普通な自分を変えるために普通じゃない劇団のオーディションを受けることにした。そこで出会ったのは元子役の女子高生・マチネ。彼女もまた、ソワレと同じく主役の座を狙っていたのだった……。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Comic Book 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
- #22 AFK_GF
82% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Camocipher12
Windows
A dark visual novel blending psychological horror, surreal storytelling, and chatroom-inspired UI. Navigate intrusive thoughts, branching choices, and dissect a fractured mind in a twisted search for connection and meaning.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.4%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Abstract 10.2%
- #23 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
82% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Narration 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
- #24 Shadows Of Memory ll
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 10.2%
- #25 To Be Altered: ACT 1
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Comic Book 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #26 Blue Bird's Song
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Narration 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Romance 10.4%
- #27 Parasite in Love
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Romance 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #28 Cataplexy
79% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: 12sevenPub: Diada Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.9%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Narration 10.1%
- #29 Cook or Be Cooked: Your next meal could be your last—or your true love
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Funigami
Windows
A walk-and-talk indie adventure game where you and your dysfunctional witch parents cook teens to stay young and powerful. But when they bring in a charming girl as your next meal, will you uphold the family tradition or risk everything to save her?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #30 Yonder World: Interview with the Void
79% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #31 MeetCute
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: emuemwPub: neonoptimism
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet-cute (n) - An amusing or charming first encounter that leads to the development of a romantic relationship
Why similar: Comic Book 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Romance 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #32 Tri City Monsters
76% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dark Humor 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Romance 11.9%
- #33 CatTrigger Horror Collection
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Linux
Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!
Why similar: Comic Book 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #34 Whispers From The Rift
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Horror 11%
- #35 Stamped: an anti-travel game
75% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Dark Humor 14.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #36 Border of her Heart
77% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Narration 11%
- #37 OTHERS
73% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Comedy 13.1%, Comic Book 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #38 Bobok
74% matchVery Positive94% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Secta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.6%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Narration 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #39 Ballad of the Midnight Man
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marry Me Jester Productions
Windows
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Narration 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #40 Dawn After Dusk
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis Clay
Windows
Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dark Comedy 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #41 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
72% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Narration 12.8%, Dark Humor 12%
- #42 Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
74% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: Bandit Visual Games
Windows
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #43 Alice's Lullaby
71% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Ape Law
Windows
Embark on a surreal, psychedelic adventure to travel back and forth through time and rescue young Alice, helping her escape the uncanny, macabre and treacherous world of Styx. Unravel the metaphysical mystery of the grandchild cult and find out why they call you the monster!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Comic Book 16.7%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #44 I keep Dying in Another World
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: artoonu
Windows · Linux
Fantasy Murder Mystery Visual Novel filled with dark humor, countless deaths, despair, suspenseful twists, and complex relationships in an exciting story!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Romance 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #45 ComicKingdom
69% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #46 Kiss the Demiurge
71% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: YuriEureka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kiss the Demiurge is a yuri visual novel about love, delusions, and magic. Follow Minori, a mage tasked with keeping magic a secret, as she investigates a group of delusional girls who mistakenly believe themselves to have magic of their own. Will Minori destroy their magic club, or fall in love?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.1%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #47 Watch out, the Doors are Closing
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat TalesPub: TERNOX
Windows
A magical-realist visual novel, a funny and sad tale about ghosts of a Ukrainian subway, and an exploration of the meaning of life where there seems to be no meaning.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11%
- #48 Naked News
71% matchMixed65% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Join in the fun with an unforgettable experience unlike any other! Naked News brings some hardcore, crass, dirty, vulgar, dark humour into an easily offended world, not pulling any punches and making fun of everything with this visual novel-style comic, Sitcom-esque episodic!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Narration 11.2%
- #49 Fingernail Floss
69% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: BblujePub: Pinecone INDIGO
Windows
A short spooky-fun visual novel where you are a special guest for a special test! Is death a game to you? Do you like color schemes that involve the color black? EXPERIENCE FINGERNAIL FLOSS! !
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Abstract 11.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #50 只是一座楼
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: 虾狐乱动画
Windows
世界上的所有人都住在同一栋楼里,用数字代号作为名字,一周有八天...这是众所周知的事实,在此之前,我从来就没有产生过任何疑问。在这个视觉小说当中,扮演主人公2169,享受高中生酸酸甜甜的校园生活(暂时性地),尝试着去发现事情的真相,或者尽力把这份甜蜜的生活维护下去。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Romance 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 12%, RPG 11.7%
- #51 Yuri Dating Agency
68% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.1%, Comic Book 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #52 VT Harmony
69% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Narration 11%
- #53 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
70% 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: Narration 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #54 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.9%, Comic Book 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark Humor 11.5%
- #55 Miya Might Break
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 10.5%
- #56 At Your Feet 2
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
Linda arrives on the tropical island of Trigue for work, but finds romance instead. This yuri visual novel features three gorgeous women to woo, including Alex from Summer in Trigue. Explore a story centered on foot fetishes and unique kinks with multiple routes and comic-style CGs.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Romance 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #57 Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
68% matchVery Positive88% of 398 reviews2020
Dev: Deer Dream Studios
Windows
Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Narration 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%
- #58 Sword of Shandar
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Comic Book 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, RPG 15.2%, Text-Based 14.5%
- #59 Seven Deadly Dates
67% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: MythiKiwi
Windows
You've studied latin for a few months and you accidentally read a passage from your textbook which lands you in a demon speed dating bar. Unsure of how to get home, you decide to ride it out and see how things go. Maybe you'll even find a date! Or maybe you'll find death? Who knows...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Romance 14%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #60 Top Villain: Total Domination
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How would you conquer the world? In this text-based supervillain rpg, you can vanquish your nemesis, fight heroes and villains, and find yourself!
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Comic Book 16.6%, Dark Humor 12.7%