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  1. #1 2064: Read Only Memories
    97% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
    Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

    Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Cyberpunk 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Stylized 7.5%

  2. #2 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%

  3. #3 DRAMAtical Murder
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,466 reviews2021
    Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.2%, LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Choices Matter 23%, Visual Novel 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  4. #4 Psy High
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

    Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 20%

  5. #5 Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
    Dev: Xso
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Dating Sim 10.7%, Text-Based 10.1%, RPG 8.1%

  6. #6 Neon Hearts City
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Cyberpunk 28.7%, Crime 19.4%, Colorful 7.3%, Mystery 6%

  7. #7 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
    93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,687 reviews2021
    Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Cyberpunk 27.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, RPG 8.1%

  8. #8 Love Alone Death
    92% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows · Mac

    Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 53%, LGBTQ+ 23.3%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%, 2D 3%

  9. #9 HARDCODED
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2024
    Dev: Ghost Hug Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    HARDCODED - A non-linear delve through the lives and beds of the people of a cyberpunk city.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 59.4%, LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Dating Sim 11%, Visual Novel 5%, 2D 1.5%

  10. #10 Andromeda Six
    90% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Wanderlust Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.6%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Text-Based 18.4%, Colorful 5.3%, Visual Novel 4.2%

  11. #11 Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2022
    Dev: Wraiith303Pub: IF THEN ELSE Interactive Fiction
    Windows

    Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 8.2%

  12. #12 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,791 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Crime 11.5%, Text-Based 9.8%

  13. #13 NIGHT/SHADE: You're The Drug
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2022
    Dev: Thrill Switch Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An adult LGBTQ+ visual novel about love, drugs, murder and crime. We follow this intense thriller through the eyes of our main protagonist, Sasha, while he maneuvers through dangerous drug deals, formidable kingpins, and silent assassins.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Cyberpunk 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%

  14. #14 Drops of Death
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 26.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Thriller 10.4%

  15. #15 Dreambound
    87% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
    Dev: Two and a Half Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Mystery 17.7%, Dating Sim 7.3%

  16. #16 Arcadie: Second-Born
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2022
    Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
    Windows · Mac

    In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 9.8%

  17. #17 Haven
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 5,917 reviews2020
    Dev: The Game Bakers
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Cyberpunk 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choices Matter 16.8%, RPG 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%

  18. #18 Dry Drowning
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 507 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

    Why similar: Noir 30.2%, Cyberpunk 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  19. #19 Tri City Monsters
    84% 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: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%

  20. #20 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,490 reviews2025
    Dev: U0U GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.5%, Choices Matter 39.2%, Visual Novel 8%, Singleplayer 3.1%, 2D 2.2%

  21. #21 Au Revoir
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
    Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
    Windows

    Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.

    Why similar: Noir 32.8%, Cyberpunk 26.7%, Cinematic 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 11.6%

  22. #22 The Night Market
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2023
    Dev: Zinnia DemitassePub: Lamplight Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Welcome to the Night Market. Survive your journey while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Fall in love, explore a world with rich characters, and try to save the realm.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Narration 14.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, RPG 12.1%

  23. #23 Synergia
    83% matchVery Positive87% of 795 reviews2020
    Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 51.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Thriller 9%, RPG 9%

  24. #24 The Red Strings Club
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 reviews2018
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 66.3%, Choices Matter 23.2%, LGBTQ+ 7.2%, Visual Novel 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  25. #25 Mars Vice
    79% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2025
    Dev: Rho Labyrinths GmbH
    Windows

    Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Cyberpunk 34.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Colorful 7.8%, Visual Novel 2.2%

  26. #26 Love Love Mystery Club
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2026
    Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
    Windows · Mac

    In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Dating Sim 13%, RPG 9.8%, Mystery 7.8%

  27. #27 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2018
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

    Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  28. #28 Refate: Echoes of Desire
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 673 reviews2025
    Dev: Terraflame EntertainmentPub: Mountain and Sea Studio
    Windows

    Wake up with amnesia in Tokyo, caught between the Yakuza and police. Romance 8 unique beauties: cop, ninja, boss, izakaya owner, heiress, college girl, teacher, model. Uncover your true identity—host, agent, assassin, or crime lord? Shape your destiny and find true love.

    Why similar: Cinematic 25.6%, Crime 21.5%, RPG 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dating Sim 9.6%

  29. #29 Mask of the Rose
    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2023
    Dev: Failbetter Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 36.2%, LGBTQ+ 22.7%, RPG 17.9%, Dating Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 6.8%

  30. #30 A Date with Death
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,259 reviews2023
    Dev: Two and a Half Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Dating Sim 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%

  31. #31 Choice of the Deathless
    80% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Text-Based 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, RPG 15%

  32. #32 Fields of Asphodel
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 11.9%

  33. #33 ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area
    78% matchMixed64% of 143 reviews2022
    Dev: Veritable Joy StudiosPub: Veritable Joy Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them.

    Why similar: Cinematic 29.8%, Text-Based 24.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Dating Sim 10.8%, Colorful 10%

  34. #34 RGB GlitchGazer
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
    Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
    Windows

    A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41%, Mystery 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Stylized 14%, Visual Novel 6.9%

  35. #35 Seraphim Slum
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2024
    Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Choices Matter 27.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dating Sim 8.2%

  36. #36 Lacuna: Prologue
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.

    Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Crime 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%

  37. #37 Choice of Robots
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choices Matter 19.1%, RPG 6.9%

  38. #38 The Shell Part I: Inferno
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 27.5%, Cinematic 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Text-Based 13.2%

  39. #39 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
    78% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
    Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber ​​City 2157.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 70.2%, Stylized 18.9%, Visual Novel 6%, Singleplayer 3%, 2D 1.9%

  40. #40 Millennium Whisper
    74% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: Parable Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, RPG 23.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Dating Sim 11.1%

  41. #41 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 3,767 reviews2023
    Dev: Summerfall StudiosPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Cinematic 19.1%, Stylized 11.3%

  42. #42 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,518 reviews2022
    Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 20.9%, RPG 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 10%

  43. #43 Arcade Spirits
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2019
    Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Choices Matter 29.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Dating Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 4.7%

  44. #44 Lady in Mystery
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 163 reviews2021
    Dev: nolsoft
    Windows

    Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Crime 21.3%, Choices Matter 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Mystery 12.4%

  45. #45 UNMEMORY
    72% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2020
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

    Why similar: Noir 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Narration 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%

  46. #46 non-binary
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2022
    Dev: owof games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Text-Based 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Narration 15.9%, RPG 4.5%

  47. #47 Rainswept
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 301 reviews2019
    Dev: Frostwood Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Crime 29.3%, Cinematic 13.1%, Thriller 8.8%, Colorful 8%

  48. #48 Gilded Shadows
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2022
    Dev: Steamberry Studio
    Windows

    A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 3.6%

  49. #49 Neon Nights
    73% matchMixed51% of 100 reviews2021
    Dev: CrazySky3D
    Windows · Linux

    Get a glimpse of Metropolis 12's seedy back-alley nightlife in the sci-fi cyberpunk visual novel, NEON NIGHTS!

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.1%, Choices Matter 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Colorful 10%, Dating Sim 9%

  50. #50 LoveChoice
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 reviews2021
    Dev: Akaba Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    "What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 41.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dating Sim 17%, RPG 10.5%, Stylized 7.3%

  51. #51 ERROR143
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,810 reviews2022
    Dev: Jenny Vi Pham
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Narration 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Dating Sim 10.5%

  52. #52 AI: The Somnium Files
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 37.9%, Mystery 37.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.2%, Singleplayer 4%

  53. #53 Paradise Killer
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    Why similar: Crime 30.5%, Choices Matter 24.6%, Stylized 18%, RPG 14.8%, Mystery 11.7%

  54. #54 BEAST CRIMES
    70% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: LINK
    Windows

    Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Mystery 7.6%

  55. #55 Champion of the Gods
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 13.8%

  56. #56 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2023
    Dev: Dream Harvest
    Windows

    You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%

  57. #57 Demonheart: Hunters
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2020
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Dating Sim 9.6%

  58. #58 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 219 reviews2020
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.

    Why similar: RPG 26%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%

  59. #59 Romance after dark
    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2021
    Dev: Lesson of Passion
    Windows

    ROMANCE AFTER DARK is a noir blend of visual novel and adventure game experience. Play as Trevor, once successful private investigator and help him put his miserable life on the right track again. Use your detective hunch and interact with characters and objects.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Crime 24%, Dating Sim 8.9%, Mystery 5.8%

  60. #60 Cybersex: Lust Story
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 109 reviews2024
    Dev: Octo Games
    Windows

    Welcome to the world of Cybersex: Lust Story – an enthralling visual novel for adults, where you become the architect of your own destiny, interacting with a mysterious android being that encapsulates uniqueness and distinction.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 57.1%, Choices Matter 27.4%, Dating Sim 9.4%, Visual Novel 4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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