- #1 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,761 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: Cozy 13.9%, Shop Keeper 9.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Visual Novel 7.5%
- #2 Gossip & Potions: Tales from the Witch Shop
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pequesoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gossip & Potions is a potion-brewing and gossip-listening simulator about a witch named Owi, the small town she just moved to, and the very specific potions its very specific inhabitants need. Help them. Or don't. Watch what happens.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 13.4% ★, Cozy 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Magic 7.9%
- #3 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
96% matchPositive96% of 25 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 15.8%, Emotional 11.8%, Magic 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #4 Sunset Drive
95% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Klapanom Games
Windows
Relaxing, emotional, and short, Sunset Drive is created for quiet gaming sessions. Embark on a narrative road trip where two companions share talks, silences, and choices under fading light. Piece together unspoken emotions via atmospheric detours leading to multiple endings and discover anew.
Why similar: Cozy 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Emotional 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #5 TRUE LOVE'S CURSE
94% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy curse-casting adventure. Make curses that can only be undone by true love's kiss!
Why similar: Cozy 17.4%, Shop Keeper 17.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #6 Coffee Talk Tokyo
93% matchVery Positive90% of 524 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Cozy 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Emotional 9%
- #7 Spring in Summer
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantasync
Windows · Mac
A storytelling sandbox adventure driven by your own personality about helping a jackalope ghost who cannot move on. Explore a mystical island inhabited by quirky mythical creatures, connect with the hearts of its community, & discover one’s heart fulfillment in your own heartwarming personal journey
Why similar: Cozy 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Emotional 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #8 Moonlight Apothecary
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: tinymuse studio
Windows
Brew concoctions, befriend Ravensport's many fantasy inhabitants, and unravel the mystery of the Evernight as the newest apprentice of the Moonlight Apothecary.
Why similar: Cozy 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Shop Keeper 10.5% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #9 Irene. The Window
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Right Words
Windows
Reconnect with an old friend. Discuss your daily lives, past loves, and talking snakes. Get up and do things in real life because she asks you to. Become closer and stay until the very end.
Why similar: Cozy 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Emotional 10.2%
- #10 This Warm Place
91% 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 15.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #11 The Afterlife Cafe
90% 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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Cozy 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #12 Best Served Cold
89% matchVery Positive88% of 727 reviews2025
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Cozy 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #13 Beastfolk Barber
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Cozy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Emotional 9.4%
- #14 Morningtide Motel
88% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #15 Too Small To Matter
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #16 LifeSimOS
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Emotional 9.3%
- #17 Scroll the Pain Away
86% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Lunaris Aeterna
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of Indigo, the owner of a small magic shop. Help your customers with a wide variety of problems!
Why similar: Cozy 20.7%, Shop Keeper 14.1% ★, Magic 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #18 A TAVERN FOR TEA
84% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2023
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 19.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Magic 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #19 Reigns: The Witcher
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #20 Fishbowl
82% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Cozy 17%, Emotional 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #21 Along the Edge
85% matchVery Positive82% of 1,068 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Magic 8.9%
- #22 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
84% matchNo user reviews
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: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #23 Living on Plain Pasta
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #24 Whispering Memories
81% 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: Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #25 The Cost of Salvation
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mokou Games
Windows · Mac
She was made to serve. Never to feel. A narrative adventure about a being created to preserve the world's balance — who begins, for the first time, to question everything she was made for. Form bonds, make choices, and discover the price of becoming something you were never meant to be.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #26 The Hydrangea Line
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Mooncat Game Studios
Windows
A cozy pixel art visual novel set aboard a train winding through Japan. Choose your responses, uncover each passenger's story, and discover what quietly connects them all in this short story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Emotional 13.4%, Cozy 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #27 The Zoo
79% 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 18%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #28 Twincantation
78% matchPositive100% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Little Nihilista Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror vs. Heartfelt: You decide, when you play a teen sneaking out to hold a seance for your lost twin sister on the anniversary of her death. Lovingly handmade, this atmospheric short visual novel can be meditative or delightfully chaotic depending on how you play.
Why similar: Cozy 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #29 All (Too) Good Things
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #30 Pieces
77% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Daniel ArreolaPub: Prism Inc.
Windows
Pieces is about trying to understand yourself and who you are. You explore emotions, identify feelings and come to understand their meaning. Choose how you react, and see it shape who you become.
Why similar: Cozy 17.9%, Hand-drawn 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #31 Guilt Free
79% matchVery Positive85% of 295 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: Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Emotional 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #32 The Last Connection
76% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Team Wiretap
Windows
You are a Switchboard Operator, and you're about to be replaced by a machine. Use your last week of work to connect townsfolk, overcome problems, and explore the history of a cast of engaging characters. Your choices matter, so use each day to leave lasting bonds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Emotional 8.7%
- #33 Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Possum 5Pub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Magic 14.1%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #34 Crash-Land Fantasy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArachnidAnt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mysterious magic force knocks your research satellite out of orbit. You crash land and must try to survive on this planet ruled by nature. You meet character's and discover the mystery of the magic force as you try to get back home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Magic 10.2%
- #35 Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker
73% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.
Why similar: Cozy 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Emotional 10%
- #36 Rice & Rest
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Squirreled Away Games
Windows
Rice & Rest is a cozy narrative game where running a food truck leads to unexpected friendships. Cook meals and chat with quirky, heartfelt, and weird characters in a modern-fantasy city. Stuck far from home, you’ll soon find that food has a way of bringing people together.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Cozy 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Magic 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #37 Black Dog Bar
75% 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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #38 Whispers of Gold
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #39 Syntherapy
75% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2020
Dev: Crowned Daemon StudiosPub: V Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.
Why similar: Medical Sim 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #40 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #41 There's Something Wrong with the Hero's Choices
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 港ねずみPub: PLAYISM
Windows
「その選択肢、正気か?」シンプルなノベルゲームのはずなのに、とにかく“選択肢”がおかしい!? 予想を超える展開が待ち受ける、奇想天外なテキストアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #42 Nothing Can Stop Us (Encore)
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demigiant
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #43 Beacon Pines
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,465 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Cozy 24.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Emotional 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #44 AN IOU
72% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Emotional 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #45 Silverblood
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidehead Studios
Windows
Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.
Why similar: Magic 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #46 Pasajeros
71% 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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Emotional 10.2%
- #47 Kamilia
69% 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: Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #48 Windrush Tales
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #49 Flora & Sauna
71% matchPositive83% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Obcerd Productions
Windows
Flora and Sauna is an 18+ visual novel set at a spa with some unique services. Explore the spa and meet a fun cast of interesting characters! Help them out, and they'll be sure to reward you in their own special ways~
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Magic 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #50 Sips and Sonnets
68% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a tea shop in the British countryside in this heartfelt visual novel voiced by Bethan Dixon Bate (Baldur's Gate 3) and Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium). Play as Ms Meadows as she prepares for her best friend’s long-awaited visit. Brew tea, listen to customers’ stories, and craft poems.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Emotional 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #51 The Siege of Jeomdo
68% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 11.3%
- #52 Alcyone: The Last City
69% 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 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #53 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #54 Heart to Heart
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olive Lantern Studio
Windows
Collect expressions to use in conversations as you immerse yourself in each character’s psychological journey, where your words, decisions, and even your thoughts determine the course of every story. Plant flowers, drink tea, and have fun romancing as you help bring the village back to life.
Why similar: Cozy 24.5%, Emotional 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #55 あなたに花束を
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good gamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #56 The Wreck
67% matchVery Positive88% of 283 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: Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #57 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,772 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Emotional 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #58 Das Hexencafé am Zürichsee: Der letzte Eintrag
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micjam Games
Windows
An atmospheric fantasy visual novel set on Lake Zurich. Make meaningful choices, uncover the mystery of the final entry, and guide Liva through a story with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 20%, Cozy 17%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%
- #59 Diomedea Keep
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #60 Will This Do?
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tititto
Windows
Run a small shop. Buy stock from wholesalers, find what each customer needs, and purchase the materials they bring. Make a profit, sell at a loss, give items away, or refuse the deal. But remember: one item, sold or withheld, can decide who lives and who dies.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 27.6% ★, Cozy 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Emotional 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9%