- #1 Yukizuki no Seisou
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VODALES
Windows · Mac
High school student Kusaka Sousuke, who has faint precognition, visits Yukizuki during winter break—a town haunted by rumors of ghosts and mysterious disappearances. In the snow-covered town, he meets the mysterious girl he saw in a dream… An adventure-type visual novel from VODALES.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Anime 9.2%
- #2 Parallel Convergence
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 39.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.9%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Anime 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #3 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,360 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 130.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.3%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Anime 10.2%
- #4 STEINS;GATE ELITE
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,688 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 277.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 24%, Anime 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Adventure 3.6%
- #5 Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light
94% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: ALTERCIWS
Windows · Mac
Let's Go Fever Time! Lovely Angel! By day, ordinary girls. By night, the 'Phantom Thief Angels TwinAngel' - on a mission to reclaim stolen treasures. Winter 2024: The Angels descend on Steam.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%, Anime 7.3%
- #6 Re:Curse
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Papertrail Studios
Windows · Mac
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Point & Click 7.9%
- #7 PhantomZone labyrinthos ファントムゾーン・ラビュリントス
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: phantomzone observation roomPub: keieru
Windows
“There’s no escaping a nightmare that never ends.” When the protagonist wakes up, a young girl stands before him. She introduces herself as “Entropy (entourfe), the Management Support Android.” Spreading out before the protagonist is a confined underground facility.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.5% ★, Point & Click 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Adventure 9.6%
- #8 SiTAS: Somewhere in time and space
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 6Magic Lab
Windows · Mac
Step into Farra’s shoes and begin a journey only you can understand. Collect topics, connect with others, and try to stop them from falling into the unknown. In a seemingly endless loop, move toward a fate waiting to be understood — and find yourself again.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.1% ★, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Point & Click 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #9 Seedsow Lullaby
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 565 reviews2024
Dev: iMel Inc.Pub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?
Why similar: Time Travel 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 17.7%, Cinematic 14.8%, Anime 11.2%
- #10 Paradox Factor
91% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
Why similar: Time Travel 52.3% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Sci-fi 7%
- #11 Yet Another Killing Game
90% matchVery Positive97% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Time Travel 28.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Point & Click 11.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #12 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
89% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: TBFPub: TLS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #13 Four Lights
89% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Tiamant Co., Ltd.
Windows · Linux
This story is of God and us and our grand revenge against Lucifer.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Modern 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #14 Complex Loop
88% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Time Travel 30.8% ★, Point & Click 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Cinematic 10.4%
- #15 Moonless Moon
87% matchVery Positive90% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Modern 14.8%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #16 Universe For Sale
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 408 reviews2023
Dev: Tmesis StudioPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?
Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Point & Click 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #17 楽園追放 -The Stellar Angel-
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio51 Inc.Pub: TOEI ANIMATION CO., LTD.
Windows
The first game in the Expelled from Paradise series: a brand-new sci-fi visual novel. Angela Balzac left the virtual world of DEVA behind and chose to live on the surface. Now, as she builds a life with her partner Dingo, a new case is brought to her door.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Anime 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #18 夢の終わり - Upon the Dream's End -
85% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Neko Plot
Windows
What did the girl encounter? A cinematic novel game with film-inspired storytelling.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Cinematic 18.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
- #19 Dance with the Moon
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HummingwayPub: Instansys LLC
Windows
A boy who hates the night meets a vampire girl who loves it. As they steal blood packs and help those in need under the cover of darkness, the two gradually fall in love. A multi-ending visual novel that gently illuminates the lives of those lost in the night and offers comfort to the lonely.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Modern 14.8%, Cinematic 8.4%
- #20 Medetashi Medetashi
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: たけの野々Pub: VNka
Windows
Play the role of an ordinary main character in the story—a nameless cat. He journeys through the pages of the book in search of the heroine's secret.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.5% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Anime 10.1%
- #21 アキゾラのメモリーズ─運命の地平線─
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: GALEX SOFT
Windows
「あの頃に帰りたい─、たとえその先が暗闇だとしても─」『学園もの×SF』でお送りする青春SFビジュアルノベル。平凡な学園生活で、青春を謳歌する主人公とヒロイン。しかし、学園にはある病気と、世界を変えてしまうような秘密が潜んでおり……。
Why similar: Time Travel 34.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #22 STEINS;GATE
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 27,155 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.8% ★, Visual Novel 24.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Anime 11.6%, Choices Matter 3.6%
- #23 STEINS;GATE 0
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,522 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 128.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.2% ★, Visual Novel 24.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Anime 11.9%, Adventure 3.8%
- #24 Awakewood
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will returns to bury his mother and leave right away, but everything changes when he finds a stranger in the woods. As the house decays and roots swallow everything, saving her comes with an irreversible cost: uncovering a truth hidden in Awakewood for ten years.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #25 無垢を裂く
80% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: car10game
Windows
A novel game about experiencing first love that begins in the rainy season.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 23%, Modern 13.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Anime 12.3%
- #26 Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,130 reviews2025
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the four days of destiny...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Point & Click 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Anime 11%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #27 シンセティック・デイズ
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Astro Shaft
Windows
──わたしが思うに、人は誰しも“継ぎ接ぎ”を持っている。 短編青春ビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Modern 20.3%, Anime 15.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #28 Memory Rewind
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Lion CorePub: Soft Source
Windows
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.6% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #29 Fleeting Iris: Alansya Chronicles Ren'Py Edition
79% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Heaven StudiosPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Ayame travels to Heaven City, USA to be with her fiancée but all is not what it seems. How will Ayame's life unfold in this updated release now built in Ren'Py!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Point & Click 25.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Anime 13.8%, Modern 11.6%
- #30 따님은 제가 데리고 있습니다
76% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: C's earth
Windows
이 지옥 같은 현실을 바꿀 수만 있다면…몇십 번, 몇 백번이라도 기꺼이 죽어주마!
Why similar: Time Travel 29.5% ★, Text-Based 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Modern 13.1%, Adventure 5.4%
- #31 Synchronizacja - Visual Novel
77% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Chaos Group Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first chapter of the Polish game Visual Novel. Enter the world of Synchronization and discover its secrets.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #32 Save My Scrap
75% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Sci-fi 11%
- #33 Time Tenshi
78% match9 user reviews30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 12.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #34 Love Sphere
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Akechine
Windows
Love Sphere is a Adventure told from a first-person perspective. Relive the dull middle-aged man's brief encounter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Modern 14.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Adventure 13%
- #35 Fate is not a line
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samet bozbıyıkPub: pixel include
Windows
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 18.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Anime 7.5%
- #36 REM
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomris Games
Windows
Sometimes the deepest sleep is the only way to wake up. Plug into the REM simulation in this 1st-person psychological narrative game where Neo is trapped in the hum of the past. Navigate surreal dreams and face the darkness of your mind to reach Talya. Don't forget to wake up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Point & Click 20.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #37 The Seabed's Shining Star
73% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Circle TSUKIYAKI
Windows
Under the hazy moon, a shrine maiden meets a star. A short visual novel of a two person conversation. Cup ramen recommended.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Text-Based 18.6%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Modern 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%
- #38 最上邸R
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: もこもこ
Windows
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Text-Based 18.9%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #39 二万分の一の雨粒達 - One in 20,000 raindrops
72% matchPositive98% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: 斜塔ソンブレロ
Windows
Satoshi Kuga, who led a lonely high school life, was dreading the school trip starting tomorrow because he had been assigned to the same group as the popular clique. However, it seemed there were hidden tensions even within the group that appeared to get along so well at first glance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 20.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Cinematic 12.1%, Modern 11.1%
- #40 Comet Angel
72% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Cross Couloir
Windows · Mac · Linux
Comet Angel is a sci-fi yuri narrative adventure with point and click puzzles. Join teenagers Izzy and Nat on an emotional journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they make humanity's first-ever alien contact.
Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #41 Tempest In A Teapot
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Time Travel 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%
- #42 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
73% matchVery Positive98% of 165 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: Point & Click 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #43 莫待无花空折枝:做题家的 Git 重启日志
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 西江仙客
Windows
现实里没有 git checkout,错过的分支无法回滚。但在这里,你可以。 这是一个写给「做题家」的纯爱文字 AVG:习惯用理性防御情感的男主「陆渊」,在博士毕业那天喝下一杯名为「重构」的酒,重回 2019 年夏天。 五条互斥纯爱单线,15万+字剧情。在这个赛博时空里,去解开当年无解的谜题,跑通属于你的唯一分支。
Why similar: Time Travel 40.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Modern 7.3%, Anime 7.2%
- #44 浮気リセット - Cheating Reset -
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
A happy life of living together. I thought it was going well all this time. Let's start over. Let's go back to six months ago...
Why similar: Time Travel 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Modern 10.8%, Anime 8.6%
- #45 Ravens Imaginary Friends
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wacol Studios
Windows · Linux
A Yuri Visual Novel about a girl named Raven who wakes up after an accident to a life changing surprise. Her imaginary friends from when she was little have appeared in the real world and are deeply in love with her! Now she has to make a tough choice to fix this complicated love triangle.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Point & Click 21.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Anime 6.1%
- #46 LoveSoTea
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIYAKOpubl
Windows
LoveSoTea is a simulation adventure game where you improve your tea-brewing skills and intervene in the fate of Yoru, a young man given only months to live, and Chihiro, a mysterious high school boy who knows the future. You exist as a bodiless “something,” influencing their future through tea.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Modern 14.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Anime 13.5%
- #47 水彩画は水底に沈む
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: takonoko
Windows
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Visual Novel 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Adventure 12.6%
- #48 Itachi: Haunted Abodes Wandering Through 2000s Tokyo Culture
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: room6
Windows
Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!
Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Anime 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #49 秋空回憶 -命運的地平線-
69% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: GALEX SOFTPub: mirai works
Windows
就读于一所普通高中的新太,过着平静且祥和的生活,但这种枯燥的生活让他感到沮丧。 就在这个不太可能有波澜发生的时节,一名转校生出现在他的班级—— 随着学园祭的临近,新太和朋友们满怀喜悦期待着青春的最后时刻, 但某个疾病忽然在全校师生间开始蔓延……
Why similar: Time Travel 39.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #50 Date Warp
71% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 38.1% ★, Visual Novel 18%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Anime 8.1%
- #51 Akiba of Time
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 星野修&雕小满Pub: 秋叶原拯救计划
Windows
If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? An otaku left behind by the times and a once-famous AI girl fight to save Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.2% ★, Visual Novel 23%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Anime 12.1%, Text-Based 6.4%
- #52 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Text-Based 13.7%, Anime 13.1%, Adventure 11.1%
- #53 Frog & Blade
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: StarGazer
Windows
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Anime 5.9%
- #54 GHOST TRAVELER: Adventures in Edo
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
Windows
A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.1% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 7.2%
- #55 Blue Bird's Song
67% 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 16%, Point & Click 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%
- #56 Epoch Reset
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: abnermtjPub: Kakehashi Games
Windows
Unravel a narrative-driven 2.5D anime adventure as Hector, a dirt-poor genius and creator of the world’s first time machine. Travel between timelines, meet intriguing characters, and explore futuristic cityscapes as you seek to save reality from time-bending forces beyond imagination.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Anime 10.9%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #57 Ballad of the Midnight Man
67% 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 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Cinematic 8.1%
- #58 Prayerplay Order of Knowledge(PrayerPlay Trial version)
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
Folk Horror Adventure gameGame ConseptThree ritualsNew original languageMysterious Knights
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Point & Click 21%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Cinematic 8.9%
- #59 Perils of Man
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 253 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
When Ana receives an unexpected gift from her missing father, she is catapulted headlong into a mystery that will take her on a journey through time. At last she must decide if a perfectly predictable world is a curse on humanity or a triumph for mankind.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Time Travel 28.1% ★, Adventure 20.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #60 Whirlight - No Time To Trip
64% matchVery Positive94% of 173 reviews2026
Dev: imaginarylab
Windows
In the heart of Verice Bay, a brilliant idea takes shape in the hands of an eccentric inventor and an eclectic artist. Follow Margaret and Hector in a point-and-click graphic adventure that will take you to the edge of space and time to help them avert imminent danger.
Why similar: Time Travel 39% ★, Point & Click 21.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Female Protagonist 7.9%