- #1 Parallel Convergence
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 39.3% ★, Visual Novel 20.9%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Anime 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #2 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,225 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 129.0 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 40.8% ★, Visual Novel 22.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Anime 10.3%
- #3 STEINS;GATE ELITE
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,627 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 272.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 42.9% ★, Visual Novel 24.1%, Anime 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 3.5%
- #4 Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light
95% 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 38.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Anime 7.3%
- #5 PhantomZone labyrinthos ファントムゾーン・ラビュリントス
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: phantomzone observation roomPub: keieru
Windows
”The nightmare that never allows waking lasts forever.” You wake up from bed and a girl appears before you. She calls herself “Entourfe,” a management support android. The stage is a strange facility, and you will explore the inside of the strange facility with her. ......
Why similar: Time Travel 24.3% ★, Point & Click 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Adventure 9.3%
- #6 Re:Curse
94% matchNo user reviews
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 37.4% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Point & Click 8%
- #7 Four Lights
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TorrietPub: Tiamant
Windows
This is a grand tale of revenge - waged by God and Us against Lucifer.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Modern 11%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #8 Seedsow Lullaby
91% matchVery Positive97% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: iMel Inc.Pub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"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 21.6% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 18.3%, Cinematic 14.8%, Anime 11.1%
- #9 Paradox Factor
92% 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 51.5% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Sci-fi 7%
- #10 Universe For Sale
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: Tmesis StudioPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 12.0 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 25.5% ★, Point & Click 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%
- #11 Yet Another Killing Game
90% matchVery Positive98% of 220 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 28.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Point & Click 11.1%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #12 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
89% matchPositive89% of 19 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% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #13 SiTAS: Somewhere in time and space
89% 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 35.7% ★, Point & Click 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #14 アキゾラのメモリーズ─運命の地平線─
88% 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% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #15 Complex Loop
87% matchVery Positive92% of 65 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 30.5% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Cinematic 10.5%
- #16 Moonless Moon
86% matchVery Positive93% of 299 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 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Modern 14.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #17 無垢を裂く
86% matchPositive100% of 10 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 22.9%, Modern 13.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Anime 12.2%
- #18 夢の終わり - Upon the Dream's End -
85% matchMixed64% of 11 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 20.6%, Cinematic 18.8%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
- #19 Love Sphere
84% 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 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Modern 14.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Adventure 12.6%
- #20 STEINS;GATE
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,378 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 43.7% ★, Visual Novel 24.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Anime 11.5%, Choices Matter 3.7%
- #21 Awakewood
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Adventure 10%
- #22 STEINS;GATE 0
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,939 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 124.0 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 42.1% ★, Visual Novel 24.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Anime 11.8%, Adventure 3.7%
- #23 Fleeting Iris: Alansya Chronicles Ren'Py Edition
82% 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 25.9%, Point & Click 25.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Anime 13.5%, Modern 11.7%
- #24 シンセティック・デイズ
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 21.5%, Modern 20.7%, Anime 15%, Adventure 11.6%
- #25 따님은 제가 데리고 있습니다
80% 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 28.9% ★, Text-Based 25.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Modern 13.2%, Adventure 5.2%
- #26 Medetashi Medetashi
81% matchNo user 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 26.2% ★, Point & Click 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Anime 10%
- #27 Fate is not a line
79% 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 20.6%, Text-Based 19.4%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Anime 7.4%
- #28 The Seabed's Shining Star
77% matchPositive98% of 44 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 23.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Modern 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%
- #29 Time Tenshi
79% matchMostly Negative30% 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 30.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 12.5%, Sci-fi 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #30 Comet Angel
77% 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 15.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #31 Schrödinger's Call
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Cinematic 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #32 Synchronizacja - Visual Novel
78% 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 33.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Sci-fi 13%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #33 Memory Rewind
75% 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 28.2% ★, Point & Click 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #34 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
76% 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: Point & Click 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #35 秋空回憶 -命運的地平線-
75% matchPositive85% of 27 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 39.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 10%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #36 Tempest In A Teapot
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Time Travel 25% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Adventure 10.6%
- #37 Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 913 reviews2025
Dev: TYPE-MOONPub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the four days of destiny...
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Point & Click 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Anime 10.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #38 LoveSoTea
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIYAKOpubl
Windows
LoveSoTea is a sim game following a high school boy named [REDACTED] who changes the lives of those around him, pouring them tea while they pour their hearts out to him.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Modern 15%, Text-Based 14.6%, Anime 13.3%
- #39 My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times|ゆるゆる生配信する推しは100万回死ぬ
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VELUX STUDIOPub: SCRAP Co., Ltd.
Windows
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 10 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
Why similar: Time Travel 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Point & Click 16%, Adventure 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%
- #40 GHOST TRAVELER: Adventures in Edo
72% 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 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Adventure 7%
- #41 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 30.3% ★, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Modern 10.9%, Anime 8.6%
- #42 Sohee
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: TwoDpixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows
is a story-driven adventure about a young woman who loses her balance in life after a major event and begins searching for her path again. Explore her daily moments, talk with people, and follow her journey toward finding answers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Point & Click 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #43 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 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 14.1%, Anime 12.9%, Adventure 10.7%
- #44 Epoch Reset
71% 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 42.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Anime 10.9%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
- #45 Date Warp
73% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 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 37.9% ★, Visual Novel 18%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Anime 8.1%
- #46 REM
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomris Games
Windows
Dreams can bring back what you’ve lost… or bind you to it forever. REM is a point-and-click adventure with cinematic visuals, an emotional story, puzzles, and multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Point & Click 20.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #47 Prayerplay Order of Knowledge(PrayerPlay Trial version)
70% 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 20.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Cinematic 8.9%
- #48 ISLAND
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,748 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.5% ★, Visual Novel 26.2%, Anime 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Adventure 5%
- #49 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Point & Click 20.3%, Text-Based 8.5%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #50 Perils of Man
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 251 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 35.7%, Time Travel 28% ★, Adventure 20%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Indie 1.5%
- #51 Arq Of The Abyss
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShiftWave Games
Windows
In "Arq of the Abyss," step into the life of a scientist who invents a device to solve the energy crisis of 2050. As his invention creates a paradox, explore a 2D adventure filled with comic-style storytelling and situational puzzles. Your choices lead to unique scenarios and endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Cinematic 15.6%, Modern 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #52 Near-Death-Expedition
67% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
Windows · Mac
After quitting the job, you were casually browsing a video site when you saw a strange video with a blank thumbnail. "Can you hear me? Can you see me...?" The next day, you receive a message requesting you to be the manager of the mysterious VTuber "Owarino Rinne". The endless journey begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Modern 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Anime 13.5%
- #53 YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 360 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Takuya Arima receives a package from his supposedly deceased father. It contains the mysterious Reflector Device which allows the user to travel between parallel worlds. Takuya must unearth the mystery of his father's legacy to prevent a calamity threatening to envelop reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Time Travel 21.5% ★, Anime 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Adventure 9.6%
- #54 Winter Wonderland
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
The winter holidays are here but when Alexa finds herself alone after her family is stuck when travelling to Paradise Cove, she is forced to go out and try and find some friends in town to spend the holiday with... But something seems strange.. is the day repeating itself?
Why similar: Time Travel 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Modern 6.1%
- #55 Clear Drops
68% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Akechine
Windows
Clear Drops is a Adventure told from a first-person perspective. Relive the boy's mysterious encounter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Modern 21.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #56 The VII Enigma
68% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fate, love, death... Can the enigma be solved? 『The VII Enigma』is a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Set in a shadowy world of dystopian conspiracy, you must defy the fabric of reality, navigating the desperate path to the 'true end' against the tyranny of time itself.
Why similar: Time Travel 42% ★, Visual Novel 18.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Text-Based 8.9%, Anime 8.2%
- #57 Future Mirror
67% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Anime 7.9%
- #58 HeartWare
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Point & Click 22.7%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Anime 6.1%
- #59 VT Harmony
67% 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: Point & Click 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #60 DESOPE
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celephais Seeker Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 42.1% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Anime 8.1%