- #1 Cartomante – Fortune Teller
97% matchVery Positive92% of 140 reviews2020
Dev: Garoa Studios
Windows
A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Magic 9%
- #2 The Button Witch
96% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: DDreams Games
Windows
Adventure game full of magic, puzzles and cute characters, featuring a young witch-in-training and a talking ghost-squirrel!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Magic 14.4%, Cartoony 12.5%, Cartoon 8.1%
- #3 Whateverland
96% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: Caligari Games
Windows
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.2%, Point & Click 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Cartoony 10.2%
- #4 Near-Mage
95% matchVery Positive91% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Visual Novel 20%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Magic 13.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #5 This Magical Girl is a B☆tch
94% matchVery Positive99% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Pastel Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Magic 9.9%, Cartoony 9.5%
- #6 A Twisted Tale
94% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Voodoo Bembel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a humouristic point and click adventure inspired by all the masterpieces which made us stick to our computers back in the day (and therefore we played outside way too infrequently). [Chapter 1 available]
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.9%, Point & Click 19%, Cartoony 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Cartoon 9.5%
- #7 Hexed Time
93% matchVery Positive97% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Point & Click 15.8%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Narrative 13.6% ★, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #8 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,226 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Magic 11.8%, Narrative 9.9% ★
- #9 Henchman Story
92% matchVery Positive97% of 306 reviews2021
Dev: Silken Sail Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Narrative 11.2% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #10 Little Misfortune
91% matchVery Positive92% of 14,030 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, 2D 4.5%
- #11 Endacopia
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,285 reviews2026
Dev: Andyland
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Endacopia is a Point-and-Click Puzzle Adventure that is visually reminiscent of early computer edutainment games... with underlying horrors.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Nonlinear 21%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #12 Do Animals Dream?
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Black Vein Productions
Windows · Mac
You’re shipwrecked on a mysterious island of talking animals! You’ll need to make friends with the local critters if you hope to return home. This adventure includes branching conversations, memorable endings, and dark secrets...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #13 Bewitching Sinners
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #14 Swordbreaker The Game
89% matchVery Positive83% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: DuCats Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Magic 7.3%
- #15 Border of her Heart
89% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Nonlinear 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #16 Daemonologie
85% matchVery Positive89% of 726 reviews2024
Dev: KatanalevyPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Point & Click 23.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #17 Nine Witches: Family Disruption
86% matchVery Positive91% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
When an occult German WW2 division releases an ancient curse upon the world, a supernatural problem is going to require a supernatural solution. Take control of two playable heroes as they embark on a comedic, alternate-history adventure with a truly original story (99.9999% guaranteed).
Why similar: Point & Click 49.6%, Story Rich 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #18 Tourist Trap
86% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Tragico Media
Windows
Face an evil corporation™ with the help of a talking monkey in Tourist Trap, a surrealist dark comedy point and click adventure set in a South American coastal city.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.6%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #19 Pluralys
84% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Ivalys Studios
Windows · Mac
Pluralys is an RPG focused on exploration, comedy and intrigue. You play Elie, a young person living a peaceful life, until unexpected visitors arrive and change everything. What seems like a quiet, cozy story hides a deeper mystery and many other adventures to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Narrative 13.9% ★, Story Rich 12.3%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #20 Carnival
82% matchVery Positive100% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #21 Stories of Mara
84% matchVery Positive81% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Cartoon 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
- #22 Six Legends
82% matchVery Positive100% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Vincent Paquin
Windows
The epic and emotional journey of six dragons growing up in a broken civilization, each with their own unique perspectives on life. Mixing Visual Novel, Point-And-Click, Rhythm, Cooking, Fighting and more, Six Legends is a unique experience about life and friends.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Point & Click 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #23 The Devilry Reservation
83% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Magic 23.9%, Story Rich 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, 2D 10.6%
- #24 イカスミポーション
81% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
"イカスミ"でポーションをつくる!?怪しいポーション屋さんのイカ『スミミ』と共に、個性豊かな人外キャラクター達にポーションを売るアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #25 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
81% matchVery Positive87% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Fantasy 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #26 Memory of Memorie : A Chill Story
76% matchVery Positive96% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: BeXide Inc.
Windows · Mac
A story-driven productivity adventure where you work alongside Memorie, an apprentice witch from another world. As you focus using the Pomodoro timer, the story progresses and her world gradually transforms. Turn solitary work into time shared with someone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Point & Click 22%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Cartoony 10.9%, Magic 8.9%
- #27 Disney Villains Cursed Café
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Point & Click 26.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #28 Nordlicht
80% matchVery Positive82% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: illiusPub: Sedoc LLC
Windows
Nordlicht is an adventure-game where you accompany an unusual family on its fascinating journey to the cold north. During the journey, they encounter mysterious star-signs of the polar night, and have to overcome nature's dangers to confront their fears.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Magic 12.9%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #29 TSIOQUE
78% matchVery Positive95% of 1,909 reviews2018
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.8%, Cartoon 22.3%, Story Rich 15%, Fantasy 10%, Adventure 5.6%
- #30 Dark Scavenger
79% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2014
Dev: Psydra Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Cartoony 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #31 Midnight Swamp
76% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Point & Click 46.3%, Magic 22.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, 2D 7.9%, Adventure 6.6%
- #32 Mystik Belle
79% matchVery Positive89% of 227 reviews2015
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 51.9%, Adventure 30.1%, 2D 18%
- #33 Mothmen 1966
75% matchVery Positive91% of 322 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #34 Afterparty
77% matchMixed68% of 956 reviews2020
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Narrative 13% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #35 Hookah Haze
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,391 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Colorful 7.6%
- #36 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
71% matchVery Positive88% of 6,180 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Visual Novel 35%, Point & Click 18.9%, Story Rich 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 2D 9.2%
- #37 Ashina: The Red Witch
74% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #38 The Crown of Leaves
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,238 reviews2018
Dev: LingrimmPub: The Broken Horn
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #39 Brookhaven Grimoire
77% matchMixed56% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Little_Amethyst
Windows
A Wizard has trapped you in a dark storybook, transporting you to the magical town of Brookhaven. With spells, swords, and the power of friendship, begin your new life in this strange land. But remember, escape may yet be possible for those who unravel this world’s mysteries...
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.3%, Magic 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, 2D 12.2%, Fantasy 12%
- #40 Seers Isle
75% matchVery Positive92% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #41 Lilith's Lair
71% matchVery Positive98% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Burger Kurger
Windows
A story driven sextroidvania click-em-up where you play as a brave barbarian ascending a lascivious lair!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Point & Click 26.9%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #42 Меліній
71% matchVery Positive92% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: LimeePan
Windows
Сюрреалістична, приправлена жорстокістю та гумором, візуальна новелла з елементами RPG. У цьому куточку Всесвіту Ви — голоси у голові Мели. Вас запросила на чаювання давня подружка головної героїні. Та чи пам'ятаєте ви шлях?
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Multiple Endings 22%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 11.2%, Fantasy 8.8%
- #43 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
72% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Point & Click 15%, Story Rich 13%, Magic 9.6%
- #44 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
70% matchVery Positive100% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #45 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,753 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #46 Sable's Grimoire
73% matchVery Positive96% of 152 reviews2018
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sable's Grimoire is a visual novel featuring monster girls in a magic academy setting. Play as Sable, an aspiring magic researcher, as he get sucked into the daily lives and troubles of his demi-human classmates.
Why similar: Visual Novel 100%
- #47 Magical Massage
69% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant StudioPub: Cyberisle
Windows
Extreme Life-and-Death Massage! Enjoy magician's look of agony and cure embarrassing ailments! From hemorrhoids that cause earthquakes to rhinitis that make huge explosion...nothing too fancy that you can't handle. However, if your skills fall short, these powerful, unclothed magicians may kill you.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #48 Slay the Alice
68% matchVery Positive98% of 286 reviews2025
Dev: SUZUMIHARAPub: BARON DU JUVÉNILE
Windows
A short visual novel presented with pixel art and cute animations. Chasing after a rabbit, Alice found herself in a land of talking plants. Now, it's time to go on a tiny little adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #49 The Mildew Children
68% matchVery Positive93% of 502 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Magic 11.5%
- #50 Detective Grimoire
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,501 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Point & Click 26.8%, Dialogue Heavy 26%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Story Rich 9%, 2D 7.1%
- #51 Tails Noir Preludes
69% matchVery Positive91% of 308 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.3%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Narrative 10.5% ★, Story Rich 6.8%
- #52 Solstice
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Choices Matter 19%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #53 Scarlet Hollow
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,077 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Narrative 13.8% ★, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #54 Mushroom Musume
66% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Mortally Moonstruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Fantasy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #55 MOOD
66% matchVery Positive86% of 480 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Choices Matter 22%, Multiple Endings 21.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Colorful 7.7%
- #56 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
74% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #57 Three Wishes
65% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wonder what the little sisters of famous idols get up to in their free time? Get ready for an adventure full of headpats and wish-driven insanity! Discover 12+ endings in this visual novel that pushes the genre beyond its limits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Multiple Endings 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, 2D 7.5%
- #58 The Witches' Tea Party
69% matchVery Positive96% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Rabbiton
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task...
Why similar: Story Rich 67.6%, Adventure 32.4%
- #59 Mindlock - The Apartment
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 677 reviews2024
Dev: Roof Cut MediaPub: USM
Windows · Mac
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34.6%, Point & Click 23%, Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Story Rich 7.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #60 Beacon Pines
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,437 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: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Point & Click 16.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Colorful 8.4%