60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.
A choice-based visual novel game about science, division, and the false ideology of knowledge. Each and every one of your choices will determine whether the disciplines will end in unity or complete division. The key to eternal knowledge is in your hands.
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Philosophical 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Emotional 10.9%, Philosophical 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: Emotional 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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: Emotional 15.1%, Philosophical 13%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 10%
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
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 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Join the interstellar journey in "Galactic Starforce", a visual novel where you, the cadet, navigate a colorful crew in their quest to keep the cosmos sexy. Choose your alliances and find love amongst the stars!
Why similar: Science 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11%, Female Protagonist 9%
Project Subtrahend is a choose-your-own-adventure visual novel, where you have the chance to get to know the stories, lore, and personalities of nine unique characters. Choices matter in this game, and it's up to you who lives or dies as you explore what it means to be human.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Emotional 10.7%
A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Emotional 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Cinematic 8%
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Cinematic 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Emotional 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. ——————————————————————————Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Philosophical 15.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Mostly realistic, with a werewolf twist. Your choices determine the heroine's fate—caught between envy and longing, will she claim her place in the system, or burn it all down for a dream no one values?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Emotional 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Award-winning cinematic narrative adventure set in a hand-drawn world of living forgotten objects. Lead Fig and the crew of the Volare through a story of identity, unity, and survival—where diplomacy, difficult choices, and moments of action shape the fate of five divided tribes.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.5%, Emotional 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Julia: a Science Journey is a narrative adventure about viruses, society, and life choices.
Why similar: Science 21.4%, Philosophical 13.7%, Emotional 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Shape queer love and friendship at the end of the world in this choice-driven, emotional narrative game. Will you settle for pessimism, or open yourself to trust?
Why similar: Emotional 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Fall in love with marbles and learn to believe in yourself again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Hand-drawn 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Emotional 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Emotional 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Philosophical 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Cinematic 10.4%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 13%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
It's the night of the big ball, and things are going...well...they're going. When so many people of so many different species are gathered together in one place, you're sure to have an interesting time. But what if something a little more malicious is happening under the surface?
Why similar: Philosophical 20.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Sugarcreek is a story-based adventure game following Eddie the high-school goat and his closest friends as they try to find his missing step-sister before the week is over!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Emotional 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich visual novel where you play as a demigod lawyer. You have one week to investigate the divine divorce of Adam and Eve! Flirt, drink, raise your stats and make bold choices in minigames and Heaven's drama.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Funny 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%
Charlotte, has been dumped by her long term girlfriend Mikka. Fortunately her sexy friend Sophie insists on taking her out to try and cheer her up. But Sophie is quite a wildcat so who knows where such a date could lead in this yuri/lesbian themed visual novel with multiple routes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Create your character and experience a fun story in which you will meet friends, enemies and partners as you try to carry out a vital project with your friends: to create an anime before you finish your studies.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10%
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 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
Join Carmen, a somewhat absent-minded middle-aged lady who has to endure bizarre situations in her space truck. And possibly mess things up like crazy. An interactive narrative experience about the most flamboyant beings in the universe.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
The hapless, love-struck Ichika made a big mistake, and she might have ruined her friendship with Hana forever. With the help of her classmate Ayumi, can she work her own feelings out in time to show Hana how she really feels? A soft, comedic romance with big personalities and a tinge of melodrama.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%
During the 2020 lockdown, Dorothy spends her days caring for jars of sourdough starters. By sharing them with others, she builds unexpected connections and discovers small acts of kindness that bring warmth in difficult times.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Philosophical 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Emotional 8.7%
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Cinematic 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 16%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Emotional 11.6%, Choices Matter 11%
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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Emotional 9.1%
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Philosophical 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Screech, halt! Max and his ice cream truck reach an unfamiliar universe never seen before. Continue making your way as you go after the little kid’s balloon. Solve mysteries with emotion-flavored ice cream. Will you be able to retrieve the kid’s lost balloon?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Dark 9.5%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
A linear visual novel voice-acted by Louise Porter, Richard Browning, Krissy Koellia, and others, The Epic of Inanna is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of life and morality.
Why similar: Cinematic 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Science 15%, Philosophical 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Sole survivor of a terrible incident, you find yourself in the company of new friends and new conflict on the island of Illyria.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Dark 8.3%
DOLL EYE: CHAPTER ONE is the first part of a dialogue-based, story-driven psychological horror game made in RPG Maker MZ.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Emotional 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Project Vesperi is a branching narrative sci-fi game where you play as Doctor Evelyn Roth, sent to investigate a potential sign of life on Venus. When an intruder threatens the only habitable station on the planet, your choices will shape the fate of those around you—and humanity itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 18%, Emotional 16.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%
