60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, 2D.
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Template!! An Angel's Gift
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 15%, Casual 12.1%
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 9.9%
The classic visual novel 'HimaNatsu' from the critically acclaimed developer Makura is available in English for the first time! Weave a cheerful yet sometimes painful tale of promises and redemption together with the Oboshiro Choir Squad in this never-ending summer vacation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Casual 12.2%
In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Adventure 14.1%, Casual 12.9%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Casual 10.9%, Detective 9.6%
A fairy-tale otome visual novel about a reverse mermaid princess searching for love, acceptance, and a place where she belongs. Inspired by The Little Mermaid and set in a Victorian-inspired world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Casual 12.3%, Anime 7.6%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Crime 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Detective 9.1%, Adventure 8.6%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 9.6%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 15.6%, Crime 13.7%, Detective 11%
Challenge four hot beauties and save the world from the attacks of sexy bosses in the new EmyLiveShow game!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 9.4%, Adventure 8.6%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Casual 8%
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Casual 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Crime 8.8%
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 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Casual 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Crime 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Detective 10.2%
为了筹集妹妹高昂的学费，守财奴男主新海幸意外踏入了名为「人才租赁」的奇妙行当。在扮演男友、密友乃至情夫的虚假契约掩护下，少女们不为人知的隐秘欲望与真实心声悄然绽放。以金钱维系的脆弱羁绊终将遭遇现实的考验，当这层层伪装剥落时，究竟会是财尽缘散，还是假戏真做呢？一场充满谎言与心跳的青春恋爱喜剧就此上演。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 16%, Adventure 13.7%, Casual 12.5%
In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Anime 11%, Adventure 8.2%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Crime 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Detective 10.2%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Crime 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Detective 12.8%, Anime 8.9%
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Anime 9.6%, Adventure 8.2%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Detective 11.3%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Crime 14.5%, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Adventure 8.8%
Labeled a “troublemaker,” you transfer to the worst high school. There, you become entangled in dangerous relationships driven by desire, jealousy, and manipulation. Will you get closer, be used, or get hurt— your choices will determine how your story with them ends.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Crime 11.2%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Crime 11.9%, Investigation 8.8%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Detective 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Anime 7.3%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Anime 7.7%, Cute 5.5%
You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Anime 8.8%, Cute 6.9%
"The Nakano Laboratory" is a loop-based mystery 2D adventure game. Within each loop of 15 minutes, you take over researchers' bodies to gather clues around the ship, then present your evidence at the meeting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Detective 10.4%
Embark on a tabletop-inspired fantasy adventure. Battle monsters, pass dice-roll skill checks, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover the lost Tomb of Mithras in this narrative-driven RPG-lite where every choice matters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Adventure 20.3%, Casual 15.6%, 2D 4.8%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Tang-dynasty mystery visual novel from NSTUDIO. You play the adopted son of general Duan Xiushi (fictional), pulled off a simple errand into a death trap that decides an empire's fate. Observe, reason, choose — break the plot, get out alive, earn your own ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Detective 13.1%, Adventure 8.8%
A novel game featuring the popular streamer group "Ultimate Jumbo Jet"! Search for clues and discover the truth through "Fantastical Mystery"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Crime 13.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Anime 8%
Ashley's Adventure - Get a Job or Die Trying is an interactive visual novel based in a multiple-choice style of gameplay where you meet colourful characters and crazy events which you must resolve with the power of being a NEET.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 10.9%, Adventure 9.2%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Crime 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Detective 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
In search for her grandmother's keepsake, an unlikely visitor--Adelheid Ritter von Weinberger pushed order after order towards the bureau. Time felt like it passed by at their command--what could it mean for the academy?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Anime 8.3%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Anime 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%, Casual 7.3%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Crime 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 10.2%
ATMOSPHERIC UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE. You seek revenge against the oligarch who destroyed your family. Is killing ever justified?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Crime 20.6%, Adventure 17.1%, 2D 3.4%
とびきりファンシーな怪異調査ノベルゲーム短編集！ メカクレ青年ハマメが、夢のような不思議な世界へ！
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Adventure 19%, Casual 14.6%, Investigation 8.7%
From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Anime 11.5%
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Crime 16.6%, Mystery 7.1%
Please praise them! The international edition of Please Praise the SR Girls! is now on Steam. An ordinary boy discovers that he is an SR boy and enters a mysterious girls' academy, where he meets four other SR girls., and helps them grow through love and companionship in a sweet youthful romance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Casual 14.8%, Anime 9.4%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 9.6%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Crime 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Detective 10.8%
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 8.3%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 14%, Investigation 11.5%, Anime 8.6%
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Detective 10.4%, Cute 5.3%
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Detective 13.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Anime 9.9%
You who are unqualified to drink Meng Po's soup, you have been chosen for the game of life. A horror yuri visual novel following a series of death games in the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Crime 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Adventure 8.6%
Grendel Jinx, the megalomaniacal kleptomaniac has returned to Chichester, England for a secret mission. Can the protagonist stop her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Casual 12%, Anime 8.6%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Detective 16.1%, Crime 13.5%, Investigation 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%
"This way. I'm waiting for you." The Cloud VR is a healing fantasy VR game where you go on an adventure to meet someone waiting for you. You can interact and explore in various spaces on your journey. We hope you enjoy a moving journey in a fairytale-like world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Casual 8.2%, Adventure 8%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Crime 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Adventure 9.6%
RAKKA: WAKE 02 – DECEIT is a gritty, 90s-inspired psychological mystery visual novel driven by character drama, branching choices and minigames. A chase across Europe pulls you into a mystery that only deepens into a web of lies, danger and deceit.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 13%, Crime 12.5%, Adventure 7.6%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%, Anime 6%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Detective 11.1%, Investigation 9%
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Anime 9.6%, Casual 8.7%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Crime 14.2%, Detective 10%, Investigation 7.9%
