- #1 Mount buzhou
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eastern Guangdong Red Pulse Studio
Windows
An interactive narrative set in the perilous 1931. Navigate the Central Red Supply Line, escort key assets through the shadows, and experience the brutal reality of the hidden front.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Drama 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Historical 16.8%, War 10.5%
- #2 어서오세요 신성재판에
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 지식보관소
Windows
Waking up after a car accident to find yourself in another world? Welcome to "Sacred Trial." In a magical world, you face the threat of being summoned to the sacred trial. A fantasy detective adventure where you must prove your innocence in a fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Drama 14.3%
- #3 Ukraine War Stories
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, War 13.4%, Historical 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #4 Brageskålen
95% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Historical 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #5 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Historical 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #6 Kino
93% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Drama 17.1%, Historical 12.1%
- #7 The Trials of Ozymandias
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Drama 15%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #8 31 Days In Orange Carnival
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReversePI
Windows
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 12%, Simulation 9.7%, Drama 8.9%
- #9 Whispers From The Rift
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #10 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Drama 9.8%
- #11 Dice Rollers
90% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: Amateur Sloth
Windows
One table, a pack of dice, five participants: This story is about playing a tabletop RPG with swords and dragons while overcoming inner weaknesses.
Why similar: Board Game 46.9%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choices Matter 9%, 2D 3.1%
- #12 A War of a Madman's Making
89% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Historical 13.6%, War 13.4%
- #13 小厨杂记
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 山石
Windows
Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说,通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话,并最终达成不同的结局。
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 15.9%, Historical 15.3%, Simulation 10%
- #14 On Love, On Monsters
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lighthouse Theory Games
Windows
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Drama 18%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #15 AmaTisMo
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VegetinES
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about depression and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind players.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Drama 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #16 Exploring Friscott
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Puzzle 14.9%, Text-Based 10%
- #17 Insects Awaken
84% matchVery Positive90% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Drama 20.2%, Historical 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%
- #18 Arderico's Journey
85% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Drama 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #19 Defragmenting
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 9.4%, Drama 7.1%
- #20 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
81% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 18%, Drama 16.7%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #21 Mass of Consumption
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #22 The Widow's Boutique
82% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Historical 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Drama 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #23 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
83% matchMixed54% of 768 reviews2013
Dev: Mousechief
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
Why similar: Board Game 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Historical 14.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #24 The Trial
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #25 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Historical 14.6%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #26 Hachi Hachi Mystery
81% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Ondori Games
Windows · Mac
Hachi Hachi Mystery is a interactive Visual Novelf taking place at university. It's your first year as a university student and you're going to discover this new life! ...Well, that's how it should have happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Drama 18.3%, Simulation 17.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #27 Days With Ollie
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: PT. Global Digital ArthaPub: hololive Indonesia
Windows
The day has finally come. The day that will determine on whether or not you'll be accepted as a reporter in hololive. And not just any reporter, but the exclusive reporter for Kureiji Ollie! What goes down on in the life of the zombie idol? Find out what it'll be like to spend Days with Ollie!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Drama 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #28 MysteryOS
77% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, Text-Based 10.4%, Simulation 9.7%
- #29 FrenchConnection
77% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: CloudStar
Windows
Identical in looks, height, and figure yet polar opposites in heart, twin sisters pull me into a dilemma: pursue the high-school first love I’ve longed for, or the coworker twin who openly longs for me? A sweet, bittersweet tale of tangled affection.
Why similar: Drama 29.8%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Simulation 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, 2D 6%
- #30 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Drama 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #31 Hadean Lands
79% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 21%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #32 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
76% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Text-Based 17.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #33 IN LOVE: True Romance Pack
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Romance Edition features 3 heartfelt stories – Interview with Fate, Tessa’s Choice, and The Rhythm of Passion. Make decisions, shape your path, and experience unique endings in this interactive romance game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Drama 16.9%, Choices Matter 4.8%
- #34 Tokyo Girls Chronicle
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FUNAKI GAMES
Windows
A Fully Animated and Fully Voiced Light Novel Game! Set in Tokyo, a lonely android girl, Rin, meets Aoi and forms a deep friendship, gradually reclaiming her humanity. However, when Rin learns the secret of her origins, the story takes a dramatic turn.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Drama 32.7%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #35 My clinical death
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: TerryFlyoPub: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about a girl who experiences a clinical death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Drama 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #36 Where Is My Pocket?
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MoldyBits
Windows · Mac
A voxel-powered comedy about clothes, pockets, and the people who need them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Text-Based 10.2%, Historical 8.7%
- #37 Cascade Falls
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Drama 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #38 Almost certain death.
72% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: 画往时文化
Windows
After a failed rescue in northern Myanmar, Lin Wei and her friend fight to survive. Guide their escape through pivotal choices—with nearly 100 branching decisions that can trigger a butterfly effect, leading to vastly different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Drama 18.6%, Simulation 3.9%
- #39 All (Too) Good Things
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choices Matter 6%
- #40 連続テレビゲーム小説「どんぐり公園~人工衛星ヘッドシザースホイップ~」
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Knuth
Windows · Mac
As an elementary school student, you meet a mysterious woman at the park after school. "It's just a little mini-game," she says. Enjoy playing familiar mini-games with this slightly competitive Onee-san! But why is she always at the park...?
Why similar: Board Game 30.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Simulation 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #41 Penrose
73% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Puzzle 13.4%
- #42 IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam takes you on a thrilling romantic journey through canals, secrets, and desire. Your choices will shape how far you’ll go in this passionate and mysterious adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Drama 17.2%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #43 IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack features 3 enchanting stories – A Raven’s Call, Bloodstained, and Arcanum Academy. Make your choices, dive into mystery, and experience supernatural romances filled with emotion and suspense.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Drama 17.2%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #44 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%, 2D 5.2%
- #45 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
70% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #46 All Seasons With You
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anna HideyukiPub: Anna Hideyuki
Windows
All Seasons With You is a romantic comedy about a nosy bartender and a lonely executive whose paths cross on an ordinary night — and from that moment on, nothing goes quite the way it should. Choose which character to play each day and decide who’s telling the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Drama 18.2%, Simulation 15.2%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #47 荧惑焚心录Yinghuo
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DongmianYueqiu
Windows
明末题材文字冒险游戏。背景为崇祯死后第二年(1645),你将扮演一名火器学者,无意中捡到了前朝公主,一场涉及复仇与真相、战乱与选择的旅途就此展开。约17万字剧情,有4个不同走向的结局和多个死亡结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Drama 21.3%, Historical 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #48 Shadows of Betrayal
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #49 Into the Waves
70% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Drama 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 9%
- #50 1402
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Larisa ShapiroPub: Burrru publishing
Windows
1402 is a chic twist on a classic puzzle game. Be enchanted by 14 ballads, including the world’s first Valentine’s love letter, set to music for the very first time. Dive into 15th-century France, where every tile tells a story, and every move gets you closer to the crown of French kings.
Why similar: Board Game 48.3%, Puzzle 21.5%, Historical 17.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%, 2D 5.3%
- #51 Pricolage -IDOLIZED-
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 276 reviews2024
Dev: HIJIKIPub: Annulus
Windows · Mac
“Just who are you…?” Uncover the truth behind K-pop idol Sena as you search through her social media accounts in Pricolage -IDOLIZED-. In order to locate K-pop idol Sena, pronounced missing, you must search for clues in the ocean of darkness and greed that is the internet.
Why similar: Drama 26%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Puzzle 17.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #52 Belle-de-Nuit
69% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Win duels and hearts as a swordswoman at Paris's finest luxury brothel! Fight for the honor of ladies of the night in this game of swords and seductions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Drama 20.7%, Historical 14%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #53 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #54 Parallels: Year One
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.3%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Drama 11.3%, Text-Based 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #55 Scarlet Enigma
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Braveforge
Windows
Investigate a chilling birthday murder in a branching mystery filled with secrets, suspects, and puzzles. Uncover the truth, bend time, and stop the killer before reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Puzzle 19.2%, 2D 3.7%
- #56 Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion
65% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Drama 23%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 6%
- #57 Where the Echo Sleeps
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Han Minhee
Windows
is a story-driven hospital receptionist simulator with multiple endings. Become a hospital receptionist in a pandemic apocalypse and manage the order in which patients receive treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Drama 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Text-Based 5.1%
- #58 Ecos de Luaré
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Treelight Atelier
Windows
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, 2D 4.2%
- #59 Depression Quest
68% matchMixed61% of 3,934 reviews2014
Dev: The Quinnspiracy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 78.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%