Games Like My Dearest Direst Disaster

少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Romance 7.3%

A cozy nonogram puzzle adventure wrapped in a storybook world. Solve gentle picture-logic puzzles to reveal hand-crafted pixel art, and slowly bring color back to a village that has quietly faded away.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Emotional 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Romance 8.7%

During exam prep, Semyon faces a family crisis that leads to failure and a transfer to a troubled class. There, he encounters not only hostility but also makes new friends and meets girls who change his outlook on life. He must make tough choices between friendship, dreams, and harsh reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Mystery 14.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Romance 9.9%

That love tastes like a sweet lie. A young man who hates lies. A girl who lives by them. A short visual novel about a classic summer boy-meets-girl romance.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Anime 7.3%

A tragic love story following Memori and her search for the missing "him."

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Emotional 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Romance 8.1%

GIFT from GOD is a visual novel told through the eyes of Ryosuke Nikaido and Akane Yamamoto. As they face three missions from God, their hearts, pasts, and choices begin to intertwine, leading them toward the true meaning of God’s “gift.”

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Emotional 21.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Anime 8.2%

A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Emotional 19.5%, Mystery 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Romance 9.8%

The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Emotional 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 15.7%, 2D 5.2%

This is the last work of a certain game creator who mysteriously disappeared. The cross reality ADV, known for its shocking conclusion, is coming back after 24 years.

Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 7.6%

A complete version of the well-received free game “Akairo Mansion - Horror Edition” is now available with additional episodes! A dramatic horror novel presented to sound novel lovers by the author who is a sound novel lover.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Horror 8.9%

This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 7.2%

A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Mystery 14.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Anime 7.8%

VTuber業界を舞台にしたビジュアルノベル。事務所マネージャー・若葉として、担当タレント・月宮エリカの初ソロライブまでの6日間を支えよう。選択肢によって物語は分岐する。その6日間の先に待つものを、あなたはまだ知らない。

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 16%, Mystery 11.1%, Anime 7.9%

みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%

A short visual novel game in which a boy named Shiomi suddenly appears one day, and the protagonist, who recognizes him as an imaginary friend, converses with him to find out what happened between them.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Emotional 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Adventure 13%, Cute 5.7%

Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Text-Based 8.6%

A visual novel with more than 50 illustrations to color the story. Summer" has suddenly disappeared from a certain town. A boy returns to the town where the seasons have stopped, and is reunited with his former friends. What awaits him after he overcomes the cost of his wish?

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 12.5%, Emotional 8.8%, Mystery 8.4%

これまで多くのミステリーゲームを手掛けたオレンジが届ける、テキストアドベンチャーゲーム。 本作は「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズなどでお馴染みのコマンド式を採用しており、 コマンドで情報集めや推理をしながら真相へと迫っていきます。 無実の罪で警察から追われることになった男が、逃げながら事件解決に挑む “逃亡×推理”のサスペンスをお楽しみください。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 18%, Adventure 16.7%, Gore 7.2%

Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Emotional 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 9.4%

A visual novel that depicts the trials of four young girls who committed crimes during their lifetimes and have since passed away.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Romance 7.9%, Anime 7.8%

Escape the endless midsummer in this time-loop mystery visual novel. Find the "exit key," solve the cryptic MAZE app's missions, and reach the future with your childhood friends! A coming-of-age drama with stunning visuals, a 300k-character voiced script, diverse puzzle mechanics, and no bad ends.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Emotional 16.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 13.4%

"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Emotional 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Adventure 7.8%

サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場！ シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Text-Based 9.7%

Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Emotional 15.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Cute 6.9%

鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Emotional 15.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Text-Based 10.1%

怖い話を聞いているだけなのに何かおかしい……。新聞部の新人、坂上修一となり、学校新聞の特集のために集まった6人の語り部より怖い話を聞いていきます。語り部は話の途中で坂上に質問や感想を求めてきます。それが選択肢となっており、答えることによって物語が変化していきます。

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Anime 8.7%, Gore 7.2%

A certain streamer's fan meeting. Ten men and women are trapped on a luxury cruise ship. And the nightmare 'death game' begins—Collect notes through investigation, use deduction and voting to 'catch the shark'! A mid-length mystery ADV where bad endings are unavoidable.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Mystery 20.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Cute 7.4%

A coming-of-age romance visual novel set in a disbanded high school photography club. Three fully voiced heroines — a childhood friend, a playful junior, a mysterious senior. As love refracts like a prism, what will Hikaru's camera capture? A remake of Sakurairo Prism. "You can always start over."

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Emotional 14.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 7.9%

「邂逅と追憶の果てに辿り着く未来」 前作から季節は変わり秋になる。死神の条件のために主人公、長谷部涼平は文化祭・修学旅行のイベントで菅野を幸せにしようと右往左往する…そこで、彼もまた過去に向き合うことになる。本作のテーマは「家族」、Chapter.1から大幅にボリュームアップしたChapter.2開幕！

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Emotional 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Romance 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%

莺神乐的知名作品，在Steam中高清化上架！ 与书本坠入爱河，畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧！

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Romance 8%

Five stories, a life. In an accident, the man named "Miracle" met the girl he hit, and the trajectory of his life has changed since then. Ten years, in the scattered fragments of time, witness together his precious memories.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Mystery 15.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Romance 12.3%

Explore a sealed classroom and work together with a mysterious girl to escape. As the story unfolds, it gradually begins to seep into reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Mystery 20.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 10.3%

Jack and Sylvia work as sevants in Talia Godroy's house to clear a debt. What begins as work becomes something neither of them planned. A branching adult visual novel about romance, desire and jealousy — 20+ hours, 16 endings, no way to see them all in one run.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Emotional 16.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 10.3%

曾经的小镇学霸，在事业不如意之时踏上了归乡之旅。一辆充满“怀旧”气氛的绿皮火车上，麻烦事接二连三地扑面而来——但却是，一段回味悠长的花舞之旅。

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Emotional 22.3%, Romance 14%, Adventure 10.2%, Anime 9.4%

"There's Something on This Spaceship" An SF horror mystery adventure game depicting a life-or-death struggle against an alien that imitates your crewmates.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Adventure 7.8%, Horror 7.6%

No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Emotional 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Anime 6.8%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

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: Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Emotional 18%, Mystery 9.3%, Adventure 9%

「彼は本当に精神疾患なのか？それとも……」 精神科医である道島（主人公）は、ある入院患者の担当を任される。母親を刺したというその少年は、 奇妙な幻聴の症状を抱えており……。貴方は神話生物の魔の手から逃れ、生き延びる事が出来るのか…！？

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 7.4%

There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%

A horror visual novel game with "Tales from the Crypt" style plot.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 9.4%, Gore 7.4%

A Japanese-style visual novel where two stories intersect.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Emotional 25.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Anime 9.8%, Gore 7.4%

[Using Live2D, almost full voice] (Voice is only in Japanese)A mystery that begins with a single invitation received from your uncle.A ``mystery'' that happens to someone who was supposed to be an invited guest. Please try to solve it by yourself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Adventure 17.6%, Mystery 13%, Gore 7.4%

Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Mystery 15.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 10.5%

In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Emotional 10.4%

In the summer of third year of high school, the movie club which he belongs in crisis of survival! Have make movie until Cultural festival, if don’t make impress the audience, movie club will be forced to abolish. The cast of the movie is what a girl! Will he be able to keep the movie club alive ?

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Adventure 18.8%, Cute 8.5%, Horror 6.8%

On his first visit to his father's rural hometown in seven years, Hotaru reunites with his first love—only to learn that she died three years ago. Explore Yokomizo, uncover the truth behind a family tragedy, and escape supernatural otherworlds in this Japanese horror mystery adventure.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Emotional 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Mystery 14.6%, Adventure 5.5%

「取調室」で容疑者や参考人を取調べ、情報を得ながら事件の真相へ迫っていく推理アドベンチャーゲーム。 全５章、コメディあり・シリアスありでお届けします。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Mystery 22.1%, Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Violent 7%

怖すぎるにも ほどがある。新聞部は、夏休み前の学校新聞で「学校の七不思議」を特集することになった。七人の学生を集めて、彼らから怖い話を聞き、それを特集としてまとめるのだ。新聞部三年生の日野から命を受け、新入部員の坂上修一はその集会の聞き役を担当することになった。集会当日、放課後の新聞部部室に日野によって集められた七人の語り部と聞き役の坂上修一は初めて顔を合わせる。しかし、七人集められたはずの語り部は、何故か六人しかいなかった。七人目が姿を見せぬまま始まる七不思議の集会。七人目は、現れるのか。そして、この集会の終わりに待っているのは……。

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 10.1%, Gore 7.8%

少女の絶命まであと30分…。 『絶体絶命少女』は、"冷たい方程式"や"トロッコ問題"をオマージュした短編SFビジュアルノベルです。 母親に会うため宇宙船に密航した少女か、宇宙事故に遭い救助を待つ遭難者たちか、あなたは命の選択を迫られます。 救う命を選び、少女の運命を見届けましょう。

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 15.5%, Emotional 13.9%, Cute 7.4%

Face your friend's twisted mind and do your best. You should stay sane until the end.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Mystery 15%, Emotional 13.2%, Adventure 12.5%

"Even though I knew this love was forbidden..." While the tragedy is being told, the girl's true love is revealed! Enjoy this crazy pure love drama with beautiful visuals and cute characters!

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 12.1%, Cute 9.5%, Anime 9.3%

Having lost the meaning of life, Shionagi meets Ayana, who suffers from a certain illness. “Kidnap me from this boring everyday life.” He wishes to die. A girl promised death. A bittersweet summer kidnapping drama where they confront each other's “lives.”

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Emotional 29.2%, Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 10.5%, 2D 5.2%

A romance/drama visual novel. School life, love, jealousy, betrayals...and YANDARE!(different endings). Available in Chinese, French and English.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Romance 13.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Violent 9.6%

Every step you take influences bunny journey and the outcome of her cursed existence. Will you unravel the mysteries of the past, confronting darkness with courage, or succumb to fear and desperation, sealing her fate in eternal torment?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Emotional 12.5%, Horror 7.4%

Gather evidence and uncover the truth through your interactions with others in this mystery adventure game about a case where past and present collide.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Mystery 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, 2D 5.6%

Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!

Why similar: Emotional 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Adventure 12%

A mysterious tale shared with Sujin, the girl only I can see.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 17.7%, Emotional 15.1%, Anime 7.2%

予測された未来に挑め―― 探偵見習いである伊月千春は失踪人探しの仕事の最中、犯罪予測AI『プロテア』を偶然、手に入れるが…

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Adventure 19.8%, Mystery 17.5%, 2D 4.7%

This is a visual novel game themed around 'painting.' The story begins with a commission to restore a damaged painting, and as the art exhibition draws near, the secrets hidden beneath the canvas will gradually be revealed.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Emotional 20.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Romance 12.7%, Anime 10.3%

A boy who hates the night meets a vampire girl who loves it. As they steal blood packs and help those in need under the cover of darkness, the two gradually fall in love. A multi-ending visual novel that gently illuminates the lives of those lost in the night and offers comfort to the lonely.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Emotional 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 8.8%, Romance 8.3%