- #1 POPULARITY CONTEST
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%
- #2 Shadows of Betrayal
96% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #3 Creepy Crypt Critters
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #4 Augury Point
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LunaticMoon
Windows
Murder Mystery meets Dating Sim in a small southwestern town beset by cults & conspiracies. Can you prevent your coffee shop from closing, solve your uncle’s murder and maybe even find love?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Investigation 9.1%, Mystery 8.6%
- #5 Wild Island Quest
95% matchMixed53% of 345 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%
- #6 Echoes of Pinebridge
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #7 Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
93% matchMostly Negative40% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamloop GamesPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Investigation 10.1%, Survival 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #8 The Meridian
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #9 近所 - if -
91% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: zentac studio
Windows
A Girl's Kidnapping Case in Your Neighborhood...Your Choices and Actions Determine the Outcome
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Thriller 7.4%
- #10 Under the Table
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
An office-based shrinking horror adventure in visual novel format! Explore a workplace packed with man-eating coworkers as you try to survive being tiny...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #11 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
90% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #12 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
89% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #13 Far Away
89% matchVery Positive95% of 8,120 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Conspiracy 14% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #14 Chronicles from the Abyss
88% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Abstract 14.6%, Incremental 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #15 Whispers of Gold
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Mystery 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%
- #16 Gold & Brown
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #17 ThroneBreaker
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Kingdoms Games
Windows
You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Choices Matter 15%, RPG 11.3%
- #18 BURN
85% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%
- #19 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
84% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Mystery 11.9%
- #20 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
83% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #21 The Mall Explodes!
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Ryclaw Games
Windows
The Mall Explodes! is a visual novel about a security guard with only a few minutes to stop a bomb from exploding in a shopping mall. Figure out who the bomber is and stop them before it's too late!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Thriller 14.3%, Mystery 8.5%
- #22 It's Time
84% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Willman Interactive
Windows · Mac
Play as a young scientist who invents a time portal and uses it to bring back his dead wife. Soon, things become chaotic in his life. Make choices and help people as you progress. Decide whom to save, your family or friends. Your choices determine the ending.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Incremental 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #23 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Mystery 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13%
- #24 BURIED STARS
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,174 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 9.9%
- #25 I Did It ALL for the COOKIE!
81% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Paul RodenburgPub: Rodenburg Films Ltd
Windows · Mac
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #26 The Heirloom
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Babubi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the secrets of your family and your grandfather's old lighthouse as you seek the truth behind the unusual happenings in The Heirloom, a mysterious thriller adventure inspired by the atmosphere of the Hebrides and Scottish folklore!
Why similar: Conspiracy 18% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #27 Grave Knight
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 10.9%
- #28 Serania - Path of the Scion
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #29 The Fifth Horseman
80% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, RPG 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #30 Mothmen 1966
78% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #31 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
77% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Investigation 11%
- #32 Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summertime
Windows
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 28.2%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #33 囚われホテル
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #34 A Totally Normal Love Story
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Something Hippo
Windows · Mac
Made for people who love Hallmark movies — and people who love to hate them. A totally normal love story in a perfectly ordinary small town, where nothing weird ever happens…or so you’re told.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Multiple Endings 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Mystery 14%, Thriller 13.6%
- #35 The Change Architect
76% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #36 Kill The Clock
73% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #37 Remnants of Dawn
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%
- #38 Good Morning
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: LcieKJPub: Lazy_Pegion_Art
Windows
Good morning! The story explores a distorted memory, blending reflection, twists, and roguelike chaos in a short game packed with hours of replayability.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Incremental 12.8%
- #39 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
75% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Mystery 21.2%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Adventure 9.6%
- #40 summer story
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #41 Diomedea Keep
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Choices Matter 17%, Mystery 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #42 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
71% matchVery Positive85% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Investigation 11.3%
- #43 The Trial
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Mystery 12.3%
- #44 因果律 Inside The Memory
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Garnet Bloom
Windows
[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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Adventure 9.9%
- #45 Isle of Maligree
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%
- #46 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #47 Across Kiloparsecs
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #48 The Trials - Chapter Two
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 7.5%
- #49 Endless Monday: In Progress
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%
- #50 The Music at the end of the World
69% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #51 Horrors of Helmsfirth
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 19.7%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Mystery 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #52 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%
- #53 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManyDev Studio
Windows
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Investigation 9.3%
- #54 For Mother Matron
68% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #55 Sabbatical In Merzouga
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Mystery 11.9%
- #56 Himegimi Detective
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: YOX-Project
Windows
Sayla Limehult, First Princess to the Kingdom of Ratania, shall set off for the far-away land of Japan to learn about the wider world and her role within it. As both a princess, and a world-class detective!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #57 Whispering Memories
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Incremental 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #58 民国诡事
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LinearGame Pte. Ltd.
Windows
"Strange Rites" is a Chinese horror interactive puzzle game. As a reporter with the ability to see the unseen, you investigate monster rumors in the chaotic Republic of China era, navigating a 3D+2D world, finding clues, and sealing evil spirits. Uncover forgotten folk horrors.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #59 Kamilia
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
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 16.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #60 THE BREAKFIVE
66% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Nanjing Baiku Network Technology Co., Ltd
Windows
In 1421, the seemingly peaceful Ming Empire is actually rife with undercurrents. As the capital relocation project progresses, numerous forces across the realm are beginning to stir. A massive conspiracy is quietly brewing, and the facade of peace and tranquility is about to be torn apart.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Survival 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%