Games Like NA-Re: great chain of being

Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Thriller 9.6%

Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Thriller 8%

Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%

A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%

A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 23%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%

Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Anime 9.1%

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 22%, Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

A short novel about travelling by train. Become the one who (not)helps three girls to get to the final destination at the sea.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Thriller 14%, Philosophical 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%

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 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Philosophical 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Thriller 11%, Text-Based 10.9%

Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Nonlinear 17%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%

An otome visual novel with the main character trapped in a new, cruel reality. A lot of choices, unpredictably and cruelly affecting the outcome.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Philosophical 11.9%, Text-Based 10.9%

A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 17.4%, Multiple Endings 9%

A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Nonlinear 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%

Can a Mage live free, when Magic can only come from Demons? Sylvain thinks so, but when he flees the Alchemical Institute, his old friend Celeste stops him, afraid for his life. One conversation will set the course of their lives. Guide them through it. 27 endings: each a kinetic short story.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

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: Nonlinear 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%

Maria's plans for the future are completely ruined, as her parents unexpectedly marry her off. But an unwanted marriage is not the worst thing that awaits Maria, and her own life is at risk.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Anime 9.6%

Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Text-Based 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Nonlinear 10.1%

《湖中天空 ：CAELUM IN LACU》是以RPGMaker引擎制作的解谜冒险向角色扮演类像素俯视角RPG游戏。 玩家将在游戏开始时以“林间浦叶”这一角色的视角进行探索，并在学院内的不断探索中结识几位性格各异的女性，与一部手机中的神秘联系人“赞丹的风车”一起逐步揭开这所学院内发生的秘辛往事。

Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Philosophical 12.5%, Nonlinear 12%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%

A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?

Why similar: Nonlinear 16.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10%

A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Hand-drawn 9%

A group of university students is going to spend a week in the old hotel "Amnea". Within these seven days they have to find out what is hidden behind its facade and to unravel all the mysteries without losing their minds.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Thriller 15%, Text-Based 14.8%, Hand-drawn 7.9%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Anime 8.7%

A 2D narrative management game set in a medieval fantasy setting with a dark storyline. Chat with villagers, generate resources, expand the religion of Belor, or try to unravel the mysteries of the Village at the Top of the World.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Faith 14.6% ★, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%

This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Thriller 9.9%

A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Philosophical 19.7%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%

Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%

A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13%

A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Thriller 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

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: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Philosophical 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.

Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Philosophical 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Thriller 11.7%

This short visual novel is a derivative work of the Touhou Project. The wicked hermit Seiga Kaku uses her Taoist arts to help you achieve your goals and become a better person.

Why similar: Faith 21.4% ★, Text-Based 18.9%, Philosophical 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%

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 18.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Thriller 15%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%

A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11%

A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Mystery 9.4%

Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Thriller 10%, Nonlinear 9%

A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Faith 10.5% ★, Multiple Endings 10.4%

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: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 4.5%

A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.7%, Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Thriller 14%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%

Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Anime 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.

Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Nonlinear 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%

“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: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%

A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Anime 8.1%

Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 20.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 7.7%

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Story Rich 7.9%

In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Philosophical 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Nonlinear 12%, Thriller 12%

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: Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Scent of Clouds is a hand-drawn illustrated, text-based adventure game. As a perfumer's assistant, you create fragrances and journey through unknown lands in search of ingredients for the legendary "Scent of Clouds." With a keen nose, you'll unravel the timeless mystery of this world.

Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.9%

Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.7%, Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9%