- #1 The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
97% matchVery Positive97% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
Why similar: Philosophical 32.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #2 Moonless Moon
96% matchVery Positive90% of 342 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Modern 24.6%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Anime 9.7%
- #3 natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 906 reviews2022
Dev: Kazuhide Oka
Windows · Mac
── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──
Why similar: Modern 24.6%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Anime 16.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
- #4 Days With Ollie
95% 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: Visual Novel 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 22.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #5 Hazy Mind
94% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Anime 16%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #6 RGB GlitchGazer
94% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Anime 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #7 outside the door
93% matchVery Positive94% of 776 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Anime 26.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #8 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
91% matchVery Positive93% of 22,293 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.8%, Anime 24%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Adventure 4.1%
- #9 Absent in the Rain
92% matchVery Positive95% of 906 reviews2022
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.2%, Modern 15.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Anime 14%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #10 Locke(d)
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,114 reviews2023
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Philosophical 38.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Anime 16.2%, Adventure 6.1%
- #11 and yet, we dream
89% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Adventure 10.4%
- #12 さよならナイト・キャップ
90% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: PIGORIS
Windows
目が覚めると、見知らぬゲームセンターにいました。 あなたを知る謎の女の子と行動を共にし、不思議な世界を探検しましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Anime 18.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 1.9%
- #13 Schrödinger's Call
88% matchVery Positive94% of 1,338 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #14 night nite
89% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"Night Nite" is a horror comedy adventure game set in modern times. One day, mysterious events begin to unfold around you. What could be the true identity behind these occurrences?
Why similar: Modern 52.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 14%, Anime 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #15 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
86% matchVery Positive94% of 541 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Anime 12.9%, Adventure 12%
- #16 A Traveler to unknown Thule
87% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: komasukePub: Nostia
Windows · Mac
Adventure Game Traveling around Iceland
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Anime 22.6%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 11.3%
- #17 Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer
86% matchVery Positive92% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows · Mac
──終わってしまった世界の夏、少女はあてのない旅をする。通話を介して終わってしまった世界を共に生きるアドベンチャーゲーム。
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Modern 27.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Adventure 9.6%
- #18 BatteryNote
85% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #19 DINNERDINNNER
83% matchVery Positive81% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"DINNERDINNNER" is a horror adventure game set in the modern era. You become a diner staff member and encounter strange events – customers with bizarre stories, engaging in trivial conversations, and discussing incomprehensible matters.
Why similar: Modern 46.3%, Anime 32.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #20 奇天烈相談ダイヤル
82% matchVery Positive83% of 351 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #21 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
84% matchVery Positive89% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
Windows
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.4%, Anime 26.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Indie 4%
- #22 Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #23 Train of Afterlife
84% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
Dev: Zeiva Inc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.2%, Anime 19.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #24 You know my name?
81% matchMixed69% of 230 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.4%, Text-Based 39.7%, Adventure 1.8%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #25 The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
79% matchMixed70% of 2,114 reviews2026
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Anime 20.8%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Adventure 10.2%
- #26 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
78% matchVery Positive94% of 58,305 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Anime 26.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 8%
- #27 Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Silverstring Media Inc.Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.
Why similar: Philosophical 60.5%, Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Anime 12.8%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #28 BAD END
81% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Anime 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Adventure 10.5%
- #29 Z-End
82% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 79.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #30 Yet Another Killing Game
77% matchVery Positive97% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Anime 21.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #31 Nobody Nowhere
76% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Anime 30.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Adventure 13.7%
- #32 Mobile Murder Mystery
76% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Arlen Szabo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.8%, Anime 29.4%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #33 DIVINATION
78% matchVery Positive89% of 210 reviews2019
Dev: Mojiken
Windows · Mac
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Anime 8.5%
- #34 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
77% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Adventure 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #35 Hookah Haze
74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,426 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Anime 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #36 The Real Face of a VTuber
73% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2026
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室Pub: WhisperGames
Windows
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Anime 16.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #37 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
75% matchVery Positive86% of 263 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Anime 16.2%, Modern 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #38 Disillusion ST
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 566 reviews2024
Dev: Disillusion Dev
Windows
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, Anime 25.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #39 No Results Found
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,027 reviews2026
Dev: Zzangdol GamesPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows · Mac
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 4.9%
- #40 Lover's Enigma
71% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.6%, Anime 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #41 7 days with Death
75% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Narrator
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
On Christmas Eve, a strange girl breaks into your home claiming to be the bringer of death.;This unbelievable prophesy is then followed by many strange omens...he must make a choice...
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Anime 28.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #42 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
73% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #43 Something Strange
73% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.2%, Text-Based 30.9%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #44 No More Future
72% matchVery Positive99% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: Sedge
Windows
In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.5%, Text-Based 23.8%, Philosophical 23.6%, Adventure 13%, Indie 1.5%
- #45 HOPE LEFT ME
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 935 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Philosophical 36.3%, Visual Novel 27%, Text-Based 11%, Anime 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%
- #46 Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
74% matchMixed61% of 453 reviews2022
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.9%, Multiple Endings 19%, Adventure 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
70% matchVery Positive84% of 258 reviews2024
Dev: HUNGRYCULTPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two thousand years ago, the Pestis Disaster swept through the land, corrupting all living things and making it to difficult to live on the land. Having touched the darkest darkness the world has seen, one must now face the dazzling light. Thus I pose this question. Whose wings did I see that day?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Anime 25.1%, Adventure 15%, Text-Based 13.9%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #48 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
71% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 8.8%
- #49 End Transmission?
69% matchVery Positive83% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tall Trees
Windows
If the world was ending, how would you spend your final days? Explore a narrative management game set shortly before the end of the world, about enjoying the time you have left. Play music, take calls, and help the town face the challenges of saying goodbye to those closest to them.
Why similar: Indie 58.2%, Singleplayer 41.8%
- #50 Emily is Away <3
68% matchVery Positive91% of 6,804 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%
- #51 Sixtieth Kilometer
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,786 reviews2016
Dev: TalentplacePub: KishMish Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You're going to work by train, but strange things happens on the way: the train stops, the pink fog appears outside and the man who came off the train immediately dies. The main characters turned out to be locked in the train without any clues about what's happening...
Why similar: Visual Novel 76.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.5%, Anime 4.5%, Adventure 4.5%, Multiple Endings 3.3%
- #52 The Dearest Person
67% matchVery Positive94% of 637 reviews2024
Dev: house.opposite
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 33%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Anime 10.2%
- #53 MOOD
67% matchVery Positive86% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: MAT Affect
Windows
MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars. You were the one who summoned your new companion, there is no backing out now!
Why similar: Philosophical 36.8%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Anime 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #54 Virtual Maid Streamer Ramie
70% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: monimePub: iMel
Windows
The Vtuber who came out of the screen was actually a maid!? Featuring the virtual maid who just wants to cheer the protagonist up. Follow this fluffy adventure with a little spice, full of charming moments and a few tears along the way.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Anime 22.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #55 Sumire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 958 reviews2021
Dev: GameTomo TeamPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Anime 22.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Indie 3.1%
- #56 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,313 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Anime 20.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #57 Homicipher
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,339 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #58 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
69% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.7%, Anime 21.9%, Text-Based 21.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #59 Lost Infinity
67% matchPositive84% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Void EchoPub: Valera Entertainment
Windows
Where are you going with the main character? "Lost Infinity" is a game about nothing, or maybe something, only you will decide. Grieve, think, reason.
Why similar: Visual Novel 71.2%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #60 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Anime 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 10.8%