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  1. #1 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 914 reviews2021
    Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Horror 10.1%

  2. #2 Last Broadcast
    96% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2023
    Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
    Windows

    An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

  3. #3 Depanneur Nocturne
    96% matchVery Positive96% of 259 reviews2020
    Dev: KO_OP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 22.3%, Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Exploration 9.3%

  4. #4 Newfound Courage
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 338 reviews2019
    Dev: Cafe Empty
    Windows · Mac

    You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.6%, Romance 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Horror 10%, Story Rich 7.5%

  5. #5 Epimutation
    94% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: Barbieronpa
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Horror 13%

  6. #6 Boyhood's End
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 756 reviews2024
    Dev: WSS playground
    Windows

    Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Story Rich 21.9%, Horror 12%, Exploration 9.8%

  7. #7 Tri City Monsters
    92% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Peaches
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Romance 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  8. #8 Saihate Station
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,470 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.5%, Horror 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Exploration 5.2%

  9. #9 When The Night Comes
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2021
    Dev: Lunaris Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.1%, Romance 19%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%

  10. #10 Noctuary
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 2,640 reviews2023
    Dev: GratescaPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Romance 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

  11. #11 The Night Market
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2023
    Dev: Zinnia DemitassePub: Lamplight Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Welcome to the Night Market. Survive your journey while navigating a foreign land, rife with political intrigue, arbitrary rules and secrets designed to keep you distracted. Fall in love, explore a world with rich characters, and try to save the realm.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Romance 16%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.1%

  12. #12 RUNT
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2026
    Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
    Windows

    RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Horror 11.7%

  13. #13 Ashwalkers
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 200 reviews2021
    Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
    Windows

    A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%

  14. #14 Our Wonderland
    86% matchVery Positive99% of 124 reviews2026
    Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.5%, Romance 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 11%

  15. #15 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 495 reviews2020
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Romance 14.2%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

  16. #16 Eternights
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 3,475 reviews2023
    Dev: Studio Sai
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Eternights is a dating action game where you try to make the most out of life during the apocalypse. Monday: Go on a date. Tuesday: Clear dungeon. Friday: Freak out! The clock is ticking!!

    Why similar: Romance 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 27%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 8.2%

  17. #17 Love Shore
    87% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Perfect Garbage
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choices Matter 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Stylized 9.8%

  18. #18 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
    85% matchVery Positive98% of 224 reviews2020
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.

    Why similar: Romance 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%

  19. #19 The End of You
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2024
    Dev: Memory of God
    Windows

    The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 26.7%, Romance 24.1%, First-Person 13.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Horror 9.5%

  20. #20 non-binary
    83% matchVery Positive94% of 301 reviews2022
    Dev: owof games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Story Rich 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%

  21. #21 Crimson Spires
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2020
    Dev: Woodsy Studio
    Windows

    This otome-style visual novel blends eeriness and romance into a compelling drama. A ring of deadly towers traps you in the small mining town of Bataille, Missouri with extreme conspiracy theorists, a serial killer, and wealthy vampires. Choose your partner wisely.

    Why similar: Romance 47%, Horror 28.8%, Adventure 24.2%

  22. #22 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,845 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Story Rich 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 4.6%

  23. #23 First Bite
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2022
    Dev: First Bite Games
    Windows · Mac

    An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.6%, Romance 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Multiple Endings 4.6%

  24. #24 Apocalypse with Femboy
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 460 reviews2026
    Dev: Pout Honey
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake with amnesia in a world of monsters. The only clue to your identity is a photograph of a beautiful stranger. Sticking with him may be your only hope for survival… but the greatest danger is the secret he reveals when he falls asleep.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 57%, Romance 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Horror 7.7%, Choices Matter 6.8%

  25. #25 Courtin' Cowboys
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
    Dev: Mrfishess
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.8%, Romance 22.8%, Exploration 20.2%, Adventure 6.2%

  26. #26 Solstice
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
    Dev: MoaCube
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Romance 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

  27. #27 Haven
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 6,113 reviews2020
    Dev: The Game Bakers
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Romance 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

  28. #28 Survivor's Notes
    76% matchVery Positive89% of 540 reviews2026
    Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
    Windows · Mac

    "Survivor's Notes" is an FMV . Players control two protagonists, using choices and QTEs to unlock different branches and endings. Follow a girl who foresees disaster and acolonel from the future as their stories reveal the outbreak's origins. Trust,rescue, or walk away. Survival is onlyone of them.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  29. #29 End of Lines
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 73 reviews2023
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%

  30. #30 No Longer Home
    81% matchMixed62% of 452 reviews2021
    Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Romance 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Stylized 7.9%

  31. #31 Gender Dysphoria
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: exodrifter
    Windows · Linux

    A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.5%, Nonlinear 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%

  32. #32 Goodbye Volcano High
    76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,869 reviews2023
    Dev: KO_OP
    Windows
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 8.1%

  33. #33 No, I'm not a Femboy
    77% matchMixed49% of 1,113 reviews2025
    Dev: Pine Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 16%

    The game takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. You experience all the horrors of the apocalypse in your own cozy house on the outskirts of a small town. People may knock on your door in need of your help. Will you be able to save them?

    Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Choices Matter 27.6%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Story Rich 10%

  34. #34 MindMindMind
    75% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2024
    Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Romance 16.5%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 10%

  35. #35 Endless Bounty
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2020
    Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    This is a point and click adventure where you lead Drok'tar through the town of Gabranth and its surrounding areas while looking for his bounty. You'll meet a slew of characters along with way, and if you play your cards right, you'll find yourself in more... erotic situations with some of them.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Romance 17.7%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

  36. #36 Heartstop Tour
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2026
    Dev: Comfort Kuma StudiosPub: HMoon Publishing LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Spend 4 days with 2 boy failures in this otome visual novel. Will you choose Julian, the lost tourist with golden retriever energy, or Riku, the quietly intense guy in a bear suit, to steal your heart in this short & sweet romance?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Romance 23.8%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 6.7%

  37. #37 Mediterranea Inferno
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 573 reviews2023
    Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Romance 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 12%

  38. #38 Set Yourself on Fire
    71% matchVery Positive98% of 412 reviews2026
    Dev: Denhop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.6%, Romance 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Story Rich 8.3%, Stylized 6.1%

  39. #39 Fearbonding
    73% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2025
    Dev: Night Asobu
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.5%, Romance 18.5%, Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%

  40. #40 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno
    74% matchVery Positive99% of 471 reviews2021
    Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Patches is dragged to school for the first ever cat-and-dog school day! All he needs to do is get this damn collar off and wreck some havoc! Will he prove cats and dogs can get along, or will he make this the Purrfect Apawcalypse?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Horror 8.5%

  41. #41 Love Alone Death
    72% matchVery Positive98% of 450 reviews2023
    Dev: vivid selfish
    Windows · Mac

    Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Romance 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Horror 10.4%

  42. #42 Nightmare Zapping
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

    Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Story Rich 17.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 3.4%

  43. #43 Purrgatory
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,046 reviews2021
    Dev: Niv
    Windows

    A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 58.3%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 1.5%

  44. #44 Little Goody Two Shoes
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,553 reviews2023
    Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.5%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Romance 10.7%

  45. #45 The Outcast Lovers
    74% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2020
    Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

  46. #46 BlightFog
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Zakroutil
    Windows

    Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Choices Matter 17%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Exploration 8%

  47. #47 Bloodcrave
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2026
    Dev: Blue Fiend StudiosPub: TinyHat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A horror dating sim featuring six love interests, two dozen side characters, animated scenes, and decision-driven storytelling. Will you lead your companions down the path of virtue or succumb to the lure of darkness?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.5%, Romance 17.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Horror 13%

  48. #48 Speed Dating for Ghosts
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 546 reviews2018
    Dev: Copychaser Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Romance 12.6%

  49. #49 TELLURICENE
    67% matchVery Positive100% of 65 reviews2026
    Dev: DEADline Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Love is deception, germinated in desperation. Fill the role of one of the nation's top researchers. You will have 10 days to study the rapidly spreading and mysterious new species to decide: friend or foe? The coming Telluricene rests in your hands.

    Why similar: Romance 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, First-Person 8.8%

  50. #50 Answer Knot
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 746 reviews2019
    Dev: Naraven
    Windows

    A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.4%, First-Person 29%, Horror 24.6%

  51. #51 The Cleaner
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2023
    Dev: Spongey Kitty
    Windows

    A chill cleaning game set at the end of the world.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.9%, Romance 23.8%, Horror 20.6%, Story Rich 9.2%, Atmospheric 3.5%

  52. #52 Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 7.9%

  53. #53 S.H.E.L.T.E.R. - An Apocalyptic Tale
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 790 reviews2021
    Dev: Winterlook Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A post-apocalyptic, adults only Visual Novel, where you and your choices will shape the future of humanity and those around you. Engage in meaningful relationships with the characters or bring them to depravity.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Romance 14%, Nonlinear 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%

  54. #54 Melancholy Love
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2021
    Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
    Windows · Mac

    Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.3%, Romance 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

  55. #55 Ascension: Transition and Silver
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2021
    Dev: SulMatul
    Windows · Linux

    Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Romance 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%

  56. #56 Nocturne
    62% matchVery Positive99% of 382 reviews2026
    Dev: Pracy Studios
    Windows

    The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.

    Why similar: Exploration 31.8%, Story Rich 30.9%, Stylized 29.1%, Adventure 8.2%

  57. #57 Beacon Pines
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,519 reviews2022
    Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Horror 21.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.7%

  58. #58 Dissolution of the Silent Union
    63% matchVery Positive89% of 271 reviews2026
    Dev: Umigame Studios
    Windows · Mac

    The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 9.6%, Stylized 8.9%

  59. #59 Fledgling Manor
    64% matchVery Positive99% of 169 reviews2024
    Dev: In Secret Places
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Romance 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Horror 12%

  60. #60 Blood Moon
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You’re a werewolf. You’re in a city, infested with witches, hunters, ghosts, and vampires. That’s how this story starts. You decide how it ends.

    Why similar: Romance 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

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