60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings, Visual Novel.
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Five Biggest Accomplishments
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Noir 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Nonlinear 9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.2% ★, Noir 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
Why similar: Noir 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Detective 11%
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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Thriller 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Detective 12.9%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Visual Novel 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Noir 13.1%, Nonlinear 11.3%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Thriller 10.2%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Noir 9.7%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Detective 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 12.8%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dynamic Narration 10.2% ★, Multiple Endings 9.5%
The fate of Savannah is in your hands!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.1% ★, Noir 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Nonlinear 10.2%
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dystopian 14.5%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Noir 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
A psycho-thriller narrative RPG, fusing a retro-cinematic art style with mechanics from visual novels and adventure games. Escape a procedurally generated looping nightmare. Manage your sanity or your mind will turn against you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Noir 11.9%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Dystopian 9.8%
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Nonlinear 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.3% ★, Noir 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 12.6%
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 24.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dystopian 14.8%, Detective 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Nonlinear 9.4%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
‘This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood.’ An 30minute black noire game, with an deep story, 30 beautiful images and stunning backroundsound.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Dystopian 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Thriller 10%
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Detective 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Thriller 8.6%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Horror 11.5%
An original visual novel about the dark secrets of a Soviet asylum, inspired by real events. Here, you do not control the story — you watch as it slowly breaks the main character… and you along with him.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Nonlinear 10.6%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.4% ★, Detective 16.9%, Noir 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dystopian 14%
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Thriller 11.4%, Horror 7.4%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Nonlinear 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
«NEUROBROOD» is a visual novel in the cyberpunk‑horror genre. Those touched by the abyss of neurodream never wake up the same.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Noir 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dynamic Narration 11.5% ★, Horror 7.6%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Horror 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Nonlinear 10.5%
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 17%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Horror 11.8%
As a young detective, investigate the disappearance of a little girl and live the memories of those tragic moments in the shoes of the little one.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.7% ★, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Detective 12.9%
You are Max Boston, tasked with solving a murder-suicide crisis in this third person psychological thriller. Use futuristic forensic tools, gather evidence, interrogate suspects, and solve challenging puzzles as you explore the city. Fair warning, Max has to face a few demons of his own, as well...
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.5% ★, Noir 17.9%, Detective 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
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: Noir 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Detective 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.5% ★, Dystopian 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Zombies 11%
Maintaining a healthy Work-Life balance is pretty tricky on a good day but it’s damn near impossible when your boss threatens foreclosure on your mortal existence. As the new bartender at DEAD-END, you’ll make new friends, mix weird drinks, all while navigating Life, Death and everything in between.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Noir 21.1%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Thriller 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
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 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Detective 12.8%
Infected Love: The Fatal Experiment is not just a survival game — it’s a fusion of horror, romance, and unforgettable choices. Are you ready to confess your love… when the world is falling apart?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.3% ★, Dystopian 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Thriller 10.2%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Noir 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dystopian 12.6%
"A heartwarming kingdom simulator + procedural story generator = make villager's life difficult, friendship betrayal, love entanglement, conflicts, join cults, overturn leaders, dragon dueling, turn villagers into animals, to create a beautiful ending." --- 10/10, anonymous.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Thriller 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%
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 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 8.5%
Five live rounds, a blank, and a choice. Electio is a short narrative horror game where death carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dynamic Narration 12% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 18%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
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: Detective 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
