- #1 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
97% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Point & Click 12%, Narration 11.9%
- #2 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
96% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Narration 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Point & Click 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #3 Vanakan
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #4 Professor of Magical Studies
95% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Education 19.1%, Text-Based 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #5 Stamped: an anti-travel game
94% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Education 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 12.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #6 Corporation Inc.
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria LagrangePub: KSU Gaming Studio
Windows
Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy
Why similar: Education 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Narration 9.2%
- #7 楚漢女子
94% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 株式会社Viola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Education 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #8 Hakuba School ! Hunting Prey
92% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Kenbu
Windows
Welcome to Hakuba school! Live a student life in Hakuba and solve the mysteries surrounding the school and your past...
Why similar: Narration 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 13.1%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #9 Au Revoir
91% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Nostalgia 23.1% ★, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Investigation 9.2%
- #10 Hellink
91% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Ikigai
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first visual novel about fake news! Investigate in 2044 in a humorous and cyberpunk universe. Counter your opponents' lies and thwart the plot that threatens Néo-Sorbonne!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Narration 11.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #11 Into the Waves
90% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #12 Runet Legend
89% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
To move further along the plot, you need to complete quests, look for various items that will help you get closer to the finale. Exciting adventures, secrets of the past and difficult decisions are waiting for you. Control the fate of Ozon671Games and help him figure out this difficult situation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Narration 18.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #13 The Music at the end of the World
89% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #14 Fixer's Tale
88% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #15 Blue Bird's Song
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Narration 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #16 Pencil Plus: The Wrath of The Spankster
86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Rocky Mountain Vault Studios
Windows
Pencil Plus: The Wrath of the Spankster is an interactive novel style choose your own adventure game in which players take the role of Conner, a normal high school kid that gains a very unique super power: the ability to pull limitless pencils out of his pockets.
Why similar: Education 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Narration 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #17 Watashi Suzume
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
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 17.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Point & Click 14.2%, Anime 10.3%
- #18 A Perfect Day
85% matchVery Positive85% of 1,802 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Nostalgia 26.7% ★, Narration 16.4%, Investigation 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #19 Window Of Perspectives
84% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Orange Hourglass_GamesPub: This was once revealed to me in a dream
Windows
Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.
Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Point & Click 13.8%, Narration 13.4%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #20 Non-Linear Text Quests
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Linux
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Narration 13.5%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #21 Dreaming After You
82% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Narration 10.9%
- #22 These Nights Alone
83% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: ryArt
Windows
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #23 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
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 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #24 Change the World
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Narration 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #25 Morth
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Crawlspace Studios
Windows
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 12%
- #26 Seeker: Halina
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jestercraft
Windows
Collection of free & paid, fully narrated visual novel which features a story rich, family friendly adventure in a fantasy world full of exciting Seeker species. The majestic cities and cozy villages are blooming – there is joy to share and mysteries to solve. Your journey starts here!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Narration 13.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #27 Silent Earth
80% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #28 Assassin at Crimson Keep
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shadow Glass Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #29 Good Bones
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Hidden Object 12.6%
- #30 Aunewyth
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #31 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #32 Message in a Melody
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 21.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #33 Dear Agony Aunt
77% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Faye Strawberry
Windows · Linux
Congratulations! Your job application was successful. All you have to do now is get through the trial period. Respond to messages using a retro 2006 email client. The replies you send will determine whether you are hired or fired. Will you become a professional agony aunt?
Why similar: Nostalgia 40.9% ★, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #34 Yogoe Hunter
75% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #35 TKKG - Die Feuerprobe
76% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: The Web ProductionPub: USM
Windows · Mac
- German language only – More and more students feel no longer safe at the boarding school. What about the rumors of extortion and intimidation at school? Help TKKG uncover the evil machinations and stop the malefactors!
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Narration 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #36 Transparent
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamDSN
Windows
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Narration 21.2%, Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #37 The Castle
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Narration 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #38 VT Harmony
74% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Point & Click 16.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Narration 11.6%
- #39 Exploring Friscott
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Point & Click 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #40 Kabaret
73% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Narration 14.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #41 Peter's Journey
72% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Narration 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #42 Crossroads: On a Just Path Collector's Edition
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Good drinks, better conversation...
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.4%, Narration 17.4%, Point & Click 17.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #43 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Investigation 11.1%
- #44 Discarded Memories: A Red Iron Story
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toby Davis
Windows · Linux
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Point & Click 19.4%, Narration 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Investigation 8.8%
- #45 Guilt Free
72% matchVery Positive86% of 288 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
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: Narration 17.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #46 Scribe
70% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #47 Terranova
71% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Terranova
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.
Why similar: Nostalgia 24.3% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #48 summer story
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #49 A Bad Christmas Story
68% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #50 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
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: Text-Based 16.7%, Narration 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #51 Digital Influence
68% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're hired in 2010 to create and manage a groundbreaking social media platform. Your decisions will shape its growth, user trust, and societal impact.
Why similar: Education 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #52 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Narration 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #53 Bleeding Moons
69% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Narration 14.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Point & Click 12.4%
- #54 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,767 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 14.8%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #55 Road to Karatl
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Angels Games
Windows
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Narration 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #56 Not It: Spookiest Edition
69% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Narration 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #57 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
66% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Narration 13.4%, Investigation 11.2%
- #58 Inflorescences
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #59 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #60 Awakewood
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Anime 8.6%, Text-Based 8.4%