- #1 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Word Game 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10%
- #2 Dry Spring Monologue
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 疯情一种工作室
Windows · Mac
Dry Spring Monologue is a chapter-based visual novel game that follows Lu Zimo. The story includes adult themes such as overtime work, insomnia, and performance reviews, as well as terrifying elements like living spaghetti.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Comic Book 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #3 ComicKingdom
96% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.6%, Word Game 19%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #4 Hidden Clause
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AUVMUJICA
Windows
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Word Game 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #5 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Supernatural 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.9%
- #6 MC not romancing LIs
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 橘垰Juka
Windows · Mac
"MC not romancing LIs" is a short visual novel. The story follows Tong Ren, the game's MC, who can see her "affection levels" with each of her "targets." But as an anime fangirl, she just wants to ship, not date! Faced with their advances... will she hold her ground, or fall into a romance?
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Comic Book 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%
- #7 Breaking Point
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #8 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
92% matchPositive100% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
- #9 The Mofu Game
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasen Horror
Windows · Mac
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Comic Book 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #10 THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
89% matchPositive85% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: 图南工作室(Tunan Studio)
Windows
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Word Game 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Supernatural 11.1%
- #11 7Days Origins
91% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.2%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #12 LakeLady
89% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Word Game 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #13 Sword Princess Amaltea - The Visual Novel
90% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Senpai Media GroupPub: Natalia Batista
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Comic Book 24.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.7%
- #14 品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
88% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.
Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #15 Secret Glory Hole
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: jonnymelabo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).
Why similar: Comic Book 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Supernatural 9.1%
- #16 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Supernatural 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #17 Purrfect Tale
86% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BadMouse
Windows · Mac
When you awake, you find yourself transported back to the time when you were a student. You find it hard to breathe under the massive study load and oppressive environment, until you meet a stray cat that manages to wriggle its way into your world by chance...
Why similar: Comic Book 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #18 Star's Peaces: Memorial Edition
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Heisei High School Game Creation ClubPub: YOX-Project
Windows
A manga-style visual novel game featuring 30 high school students. Hikari Kamikura races around Heisei High School in an attempt to change her friendless situation!
Why similar: Comic Book 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #19 Expelled!
84% matchVery Positive94% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #20 The Seafloor
82% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: zhishouge
Windows
"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.
Why similar: Word Game 26.4%, Comic Book 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #21 さらば劇薬 -encore-
84% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
普通の女子高生・ソワレは、普通な自分を変えるために普通じゃない劇団のオーディションを受けることにした。そこで出会ったのは元子役の女子高生・マチネ。彼女もまた、ソワレと同じく主役の座を狙っていたのだった……。
Why similar: Comic Book 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #22 Tresmir Sight
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Context Free
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you find what you're looking for? Or are you at the mercy of Tisik and her followers? Your words matter in this short game of dialogue.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Comic Book 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #23 April 8th
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Word Game 17.2%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #24 My Wet Leto Comic
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #25 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
80% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.9%, Supernatural 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #26 Return
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 动钛-獭獭社
Windows
Return is a Chinese-style horror mystery puzzle game. Anzhen, from a southern fishing village, ventures alone into a legendary land to find her missing brother. This perilous quest reveals a tremendous secret about herself and a conspiracy with mysterious local forces...
Why similar: Comic Book 22%, Supernatural 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Investigation 8.9%
- #27 Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood
81% matchVery Positive85% of 276 reviews2021
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Comic Book 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 14.5%, Adventure 11.9%
- #28 Solis
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Gibberish Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solis a hand drawn adventure. The city of Solis never sleeps — and tonight, neither will you. Elixer, the company you've dedicated yourself to, has gathered its people for an end-of-year celebration with a staggering promise at its heart: eternal life.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #29 海鸥灯塔Seagull Lighthouse
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazzyCat
Windows
In a lighthouse, you read letters, write back, and wait. Only a sea, a flock of seagulls that deliver bottles, and bottles that drift in from nowhere, carrying the lives of strangers inside. Your replies may shape their stories. In an age of anxiety and speed, let yourself slow down.
Why similar: Word Game 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #30 Return to Zeroes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows · Mac
In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client, Walton, hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse by the canal on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in bizarre and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Comic Book 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #31 The Saplum Cradle
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devroom-Vantasia
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure horror game about using the memories of the dead to scavenge lost civilisations.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Supernatural 11.3%
- #32 Misadventures of Laura Silver
78% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #33 Parasite in Love
75% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 20.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #34 YOUR HOUSE
74% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #35 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
76% matchVery Positive98% of 164 reviews2021
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #36 The Long Farewell
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 宋夏制作组 SONGXIA_official
Windows
一部以女性成长为主线、以女性命运为切口展开的民国群像视觉小说。民国十三年,顾念之为摆脱包办婚姻孤身南下。她以为逃离牢笼便能获得自由,可等待她的,是码头的骗局、工厂女工的血泪、军阀混战的硝烟,以及三个截然不同的男人……可在这山河破碎的年代,当一个女人想要主宰自己的命运时,她要付出什么样的代价?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #37 Uberich: Advent Sinners
73% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #38 Always On
74% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Skydome Studios
Windows
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
Why similar: Comic Book 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #39 Leviathan: An Interactive Comic Book
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A seaside village – and a monstrous threat. Explore as you choose, by day or by night. Can you unravel the secrets of history and defeat the Leviathan? A choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Comic Book 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #40 Good Bones
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Supernatural 11.6%
- #41 Dark Notes
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Dark Notes is a dark suspense puzzle game . You will play as the two protagonists, traveling through time and space to explore the secrets hidden in Happiness Mall!a secret concerning both protagonists surfaces... ...Anything can be a perfect fairytale as long as you believe it.
Why similar: Word Game 26.6%, Supernatural 14%, Psychological Horror 11%, Incremental 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #42 Concealed
72% matchVery Positive84% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: CASCHA GAMESPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
Why similar: Comic Book 19.4%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #43 Deep Under
71% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Comic Book 24.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Investigation 10%
- #44 Don't Get Your Hopes Up
69% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Krish Raghav
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.
Why similar: Comic Book 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #45 幻境恋人-Fairy tale plan
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A girl learned of the death of her father accidently, and as a result, she access to “FT”, the virtual reality project developed by her father. Half-brother, ambitious lawyer, hunting killers and mystery hackers..... Will she go back to the reality world safely?
Why similar: Word Game 28%, Comic Book 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Lore-Rich 11.1%
- #46 Echoes
70% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Comic Book 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Hidden Object 8.4%
- #47 pond thing
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bbone
Windows
PondThing is a mildly horror narrative puzzle game. In a ritual that ends in death, the protagonist gains the ability to rewind time. Faced with repeating cycles and increasingly distorted relationships, every choice leads to a drastically different fate.
Why similar: Comic Book 29.5%, Lore-Rich 17%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #48 Telvoikai
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14%
- #49 Fading Echoes
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YIZHEN LI
Windows
Welcome to a bizarre dialogue adventure! Discover a multi-ending text game with strange themes at every level. Solve NPCs' "verbal puzzles" by choosing the right responses to earn favor. Your choices shape the story with twists and surprises. Max out favor to unlock quirkier challenges. Let's go.
Why similar: Word Game 25.5%, Comic Book 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%
- #50 King of the Cul-De-Sac
71% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Matthew Vimislik
Windows · Mac · Linux
An Interactive Comic with PUNCHING in it.
Why similar: Comic Book 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #51 模联人
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 小熊猫工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Early this century, a school Model UN event steeped in emotional conflict and tragedy changed every participant’s life. Years later, the scattered youth reunite and seek revenge, amid fractured friendship, love, ambition and lost dreams.
Why similar: Word Game 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 10.7%
- #52 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lingdong
Windows
The game "I'm Not Being Bullied by Girls" is a role-playing romantic adventure game. In the game, players will experience the stories and interactions between several girls from the first person perspective of the male protagonist, promote the development of the plot, and explore the city map.
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Comic Book 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Adventure 7.2%
- #53 Operation Blackfox
70% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Operation Blackfox is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to rescue as many characters as possible. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Comic Book 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Adventure 15.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #54 Chromatic Memories
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Perla Oculta
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about grief, memory and acceptance. Nayara is a painter of memories: she digs into her clients’ minds to change or even erase their memories. One day she realizes she has altered her own memory. What was so painful or unbearable that she wanted to forget it for good?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #55 The Butterfly Collector
66% matchVery Positive88% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Wicky Yu
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Why similar: Word Game 32.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Adventure 7.2%
- #56 Bedtime Story : Saint
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: TinyBigger
Windows
A writer obsessed with words, a voice in their mind like that of a god, and a strange story unfolding in the depths of winter. Between a cup of coffee and a cigarette, you are the deity that intervenes in the course of the story, guiding the writer to complete the narrative and its ending...
Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Adventure 13%, Supernatural 10%
- #57 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Adventure 6.9%
- #58 Sword of Shandar
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.
Why similar: Comic Book 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Adventure 12.4%
- #59 Watch out, the Doors are Closing
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat TalesPub: TERNOX
Windows
A magical-realist visual novel, a funny and sad tale about ghosts of a Ukrainian subway, and an exploration of the meaning of life where there seems to be no meaning.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #60 幻蝶:双生对立的少女
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Flowtopia 花海社
Windows
“当幻蝶振翅,灵魂的共鸣将改写命运——是选择沉溺于过去的阴霾,还是握住那双伸出的手?” 《幻蝶:双生对立的少女》是一款以 Unity 引擎开发的美少女视觉小说游戏,在宁静的海滨岌川市,体验日常与奇幻交织的故事。在游戏中,体验主角与每一个少女之间的故事,感受彼此友谊与情感的回响,如蝴蝶振翅般,故事的齿轮开始转动。形形色色的人物如生命中的旅人,伴随在身边,他们拥有他们自己不为人知的故事,而这一切,都可以在游戏的探索中逐步发掘。在各自背负着自己过往的人之间,相互理解,互相认知,在陪伴与爱中,度过着似乎与昨天不同的今天。
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