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Games Like Past Spirals to Present

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Singleplayer.

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You are a soul, ready for your next lifetime on earth. To prepare for incarnation, you visit the Interdimensional Museum to remember your personalities from past lives. Tour the museum artifacts, remember who you were, and when you're ready, the museum will reveal your next life to you.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-03-18
Developer: R Button
Publisher: Hierarch Games
Genres: Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Muzutaru
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%

  2. #2 Travelling Light
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 10.6%

  3. #3 Taina's Cursed Legacy
    96% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: dark_room_game
    Windows

    A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Supernatural 12.4%

  4. #4 Forest of Death Masks
    95% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Remnants of mosaic
    Windows

    Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Casual 8.7%

  5. #5 The Shame of a Daydreamer
    94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: Micki
    Windows

    Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.

    Why similar: Supernatural 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Surreal 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.1%

  6. #6 The Change Architect
    94% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
    Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Point & Click 10.9%, Casual 3.6%

  7. #7 DDD: Demons Double Down
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: WirionPub: ST SInovar
    Windows · Mac

    Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday. Mysterious strangers—each leaving more questions than answers. Just one short night that simply won’t end. What could possibly go wrong?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Supernatural 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 11.4%

  8. #8 Marked Souls
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Marked Boy
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A psychological horror visual novel where you play as a teenager sent to a mysterious boarding school after losing his parents. Make choices that alter your fate, uncover dark secrets, and face supernatural trials to survive the ancient mystical forces.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Supernatural 17.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%

  9. #9 The Spirit Weaver
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
    Windows

    The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11%

  10. #10 Playing Kafka
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 317 reviews2024
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac

    There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Surreal 17.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Philosophical 11%

  11. #11 Вторая степень покоя
    89% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
    Dev: Marina Buttenko
    Windows

    Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Surreal 10.5%, Casual 9.8%

  12. #12 Homunculus Hotel
    90% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
    Dev: Team SolEtude
    Windows

    Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Point & Click 11%, Surreal 10.8%

  13. #13 Exploring Friscott
    89% 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 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Point & Click 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 8.9%

  14. #14 Mass of Consumption
    88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
    Windows

    The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Text-Based 8.1%

  15. #15 Defragmenting
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: pngTriads
    Windows

    The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Text-Based 8.5%

  16. #16 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: artbakeries
    Windows

    Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Casual 6.8%

  17. #17 All (Too) Good Things
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: YOWPY games
    Windows

    Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

  18. #18 The Trials - Chapter One
    85% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Supernatural 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Surreal 13.1%, Text-Based 11.4%

  19. #19 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
    84% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, First-Person 6.5%

  20. #20 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
    84% 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: Supernatural 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 6.7%

  21. #21 Penrose
    83% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
    Dev: doublespeak games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Surreal 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%

  22. #22 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
    82% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
    Dev: Screen Savor Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 12.5%

  23. #23 Almost certain death.
    81% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: 画往时文化
    Windows

    After a failed rescue in northern Myanmar, Lin Wei and her friend fight to survive. Guide their escape through pivotal choices—with nearly 100 branching decisions that can trigger a butterfly effect, leading to vastly different endings.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Philosophical 13.9%, Psychological 8.2%

  24. #24 Seaside Picnic
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
    Windows

    A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Casual 8.9%

  25. #25 A List Of People Who Went Missing In The Scheleirland National Forest
    82% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
    Dev: F.SDRI
    Windows · Mac

    A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Supernatural 20.8%, Surreal 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%

  26. #26 Dreams Of A Visionary
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Flunder Games
    Windows

    Dreams Of A Visionary is a first-person exploration adventure set in a mysterious Victorian mansion. Explore richly detailed rooms, solve challenging puzzles, and gradually uncover the hidden secrets of this surreal dream.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Surreal 13%, Supernatural 11.4%, Psychological 9.1%

  27. #27 視靈
    79% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: 巧娃工坊
    Windows

    An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Point & Click 11.5%

  28. #28 Queen of Moths
    78% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
    Dev: Tesseract Games
    Windows

    It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Philosophical 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Point & Click 10.6%

  29. #29 Depression Quest
    80% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 7.2%, Text-Based 5.9%

  30. #30 Rachel's Journal
    77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Moose Byte Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up in a maintenance room, alone. Your partner's journal is out in the open. You probably shouldn't read it.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Supernatural 15.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Surreal 10.1%

  31. #31 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
    78% 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: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Text-Based 10.4%, Point & Click 10.3%

  32. #32 I think, therefore I am
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hat-Soft
    Windows

    This game is an experimental stream-of-consciousness visual novel. It tells the story of you and an amnesiac girl exploring, wandering, traveling, singing, dancing, laughing, crying, loving, and embracing in an empty city.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Surreal 16%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Philosophical 12.5%

  33. #33 Happy Home: Prologue
    76% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Team 13 LegsPub: Jamk Games
    Windows

    Explore the beginning of a new horrifying story in this mixture of a text-based and a 2D game. Emily's world is about to turn upside down, maybe in more ways than anyone is able to realize yet.

    Why similar: Supernatural 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological 9.2%

  34. #34 Rewrite - DYH
    77% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
    Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
    Windows · Linux

    Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Casual 6.5%

  35. #35 10:16
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 105 reviews2023
    Dev: Catsket
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Surreal 16.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%

  36. #36 Chronicles from the Abyss
    73% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
    Windows

    Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Point & Click 11.8%

  37. #37 Pillar of Knight
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Soul Realm Art
    Windows

    A medieval fantasy text-based visual novel where you guide Santi’s choices, unlock secret routes, and discover hidden CGs through interactive scenes.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Casual 10.6%, Text-Based 5.8%

  38. #38 5 Girls, 1 Honey - Prologue
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sexy Hentai Games FactoryPub: Woop Media
    Windows

    💖 Meet five stunning girls in this sexy visual novel prologue — from a rebellious punk vampire to a playful zombie and a sweet angel. Play through each girl’s two chapter, flirt, and unlock steamy 3D scenes.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Supernatural 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 8.5%

  39. #39 Echoes of Pinebridge
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Koalu Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Supernatural 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Casual 5.2%

  40. #40 Breaking Point
    73% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 10.3%

  41. #41 Lone Bird in the Tree
    71% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: Aosolagame
    Windows · Mac

    “Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 8.8%

  42. #42 MysteryOS
    71% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Clermont Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Point & Click 13%, Text-Based 9.4%, Exploration 6.4%

  43. #43 Fruit Salad Theory
    75% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Pixels and Pins Studio
    Windows

    It's the night of the big ball, and things are going...well...they're going. When so many people of so many different species are gathered together in one place, you're sure to have an interesting time. But what if something a little more malicious is happening under the surface?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Philosophical 16.6%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%

  44. #44 Imagine We Were Human
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vine Moss GamesPub: pklwrks
    Windows · Mac

    A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Surreal 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Philosophical 7.7%

  45. #45 Gnosis
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: So Ro
    Windows

    A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Point & Click 10.5%, Supernatural 9.9%

  46. #46 Tomorrow Will Be Dying
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Robo
    Windows · Mac

    Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Casual 12.1%, Text-Based 6.7%

  47. #47 Alzheimer's: Memories
    71% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2021
    Dev: Gillian Yue
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Alzheimer’s: Memories is a point-and-click adventure that tells the story of an old man diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. In the game, you will re-experience moments of the life of the old man, and help him find out about his own past.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Point & Click 14%, Philosophical 7.6%

  48. #48 Purrfect Tale
    70% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 10.7%

  49. #49 AGERASIA
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
    Windows

    Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Point & Click 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.3%

  50. #50 Late Bird
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2022
    Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Point & Click 14.7%, Text-Based 7.8%

  51. #51 Signs Of Life
    67% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2025
    Dev: Julia GrimesPub: Signs Of Life Games
    Windows · Mac

    A meditative, non-combative point-and-click mystery set in a surreal, stop-motion inspired world. Explore dreamlike environments, uncover hidden objects, and piece together quiet clues to unravel fragments of forgotten meaning. Designed for players seeking a thoughtful, atmospheric experience.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Philosophical 14.9%

  52. #52 halfmoon
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: lvl374
    Windows

    halfmoon is a short adventure game set in a reception office for the deceased, the final stop before the afterlife.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 21%, Point & Click 16.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological 10.7%

  53. #53 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
    Windows

    Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%

  54. #54 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
    67% 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: Supernatural 28.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 7.4%

  55. #55 Dere-chat
    69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
    Dev: Sleepy_Fox_Interactive
    Windows · Linux

    An Interactive Visual Novel with 35 story branches, 150 unique lines of dialogue, unlockable skins and many wholesome vibes! Dere-chan is always kind, happy, and energetic so whatever happens she'll always be there with kindness and support!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 7.8%, Casual 6.2%

  56. #56 EmyLiveShow: How To Write A Bestseller
    67% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Emily
    Windows · Mac

    Become the co-author of an amazing book! All you have to do is choose which of the four lovely heroines will inspire you!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Supernatural 17.6%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%

  57. #57 Vacation Terminal
    66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
    Windows

    Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Text-Based 4.6%

  58. #58 Glitch
    65% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
    Dev: Bulbo Games
    Windows

    Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Point & Click 13%, Text-Based 10.7%

  59. #59 Hostil
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
    Dev: Eteru Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Point & Click 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Casual 10.3%

  60. #60 A Case of Missing Identity
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AwesomeTrinket
    Windows

    A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Surreal 10.1%

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