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  1. #1 Just Ignore Them: Brea's Story Tape 1
    97% matchVery Positive88% of 115 reviews2022
    Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows

    On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Adventure 11%, Casual 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%

  2. #2 Penrose
    96% matchPositive85% of 34 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 22%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 7.6%

  3. #3 MOVEIT
    96% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2022
    Dev: DnovelPub: Trinity Project
    Windows

    A touching story and a unique narrative with puzzles.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Casual 8.7%

  4. #4 In Waiting
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CynicalMonkeys
    Windows

    In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Casual 11.9%, Puzzle 10.4%

  5. #5 Echoes
    94% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2021
    Dev: Baba Nura
    Windows

    Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Casual 11.6%, Text-Based 11.4%

  6. #6 The Shadow of Shadows
    94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Stavros Aeneas Kokkineas
    Windows · Linux

    Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?

    Why similar: Adventure 18.6%, Casual 14.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, 1990's 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%

  7. #7 Don't Let Me Fade
    92% matchVery Positive99% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: AinkOink
    Windows

    Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Emotional 6.6%

  8. #8 11号小镇综合症
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2022
    Dev: Hell Delivery
    Windows

    欢迎来到11号小镇,在这个诡异的小镇里,您是一位新来的画家。为了完成镇上居民们的绘画委托,您需要收集对话中的关键词,将关键词提炼成绘画素材组合到画布上。面对居民们奇怪的委托,您能顺利完成作画并融入镇子,证明自己是“正常”的吗?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Casual 16.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Colorful 5.9%

  9. #9 Memory of "Wishes"
    91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: hoshimi
    Windows

    A psychological suspense/puzzle adventure game where a protagonist with lost memories manipulates a computer file management tool to retrace their past. The intended completion time is approximately 20-30 minutes.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Puzzle 16.8%, Casual 16.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

  10. #10 The Laws of Probability
    91% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2026
    Dev: Unspoken
    Windows

    You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological 8.1%

  11. #11 A Memoir Blue
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 517 reviews2022
    Dev: Cloisters InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Adventure 19.5%, Casual 15.3%, Emotional 9.8%, Colorful 6.1%

  12. #12 Exploring Friscott
    89% match8 user reviews100% of 8 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%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%

  13. #13 SecretPact:Restart
    89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: C0Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "SecretPact: Restart" is a fantasy adventure visual novel created by the solo studio C0Entertainment in 2025. It tells the story of the protagonist, Lu Yu, who lives in 1999 and unexpectedly uncovers a long-buried secret, leading to a series of events.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Casual 15.6%, 1990's 9.7%

  14. #14 Anxiety Puppy
    87% matchVery Positive96% of 257 reviews2025
    Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
    Windows

    Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Psychological 9%

  15. #15 The Last Wish
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WofstudioZPub: Wofstudioz
    Windows

    Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Casual 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%

  16. #16 Connected Fates
    86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: GeorgeLifo
    Windows

    Connected Fates is a surreal top down Puzzle Adventure game where you guide a child through a dying world and help him return home. The game knows you exist, and you are able to influence it through unconventional means.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.6%, Casual 8.2%

  17. #17 Bedtime Story : Saint
    86% 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: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 17.1%, Casual 9.4%, 1990's 9.2%

  18. #18 Stories Want to Be Told Storyone: Prophecy
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
    Windows

    Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Emotional 7.5%

  19. #19 HOS - House of Shadows
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Christopher Forgeard
    Windows

    An adventure/interactive narrative made using RPG Maker VX Ace. You take the role of Isabelle, and can push objects, build barriers, lockpick drawers. You must AVOID Fluids and Shadows. A little cheeky hint for you there. If you like atmospheric, and interesting stories, then this is for you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Adventure 18.9%, Casual 14.9%, 1990's 9%, Exploration 7.1%

  20. #20 SOMETHING AMAZING ROOM
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tidal C
    Windows

    This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Adventure 11%, Casual 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%

  21. #21 Kafka at the Station
    83% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Neji. Games
    Windows · Mac

    I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Text-Based 25.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Atmospheric 5.6%

  22. #22 Coralina: a Memory Tale
    82% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
    Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
    Windows

    A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Emotional 7%

  23. #23 The Tenth Minute
    81% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: XU S.A Studio
    Windows

    The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Psychological 8%, Adventure 6.8%

  24. #24 Behind the Screen
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: AlphaGames
    Windows · Linux

    Behind the Screen is a narrative indie game about depression, facades, and escape. Make impactful daily choices, balance Jonas' willpower, and escape reality through fast-paced retro minigames on a virtual PC monitor. Can you find a way through the noise?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Adventure 22.4%, Casual 21.3%, Text-Based 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

  25. #25 The Color Kitnapper
    81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Sindrex
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a town filled with cats, all the colors have been kitnapped! Luckily, you Mr. Detective, are on the case! Uncover the stories of the towncats and catch the Color Kitnapper! The Color Kitnapper is a short and sweet story game with an ASCII look, set in a town of adorable cats!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 18.5%, Casual 14.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

  26. #26 思安α.1.0
    80% matchNo user reviews2028
    Dev: 苏词呈安
    Windows

    游戏类型:日常休闲轻解谜

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Casual 16.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Exploration 8.6%

  27. #27 Avatar Zero
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AnylightPub: Anvil Studio
    Windows

    Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 10.9%, Text-Based 7.9%

  28. #28 Cimen Adventures: Story Teller!
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: Dropout Code
    Windows

    Çimen Adventures: Story Teller!, A Journey Full of Your Imagination! Create hilarious stories with Cem and Fazlı, solve imaginative puzzles, and explore adventures filled with pranks and clever challenges!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Adventure 18.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, Casual 15%, Text-Based 10%

  29. #29 My Murder
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Second Heart Studio
    Windows · Mac

    A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Casual 8.6%, Psychological 8.4%, Emotional 6.8%

  30. #30 Meat Girl
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ophanimkei
    Windows · Linux

    𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 Meat Girl is a lesbian visual novel about a girl searching for her mentally ill roommate in cold mountains filled with meat 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 10.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%

  31. #31 Stretch
    77% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Shoichi Kirishima
    Windows

    "For those of you who don't have a single novel you want to read." A novel game from "those days" that nobody knows about, presented with full CG (800 images generated by KlingAI) + ambient(300 materials).

    Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Casual 20.5%, Exploration 11.7%, 2D 5.9%

  32. #32 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
    Windows

    You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 13%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 10.1%

  33. #33 The Leak
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2023
    Dev: Fatih Mert
    Windows

    Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Casual 9%, Psychological 7.8%

  34. #34 落日满天星
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Glittering Stars
    Windows

    "It's a story about a young boy and a young girl who, amidst illness and pain, find redemption in each other and ultimately journey together towards the stars."

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Emotional 5.9%

  35. #35 Welcome To... Chichester 2 - Part I : DayRise
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Triority Interactive Novels
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Grendel Jinx, the megalomaniacal kleptomaniac has returned to Chichester, England for a secret mission. Can the protagonist stop her?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Casual 13.9%, Text-Based 7.4%

  36. #36 Ashina: The Red Witch
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 228 reviews2022
    Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Casual 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

  37. #37 Impersonal
    74% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
    Dev: zelun_
    Windows

    Impersonal is a game about lights, about relationships and how these relationships can affect people.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Casual 18.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Top-Down 7.4%

  38. #38 Nobody Hears
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MuGui_CinnamonPub: Eternal Dream
    Windows

    At first glance, your everyday life with your younger sister seems uneventful—going to school together, chatting, living side by side. But within that endless cycle of calm routines, could those seemingly insignificant actions be quietly changing your fate?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Emotional 10.2%

  39. #39 Mobius’ Radio Waves
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
    Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
    Windows

    刚入学的大一新生伊琳,却在一个风雨交加的夜晚,听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人?杂物间为何会成为禁忌?伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么?文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》,就此展开!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Casual 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 7.2%

  40. #40 Dichotomy
    73% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
    Dev: Phyrfliez
    Windows

    Im Jahr 2234 kämpfen die 13-jährige Victorique und ihre beste Freundin Zoé im überwachten Frankreich gegen die Human Rescue Organisation. Trotz ihrer durch Schizophrenie verzerrten Wahrnehmung verfolgen die beiden Hackerinnen entschlossen ihren Plan, die Menschheit zu befreien.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Top-Down 6.9%

  41. #41 Fallstreak 2: Traum
    71% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Centicerise Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Emotional 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%

  42. #42 The Mermaid of Zennor
    73% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2021
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Casual 9%, Emotional 8.7%

  43. #43 Where Control Ends
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Casual 7.3%

  44. #44 Digital Romance Memoir
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MGC Interactive
    Windows

    A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, 1990's 8.3%

  45. #45 the doll museum
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: delulu girl
    Windows · Mac

    This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 8.7%, Emotional 8.3%

  46. #46 Neighboring Islands
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 151 reviews2017
    Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    “Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 3.8%

  47. #47 End The World
    70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: SimpleShutIn Productions
    Windows

    Traverse the kingdom looking for a way to End The World for all that it's cost you.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 9.1%, Exploration 8%

  48. #48 Vacation Terminal
    68% matchPositive94% of 16 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 30%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 17%, 1990's 10.8%, Text-Based 6.2%

  49. #49 Dream Glitcher
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Deep Creek Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Dream Glitcher is a hand-drawn 2D point-and-click cyberpunk adventure that plays like an interactive graphic novel, blending dark psychological mystery with dark sci-fi atmosphere in a vibrant retro-futuristic world. Enter the memories of an android Luna and help her understand what she has become.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Casual 13%, Puzzle 10.9%

  50. #50 Project Melvin
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CrunchyCookiePub: Huzzah Entertainment
    Windows

    Project Melvin is a story driven 3rd person adventure game with main story quests and side quests to get excited about. Discover story lines you never thought were possible and humour you never wanted but got.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Adventure 20.3%, Casual 16%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 9.3%

  51. #51 The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
    72% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
    Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 23.5%, Adventure 21.8%, Casual 17.6%, Exploration 6.7%

  52. #52 Your Future Self
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2019
    Dev: Contortionist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Adventure 18.2%, Casual 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%

  53. #53 Tomorrow Will Be Dying
    68% 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 35.3%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Casual 17.8%, Text-Based 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

  54. #54 Parasite in Love
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 60 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 31.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Dark 6.4%, Text-Based 6.4%

  55. #55 Chakab
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GlarcanaGames
    Windows

    Explore a tropical island, uncover the secrets of an ancient Mayan temple, and survive the curse of Chak’ab. Solve puzzles, make meaningful choices, and face psychological horror in a world where reality and nightmare become one.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Dark 6.4%

  56. #56 The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight
    68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: BrøderbundPub: ZOOM Platform Media
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore and share Stan & Jan Berenstain’s classic, "The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight", adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Casual 16.5%, Colorful 6.3%

  57. #57 Desktop Explorer
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
    Dev: Recurring Dream
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, 1990's 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Puzzle 9.3%

  58. #58 Aletta - Visual Novel
    70% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
    Windows

    An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

  59. #59 WTC : The Manchester Report
    66% match1 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Triority Interactive Novels
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Manchester, New Hampshire's late-night chat show host Chuck Sterling interviews two people.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Adventure 15.3%, Casual 12.5%, Text-Based 5.8%

  60. #60 My (♂) Life as a Vampire's Maid (♀)
    64% matchVery Positive84% of 97 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio Ubai TransPub: Kagami Games
    Windows

    In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Casual 18%, 2D 4.9%

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