60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter.
We are born, live through countless choices, and in the end, we die. Because death is not a choice, what you're given is the path, not its end. The ending is already written. Will you uncover the truth, or pretend not to know? REFORI: a mystery adventure where your choices shift the perspective.
Murder at Chateau de Rouge
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Trials of Innocence
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 11%, Crime 7.6%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
Take down multiple criminals case by case as you judge each and every one of them. Will you be naughty or nice? The final verdict is up to you!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, 2.5D 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 5.4%
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%
As a young detective, investigate the disappearance of a little girl and live the memories of those tragic moments in the shoes of the little one.
Why similar: 2.5D 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Logic 8.4%
Welcome to the MONSTER GIRL MANOR! Tour around to find your way to meet the characters created by Dream Audio VA, Lacey Audayo, Method Switch, Startlit Audios and Xena Alexander. Find out which girls are your vibe and find out more of their lore!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 5%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Detective 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 10.6%
After three carriage rides, you have finally made it to the quiet town of Palena to start your new life. Things seem to be going well with your new arcane workshop here, but it seems your past hasn't entirely escaped you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Nonlinear 10.1%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
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 28.6%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Detective 16.7%, Crime 9.9%, Anime 7.9%
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Detective 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Anime 7.2%
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Crime 10.1%
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, 2.5D 17.7%, Anime 5.7%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Detective 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 19%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Choices Matter 6.6%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Lore-Rich 8.5%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Detective 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Crime 5.7%
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Detective 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 5.8%
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Detective 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Mystery 7.2%
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Detective 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15%, Visual Novel 12.2%
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Detective 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Nonlinear 11.4%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, 2.5D 15%, Detective 12.4%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 20%, 2.5D 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.7%
A TRPG × Visual Novel led by the roll of the dice. You arrive at Seiria Magic Academy just one week before the centennial 'Violet Eclipse.' Immerse yourself in campus life, romance seven heroines, and uncover the world's hidden secrets. Your choices alone will reshape the fate of this world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Nonlinear 14.4%
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Anime 9.1%
After being interviewed by a mysterious individual you find yourself thrown head first into a new town. Not long after you find the day you've spent there is repeating! You're stuck in an inescapable loop! Will you find a way out, or will you be forced to relive the same day over and over again?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, 2.5D 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Detective 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Detective 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.9%
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Crime 9.6%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Detective 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Detective 10.2%, Logic 8.7%
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Lore-Rich 12.5%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Crime 8.4%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Detective 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Detective 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Crime 9.3%
A single-player narrative game where you play as a quirky wannabe cowboy exploring the dystopian futuristic world for his own revenge.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, 2.5D 21.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
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 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Choices Matter 6%
Friendship or fate—what will they choose? A karmic and occult visual novel where urban legends blur the line between life, death, and reincarnation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Lore-Rich 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Gore 6.3%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Crime 11.2%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, 2.5D 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choices Matter 5.7%
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.7%, Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.4%
A Cat's Tale is an urban fantasy visual novel in Brazil's capital, where no cat is what it seems and tough choices have to be made.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Nonlinear 11.9%
