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Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Emotional 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.

Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Emotional 17.6%, Text-Based 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%

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 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Emotional 12.4%

The Death Night Show is a narrative game with multiple endings and unlockable scenes where you play as Death's intern in his own late night show. Control the audience's reactions to the events of the program, run errands, and uncover the overarching mystery with each new featured guest.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Funny 8.2%, Emotional 7.2%, Hand-drawn 6.3%

The pioneering nakige that made a generation cry... Legendary '90s visual novel ONE. is back and better than ever with updated art, animations, and features!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Old School 10.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%

What Acts up is a psychological realism narrative adventure about social anxiety. Make choices, act under time pressure, and interact with shifting windows as Lin Mo’s fear and self-doubt invade the desktop. Some choices cannot be made, and some words simply refuse to come out.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Psychological 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 14.6%, Text-Based 11.4%

ECCHI / EROTIC (Single route/linear) Visual Novel about a bizarre GIANT WOMAN. Discover all the mysteries behind her and enjoy her company, if you can.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.7%, Psychological 17.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Emotional 10.4%

A text-based adventure into the world of cheerleading!

Why similar: Sports 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Comedy 9.9%

You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!

Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Emotional 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.9%

ある高校のスクールカウンセラーである主人公は、二人の少女が起こした心中事件に巻き込まれていく……。画面を二分割し、二人の少女を見比べながら進める「二画面同時進行」システムを採用。食い違う証言から事件の全体像が浮かび上がる。「rhizome village」が送るファナティックガールズトークADV。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Psychological 14%, 2D 5.9%

Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Emotional 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Comedy 8.9%

" Chinese Black Dragon Legend" is a daily comedy Cantonese-style visual novel (galgame). The story follows Sino-French footballer Zhong Guolong's romantic journey with four heroines: Bai Xiaotong, Aisha, Frolana, and Kim Sung-ae.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Sports 18.7%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Emotional 7.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 23%, Lore-Rich 23%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 5.8%

This is a story about self-discovery, wrapped in the guise of family. You step into the shoes of Gu Huixing. Watching my life unfold as an outsider, re-examining trivial days from an omniscient perspective — what will I become? Life is never a dead end. It is always a choice.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%

A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 18%, Sports 17.9%, Emotional 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%

Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.

Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Emotional 15%, Text-Based 8.5%

A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Text-Based 13.2%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Psychological 18.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 11.7%

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 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Psychological 18.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Emotional 11.6%

Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?

Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Psychedelic 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.5%

A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Emotional 16.4%

A projective test disguised as a videogame.Confine yourself for 10 days, explore 12 different paths, make imperfect choices, and face over 100 endings.quarantine ME is not for those seeking entertainment — it’s for those willing to confront themselves.

Why similar: Psychedelic 27.8%, Lore-Rich 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%

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 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%

This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 15.8%

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 23.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Psychological 15.4%

3 different Robot-romance stories. Written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself, it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Emotional 14.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.5%

白月高中的知名论坛【白月公园】上，一则怪谈帖子仅仅只花了几天时间，就火遍了整个校园。 明明是一眼假的帖子，却依旧成为了学生们茶余饭后的消遣，甚至被许多学生信以为真。不信鬼神的“现实派”高中生周腾，自然没有把帖子所描述的故事放在眼里。 直到离奇的事情一件一件地发生在了自己的身边……

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Emotional 13.4%

Lyr is a city where Souls are a product. Big corporations can change your soul for the right price. Smaller merchants can give you relief for an afternoon. This is a Visual Novel with some minor choices that change the dialogue a little. You progress through the story by clicking on the screen.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Lore-Rich 22.7%, Emotional 18%, Psychological 16.7%, Text-Based 11.1%

A Brown Rabbit's Story is an interactive storybook, a text-driven adventure where your choices lead to branching paths and multiple endings. In a quiet orphanage, a boy wishes his toy rabbit to life… and together, they must face the world’s cruelties and find hope.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Emotional 25.2%, Text-Based 24%, Cartoony 7.2%, Old School 7.2%

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: Psychological 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19.9%, Emotional 18.9%, Cute 7.1%

Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Psychological 19.7%, Text-Based 19.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%

The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other

Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Comedy 18.1%, Funny 5.7%

The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.7%, Emotional 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Psychedelic 11.6%

Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.

Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Emotional 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.1%

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 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Emotional 12.7%

Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!

Why similar: Emotional 17.9%, Psychological 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%

Sticker Buds! The personality quiz with personality!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Colorful 7.5%

Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Emotional 17%, Psychological 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%

It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.

Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Emotional 20.1%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Hand-drawn 10.6%

You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 11.9%, Emotional 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Psychological 12.1%

Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Emotional 7.7%

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: Psychological 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.7%

You return to your hometown after a decade of escapism, and no one from your past recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you're not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess. She will help you reach true divinity. You refuse to remain human.

Why similar: Psychological 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%

A melancholic journey through the cemetery... and far beyond its gates.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%

Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.

Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Emotional 19.9%, Text-Based 15.6%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Psychological 24.2%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Emotional 10.5%

My Shut-In Demon! is an 18+ visual novel, where you help a shut-in demon girl slowly overcome her social anxiety! This is a wholesome, lighthearted game, with plenty of comedy and emotional moments!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Emotional 15%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Comedy 9.4%

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 39.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Psychological 16.1%, Text-Based 10%, Emotional 8.5%

You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 19.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%

Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 22.2%, Comedy 16.1%

Once you open this book, you are no longer just a reader. A "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — handcrafted over six years by a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. 100% handmade, from the first page to the last.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Old School 12.9%, Text-Based 12.5%

A drama/comedy visual novel about how holding a relationship together and surviving a deadly blizzard may not be all that different.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Emotional 14%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Psychological 12.7%

A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Psychological 16.7%, Emotional 16.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%

Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Text-Based 15.8%

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 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Psychological 13.4%, Emotional 12.9%

God is on vacation, and you’re the one answering the prayers. Shape destinies with absurd choices in this satirical narrative adventure full of comedy, melancholy, and multiple endings.

Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 14.1%

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 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11%, Text-Based 10.9%

A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.

Why similar: Psychological 19%, Emotional 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Funny 6.9%

"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.

Why similar: Psychological 23%, Emotional 22.9%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%