- #1 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,453 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #2 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #3 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
96% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
- #4 Alcyone: The Last City
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%
- #5 Parasite in Love
94% matchVery Positive94% of 52 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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #6 7 Days in Dystopia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dystopian 10.8%, Story Rich 9%
- #7 Fostering Apocalypse
93% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Incisor Studios
Windows · Mac
The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #8 Cascade Falls
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #9 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #10 Cheerleaders
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lounatick Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cheerleaders, sisterhood, sex, and competition. Follow the cheerleading team of an elite university for the rich and privileged as they aim for victory at the national championship, led by their ambitious captain, Elena.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #11 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #12 Tequila Moonrise
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Swan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Conversation 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #13 The Wreck
89% matchVery Positive89% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Visual Novel 10%
- #14 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%
- #15 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #16 Zugzwang
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #17 Kino
84% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #18 The Fiancée - Paths of Corruption
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lounatick Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mature branching visual novel where your choices guide Emily’s descent into temptation or resistance as she recovers in her fiancé’s family home under the watch of a dangerously charismatic father-in-law.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #19 Wild Island Quest
86% matchMixed54% of 342 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Multiple Endings 15.2%
- #20 Arderico's Journey
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #21 Song of Life
84% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Experience Game Studio
Windows
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #22 I Feel Fine
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
The meteorite will hit your space station in 3 days, and you’re bolted to the floor. Can you convince someone to free you? Meet, persuade, and escape certain doom with a large cast of characters in this bittersweet and hilarious adventure game!
Why similar: Time Management 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #23 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
81% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #24 Change the World
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #25 Isolania
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Sunamii
Windows
A plague called "The Sadness" has devastated civilization. A mysterious society rose from the ashes, deciding the only way to protect its citizens is to confine them in cells. There are 3 Edicts governing this new civilization: Stay in your cell. Watch television. Never talk about the outside.
Why similar: Time Management 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Dystopian 15.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #26 Pick My Heart Chapter 2
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Discover the continuation of Sota's unusual love story in a world where mythology encounters reality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #27 StarStruck
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Story Rich 9%
- #28 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #29 Shadows of Betrayal
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #30 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
78% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Visual Novel 9%
- #31 Last Broadcast
77% matchVery Positive80% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #32 Cold Bed on Route
76% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Time Management 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #33 The price of tomorrow
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gleb&Aleksandr
Windows
The price of tomorrow is a story-driven sci-fi drama about the choice between a corporation and the people of planet Chenora. As Jack Butler, you negotiate, break taboos, and decide the planet’s fate. Yield to the temptations of Omnilat — and choose wisely.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Dystopian 11.8%
- #34 The Sin Collector: Repentless
76% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #35 Next Star
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneleafplay
Windows · Mac
Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Multiple Endings 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #36 Grave Knight
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 11.3%
- #37 Mikiwam: Solarpunk Herbalism
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Ekosi
Windows · Mac
A cozy tea-making game set in a post-colonial fantasy world. As a herbalist’s apprentice, serve magic elemental teas to influence a colourful cast of characters. Connect with your estranged home, discover your gifts, and find your place in a fractured, healing world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Conversation 8.9%
- #38 Before Closure
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twentysix InteractivePub: Dopoco Games
Windows · Mac
An experimental narrative game that tells its story through sound and memory. Sort through a box of personal mementos and relive memories from a seven-year relationship by closing your eyes in real life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #39 Pick My Heart Chapter 1
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Fall in love… with a goddess?! In this visual novel divinely beautiful girls will steal your heart!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #40 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Kamiko
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #41 End of Lines
73% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Dystopian 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #42 All (Too) Good Things
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #43 BURN
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%
- #44 In Ashes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio EphuaPub: Ephua Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Ashes is a medieval LGBTQ+ fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust. In this choice-driven visual novel, you must build a hero who can overcome the weight of their legacy. When faced with a choice, what kind of hero will you be?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #45 LOVE ! again ... - Episode 1 & 2
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ritch Michaels
Windows · Linux
In LOVE! again... every choice leads to consequences. Choose your romance, and write your own story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #46 Along the Edge
72% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%
- #47 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #48 Thank You for Your Time
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Writer Indie
Windows
In a surreal audition purgatory, how long will you wait to be chosen?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dystopian 12%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #49 Telvoikai
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #50 Woodsalt
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Team Woodsalt
Windows · Mac
"Woodsalt" is an adventure game set on the planet of Nu-Terra, 1000 years after Earth was evacuated during chaotic natural disasters and an attack by giant creatures.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #51 The Widow's Boutique
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #52 Don Quijote
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rubén Prende
Windows · Linux
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #53 Solstice
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 190 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Dystopian 9.9%
- #54 Bunker 2322
68% matchMixed56% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
A visual novel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Find out what happened to humanity, traveling through the deserted world in search of the main character's family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, RPG 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #55 Parallels: Year One
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #56 My clinical death
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: TerryFlyoPub: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about a girl who experiences a clinical death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #57 Where are you, Cinderella?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #58 Always On
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Skydome Studios
Windows
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #59 Do 11
67% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #60 Elisa: the Innkeeper
68% matchMixed70% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Female Protagonist 10.9%