- #1 Clare's Escape
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Human Sense Design
Windows · Mac
Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Nature 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Historical 13.6%, Adventure 7%
- #2 Victoria: La Primera
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tannhauser Estudio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the world of the nao Victoria, a ship with its own spirit and personality that historically sailed around the world for the first time. Explore mysterious places by point-and-click and face challenges that will test your wits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Historical 14.7%, Point & Click 10.7%, Adventure 7.1%
- #3 Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)
96% matchVery Positive91% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Unreliable Narrators
Windows
Explore 17th century Canadian wilderness through the eyes of Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start anew and Maikan, an Innu hunter trying to discover what’s disturbing the forest. Your choices will shape the traits of the protagonists in this narrative single-player experience.
Why similar: Historical 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Nature 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Linear 6.5%
- #4 But Why?
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oguz Abdullah CelikPub: Casayona Studio
Windows
You are that penguin in the middle of nowhere. Turning your back on the colony, walking toward the mountains... No fish, no purpose, no turning back. A minimalist, atmospheric journey into the endless white void, centered around one heavy question. But Why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Nature 11.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #5 Island Off Outer Darkness
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Zugerujk
Windows
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, Foreign 18.6% ★, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
- #6 The Medieval Psychologist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ODD Game Studio
Windows · Mac
You're a stranger who has come to Lostworth, a town full of people lost in the darkness of the Middle Ages. Your purpose: help them spiritually. For this, you've only books, potions, spells and words. In time, as you uncover the secrets of the city, you'll also have to face threats from the past.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Narrative 15.4% ★, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #7 Arausio
93% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Ikigai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the ancient theatre of Arausio and discover Roman antiquity in this narrative exploration game!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Historical 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #8 Less Miserables
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: College Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Why similar: Historical 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #9 Pentiment
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,036 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Narrative 12.5% ★, Hand-drawn 8%
- #10 Heaven's Vault
91% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Historical 8.6%, Point & Click 8.4%
- #11 Spice Trade
89% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Kalle Hamm, Juha Holopainen, Sade Kahra, Dzamil Kamanger, Michiko Isogai, Goran MrdjaPub: WASD Games
Windows
Spice Trade offers a chance to rewrite history with Abu, a young man challenging European dominance. As he inherits land in Baghdad, Abu enters the spice trade to thwart European trade monopoly. Can he reshape Europe's fate? You decide the outcome in this game of strategy and empire-building!
Why similar: Historical 20.5%, Nature 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 8.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #12 Unrest
90% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Historical 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Point & Click 7.3%
- #13 The Hidden Library
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ravencliff Games
Windows
Uncover secrets in this dark academia-inspired 2D point-and-click adventure. Solve puzzles, explore atmospheric locations, and engage in immersive mini-games as you piece together the mystery of a hidden library filled with forbidden Soviet-era books
Why similar: Historical 24.6%, Foreign 20.2% ★, Political 18.3% ★, Point & Click 9.5%, Exploration 7.7%
- #14 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,085 reviews2016
Dev: iNK Stories
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
Why similar: Political 28.5% ★, Historical 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Point & Click 5.4%
- #15 The Golden Horde: Story of Jambul
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomers Entertainment
Windows
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Historical 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #16 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MOROCCO
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Outcast digital media developpement departePub: outcast digital media
Windows
Explore the ancient and mysterious dreamland of “Once Upon A Time In Morocco”, traveling through the golden sands, discovering their secrets and their ruins, and collecting the Lost Tablets of Self Acceptance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Historical 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Nature 10.5%
- #17 Skin Tailor
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Historical 26%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Hand-drawn 5.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #18 Temple of Egmelitia
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Historical 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Exploration 9.1%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #19 When the Wildflowers Leave
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sitting Dog Studios
Windows · Linux
When the Wildflowers Leave is an engaging narrative RPG. Stop through an anthology of meteor-stricken towns while carefully convincing each of them to harbor a radical. Commit to decisions shifting you and your companions’ mental dilemmas, and make the choice for or against uncomfortable change.
Why similar: Foreign 18.2% ★, Historical 18.1%, Political 18% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #20 Koru
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: X THE POND
Windows
Play as aspiring botanist, Koru, on her journey to Wilder County to start an apprenticeship with the elusive Dr. Linny.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Agriculture 23.5% ★, Nature 10.1%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Exploration 8.5%
- #21 Mycroft Holmes Simulator
82% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: The Wonder Room
Windows · Linux
Become Sherlock Holmes' more intelligent, more languorous older brother in this short point and click experience from the world of 'The Beekeeper's Picnic'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Historical 18%, Point & Click 12%, Adventure 8.7%
- #22 Ice River
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漂流獭工作室
Windows
Ice River is a point-and-click story-driven adventure game set in late 1990s in northeastern China. Players will immerge into Jiangping, which inspired by Shenyang and Changchun, gradually uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Dun’s mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Historical 15.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Point & Click 12.5%
- #23 We Grew Up in War
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Narrative 19.6% ★, Historical 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #24 Forgotten Fields
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Frostwood InteractivePub: Dino Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Foreign 18.9% ★, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #25 Brageskålen
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Adventure 6.1%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #26 A Weekend Trip
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lukepagca
Windows
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Nature 14.5%, Point & Click 10%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #27 Red Passport: Ticket to Russia
77% matchNo user reviews83% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey across Russia! From a cozy apartment to the airport, fly to a new city, and ride a train to Vladivostok. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets along the way!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Nature 14.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #28 A Curse From Beyond
79% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: Cave Ghost Games
Windows · Mac
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Historical 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Exploration 11.1%, Linear 8%, RPG 7.9%
- #29 Qabara The Artist
81% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Yoss IIIPub: KONOL Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An RPG adventure about the world's most anxious 9-year-old painter.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, RPG 9%, Exploration 7.3%
- #30 Gargoyle Doyle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: easyActionPub: Astrea
Windows
An irritable gargoyle spends 800 years stuck on the side of a cathedral as the world changes for better and for worse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Historical 25.7%, Adventure 11%, Singleplayer 2%
- #31 Aeonic
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
In Aeonic you experience the greatest events in different parts of the planet and beyond in the most important epochs of civilization throughout the whole history from the beginning to nowadays and to the possible futures.
Why similar: Historical 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Adventure 7.8%, 2D 2.2%
- #32 Camille and Laura
76% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Point & Click 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%
- #33 Nightmare Getaway
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legend Knight Games
Windows · Mac
Nightmare Getaway is a first-person psychological horror where Ethan is trapped in a twisted house. Alone, he must survive, uncover dark secrets, and face nightmares that blur with reality. Will he escape or be consumed forever?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #34 The Plague Doctor of Wippra
76% matchVery Positive89% of 378 reviews2022
Dev: ElectrocosmosPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Historical 24.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Story Rich 11.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #35 MysteryOS
74% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Point & Click 10.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #36 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Historical 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Story Rich 5.8%, Hand-drawn 4.8%
- #37 My Chronic Romance
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Romantissimo
Windows
On your 30th birthday—still single—your chronic diseases appear in beautiful form. Will you dare to fall in love with lovely afflictions that slowly consume you until your very last breath? An urban narrative adventure about living with—and loving—your pain.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Narrative 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, RPG 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #38 Wolfstone Pine
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rolk Designs
Windows
Explore the abandoned trails and forgotten cabins of Wolfstone Pine by day and survive the night by staying in doors. Search for supplies, uncover the park's buried history and stay hidden until sunrise as you plan your escape from the strange national park.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Story Rich 17%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Nature 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%
- #39 Out On The Water
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Pond Games
Windows
Out On The Water is a short, meditative journey through memory and grief that tells the story of an inattentive father and his last chance to connect with his children. Set adrift in quiet waters that represent each child, catch strange memory fish to uncover the past and face regrets.
Why similar: Narrative 27.2% ★, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Nature 13.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #40 Death Trick: Double Blind
72% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Historical 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 8.4%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #41 Upheaval
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Leone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, RPG 7.1%
- #42 Relics 2: The Crusader's Tomb
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Historical 21.9%, RPG 14.1%, Adventure 9.7%
- #43 Insects Awaken
69% matchVery Positive90% of 445 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, RPG 10.5%
- #44 GILLES
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Infiniti Sound Imagery StudiosPub: Gilles Villeneuve Pictures
Windows
GILLES shows the Journey of a Theater Director's 10 years exile to create his Great Work, his Theater Play named The Klown. On this first episode, join him and SamPath on their Journey to show the Great Premiere. GILLES is a story exploration game from Infiniti Studio.
Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #45 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,264 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Historical 25%, Narrative 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #46 Paid By Blood
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: HU JIA XI
Windows
'Paid By Blood' is a linear 3D visual novel with a top-down and fixed camera perspective, decorated by a few battles. Play as Scout No.3, venturing deep into dangerous zone to find the path leading to Ground Zero. Search and find everything interactable for clues.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Foreign 22.7% ★, Walking Simulator 19.1%, RPG 11%, Adventure 7.1%
- #47 Onigashima
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: azureXtwilightPub: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #48 Travelling Light
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Point & Click 10.8%, Story Rich 8%
- #49 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
71% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Nature 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Point & Click 9%
- #50 Since 1935
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoHo Game Studio
Windows
This is an interactive narrative inspired by real events. Experience the untold story of an ordinary woman in contemporary China, blending heartfelt storytelling and light puzzles to explore resilience and humanity throughout her life journey.
Why similar: Narrative 25.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Historical 23.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Point & Click 7.9%
- #51 The Change Architect
70% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.7%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Adventure 6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #52 Broke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure
67% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Forward Instinct
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simple choice-driven roguelike RPG, set in the desert. You're a line man that's stolen the company truck, in search of enlightenment. Roll your dice, and get into trouble.
Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #53 Road 96: Mile 0
68% matchMixed68% of 1,995 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Narrative 16% ★, Exploration 7.7%
- #54 The Spirit Weaver
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
Windows
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Narrative 17.6% ★, Point & Click 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #55 Red October
68% matchMixed54% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
Red October: A scientific thriller in the USSR. Physicist Sokolov is drawn into the race for the energy of the future in the closed city of Oktyabrsk-21. Intrigue, espionage, moral choices. The fate of the world is in your hands!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Historical 20.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #56 Tenfold Tales
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lapys games
Windows
A cozy oldschool adventure where you explore a magical map, one tile at a time. Guide Lapin, a curious bunny girl, through a patchwork world of strange events, tough decisions, and stat-driven surprises.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Nature 11.4%, Point & Click 10.8%, RPG 8.4%
- #57 Tyrant of the Southern Dynasty
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: WANG JIAN
Windows
Set against real historical backdrop, this work unfolds bloody political intrigues. navigating between the tyrant’s tyranny and relatives’ conspiracies. Every choice shapes the dynasty’s fate and witnesses the darkest court legends of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Why similar: Historical 42.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, RPG 14.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, 2D 4.7%
- #58 The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
65% matchVery Positive97% of 447 reviews2025
Dev: The Wonder Room
Windows · Linux
Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy point and click adventure!
Why similar: Historical 28.1%, Agriculture 20.4% ★, Nature 19.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #59 Grotto
67% matchVery Positive91% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Story Rich 7.6%, Exploration 6.6%
- #60 Windrush Tales
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Historical 20.3%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%