- #1 The Count of Monte Cristo
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Veil Studios
Windows
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #2 You're a dad
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Dynamic Narration 15.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #3 Into the Waves
96% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #4 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #5 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #6 HeartWare
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #7 Mistbound
93% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 13.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #8 Grave Knight
92% 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 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #9 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
91% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #10 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
91% 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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #11 Guilt Free
90% matchVery Positive86% of 288 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Drama 9.7%
- #12 Arderico's Journey
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #13 Bleeding Moons
89% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: IAN GamesPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Drama 8.6%
- #14 Defragmenting
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #15 The Portal Pirate
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dynamic Narration 10.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #16 Tome of Fates
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Grey Mount Studio
Windows · Linux
Adventure Gamebook: Dive into an interactive experience where you can create, play, and share your own unique stories. Use the intuitive story editor to craft narratives without coding, explore them solo or in co-op with friends, and share them on the Workshop for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #17 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #18 All (Too) Good Things
85% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #19 Taina's Cursed Legacy
84% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, RPG 7%
- #20 VT Harmony
84% matchMixed61% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Play as VT, a lonely TV-boy who seeks solitude until the sudden message from a strange bunny named IV. Discover the different endings of this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #21 Whispers From The Rift
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%
- #22 Mass of Consumption
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #23 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
82% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #24 Roadwarden
80% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 8%
- #25 Best Day Ever
81% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: ReRolled Studio
Windows
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #26 Aunewyth
81% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #27 Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion
78% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Drama 12%, RPG 10.9%
- #28 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
79% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #29 Do 11
79% 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 15.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #30 Revenge Story
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deus Marmota
Windows
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #31 Your Story: Games with Death
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #32 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #33 Ukraine War Stories
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #34 Zugzwang
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 8.2%
- #35 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
75% 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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #36 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
75% 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: Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #37 Will Die Alone
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #38 OMEA
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 15.7% ★, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #39 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
73% 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 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%
- #40 NOAH: 2050
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #41 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 16.4%, RPG 7.7%
- #42 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 7.6%
- #43 The Fifth Horseman
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, RPG 14.4%, Choices Matter 12%
- #44 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
70% 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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, Dynamic Narration 9.9% ★
- #45 Serania - Path of the Scion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #46 Peter's Journey
70% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #47 Thoughtless
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #48 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #49 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
72% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, RPG 10.2%
- #50 Vanakan
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #51 com__et
69% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #52 Insects Awaken
67% 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: Choices Matter 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Drama 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #53 Reflection Of Feelings
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind Shift
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #54 The Sin Collector: Repentless
68% 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: Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #55 Inflorescences
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #56 Tower of the Ice Lich
66% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
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: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #57 Change the World
68% 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 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #58 The Nascent Necromancer
67% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #59 Devil Apartment
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Drama 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dark 10.8%
- #60 Not It: Spookiest Edition
67% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%