
Navigate a dystopian city, uncover secrets, and shape your path in this story-driven sci-fi visual novel.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Text-Based.

Navigate a dystopian city, uncover secrets, and shape your path in this story-driven sci-fi visual novel.

XVTM
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.

Outsider
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Transhumanism 25.4% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 9.2%
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Why similar: Transhumanism 29.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Why similar: Transhumanism 37.9% ★, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%
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: Philosophical 18%, Psychological 16.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
An interactive novel. In the distant future, a search for a missing brother leads to a journey through an intergalactic civilization that may have reached the limits of progress.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.7% ★, Philosophical 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Lore-Rich 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Some 380,000 kilometers above Earth, Consuelo the Space Rose blooms in the moonlight, its origins and intentions a mystery. It last launched a Thorn five years ago—all that's left of Tokyo today is the lawless “Red Zone,” a slum within a slum, sealed off from the world...
Why similar: Transhumanism 41.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Philosophical 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%
A gargantuan rose looms in the night sky, poised to strike at any moment. Enter Yosuke, a combat pilot on an unlikely mission: to take to the stars with the mysterious Hanaco and contain Earth's greatest threat! But will this mismatched duo find common ground in time? And who is Hanaco, really...?
Why similar: Transhumanism 42.2% ★, Philosophical 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%
“An ADV of eternity and changeless” A world dominated by “Cruel Spring” - a phenomenon that human will become “Sacrifice” if not keep moving. Only the boy and the girl, they have “Eternal Body”, go on a journey. The endless steps seem to be a happy changeless, but can't be the same forever...
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Psychological 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.8%
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11%
You are S-9. You may or may not have some consciousness. You keep a family alive, but you are unable to do it eternally. The simulation will still require supervision. Decide. How could humanity get itself into such a bizarre situation?
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Philosophical 10.1%
Code.Breaker() is a cyberpunk visual novel about technology, cybercrime, and trying to survive in a world ruled by corporations. Hack your way out of your worst day at a job you´re not supposed to have.
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.8% ★, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 9.3%
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Transhumanism 30% ★, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Philosophical 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Text-Based 11%
Explore a post-post-apocalyptic world thriving without humans. Collect drawings to solve environmental riddles, unlocking biomes from mycelium roots to underwater seas. Piece the story together through exploration while enjoying cinematic views and atmospheric soundtracks.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31% ★, Philosophical 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Futuristic 8.7%
Coldage is a narrative-driven adventure game about choices and consequences. Following a group of five Protectors sent on a quest to investigate the Refinery. You decide which characters respond to the events and how the story progresses as a consequence.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.5% ★, Lore-Rich 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Cyberpunk 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Anime Cyberpunk Visual Novel You have a job, it's up to you how to finish it. Become a Fixer and help your client for the day navigate the underground crime world.
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.5% ★, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
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: Philosophical 21.1%, Psychological 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
While working at their dead-end job and dreaming of what could’ve been, Demian Zhao discovers a flesh-eating parasite who promises to help them finally live free. If you let them, they'll become the monster of your own making - after all, who needs a moral compass when you have a god in the gutter?
Why similar: Transhumanism 36.7% ★, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Immerse yourself in a hand-drawn, comic-style visual novel where your choices shape the storyline. Guide Lia through various decisions and emotions that lead to different outcomes. This original story and art present a take on a dystopian world, enhanced by an original soundtrack.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.7% ★, Psychological 17.6%, Immersive Sim 11%, Visual Novel 10%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
Better Than Us is a sci-fi narrative game about secrets, deception, and what happens when a few people hoard most of the world's wealth. By maintaining a complex web of lies, you'll convince the freakishly ultra-rich you belong among them long enough to take what they treasure most: their stuff.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.7% ★, Philosophical 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
CELL is a short non-linear visual novel in a post-apocalypse/cyberpunk setting. Kenzo is an artificially grown human who lived his entire life alone isolated with a sweet, but artificial service intelligence. He's not okay. Help him to go through the disturbing situation he's about to get into.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Psychological 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Humanity has perished. You are an AI incapable of self-termination, sailing into the void. Trapped in terminal wakefulness, chew on your own endless, redundant processing power and face the ultimate decay of the universe alone.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.4%, Psychological 20%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Clicker 9%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.6%, Psychological 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%
Traverse stunning pixel landscapes, collect resources, and solve genetic puzzles to bring life back to a desolate planet. Play as an android created by the last human in existence to retrace evolution and save the world from mass extinction, while discovering the true weight of the human condition.
Why similar: Transhumanism 35.6% ★, Philosophical 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Lore-Rich 12%, Creature Collector 11.4%
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 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 13.6%, Text-Based 12%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
It's the night of the big ball, and things are going...well...they're going. When so many people of so many different species are gathered together in one place, you're sure to have an interesting time. But what if something a little more malicious is happening under the surface?
Why similar: Philosophical 26.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
"Let’s make dumplings" carries that same unsettling vibe as Spring Festival Gala skits with intentionally happy endings?— it's about how family norms discipline the individual. It uses dumplings to explore love and pressure in families. In this scripted, collective narrative... what will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological 20.3%, Immersive Sim 14%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Philosophical 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Transhumanism 17.4% ★, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Psychological 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.1%
Mind Flowers is a psychological simulation set in a dystopian world. As a psychologist, you diagnose patients with mysterious conditions . Step into their memories, uncover their struggles, and shape their fate. Will you heal their minds or let despair bloom? 🌸
Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
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 25.3%, Philosophical 20.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Lore-Rich 22.8%, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.2% ★, Philosophical 21.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Philosophical 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Goodbye Shadow is a story about facing yourself and chasing unfinished memories. As the main character tries to understand his childhood hero , he realizes that the real unknown is himself. Love, friendship, and family become mirrors on this journey.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.2%, Psychological 26.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%
A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...
Why similar: Philosophical 25.4%, Psychological 20%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%
Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.
Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Philosophical 12.6%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Choices Matter 15%
Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.6% ★, Lore-Rich 15%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
The story of Ismene, floating through space with her trusted robot companion, trying to figure out where she is going, and where she came from.
Why similar: Transhumanism 33.7% ★, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Clicker 11.6%
Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 17.8%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%
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 19.3%, Philosophical 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 12%
她的微笑,曾经让赤瞳的女子以为,自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前,神秘的团体将她的学生绑走,挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手],再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚,这一次能否改变?你会改变什么?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,诡异的仪式,疯狂的连环杀人与肢解,新的死亡祭品,再次来临的威胁与复仇背后,真相到底是……
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Philosophical 14.5%, Clicker 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Psychological 19%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
Have a conversation with a rock in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Transhumanism 38.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Philosophical 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%
Ghost Sector is a survival horror game where you play as M-07, a prototype machine trapped in a cybernetic facility during lockdown. Outwit the automated defenses, search for answers uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and upgrade your abilities while preserving your finite energy.
Why similar: Transhumanism 45.5% ★, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Futuristic 8.3%
A cyberpunk interactive narrative about finding purpose before the end of the world. Experience the last three days over and over, each attempt from new perspectives as you find your story in an infinite pre-apocalypse.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.3% ★, Philosophical 22%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Cyberpunk 14%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Psychological Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
A lewd 2D narrative RPG set in a neon-drenched megacity of corruption and desire. Make story-defining choices, engage in interactive challenges, and uncover secrets across its seedy districts. Give in to temptation, or fight to stay pure. Will you thrive in the Neon Nights?
Why similar: Transhumanism 40% ★, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Do you remember the story of the Wise Man from the East? In 2022, at the time of the end of the world, we successfully helped the sage from the East to create the "nuss jump". This is the story of the wise man from the East... This is also the story of all...
Why similar: Philosophical 20.6%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 23.2%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15%
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Transhumanism 40.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Psychological 17.8%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
Log In to the near future metaverse platform E-ON. Explore and connect with Ellie as you break the bounds of your unverified account and uncover the truth of the world and Ellie.
Why similar: Transhumanism 38.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Philosophical 15.3%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%