- #1 Cold Bed on Route
97% matchPositive94% of 48 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 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #2 Rouge Patrol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Time Management 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%
- #3 For Mother Matron
96% matchVery Positive92% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.9%
- #4 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
95% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%
- #5 Mass of Consumption
94% 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Horror 14.3%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #6 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #7 Worn Out
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #8 Parasite in Love
92% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 8%
- #9 Contra Spem Spero
91% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #10 3 DAYS: Ghosts of War
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KovalGames
Windows · Mac
In the heart of the Afghan wilderness, amidst the chaos of war, you awaken to the stark reality of your mission: three days to navigate the perilous landscape, uncover hidden truths, and confront the ghosts of the past.
Why similar: Time Management 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #11 Whispers From The Rift
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Horror 11.9%
- #12 Not It: Spookiest Edition
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 10.6%, Horror 9.7%
- #13 Shadows of Betrayal
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 21%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Horror 8.1%
- #14 CRYPTIC
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Kidnapped by an insane man and dragged into a dark crypt, your only choice is to play along with his twisted games or suffer the consequences for non-compliance. A thrilling text-based interactive fiction game!
Why similar: Time Management 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #15 Condition Unknown
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #16 The Peresmeshnik
87% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 15%, Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #17 Witchlight Woods
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 11.6%
- #18 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
85% matchVery Positive92% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #19 The Farm of the Living
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #20 Flora Parasocial
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 15%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #21 The Trial
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #22 Make Moku Proud
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 11.8%
- #23 Epimutation
81% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Horror 9.4%
- #24 The Trials - Chapter Two
81% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #25 The Bottom of the Well
82% matchVery Positive85% of 586 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nettle Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Horror 6.1%
- #26 Sacrificium
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #27 All (Too) Good Things
79% 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 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #28 Glitch
78% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 12.2%
- #29 Blackthorn Witch
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.1%
- #30 Secret Glory Hole
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: jonnymelabo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #31 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
77% matchVery Positive86% of 263 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.4%
- #32 Stay Alive For Me
76% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Text-Based 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #33 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #34 The Trials - Chapter One
76% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #35 I Feel Fine
75% 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 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #36 Thoughtless
75% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Text-Based 11%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #37 恐怖夜話
73% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Horror 13.5%
- #38 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #39 Tower of the Ice Lich
73% matchPositive100% of 18 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #40 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #41 Monologin
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 7.2%
- #42 Hotel Hermes
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Time Management 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 9.2%, Adventure 5.8%
- #43 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
71% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.8%
- #44 Momo Don't Leave
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 7.2%
- #45 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #46 The Shadow
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 9%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #47 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
70% matchVery Positive100% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #48 Vanakan
70% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #49 スマートフォン
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 14%, Horror 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #50 Lake of Darkness
69% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Steeze Games
Windows
Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Horror 8.5%
- #51 RUNT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #52 Wildwake
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #53 Thorner
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #54 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
67% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #55 Creepy Crypt Critters
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Horror 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #56 Reborn
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #57 After the Storm
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #58 Dear Nobody
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #59 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
67% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Text-Based 6.4%
- #60 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neural Break Inc.
Windows
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%