60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Story Rich, Multiple Endings, Interactive Fiction.
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.
Attorney Disbarment Adventure
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
The Portal Pirate
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.
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 25.9%, Crime 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%
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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Narration 9.4%, Psychological 8.4%
어떻게든 돌아갈 거야. 가족이 기다리고 있는 집으로.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Crime 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Thriller 11.2%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Psychological 8.8%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Drama 9.8%, Emotional 9.4%
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 29%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Drama 5.1%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Crime 13.8%, Psychological 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Thriller 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Drama 9.9%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Psychological 11.9%, Narration 9.2%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Psychological 11.3%
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Thriller 16.3%, Psychological 11%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
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 20.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Thriller 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 17.4%, Thriller 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Thriller 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Crime 15.7%, Thriller 14%, Psychological 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Narration 8.6%
만약 당신의 집 안에 당신의 생명을 노리는 괴한이 들어온다면?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Thriller 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Psychological 9.3%
Join the talented photography student Neera on a captivating journey through her memories. Haunted by recurring nightmares, her life spirals into chaos, questioning everything. Involuntarily, she returns to a place she once left behind: her childhood home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Drama 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Emotional 13%, Choices Matter 12.1%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Drama 12.6%, Psychological 9.1%, Emotional 9.1%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Crime 12.9%, Psychological 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
这是一部短篇视觉互动小说， 剧情改编自江户川乱步的同名短篇小说， 作品以一对青年男女在断崖边回忆往事开始， 通过抽丝剥茧的分析那件往日旧案， 一点一滴的挖出了隐藏在案件背后的更为残酷的真相， 乱步也同时透过作品中他（她）们的对话和回忆， 讨论和表述了自己心目中的某种“完美”。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Crime 16.2%, Thriller 13.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
A Brown Rabbit's Story is an interactive storybook, a text-driven adventure where your choices lead to branching paths and multiple endings. In a quiet orphanage, a boy wishes his toy rabbit to life… and together, they must face the world’s cruelties and find hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Text-Based 32%, Emotional 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological 10.9%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Drama 11.4%, Emotional 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Emotional 6.9%, Female Protagonist 5.6%
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: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Crime 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Thriller 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Emotional 10.6%, Drama 9.5%
Can you fall in love with quilts?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Text-Based 20.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Drama 6.9%
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: Text-Based 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Thriller 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Narration 13.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 26.4%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Adventure 2.3%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Text-Based 32.2%, Crime 24.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Text-Based 9%
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Drama 14.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Emotional 10.7%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Crime 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 22.3%, Crime 18.5%, Drama 10.4%, Thriller 7.2%
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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Narration 11.4%, Drama 10.5%
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Thriller 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
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 40.3%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Narration 4.7%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Emotional 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Crime 13.1%, Thriller 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Emotional 10.6%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 20.6%, Crime 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
Your two best friends just broke up, its up to you to figure out why and whose fault it is. Good thing you’re a detective!
Why similar: Thriller 22.9%, Crime 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Drama 10.3%
In this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.
Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Thriller 16.2%, Drama 9.9%, Dark 7.8%
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 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Drama 11.9%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Text-Based 28.9%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Emotional 11%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Crime 15.9%, Thriller 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%
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: Text-Based 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Psychological 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Drama 7.4%
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Text-Based 29.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Drama 8.7%
The romantic noir visual novel The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf returns to Kabukicho in this unhinged simul-quel. Me, Azami, and the whole ragtag gang rampage through five all-new short stories!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Crime 21.6%, Thriller 16.6%, Drama 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
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 34.7%, Text-Based 30.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Adventure 8%
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Text-Based 33.6%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Adventure 3.9%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Psychological 15.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
