- #1 A Wild Catgirl Appears!
97% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: NewWestGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A Wild Catgirl Appears is a short romance visual novel featuring multiple routes, different girls to date and of course, catgirls! You follow the story of Ami, a loner at high school, as she joins the school's coding club and sets about making her first video game.
Why similar: Transhumanism 33% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 6.8%
- #2 X.E.H.A. Rogue
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Character Customization 10.7%, Visual Novel 9%
- #3 Telvoikai
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Lore-Rich 8%
- #4 A Night With Neil
95% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Rebelradio Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
"A Night With Neil" is the first in, hopefully, a series of choose-your-own-adventure text games focusing on my various characters. Hang out with Neil! Get banged by Neil! Get ate by Neil!
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #5 The Queen of Phalli
94% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Labor of LovePub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a FUTA world where power is forged through passion. Guide Elifael El'Naar through the dangers of the Baptism, that she may prove herself to Goddess and Matron. Will she win over the affection and respect of her kin, or fall into disgrace and ruin? Your choices shape her fate.
Why similar: Transhumanism 29.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #6 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
94% 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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 22%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Visual Novel 10%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #7 Am I Nima
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HO! Games
Windows · Mac
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 34.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #8 我说什么她们都答应(OKeverything)
92% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: XIOFPub: XU TING
Windows
This is a sci-fi interactive visual love novel.you will play a 25-year-old virgin,in an accident, you obtain a magical "love button". Pressing this button on anyone makes them agree to anything you say.You may interact in love with diverse beautiful women across land, sea and air.
Why similar: Transhumanism 44.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 6.3%, Visual Novel 5.1%
- #9 The Queen of Phalli - Book II
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Labor of LovePub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a FUTA fantasy world of romance, lust, monsters, and devotion, where your choices shape who Elifael becomes. As she steps beyond House El’Naar, new lovers, rivals, and forbidden paths await. Will she hold onto love, embrace corruption, or lose herself to the Goddess?
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Lore-Rich 6.3%
- #10 XVTM
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
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 31.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Lore-Rich 8.1%
- #11 4th Dawn
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChronosTech
Windows
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 31.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Character Customization 8.8%
- #12 To the Hilt
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swing swords, weave magic, and flirt your way through the nobility of the world. No one expects anything out of you—so prove them wrong. A text-based interactive romance novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, RPG 8%
- #13 Veins Like Tapeworms
89% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
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 38.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Surreal 7%
- #14 Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION
86% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose from 20+ distinct superpowers! Lead your team of superheroes to the moon and beyond, and stop the supervillains of PSION—unless, of course, you join them. A text-based interactive superheroes game.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 10.1%, Lore-Rich 7.2%
- #15 Code.Breaker()
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: HokaBento StudioPub: HokaBento Studio GmbH
Windows
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 40.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #16 Champion of the Gods
88% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #17 Outsider
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Galantrix
Windows
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 36.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 8%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #18 Liar Luna
85% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Luna, a girl caught in a fight between armed insurgents and spies. Help her navigate her way to saving her friend. Explore a laboratory dedicated to the production of new materials. Enjoy a lighthearted and chaotic story of a girl out of her depth in an espionage mission.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #19 Flora Parasocial
84% matchNo user reviews2026
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 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Lore-Rich 8.2%
- #20 Reclaim
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FaintOfArtPub: Hovercat
Windows
Reclaim is a fantasy visual novel following a peculiar elf and a dying god trying to free the world and themselves. Choose wisely and help them study, create, and escape.
Why similar: Transhumanism 43.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #21 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
81% matchVery Positive84% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Character Customization 10.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #22 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegaloaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #23 Vogvhathos
82% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Visual Novel 7.5%
- #24 Diaspora
80% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 13.6%, Character Customization 10.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #25 Spellbound: Malachite Coven
81% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic awakes—and so does your heart! A whimsical, text-based interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
- #26 Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 173 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, RPG 6.9%
- #27 Hydrangea
79% matchVery Positive92% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #28 Facettes
78% matchNo user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: OtterWays
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the story of Facettes as you play as a woman discovering her homosexuality and overcoming her identity crisis. This self-questioning protagonist channels her introspection in her RPG inspired fantasy world: Facettes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #29 Good Morning Cruel City
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Ethel Chamomile
Windows
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 40.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #30 Where are you, Cinderella?
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #31 Penrose
77% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #32 Fields of Asphodel
76% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Character Customization 16.1%, Text-Based 10.8%, LGBTQ+ 6.8%
- #33 RETURN Machine.Love()
75% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Fable BaePub: Fable Was Here
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 different Robot-romance stories. Written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself, it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #34 Lone Bird in the Tree
75% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game 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 their best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #35 Charon 卡戎
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shurei Studio
Windows
A point-and-click narrative puzzle game with a delicate art style and soothing pace. In this Underworld at the end of all things, guide souls who lost their memories and speech safely across the Styx. Luckily, our protagonist is about to face the most restless bunch of them all...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #36 Homunculus Hotel
77% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #37 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
74% matchPositive81% of 21 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 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Character Customization 14.1%, RPG 6%
- #38 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, RPG 7.1%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #39 The Mossfield Archives
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Any Percent
Windows · Linux
A game about building and exploring connections. Explore a rich vibrant world of diverse people as you figure out what mystery awaits in The Mossfield Archives
Why similar: Transhumanism 51.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Exploration 6.6%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #40 Devil on Your Shoulder
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Character Customization 13.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #41 Exploring Friscott
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 11%, Puzzle 9.3%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #42 Before I Come In
72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ambrus Studio
Windows
A visual novel/block-breaker hybrid. Make choices that shape the story and stats, which affect your projectile strength in the block-breaking mini-game. Follow a young man's journey of growth and sexual self-discovery. 2-4 hours of playtime.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 7.7%, RPG 6.1%
- #43 Insert Rich Family Name
71% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Chillstudios
Windows · Mac
As one of the surviving members of a wealthy family, navigate a treacherous web of lies, deceit, and suspicion to identify the killer and claim your inheritance. But with a killer on the loose, you must be careful not to become the next victim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Character Customization 8%
- #44 Beneath Her Starry Sky
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Sylphsong, Inc.
Windows
A fantasy/adventure visual novel - as Freya Fae, track down the master assassin Orick Genn before he brings ruin to your home city. Rely on faithful companions and make friends with the citizens as you encounter dangers lurking through the streets.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Character Customization 11%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #45 Mars Vice
70% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Rho Labyrinths GmbH
Windows
Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.
Why similar: Transhumanism 39% ★, LGBTQ+ 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Exploration 5.1%, Visual Novel 4.9%
- #46 Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg
71% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Fuzzy Ghost
Windows · Mac
A joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around a strange island attempting to re-furnish his empty house.
Why similar: Transhumanism 54.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Surreal 9.6%, RPG 3.5%, Story Rich 2.4%
- #47 Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories
71% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Vivid Foundry Corp.
Windows
Can you retain your humanity while fighting against a corporate biotech conspiracy? Play as the young hacker Chloe who confronts political plots as she fights for her friends and her neighbors. Your choices in building up relationships and communities can revolutionize into hope or hostility.
Why similar: Transhumanism 43.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #48 Where Ichor Flows Below
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raeeee
Windows
After three carriage rides, you have finally made it to the quiet town of Palena to start your new life. Things seem to be going well with your new arcane workshop here, but it seems your past hasn't entirely escaped you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, LGBTQ+ 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #49 Locus Equation
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VERALOMNA
Windows
You are an anthropod, a synthetically crafted life form. Your objective is to save the ones who are stuck on an uninhabited planet. Persuade, charm, manipulate: use your ultimate power—freedom of choice—in sci-fi role playing hyper variative game LOCUS EQUATION.
Why similar: Transhumanism 42.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 4.4%, Exploration 4.3%
- #50 A Week Before Autumn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper
Windows
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #51 Fallen Hero: Revelations
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Character Customization 13.5%, RPG 10%
- #52 Memories Of Zattera
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouGo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Lore-Rich 7.8%, Exploration 7.2%
- #53 Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel
66% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Ligia Nunes
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Character Customization 5.9%
- #54 Grill'd: The Vanishing
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Yellow Room
Windows
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Puzzle 8%
- #55 Hadean Lands
70% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 19.1%, Puzzle 4.7%, Story Rich 2.5%
- #56 Saturnine
67% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Character Customization 11.3%, RPG 10.7%
- #57 On Love, On Monsters
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lighthouse Theory Games
Windows
On Love, On Monsters is a Frankenstein-inspired story with an emphasis on love in its many forms. Play as three characters with alternating POVs; the Doctor, The Priest, and The Exile. Bond with allies and enemies, avoid raising suspicion in the town of Blackmoore, and learn what it means to love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 4.6%
- #58 看黑鸟的十三种方式
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElluthA_krater
Windows · Mac
一款以自我定义,记忆与选择为核心的多结局视觉小说。游戏以主角瑞克洛温(Racloven)的第一视角展开,在探索世界的同时,从他人彼此矛盾的叙述中剥离出过去的“自己”。旅途中与形形色色的角色相遇,建立关系,获得线索,并在一次次选择中走向不同的结局——当每个人记忆中的你都不尽相同,你又会选择成为谁?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #59 DATING OF THE FUTURE
65% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: geoWafflePub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Linux
Rise to fame as an adult star in the world of the post-post-apocalypse. Make friends, help your fellow machines discover their inner freedom, and make, um, “industry connections”.
Why similar: Transhumanism 46.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Female Protagonist 6.2%
- #60 E-ON
68% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Frosted Window
Windows
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 42.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Female Protagonist 6.8%