- #1 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #2 怪奇工作介绍所
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xia Yuyi
Windows
This is a visual novel game that focuses on the daily lives of the background NPCs living in a 【supernatural fiction】 world. You will play as the owner of a mini job agency, assigning work to the 'supporting characters' of K City.
Why similar: Word Game 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Simulation 16.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #3 Jukai Maze
96% matchVery Positive90% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 37%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Realistic 7.4%, Lore-Rich 5.7%
- #4 Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square
95% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: WhirlpoolPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Magical girl idols are here! Get ready for the performance of a lifetime from the idol group Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square! Gao~!
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #5 只属于我们的世界 ONLY WORLD
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 神光源君
Windows
With the emergence of the Dark Witch, the familiar daily routine is shattered one by one. Countless man-eating monsters swarm out from the Dark Rift. Whether to take up arms and resist to the end in order to protect everything you cherish, or to escape from all this, it all depends on your choice!
Why similar: Word Game 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #6 海伦的神迹
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Casual 9.4%
- #7 Bedtime Story : Saint
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: TinyBigger
Windows
A writer obsessed with words, a voice in their mind like that of a god, and a strange story unfolding in the depths of winter. Between a cup of coffee and a cigarette, you are the deity that intervenes in the course of the story, guiding the writer to complete the narrative and its ending...
Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #8 看事
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Adventure 6.4%
- #9 Procambarus fallax
91% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Sunowflake Studio
Windows
This is a visual novel game featuring toxic wave of electricity with a gameplay duration of 5-10 minutes. You will spend some bedtime moments with your “best friend” that can be either enjoyable or less pleasant. Will you take the medicine?
Why similar: Word Game 40.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
- #10 你与选择 You and Choice
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 灵虚之幽
Windows
这是一篇关于爱与选择的短篇小说
Why similar: Word Game 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 12%, Casual 8.1%
- #11 当火车鸣笛三秒
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 478 reviews2021
Dev: 蒐藏馆工作室Pub: MedusasGame
Windows
往事,往往会在淡化甚至遗忘时,以一种很难被人察觉的形态,影响着人们的生活。 这种现象叫做“后忆效应”。 而一段火车鸣笛,勾起了一位叫杨树的潦倒咨询师的过去,为了追寻自己身上的“往事”,他选择回到了自己的家乡---雾山镇。在那里,有个无比诡异的恐怖世界正在等待他的到来…… 反馈交流群:811121403
Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Realistic 6.8%
- #12 おしゃべりキング!コミュ力診断ゲーム
89% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Hyper Index, Inc.
Windows
A game that tests your ad-lib verbal skills using a microphone. You can test your word power with various subjects, such as handling a bank robbery with just the power of words, or becoming a weathercaster and ad-libbing your way through a weather forecast.
Why similar: Word Game 36.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Artificial Intelligence 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #13 Love Around Ladies College
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NiuNiu Game
Windows
I failed the entrance exam and was transferred to a women's college. And the school had to assign me to be the international student's study partner? Ladies, can you please go away, I just want to study hard. This visual novel game focuses on college life, with a fun plot and full of fan service...
Why similar: Word Game 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Realistic 7.8%
- #14 夏日水果糖
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MxJPub: 炫嵐互動
Windows · Mac
🍬 Summer Candy Adapted from Sweetheart Calculation, a Yuri interactive visual novel about "Day and Night Out of Sync." Two girls, living in different rhythms, exchange hearts through letters and fruit candies. A poignant summer tale of youth and hidden feelings. 📖 Credits Author: Li Jin / Catnip
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 8.8%
- #15 镜中的光怪陆离
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 轻嘎
Windows
You are no longer a mere observer—you simultaneously play the roles of the hunter, the killer, and the redeemer. Amid fragmented memories and shattered personalities, you must piece together the dark truth of a human experimentation conspiracy that took place twenty years ago.
Why similar: Word Game 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Casual 10.4%
- #16 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lingdong
Windows
The game "I'm Not Being Bullied by Girls" is a role-playing romantic adventure game. In the game, players will experience the stories and interactions between several girls from the first person perspective of the male protagonist, promote the development of the plot, and explore the city map.
Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #17 全网公敌:诡村
85% matchVery Positive89% of 586 reviews2024
Dev: Triangel GamePub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。
Why similar: Word Game 33.7%, Simulation 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Realistic 6.7%
- #18 浮生箓 Floating Life
86% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2022
Dev: 心流工作室(Heart Stream Studio)
Windows
《浮生箓》是一款剧情重开模拟游戏,互动式轻量小说游戏。支持创意工坊自由编辑与上传自己的剧本,融合如修仙、武侠、玄幻等小说题材的背景,可自由选择出生的剧本,体验千变万化的人生,从出生开始让你体验到丰富多变的剧情,多种多样的选择,不同选择带来不同的变化,各种有趣的梗。来吧,开始你的浮生之旅,随着进程生成自己的浮生箓!
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Simulation 9.8%
- #19 我的一个多重人格朋友
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 上海久游网络科技有限公司
Windows
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
Why similar: Word Game 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%
- #20 怪谈调查局
83% match1 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: qdplqq19
Windows
"Kaidan Investigation Bureau" is a 2D text-based puzzle game. As a member of the investigation bureau, you conduct an investigation into a hospital where you will encounter various strange events. By solving puzzles, you drive the plot forward and ultimately uncover the truth about the hospital。
Why similar: Word Game 42.5%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Mystery 5.8%
- #21 I'm On My Way
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Defios Game Studio
Windows · Mac
On a quiet night, you text your friend Sugimoto: “I’m on my way.” This first-person horror adventure unfolds through smartphone chats. Walk the city at night, face strange encounters, and make choices that lead you to his room. Can you trust the words on your screen?
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Simulation 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Adventure 9.6%
- #22 相亲对象竟然是女鬼?
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows
This is a text-based adventure horror & humor game. You are a restless college student who is lured into dangerous encounters with ghost women, murderers, and other supernatural beings through the enigmatic matchmaking site. You need to survive, making them blush, and let them fall in love with you.
Why similar: Word Game 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Simulation 25.4%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, Casual 3.8%
- #23 Otaku and Bubbly Girl - 游戏宅与青春女
79% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: 亦心社
Windows · Linux
This is a short, single-route romantic comedy visual novel. It tells the story of an otaku and a bubbly girl creating a game together. The game offers a 2 to 3 hour experience and includes 7 event CGs. Game has several choices that do not affect the story. The story leads to a single happy ending.
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #24 Fading Echoes
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YIZHEN LI
Windows
Welcome to a bizarre dialogue adventure! Discover a multi-ending text game with strange themes at every level. Solve NPCs' "verbal puzzles" by choosing the right responses to earn favor. Your choices shape the story with twists and surprises. Max out favor to unlock quirkier challenges. Let's go.
Why similar: Word Game 34%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #25 幻境恋人-Fairy tale plan
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
A girl learned of the death of her father accidently, and as a result, she access to “FT”, the virtual reality project developed by her father. Half-brother, ambitious lawyer, hunting killers and mystery hackers..... Will she go back to the reality world safely?
Why similar: Word Game 37.4%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Casual 10.1%
- #26 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 35%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Adventure 6.5%
- #27 Man of Law | Judge simulator
81% matchMostly Negative25% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Vitalii Holiev
Windows
In our game you can immerse in the world of the most progressive and controversial justice system in the world, cover a career path from an alumnus of prestigious law school to the head of the county court.
Why similar: Simulation 31%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Casual 12.5%
- #28 能准点下班吗?
78% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: CDB
Windows
This is an independent role-playing puzzle game. You will play as a worker who is about to get off work at six o'clock, but encounters a series of workplace troubles that prevent you from getting off work on time. Is it really just a luxury to get off work on time?
Why similar: Word Game 49.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 3.5%
- #29 声息- La Voix
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Navigate complex relationships and unexpected revelations as a transfer student with amnesia in this visual novel adventure. Uncover the truth behind a mysterious dream and the wishes of the campus crush.
Why similar: Word Game 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #30 Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident
76% matchVery Positive87% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: akidouPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 41%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Simulation 19%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #31 AI公寓:虚拟证言
77% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: IntelliPlay
Windows
《虚拟证言》是一款AI剧本杀游戏。在游戏中,您将扮演一位侦探,前往六号公寓调查一起谋杀案件,案件的嫌疑人是5位AI-NPC。侦探需要搜集房间中的线索,联想案件经过,盘问嫌疑人获取案件的相关信息,复盘出完整的案发过程,找出真凶!
Why similar: Word Game 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #32 规则怪谈:欢迎来到森林马戏团
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a rule-based puzzle game full of mysterious and thrilling elements. You will play a character who wakes up in the forest and loses all memories, forced to become a circus bunny girl. Strive to find and abide by rules that will keep you safe and unlock the secrets of the circus.
Why similar: Word Game 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Adventure 8.5%
- #33 睢阳:诗与火
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 绘诗社PoetryCanvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
唐天宝十一载的上元夜,浮浪子弟韩承业在盛世长安城邂逅一位神秘的贵族少女。三年后,安史之乱爆发。本不可能走到一起的两个人,会被命运的漩涡抛向何处?玩家将经历多个主角生命中一系列的变故,以及,投入到那场中国古代史上最为惨烈的守城战中。是死守,是挽救,还是逃亡?做出你的抉择。
Why similar: Word Game 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
- #34 Coincidence
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Softcatstudio
Windows
《阴阳错》是一款发生在中国本土题材民俗恐怖悬疑解谜游戏。故事发生在香港,一位意外失去生命的民间道士与一位丢失配枪的女刑警成为搭档。破解红磡五人连环杀人案,并找到丢失的配枪和肉身,随着受害者数量增加,调查的深入,案件的真相却变得扑朔迷离……一个丢失配枪的女警、一个意外死亡的半仙,一个嫁为人妻的女子,一场有关成仙的阴谋,正慢慢浮出水面。
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
- #35 雷雨漫漫Endless Thunder
75% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: 龙科游戏LONG GamePub: 龙科世界LONG Tec. GLOBAL
Windows
《雷雨漫漫》是由龙科游戏使用Ren'py引擎制作的文字类游戏。游戏中,你将扮演A市一名办公人员,在你的下班路上,你察觉到背后有人在不断跟着你。通过重重选择,活下来。
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Adventure 9%
- #36 某一年四季
73% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: 灵虚之幽Pub: WindField Games
Windows
This is a short visual novel that blends atmospheric audio with radio drama.After this snowy night, through the seasons to come, she will sit by his bedside, telling him of her hopes and the stories that belong to them.
Why similar: Word Game 43.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 1%
- #37 定风波·宁州
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 6.3%
- #38 Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~
73% matchVery Positive93% of 926 reviews2021
Dev: RASKPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~" is produced by Japanese visual novel brand Rask. First launched in 2016, it was praised as a "Dark Horse of the year" by visual novel users. It also won the Golden Award for the screenplay of Moe Game Award.
Why similar: Word Game 39.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Casual 9.4%
- #39 Project 2025 Text Based Story Board
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BCinGZ
Windows
Project 2025 Text Based Story Board is an AI-powered interactive story creation platform that enables users to craft unique narratives using their own AI service APIs. This tool does not include any built-in API keys - users must provide their own valid AI service credentials.
Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, Simulation 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Casual 10.9%
- #40 无量疯之章
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
"1990s Psychosis" - A feng shui master battles eldritch visions after a head injury. This Chinese Lovecraftian visual novel explores psychosis, cosmic horror and ancient gods through medication-resistant hallucinations. Remember: Take your pills.
Why similar: Word Game 37%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Casual 6.1%
- #41 The Last Chance
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: İnfinitek Bilişim
Windows
Journalist David, whose career is not going well, takes on the most dangerous assignment he can after receiving a warning from his editor. As time passes, it becomes clear that what is happening is far from simple.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Adventure 10.5%
- #42 Prometheus in a jar
70% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: ShiFeiFan
Windows
Take a look—watch how the “me” in the game is shaped by your choices, pushing the story forward step by step until the truth of this game (this world) is finally revealed.
Why similar: Word Game 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Adventure 6%
- #43 Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
68% matchVery Positive94% of 250 reviews2025
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.
Why similar: Word Game 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 5.3%
- #44 Sekai to Sekai no Mannaka de
70% matchVery Positive92% of 222 reviews2022
Dev: Lump of SugarPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 47.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
《在世界与世界的正中央》是日本知名视觉小说游戏厂商Lump of Sugar(方糖社)在全盛时期所制作的一款轻科幻恋爱题材作品。本作由方糖社旗下高人气画师萌木原文武(代表作《游魂》系列)负责原画与人物设计,剧本由市川环、铁人和芹联手打造。音乐由大川茂伸制作。游戏主题曲由知名歌姬Kicco献唱。
Why similar: Word Game 40.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 10.1%
- #45 灰烬行星与填鸭少女
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 世界末日高考组Pub: Dmk
Windows
在河北省,核大战后孤独的世界末日,机器人守卫在尘封的考场。 长久的等待之后,全国最后一名考生探出了路口。 再过一年的六月六,高考结束之后,在这个一片荒芜的世界,两人又该何去何从……
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 10.9%, Adventure 8%
- #46 Dimensionality 3.5
72% match1 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: NPC S Studio
Windows
Each of us is a celestial body in the vast universe. When our hero is on a common track in his life, this track takes him to another dimension.
Why similar: Word Game 43.1%, Casual 20.4%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%
- #47 Nobody Nowhere
68% matchVery Positive94% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Word Game 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Artificial Intelligence 11.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #48 The Devil's Shoes
71% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Dodo Novels
Windows · Linux
When The Devil himself approaches you with an opportunity you cannot refuse a journey into your most perverse fetishes starts! A collection of interactive erotic stories!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Simulation 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #49 AI探案集
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Zane Studio
Windows
《AI Detective Collection》 combines the AI large language model to create a detective deciphering game. Players will be integrated into the deduction story, using AI assistants to deeply investigate clues, examine evidence, and uncover the truth behind the case through logical thinking and deduction.
Why similar: Word Game 34.3%, Artificial Intelligence 13.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%
- #50 Neverland永无乡
69% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Casual 2.5%
- #51 停留此刻 Stay in the moment
70% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: 遇见咖啡厅
Windows
《停留此刻》是一款单线路的短篇视觉小说,讲述了白小夕与律晓文的师生之间,因为一本诗集所引发的互相改变与和解的故事
Why similar: Word Game 49.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 13.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Casual 9.4%
- #52 Detecti Meow
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 牢猫工作室
Windows
This game is a cat personification reasoning game. Players will play as "Detective Cat" talking with cats to obtain evidence, unlock new locations and obtain clues and testimonies to solve various mysteries. Including three cases: , , and .
Why similar: Word Game 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Casual 7.2%
- #53 未择之路
67% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: 未择之路工作室
Windows
"The Road Not Taken " is a live-action interactive game exploring life's choices through Yi Jing (I Ching) philosophy. Follow a student's struggles in parallel modern China, reflecting youth anxiety. A student-made project celebrating Chinese cultural wisdom.
Why similar: Word Game 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #54 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 38%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Lore-Rich 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #55 CaseCracker3
65% matchVery Positive88% of 371 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #56 Kanna Maze
66% matchVery Positive89% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Lore-Rich 5.9%
- #57 Dry Spring Monologue
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 疯情一种工作室
Windows · Mac
Dry Spring Monologue is a chapter-based visual novel game that follows Lu Zimo. The story includes adult themes such as overtime work, insomnia, and performance reviews, as well as terrifying elements like living spaghetti.
Why similar: Word Game 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, Casual 5.9%