- #1 Just a Turkey Leg
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfislan Daily
Windows
This is a romance visual novel rotating around a murder mystery, with multiple-endings and gender selectable protagonist.
Why similar: Dating Sim 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #2 Border of her Heart
96% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #3 Your Story: Games with Death
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Life Sim 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #4 College Bound: Arctic Adventure
95% matchMixed60% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: FOZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
An official spin-off of College Bound, a game loved by hundreds of thousands players all over the Internet. Hop on a plane and spend best winter break of your life in beautiful Iceland! Meet new people, play winter sports, try your luck in seducing local hotties, become a detective...and much more!
Why similar: Dating Sim 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #5 Chaotic Love and Sex
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #6 Conor Origins - T Trilogy
94% matchPositive83% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience Conor's first three visual novels. There's a story about a lonely man going for a walk, a guy getting tapped in a prison cell on an island, and a girl trying to confess to her weird crush.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #7 Neon Angora: The Cabaret Club
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Sky Software Studios
Windows
Neon Angora is an experimental social simulation set in a nightclub powered by local LLM. Engage in real-time, unscripted conversations without dialogue trees, discover deep club secrets, and live through a uniquely unpredictable story every time you play.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 19.1%, Text-Based 18.1%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Life Sim 12%
- #8 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
92% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #9 College Kings 3
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: UndergradSteve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hot girls. Underground fights. Big Choices. But sophomore year hits different. You're in charge now – managing a fight club. Do what you want, and who you want. Fully standalone and written entirely by the original creator. Welcome to the wildest, sexiest and most daring College Kings yet.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Life Sim 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #10 5 Girls, 1 Honey - Prologue
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sexy Hentai Games FactoryPub: Woop Media
Windows
💖 Meet five stunning girls in this sexy visual novel prologue — from a rebellious punk vampire to a playful zombie and a sweet angel. Play through each girl’s two chapter, flirt, and unlock steamy 3D scenes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #11 Bench Simulator
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kanuni Games
Windows · Linux
You are a park bench. Watch strangers sit, talk, break down, fall in love, argue, and reveal their secrets in a story-rich narrative simulation where your smallest reactions can change everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Life Sim 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #12 Road to Karatl
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Angels Games
Windows
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Psychedelic 15%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #13 Curtain Call
89% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Dramatis Personae GamesPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.3%
- #14 Where are you, Cinderella?
88% 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: Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #15 Neko no Yume
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Fawcett Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fulfilling your dream is just the beginning… but what if your dreams held a mystery? Join Konekomaru in this dating VN, where romance, comedy, and a hidden enigma intertwine. Meet different girls, make choices, and uncover the meaning of his dreams. Love, destiny, or something more?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #16 How to #### a Man
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monstrr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Psychedelic 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #17 Fairy Comedy: A Love Hard To Find
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DOVEFLOWERSPub: 2P Games
Windows
这是一段关于幸福的故事。不谙世事的鸟儿,跌跌撞撞地前进,找寻着关于幸福的答案。在鸟儿与重要之人度过的时而温暖、时而令人啼笑皆非的日子里,心的色彩逐渐累积。碧色、赤色、湛蓝……待到映射出“自我”与“梦想”的光谱被拼凑出后,在银白色的雪花中,幸福的答案将会揭晓。
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Life Sim 14.2%, Dating Sim 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
- #18 All (Too) Good Things
85% 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 22.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #19 Camp "Burevestnik"
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Reanim GamesPub: STuNT
Windows
For Nikita, time stood still long ago. His life has become an endless, exhausting marathon of anxiety, where night brings no rest. Trying to find some peace and escape the haunting nightmares, he suddenly discovers that reality has cracked.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Life Sim 18.9%, Dating Sim 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #20 I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: m.Pub: Tsundere Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Narrative 15.3% ★, Dating Sim 15.2%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #21 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Nonlinear 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%
- #22 Cyberpunk Bar Sim
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mocha
Windows · Mac
Own and manage a futuristic bar, meet quirky customers, market, and expand!
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Life Sim 14.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #23 Soy Supremacy
81% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: AL StudioPub: NSFW18 Games
Windows
Run a vegan cafe by day, sell illegal meat & fast food by night! Romance rebellious girls while dodging the law in the world of Soy Supremacy, romantic and sweet visual novel. Can you make profit, make your girls happy and stay out of jail?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Life Sim 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.5%, Text-Based 14.3%
- #24 Winter Dream
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
When Caron visits his uncle during his winter vacation, he meets three interesting girls with tragic pasts and a hidden connection to him.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Life Sim 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #25 Selfish Cupid - BL Dating Sim
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ten has the ability to see other people's soulmates after he was chosen to be the cupid's vessel. He is tasked to help bring couples together. But there is just one problem... Ten couldn't care less about other people's relationships. He only cares about his own love life.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Simulation 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #26 AKIBA LOVE
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 银月057
Windows
AKIBA LOVE is a dating simulation game, in other words, a G·A·L·G·A·M·E! During your half-year exchange at Japan's Inada University, as a hardcore otaku, you will meet, get to know, and fall in love with five heroines, experiencing a romantic comedy of your own!
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #27 Between the Lines
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Narrative 13.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%
- #28 I Wani Hug that Gator!
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,620 reviews2024
Dev: Cavemanon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
I Wani Hug that Gator! Is a choice-driven narrative about teenagers struggling to find their way. Help Inco, loser highschooler extraordinaire, navigate his budding friendships (and romance!) while surviving being the only human in a dinosaur-filled school.
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #29 A Night With: Spirit
78% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Naughty Narratives
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped within an old television, a ghostly girl with a mysterious past, awaits a player who can help her break free.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21%, Dating Sim 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #30 Defragmenting
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #31 Beach Episode
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IFOnly
Windows · Mac · Linux
You didn't want to spend your summer at the beach, but after being dragged there by your friend, you decide to make the most of it! Meet four unique girls and spend time with them to unlock and uncover their hidden stories, and maybe even fall in love in this heart-throbbing, rom-com visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14%, Life Sim 13.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #32 Monster Luv Radio
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac
Welcome to MONSTER LUV RADIO, where you play a radio DJ giving dating advice to a host of supernatural creatures! Keep your ratings up by giving sound advice and following the rhythm of your DJ mix board, and make sure your boss doesn't shut down your show!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dating Sim 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #33 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
76% 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: Text-Based 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #34 The Meridian
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12%
- #35 Condo Desires
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Narratives
Windows · Mac · Linux
An adult visual novel where you navigate the lives and fantasies of alluring women in a community condominium. As the new trustee, create relationships, uncover secrets, and trigger in intimate encounters. Will you master the art of seduction, or will you crave more? Your choices, your desires.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.6%, Dating Sim 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #36 MeetCute
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: emuemwPub: neonoptimism
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet-cute (n) - An amusing or charming first encounter that leads to the development of a romantic relationship
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Dating Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #37 College Kings - The Complete Season
73% matchVery Positive91% of 9,265 reviews2021
Dev: Undergrad Steve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
College Kings - The Complete Season (Acts I-III Combined): Sex, girls, parties, and power. As a freshman at San Vallejo College, you have the whole world in front of you. Will you let the next four years pass you by, or will you lead your fraternity to the crown and become campus royalty?
Why similar: Dating Sim 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Life Sim 15%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #38 Courage for a Kiss
75% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can a group of high school students write and perform an original stage play and win the national contest? Will they find love along the way? Find out in this Visual Novel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #39 Chief Emoji Officer
73% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #40 EVERY MORNING MY ALARM CLOCK KILLS ME
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: TotalPub: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Have you set your alarm for 07:00 yet? He was waiting for you too.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 13%, Simulation 11.9%
- #41 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
72% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Simulation 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #42 FantômeRapport -Intermezzo-
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NTT Solmare
Windows
Fantôme Rapport is a multi-genre visual novel that blends romance, horror, and mystery. Uncover the secrets of a ghostly luxury cruise liner and the enigmatic women aboard.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 17.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%
- #43 School For The Friendless
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 190 reviews2021
Dev: Conor Hehr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Harold is sent to a school for people with no friends. The teachers observe and then pair them up, making them roommates. What will happen when Harold ends up sharing a room with a girl?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #44 Ladies I'm Ready
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Midou Studio
Windows · Mac
The player becomes Samuel, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting two beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Two girls with different personalities, and it is up to you to decide who will go to the end with you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dating Sim 13.9%, Life Sim 13.8%, Nonlinear 9.2%
- #45 Speed Dates Summer Edition
70% matchMixed63% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Icarus Interactive Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Summer's here and hearts are heating up! Meet five different beauties, hang out, flirt a little... and maybe even find your summer romance. Your choices matter — and the story’s all yours.
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, First-Person 9.8%
- #46 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
70% 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: Text-Based 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #47 Temptation at Sunset Cove
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: High Altitude Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intriguing, choice-driven erotic story where the main character meets up with his internet girlfriend for a passionate week at a luxury resort. Indulge in steamy sex with a variety of gorgeous women, face temptation, drama, and desire—every decision leads to new pleasures… or consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dating Sim 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #48 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zeros
Windows
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Artificial Intelligence 21.1%, Dating Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #49 10mg: Locked In
71% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Locked In is a two-player visual novel simulating the breakdown of a marriage during lockdown.
Why similar: Dating Sim 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #50 Beginning of the Rain
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: HOONDAHL STUDIOS LTD
Windows · Mac
"Beginning of the Rain" is a Visual Novel Simulation Game based on colorful illustrations and rich OSTs. It tells you the stories about many thing you can feel only as a student.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #51 Ted
68% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Başar Melih Tümtürk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Life Sim 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #52 Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: xvc
Windows
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Simulation 9.2%
- #53 Nusantara: Bermuda
67% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: SweetChiel
Windows · Mac · Linux
An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love?
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%
- #54 Wrapped With a Kiss
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: LegendEx Games
Windows
Date the small holiday town's cute local carpenter and help Noel rekindle her relationship with her family in this emotional Christmas themed otome visual novel!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 17.4%, Dating Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #55 OmOneko
66% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dating Sim 16.9%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #56 Live Through Time
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Live Through Time
Windows
Live Through Time is an AI-powered historical text adventure. Survive gritty eras from the Colosseum in Ancient Rome to the trenches of Passchendaele during The Great War. Type or dictate your actions to co-author a script-free RPG where the world reacts to your every move.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Life Sim 15.7%, Artificial Intelligence 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #57 Cryspace
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JIMMY DIAMOND
Windows
Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.
Why similar: Dating Sim 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #58 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
68% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, First-Person 10.6%