- #1 Mech Mind Ninja
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leonardo M A SilvaPub: Consttelattions
Windows
Here, your choices have consequences. Embark in a Time Travel Ninja Tale with multiple routes. Isao is a member of a Brotherhood from the Meiji Era in Japan who travels between the XXII and XIX centuries. What would be your choices on this journey? Make your choices and discover the consequences.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.6% ★, Nonlinear 14.6%, Robots 9.6%, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #2 Re:Curse
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elseth GamesPub: Papertrail Studios
Windows · Mac
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #3 Memories of Rachel
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SANDWICH KITCHEN
Windows · Mac
Memories of Rachel is a text adventure game where you pick up keywords called fragments from the protagonist's memories and answer questions to advance the main story. No sudden action sequences, no clicking on maps. But their secrets and the overlap of memories will stick like a thorn in your hear.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.8% ★, Point & Click 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #4 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
94% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Female Protagonist 12%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #5 Paradox Factor
95% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
Why similar: Time Travel 55.7% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #6 Parallel Convergence
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 48.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #7 Grail to the Thief
94% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2015
Dev: For All To Play
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hank Krang, a dirty thief from the near future, recently had a self-aware time machine called the Time Excursion Digital Interface, or TEDI, fall into his lap after a poker game. He has decided to use this technology to go throughout time, stealing priceless artifacts.
Why similar: Time Travel 48.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Indie 3.1%
- #8 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
92% 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: Nonlinear 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #9 Scandal Notes
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find glamor, glitz, gossip, and love in 1920s London! You and your friends are the talk of the town - but will a malicious journalist turn the tables?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Nonlinear 13.7%, RPG 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #10 When Silence Fell
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximilian Niebuhr
Windows
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Time Travel 21.2% ★, Nonlinear 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #11 Tempest In A Teapot
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Time Travel 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #12 IIT Quest
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IQHQ Pub: IQHQ
Windows
Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Science 7.6%
- #13 Shanghai Summer
88% matchVery Positive90% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 33.9% ★, Word Game 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #14 Choice of Robots
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Robots 14.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #15 Chronautical
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Sleepy Siren Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
In this narrative-driven sci-fi mystery, investigate across space and time to uncover clues and unravel the secrets of a star system that has disappeared, and the man trying to find it.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.1% ★, Nonlinear 22.7%, Point & Click 11%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #16 Engram
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sitokaPub: Yet Another AI
Windows · Mac
In a desolate sci‑fi world, search for a way to save your sister Mia. In Engram, you will make many choices that affect and change the fate of every character in the story. Like an intricate web of butterfly effects, a unique story will emerge under the influence of your decisions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.8%, Word Game 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #17 DESOPE
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celephais Seeker Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 43.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #18 Get the Guy
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Word Game 18.8%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #19 问题偶像的养成计划
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 海肠工作室
Windows
Welcome to the private performing arts college full of love and dreams - Xingmengdian~! The sweat of youth and dreams is sprinkled in every corner of the college. Come and experience a happy and colorful campus life with the idols you meet!
Why similar: Time Travel 23.3% ★, Word Game 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #20 Deep Pixel Melancholy
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ok/no
Windows
Deep Pixel Melancholy is a visual novel about being stuck in a time loop inside a far northern city. Unravel the mystery, and decide whether escaping is really worth it.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.5% ★, Nonlinear 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #21 DeCoDiary.volume 1 起 ~ Atheohood
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 彼界岛Bronjland
Windows · Mac
"What is The Ritual?"—Senior 1 student Zi Xiaoying left her hometown and arrived at the School on Isle Island, moving into Gracirsium's House. Even before settling in, she heard about esoterica and rituals on the island, and unexpectedly encountered a white-hair girl with an censer in the forest...
Why similar: Word Game 25.9%, Nonlinear 18.7%, RPG 14%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #22 Sexbot II: Recalibrated
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Llamamann Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Sequel to Sexbot, now in development.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Robots 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #23 Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light
81% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: ALTERCIWS
Windows · Mac
Let's Go Fever Time! Lovely Angel! By day, ordinary girls. By night, the 'Phantom Thief Angels TwinAngel' - on a mission to reclaim stolen treasures. Winter 2024: The Angels descend on Steam.
Why similar: Time Travel 48.9% ★, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #24 Sea of Leaves
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simona Maiorano
Windows
A tragic mistery, from Apulia with love.
Why similar: Nonlinear 33%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 7.7%
- #25 Project Kuragava
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: SimpleWhite Games
Windows
Project Kuragava is a visual kinetic novel with a thoughtful plot The protagonist Yuki enters Kuragawa Academy, he is the first guy in this academy. Will Yuki be able to change his past and future? Or will he lose this fateful battle?
Why similar: Time Travel 33.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #26 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
79% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: TBFPub: TLS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.4% ★, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #27 Keeper of the Labyrinth
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Athena Abbott
Windows · Mac
An interactive fiction game about identity and self-discovery. Decide your own path through the labyrinth's strange halls, and confront the terrors and mysteries within.
Why similar: Nonlinear 39.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, RPG 7%
- #28 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
78% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Robots 10.2%, Visual Novel 9%
- #29 Hellink
79% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Ikigai
Windows · Mac · Linux
The first visual novel about fake news! Investigate in 2044 in a humorous and cyberpunk universe. Counter your opponents' lies and thwart the plot that threatens Néo-Sorbonne!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Point & Click 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #30 Critical Attraction
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 扯拐工作室
Windows
Critical Attraction is a 2D side-scrolling otome simulation romance RPG visual novel. When the player’s older sister suddenly goes missing, they embark on a journey to find her. Along the way, they meet 4 companions with distinct personalities, grow through various life experiences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Word Game 22.8%, Time Travel 17.2% ★, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #31 Future Mirror
78% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #32 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
76% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, RPG 10.8%
- #33 Hedgehog's Dilemma
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neo Vulgate Cycle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story of love, connections, and separation, a story about philosophy and science. Marharyta and Mykhailo try to figure out their relationships - and cannot help but fall in love over and over again.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #34 LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PonpipaipidupiPub: Rotating Gear Studio
Windows
This is a story about a young woman who thinks and chases her dreams bravely under the pressure of reality and family. In order to prove that she has the ability to support herself with music as a career, Lu must show her strength by winning the annual award of the streaming platform.
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #35 Universe Has No Favorites
75% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Point & Click 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #36 i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
75% matchVery Positive94% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Ricardo Cancela
Windows
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Sci-fi 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #37 Algorithm Prescription
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shochiku
Windows
Xenoria, a city run entirely by AI Trust, occupation, romance, everything in life is pre-determined by "Empathy Score" which reveals a person's personality. Cocoro will unravel the secret of this city, and pursue the truth about herself. An indulging love suspense.
Why similar: Word Game 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #38 To the Stars: Do Maid Robots Dream of Electric Grapefruit
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LuluGames
Windows
This is a Visual Novel RPG where you role play as a maid robot in a post-apocalyptic world, where pollution made the ground surface no longer liveable; Your purpose is to help your USER build her spaceship "The Golden Star" and eventually witness her journey into the sapce.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, RPG 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #39 时漏界限-edge-
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 图层新建分组工作室
Windows · Mac
一场神秘的“梦”,打破了你平静的生活。横贯两个世界的旅程,却总是遭遇同一场危机。你遇到了意味不明的茶味男,看起来很好说话的异瞳少年,突然出现的神秘妹妹头,呆傻的美丽学长,好久不见突然变成金色的幼驯染。你们的故事打破了两个世界,人们的命运就此交织…… 《时漏界限-edge-》是一款文字avg乙女冒险游戏,正式版包含4位可攻略男主角,一位隐藏可攻略男主角。正式版游戏文本量在50w字以上,拥有50张以上精美cg。 在游戏中,你将扮演一名即将毕业的大学生,在穿越两个世界的旅途中寻找世界的真相,并作出自己的选择。游戏拥有多个分支结局,等待你在游玩过程中逐步解锁。
Why similar: Word Game 26.3%, Time Travel 18.3% ★, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #40 The Sinner of the Closed Set
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kai DeJesusPub: Sky Brew Studios
Windows
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Why similar: Time Travel 24.5% ★, Nonlinear 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #41 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #42 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Nonlinear 29%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #43 Fixer's Tale
72% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Nonlinear 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #44 Yet Another Killing Game
70% matchVery Positive98% of 229 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Time Travel 35.4% ★, Text-Based 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #45 Essence of Time
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Box Fire Games
Windows
Essence of Time is a story rich, hand-drawn RPG. Craft modular moves in a sphere grid as you build friendships, unravel mysteries, and explore timelines and their consequences during the final days of battle school. While students compete to be the next emperor, can you find a future without war?
Why similar: Time Travel 40.8% ★, Nonlinear 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, Visual Novel 8%
- #46 Serania - Path of the Scion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #47 The Lighthouse of Black Salt
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Light Source
Windows
A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 10.2%
- #48 Causal Effect
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: shrimp & pickaxe studio
Windows
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.5% ★, Word Game 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #49 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
69% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Story Rich 9%, RPG 8.3%
- #50 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Word Game 18%, Female Protagonist 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #51 Whispers From The Rift
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #52 Tropical
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert Welz
Windows
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #53 STEINS;GATE ELITE
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,651 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 273.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 58.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Science 4.3%
- #54 鸥鹭罔继
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 二浮舟
Windows
你将观测一段虚构的故事,通过选项的干涉决定被观测者的命运。你将观测的对象是一个迷茫、执拗,有着孩童的天真与暴虐的女孩,你开始观测的时刻,她失去了自己生命中最重要的人,面临决定未来的诸多抉择。你的每一次干涉,都会将她的故事导向截然不同的方向。
Why similar: Nonlinear 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, RPG 9.8%
- #55 The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 西瓜恐龙Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
"The Ghost's Guide to the Afterlife" is a sci-fi visual novel with a multi-threaded ensemble narrative. You are already dead— and yet, your journey has only just begun. Become a ghost. Step into a strange and dazzling world beyond life, and witness a tale where love and death entwine.
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 14.9%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #56 Chrongrid
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Word Game 12.7%
- #57 唐宫诗与谋
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 木兰舟工作室
Windows
History's main thread is set, but countless fates diverge. A woman destined for tragedy becomes the protagonist of a game. You, a voice in her mind, can influence her choices. How will the stories of Wu Zhao, Princess Taiping, Empress Wei, and Princess Anle then unfold?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Word Game 20.6%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, RPG 12.5%, Visual Novel 10%
- #58 Memory Rewind
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Lion CorePub: Soft Source
Windows
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 12%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #59 STEINS;GATE
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,836 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 53.7% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Science 6.5%
- #60 Sweet Science – The Girls of Silversee Castle
66% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: TBF
Windows · Mac · Linux
This lighthearted visual novel lets you meet four quirky young women. A fun and highly interactive story taking you back in time – to the 1990s and a castle full of science, mysteries and – perhaps – romance...
Why similar: Time Travel 36.6% ★, Nonlinear 16%, Science 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%