- #1 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,682 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Conversation 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #2 Stories of Mara
97% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Chibig
Windows
Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Cute 6.7%
- #3 Goodbye Volcano High
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,797 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Conversation 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #4 Dragon Audit
96% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows
A battle accountant storms the castle to rescue a princess, but accidentally rescues a lonely dragoness instead. 3D adventure inspired by classic point & clicks -- mixing comedy, light puzzle solving, and a heartfelt story.
Why similar: Dragons 33% ★, Point & Click 15.5%, Conversation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #5 Heartspell: Horizon Academy
94% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Dire Kitten Games
Windows
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Conversation 8.3%
- #6 Dragon Island
94% matchMixed47% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Kulplant
Windows · Mac
Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Narration 12.6%, Funny 8.9%
- #7 Kunado Chronicles
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 173 reviews2023
Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The dragon is already dead. Help what's left of humanity learn how to live in this post-apocalyptic fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Conversation 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Cute 10.3%
- #8 Storyteller
91% matchVery Positive88% of 8,587 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel BenmerguiPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Point & Click 15.4%, Dragons 14.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #9 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
91% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: NomnomNami
Windows · Mac · Linux
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Funny 6.7%, Cute 6.6%
- #10 Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun
90% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy interactive story (visual novel) where the mysteries of ancient gods, enigmas of bygone eras, magic, and the complex relationships between various beings are intricately woven together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #11 Knights College
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,192 reviews2021
Dev: KAIJYU-09
Windows
KnightsCollege is a kemono visual novel set in the Knight College, where elite knight candidates live. In this game, every choice is presented as a card, and the protagonist lives in the dormitory while collecting cards.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.8%, Dragons 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 19.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5%
- #12 A YEAR OF SPRINGS
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #13 Heralds of the Avirentes - Ch. 1 Wings of Change
88% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: TellerySpyro_GTX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heralds of the Avirentes is a visual novel, which brings you into the “Crystal punk” fantasy setting, where the world of Nanraas in which the dragon race lives. The game combines a visual novel, role-playing game elements, social simulator, a turn-based combat system.
Why similar: Dragons 30.8% ★, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 11%
- #14 I Wani Hug that Gator!
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,486 reviews2024
Dev: Cavemanon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #15 Golden Treasure: The Great Green
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 948 reviews2019
Dev: Dreaming Door Studios
Windows · Mac
Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth.
Why similar: Dragons 49% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #16 Purrgatory
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,893 reviews2021
Dev: Niv
Windows
A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Point & Click 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Funny 9.4%, Cute 9.1%
- #17 Kill The Dragon
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A unique choices matter adventure with horrific deaths and wonderful choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Funny 12.7%, Cute 8.9%
- #18 Beacon Pines
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,195 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Narration 12.9%, Point & Click 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #19 We Are OFK
84% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #20 Andromeda Six
82% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Cute 14.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%
- #21 ARISEN - Chronicles of Var'Nagal
84% matchVery Positive83% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Maratus
Windows
ARISEN is a narrative card game where you use your emotions to create your own story in a dark fantasy universe.
Why similar: Dragons 22.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #22 A TAVERN FOR TEA
81% matchVery Positive92% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #23 Saltsea Chronicles
81% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Die Gute Fabrik
Windows · Mac
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #24 The Divine Speaker
80% matchVery Positive96% of 436 reviews2022
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Conversation 14.9%, Narration 13.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #25 Near-Mage
79% matchVery Positive91% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #26 No Longer Home
82% matchMixed64% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Conversation 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #27 Fursona Festival
79% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: BubblegumDrgn
Windows · Mac
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Dragons 24.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #28 Growing Up
78% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #29 Winds of Change
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 583 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #30 Miniatures
75% matchVery Positive95% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Point & Click 27.4%, Story Rich 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, 2D 6.9%
- #31 Weaving Tides
77% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: Follow the Feathers
Windows · Mac
Dive into a magical woven world on the back of your own carpet dragon! Explore the textile landscape, solve puzzles, challenge quirky creatures and unravel the great mysteries of a long forgotten past in Weaving Tides!
Why similar: Dragons 43.6% ★, Narration 15.2%, Relaxing 11.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Cute 9.8%
- #32 Mosaic Chronicles
77% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Error 300
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Unravel enchanting stories of love and courage through captivating stained-glass puzzles.
Why similar: Funny 18.2%, Relaxing 17.5%, Story Rich 15.5%, Cartoony 15.5%, Colorful 9.7%
- #33 A Story Beside
75% matchVery Positive96% of 308 reviews2022
Dev: Wayward Prophet
Windows
Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #34 Button City
76% matchVery Positive93% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: Subliminal
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Button City is a cozy narrative adventure game about a fox and his friends banding together to save their local arcade! Explore a diorama world, play exciting arcade games, complete quirky quests and meet cute animal friends.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Funny 14.6%, Relaxing 9.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #35 Monster Loves You!
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,197 reviews2013
Dev: Radial Games Corp
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Cute 12.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #36 Dragon Song Tavern: Cozy & Adventurous
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: Etherous Games LimitedPub: HARRISONWORLD CO.,LTD
Windows · Mac
Ready to run a tavern with a Dragon companion? On this charming island, you can live out your tavern-keeping dreams. Along the way, you'll meet all kinds of guests, Encounter unicorns, battle Giant Elementals, and embrace adventures! Begin your journey as the Dragon Song calls!
Why similar: Dragons 68.2% ★, Cute 17.3%, Fantasy 7.6%, Casual 6.9%
- #37 Curtain Call
74% 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: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Conversation 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #38 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
74% matchVery Positive82% of 476 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #39 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
70% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Conversation 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #40 Love, Death & Veggies
73% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Six stories about the most important things. And elves, gnomes, robots, aliens, adventure, and love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Cute 11.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #41 Crown Delights Deli
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: baconeggandcheese
Windows · Mac
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Why similar: Conversation 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #42 Coffee Talk
70% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Conversation 20.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #43 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
72% matchVery Positive96% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 286.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Story Rich 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Cute 12.4%
- #44 Marshmallow All the Way Home
69% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: MarmaladePub: Shiravune
Windows
Find friendship, love, and pastries in the most unexpected places in this cute visual novel about baking a home.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Cute 14%, Funny 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #45 Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank
73% matchVery Positive83% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: TookiPalookiPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank is a charming point-and-click adventure about tabletop gaming, mischievous friends, and spectral poultry.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Funny 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Cute 13.2%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #46 Mizuchi 白蛇心傳
71% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Aikasa Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 is a heartfelt and philosophical yuri visual novel inspired by the Legend of the White Snake and multiple folklores. Follow Linh's journey with a beautiful shape-shifting temptress and a resourceful warrior nun, and experience a story of friendship, love, transformation, and belonging.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #47 Fireside
69% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Emergo EntertainmentPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Fireside is an uplifting narrative experience about a journey, and the breaks that follow it. Make friends, trade and chat at the campfire, weave connections, and explore a serene magic-filled world.
Why similar: Cute 17.5%, Relaxing 15.8%, Story Rich 15.3%, Hand-drawn 15%, Funny 14.7%
- #48 Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
67% matchVery Positive100% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Pepita Digital
Windows
A tribute to a friend who has passed — and to the adventures we still need to live. A story-driven adventure about a young polyglot traversing mystical islands and using the power of words to confront his own fate and save a world tamed by darkness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Point & Click 21.4%, Story Rich 16.4%, Funny 13.4%, Cute 10.8%
- #49 She and the Light Bearer
71% matchVery Positive85% of 381 reviews2019
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Hand-drawn 14%, Relaxing 12.9%, Cute 12%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #50 Gods of Savvarah | Part I
68% matchVery Positive98% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Narration 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #51 Disney Villains Cursed Café
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Point & Click 24.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #52 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
Dev: GB Patch Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #53 Tails Noir Preludes
67% matchVery Positive92% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Conversation 28.9%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Relaxing 10.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #54 WYRMHALL: Brush and Banter
65% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows
Meet quirky characters and clean strange artifacts in this short cozy comedy game. From an enchanted teacup to a cursed skull with a chip on its shoulder, each item and client brings new twists and surprises.
Why similar: Conversation 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Funny 9.5%, Cute 9.2%
- #55 The Archipelago
68% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Never Done Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Archipelago is a visual novel about brewing tea. The teas you choose determine who you encounter in the midst of a vibrant and changing world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Conversation 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #56 Seers Isle
69% matchVery Positive91% of 197 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Narration 14.1%, Choices Matter 14%
- #57 FIND ALL 9: Fantasy
64% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Very Very LITTLE Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Immerse yourself in an exciting adventure in Find All 9: Fantasy. You will explore the fairytale village, the colorful streets of the city of mages and the unique scenery of the soaring dragon islands. Look for hidden objects and color this mysterious painted world.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Relaxing 21.3%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Cute 12.1%, Casual 6.9%
- #58 Cavern of Dreams
64% matchVery Positive93% of 1,456 reviews2023
Dev: Bynine StudioPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Embark on a magical quest as Fynn the dragon to rescue your unhatched siblings from the mysterious Cavern of Dreams in this N64-style 3D platformer. Gain new abilities, meet unique characters, solve puzzles, and beware of the mysterious villain.
Why similar: Cute 41.1%, Cartoony 25.2%, Colorful 12.8%, Fantasy 9.6%, 3D 8%