- #1 Thoughtless
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #2 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14%
- #3 Cold Verdict
96% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows · Linux
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological 9.5%
- #4 My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
95% matchVery Positive80% of 912 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Atmospheric 9%
- #5 Dreamwalker
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Visual Novel 31.8%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Mystery 6.5%
- #6 Avatar Zero
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AnylightPub: Anvil Studio
Windows
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Psychological 6.6%
- #7 Echoes of Hanau
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAKERS e.V.Pub: MAKERS e.V. & JG Hanau
Windows
Echoes of Hanau is a historical third-person mystery adventure. Explore Hanau around 1900, investigate clues, solve puzzles and uncover a story in which rumors, propaganda and growing social tensions become increasingly intertwined.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 30.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #8 Artificial Instincts
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological 8.6%
- #9 Neighboring Islands
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #10 Celsius Strays
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: COWCAT
Windows · Mac
"Banished. Hunted. Yet, we endure." Become the Chief of the Squealers and lead your people through a futuristic wasteland fraught with danger where every choice is about survival.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
- #11 Greed and Fear and the Rest
90% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological 8%
- #12 Flavor Favor
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Malosi
Windows
Flavor Favor is a soft sci-fi visual novel where you take on the role of a captive fumer, a form of advanced AI humanoid, on the remote island of Tuinu. Your captors insist on having liberated you, but as you gradually recover your memories, a more complex story starts to unfold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Psychological 7.4%
- #13 Tempest In A Teapot
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #14 Everlasting Snooze
88% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Psychological 8.3%
- #15 Omnisight
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yahont Games
Windows
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.1% ★, Psychological 9.6%
- #16 Detours
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Adventure 7.6%
- #17 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Adventure 8.3%
- #18 The Lady with the Dog
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marat Zimnurov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Dynamic Narration 19.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #19 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Dynamic Narration 20.9% ★, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #20 Marked Souls
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far would you go to undo death? Marked Souls is a psychological horror visual novel about five orphans trapped in an isolated manor. Uncover the shelter's dark history, perform a forbidden ritual, and try to survive the consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Psychological 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #21 You, in every Room.
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obliviant Interactive
Windows
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
- #22 CRASH: Autodrive
83% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Nightcap
Windows
When your self-driving Autocab kills a cyclist in this murder mystery visual novel, it's up to you as Emily Knight to talk with fellow passengers and use the clues you find to contradict their lies as you unravel how you ALL could possibly know the victim and have a motive for murder - even the car!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #23 Beneath the Iron Gate
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FunPlaceGame
Windows
A grounded post-apocalyptic interactive narrative. Fortify the Black Box shelter, manage supplies, trust, and evidence, and decide who survives on either side of the iron gate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #24 The Wreck
81% matchVery Positive89% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #25 IIT Quest
80% 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: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Mystery 4.5%
- #26 Aletta - Visual Novel
82% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #27 After the Wane
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Dynamic Narration 12.1% ★, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #28 Reflection Of Feelings
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind Shift
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Dynamic Narration 23.9% ★, Choices Matter 9.4%, Psychological 3.9%
- #29 Prescription of Throes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 格雷去冰无糖
Windows
Prescription of Throes is a narrative adventure game. An experimental drug that can erase all psychological pain is circulating underground. You will meet companions, face their struggles alongside them, and gradually uncover the truth behind the drug through exploration and choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Psychological 17.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #30 Best Day Ever
79% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: ReRolled Studio
Windows
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #31 She Only Visits at Night
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neuroticfly Games
Windows
A quiet, atmospheric slice-of-life narrative inspired by SCP-134. Work the graveyard shift at a lonely convenience store and form a gentle connection with a strange girl who only visits after dark. Fulfill her small requests, watch the store change, and find comfort in the quiet night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Sci-fi 17%, 2D 10%, Indie 1.6%
- #32 The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Wolkemann
Windows · Linux
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #33 Destiny's Sword
78% matchMixed59% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: 2Dogs Games Ltd.Pub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Destiny’s Sword is a Living-Narrative Graphic Adventure. Explore distant worlds, forge friendships and lead your troops through an epic adventure.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #34 Annoy This Guy
76% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Adventure 5.2%
- #35 LifeSimOS
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #36 Alcyone: The Last City
74% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #37 The Night Fisherman
76% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #38 Adrift
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Moryi Limited
Windows
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Dynamic Narration 15.6% ★, Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #39 Talescape: Write. Branch. Play.
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aureola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play well-crafted interactive stories shaped by mood and choice, or create your own branching story without coding.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
- #40 Das Hexencafé am Zürichsee: Der letzte Eintrag
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micjam Games
Windows
An atmospheric fantasy visual novel set on Lake Zurich. Make meaningful choices, uncover the mystery of the final entry, and guide Liva through a story with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Visual Novel 31.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #41 Garbage Incident
72% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Empty Pixel
Windows
A short psychological visual novel about a girl, a bag of garbage, and an ordinary evening that takes an unexpected turn
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Psychological 11.3%, Adventure 11.2%
- #42 Stories Want to Be Told Storyone: Prophecy
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Visual Novel 29%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Futuristic 6.1%, 2D 6%
- #43 Clandestined: Fade to Gray
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
A mystery sci-fi story, taking place inside an underground lab facility, where groundbreaking research is being conducted to make people immune to a bioweapon virus that destroyed civilisation. You're one of the test subjects and you're about to find out what comes next for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #44 Koko's Cafe
70% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #45 The Portal Pirate
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, Psychological 9.2%, Mystery 7.9%
- #46 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,413 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 12.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%
- #47 Presidential Shaman
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Stylized 4.9%
- #48 Chronicles of Humanity
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #49 Undercover Love - Where Shadows Meet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIKATRON-GAMES
Windows
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a city where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, Alex and a mafia leader with buried secrets are pulled into revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #50 Sabbatical In Merzouga
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 7.3%
- #51 Doctor Visit
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #52 Living on Plain Pasta
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Psychological 6.2%
- #53 Merry’s Seven Wishes
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Shift Games
Windows
After his wife Merry dies, Richard finds a letter containing seven final wishes she left behind. Fulfill them one by one, revisit the memories of their life together, and slowly bring color back into a world that has turned completely gray.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Stylized 6.4%
- #54 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
68% matchPositive81% of 21 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 25.9%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #55 CORROSIVA
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: theo minute
Windows
A doctor in search of a cure to a corrosive disease finds her forgotten childhood friend among the remains of a former city. Love and obsession meet underneath acid rain in this yuri visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #56 Shrine Train
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: ShrINe
Windows
A narrative survival game about an armored train at the end of the world. Command up to six survivors, choose who goes out to scavenge each day, gamble every crisis on a d20 check led by a specific crew member, talk to them at night, and ration food, fuel, parts and ammo.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Dynamic Narration 17% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Mystery 5.6%
- #57 Where the Roads Die
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DIRECTOR`S CUT
Windows
This is a visual novel with quest elements and the atmosphere of a journey through an Eastern European post-apocalypse. You are a Vagrant heading west, leaving your home behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #58 Reigns: The Witcher
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Dialogue Heavy 5.6%
- #59 Black Dog Bar
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, 2D 4.7%
- #60 Dimensions of Mind
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Don Dao VGS
Windows
Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.9% ★, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%