- #1 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
97% matchVery Positive97% of 158 reviews2021
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.8%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #2 Misadventures of Laura Silver
96% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Noir 7.9%
- #3 Purrfect Tale
96% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BadMouse
Windows · Mac
When you awake, you find yourself transported back to the time when you were a student. You find it hard to breathe under the massive study load and oppressive environment, until you meet a stray cat that manages to wriggle its way into your world by chance...
Why similar: Comic Book 20.5%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #4 Nadaca
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadaca Studio
Windows · Mac
Discover the world of Nadaca, meet emotionally rich characters and help them express their feelings through conversations, mini-games and a plant-growing system.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #5 Leviathan: An Interactive Comic Book
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A seaside village – and a monstrous threat. Explore as you choose, by day or by night. Can you unravel the secrets of history and defeat the Leviathan? A choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.5%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #6 Breaking Point
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.7%, Comic Book 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
- #7 Journal
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 reviews2014
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.5%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Adventure 12.4%
- #8 Wednesdays
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,921 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre CorbinaisPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.8%, Hand-drawn 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #9 Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book
92% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
An experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first? The classic choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.1%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #10 Hostil
91% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Adventure 9.1%
- #11 The Beyond: An Interactive Comic Book
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your death was a tragedy... your afterlife is a mystery. Unravel the secrets of death with the help of Xochitl, your guide. Can you find your way through the doors of the great library of the Beyond? A new choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #12 Flower For A Farewell
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: AppleJamStudios
Windows
Flower For A Farewell is a visual novel, Scroller-Adventure, that takes you on a journey with a turtle named Toby, who is going through grief. Meet characters who are dealing with a similar painful experience.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.7%, Text-Based 18%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Point & Click 10.6%, Side Scroller 8.4%
- #13 Taina's Cursed Legacy
89% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #14 YOUR HOUSE
88% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.1%, Comic Book 16.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Noir 9.9%
- #15 Princess Ursula
86% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
Princess Ursula is looking for a husband but suitors do not abound! Who is this mysterious princess? And who will be courageous enough to meet her? Find out in this humor filled re-imagining of a classic folks tale!
Why similar: Comic Book 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #16 Gomorrah
87% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SandboxPub: 34BigThings
Windows
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Noir 11.1%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #17 CatTrigger Horror Collection
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Linux
Slice through a collection of HORROR STORIES, produced by a solo dev! Survive through the body horror of health clinics, haunted dating sims, robot takeovers, CORPORATE COMPLIANCE VIDEOS & MORE!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.1%, Comic Book 16.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #18 Not It: Spookiest Edition
86% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #19 Paradise Lust 3
83% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Flexible Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to an idyllic island in Paradise Lust 3, a 2D point-and-click dating sim adventure. Help organize a high-stakes beauty pageant competition, build romantic relationships, unlock animated sex scenes, and juggle minigames as you manage a resort full of beautiful, unpredictable women.
Why similar: Comic Book 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #20 Still Heroes
84% matchVery Positive90% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: exaheva
Windows · Mac · Linux
A digital comic about the story of Emeline. She tries to live her dream of being a superheroine after her friends decided to change their career paths. A gentle and moving story, drawn by hand.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.2%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #21 Travelling Light
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Point & Click 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #22 WEIL
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CajuStudios
Windows
WEIL is an interactive audiovisual experience that tells the story of a boy who suffers from depression, verbal, and psychological harassment. Through this, we aim to show players the impact these experiences can have on a person’s life, leading to suicidal thoughts.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 41.8%, Story Rich 20.3%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 8.1%
- #23 Old Man's Journey
82% matchVery Positive87% of 4,186 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Rules
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #24 A Taste of the Past
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,773 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.6%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #25 To Be Altered: ACT 1
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Comic Book 16.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #26 Shadow of Paris
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
- #27 ComicKingdom
79% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #28 イカスミポーション
77% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Nyamoli@
Windows
"イカスミ"でポーションをつくる!?怪しいポーション屋さんのイカ『スミミ』と共に、個性豊かな人外キャラクター達にポーションを売るアドベンチャーゲーム!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.2%, Comic Book 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 7.7%
- #29 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Comic Book 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #30 PhantomZone labyrinthos ファントムゾーン・ラビュリントス
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: phantomzone observation roomPub: keieru
Windows
”The nightmare that never allows waking lasts forever.” You wake up from bed and a girl appears before you. She calls herself “Entourfe,” a management support android. The stage is a strange facility, and you will explore the inside of the strange facility with her. ......
Why similar: Comic Book 20.7%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #31 The Metamorphosis
79% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Izmir Games Collective
Windows
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.7%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Point & Click 7.2%
- #32 Grandma's Secret
77% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: 40A Game StudioPub: Dmitriy Bely
Windows
"Grandma's Secret" is a blend of kinetic visual novel and interactive text adventure. The last hope for a peasant girl named Tatiana to find a happy marriage is a service and dowry from her grandmother, who is believed to be a witch. But what price will she have to pay for it?
Why similar: Comic Book 21.5%, Hand-drawn 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Cartoon 7.7%
- #33 Macrocosm 2772 G.E.: Olympus
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TRus Entertainment
Windows
"Macrocosm 2772 G.E.: Olympus" is a role-playing visual novel featuring a character statistics system that depends on the choices made by players.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.4%, Comic Book 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #34 The Adventures Of Hooman
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Panda Blade Software
Windows
A sci-fi comedy graphic novel where you play Hooman, an android too conceded to be scared and too lucky to die. Your crew is going to die but they could have avoided an untimely death if they had only listened to you. You are not the problem.
Why similar: Comic Book 29%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Adventure 6.6%
- #35 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
76% matchVery Positive83% of 349 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #36 Everything is going to be OK
74% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: alienmelon
Windows
"Everything is going to be OK" is a desktop labyrinth of vignettes, poetry, strange fever dream games, and broken digital spaces.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #37 Firebird
74% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Ludogram
Windows · Mac
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.5%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #38 Camille and Laura
73% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Point & Click 12.7%, Adventure 11%
- #39 All You Can Eat
75% matchVery Positive80% of 429 reviews2017
Dev: Gamechuck
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Meet a modern hero of our times, a man so lazy he decided to quit his job and just spend his life inside an All-you-can-eat diner. As years go by, his freeloading nature becomes legend, but then a tragedy occurs - the diner is about to close down! Will he settle down and get a regular job? Never!!!
Why similar: Comic Book 24.5%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Point & Click 10%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #40 ライヒェは街灯の下で
72% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: しゃちクマず
Windows
"Under the Streetlights of the Reiche" is an omnibus-style adventure game. Experience one man's last day in the town. A good man who is well-liked by those around him loses his job and is forced to leave the town he has lived in for a long time.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.7%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #41 Vasilisa the Wise
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Fleon Games
Windows
Vasilisa the Wise is a visual novel based on the famous Russian fairy tale "The Frog Princess". However, unlike the well-known fairy tale, in this game there are several scenarios, depending on the actions of the player. The goal of the game is to defeat the evil and win the heart of Vasilisa.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Cartoony 7.9%
- #42 Sword Princess Amaltea - The Visual Novel
73% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Senpai Media GroupPub: Natalia Batista
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Comic Book 24%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #43 Creepslore
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sonant
Windows · Linux
Enter a world filled with drunk monsters and their offbeat shenanigans: Birdman's arm got stolen as part of a performance art. Lettuce wants you to eat him. Doctor Scientist rents his body out to a Wound Parasite, and the Talking Lamp is... well, a talking lamp. Wait- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.7%, Comic Book 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #44 At Your Feet 2
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
Linda arrives on the tropical island of Trigue for work, but finds romance instead. This yuri visual novel features three gorgeous women to woo, including Alex from Summer in Trigue. Explore a story centered on foot fetishes and unique kinks with multiple routes and comic-style CGs.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.2%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #45 A Night at the Watermill
70% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Point & Click 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #46 A Sketchbook About Her Sun
72% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Point & Click 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #47 CLOSED HANDS
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 11%
- #48 Vanakan
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #49 Cracks
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScribbleScape
Windows
Cracks is a single player side-scrolling platformer following the couple Lana and Liam, as they navigate the highs, lows and struggles of their relationship. Their relationship is part of the game, where their level of cooperation depends on how connected they are.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Side Scroller 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #50 Concealed
68% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: CASCHA GAMESPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.8%, Comic Book 18%, Text-Based 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Noir 11.1%
- #51 King of the Cul-De-Sac
70% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Matthew Vimislik
Windows · Mac · Linux
An Interactive Comic with PUNCHING in it.
Why similar: Comic Book 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Point & Click 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #52 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #53 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
66% matchVery Positive95% of 720 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Comic Book 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Noir 15.2%, Visual Novel 9%
- #54 Midvinter
70% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Talecore Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Midvinter is a cozy little point-and-click game, which invites you to explore Swedish folklore using puzzles and riddles as well as compelling music and voice over. In it, you as a player take on the role of gnome - the guardian of the farm - and get to interact with various dark and fantastical creatures.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #55 Too Small To Matter
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #56 The Source
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 11.7%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #57 Hellink
69% 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 18.9%, Comic Book 13.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #58 Takorita Meets Fries
68% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep under the sea, there is a princess who didn't know anything about french fries. This is her story, Princess Takorita's fated encounter with the french fries.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.8%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #59 Universe For Sale - Prologue
67% matchVery Positive89% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Tmesis Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The Prologue of Universe for Sale, a sci-fi narrative experience about human relationships and self-acceptance, follow the stories of the nameless Master, a mysterious cultist and Lila the universes vendor.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.6%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Comic Book 10.2%
- #60 Let's Go, Metal Hero! Vol. 1
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Masonimous
Windows
Let's Go, Metal Hero! Vol. 1 is a visual novel about two siblings turning a robot into a superhero!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Comic Book 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%