- #1 Manludo
97% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Max Accelerated Xebec LLC
Windows · Linux
Play rock, paper, scissors to get off an alien space station. Esperanto: Vi devas ludi papero, tondilo, ŝtono por forlasi eksterteran kosmostacion.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Casual 15.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, 2D 7.2%
- #2 My Camp of Memories
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Casual 7.4%
- #3 Mirrorandum
96% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Emotional 16.7%, Casual 13.9%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #4 Dysnamic
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
A story-rich and character-centric visual novel about a world with an illness called Dysnamia. Join Bene as he handles his Dysnamia and his past, helping the festival in his town be successful despite the terror lurking in the background.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Visual Novel 23%, Casual 11.2%, Emotional 9.7%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #5 To Make a Game
94% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: TheBluePenguin
Windows · Linux
A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Emotional 13.3%, Casual 11.9%, Psychological 10.9%
- #6 Melancholic Night
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Witches Hat
Windows
A visual novel about returning home. That is, trying to get home. After all, your home is no longer there. You could say that it is actually about drinking in a bar and talking to strange people.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Casual 12.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Psychological 10.2%
- #7 Blooming Ashes
92% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: LunaKin
Windows
In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, your story is forged through tension, intrigue, and humanity. Traverse hidden paths, witness multiple perspectives, and shape the fate of the last refuge. Will you wield cold steel or ignite the flame of empathy?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Sci-fi 16.2%, 2D 7.5%, Casual 5.4%
- #8 The Keytox Project
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitRot Studios
Windows
The Keytox Project follows Anthony as he attempts to turn his life around. He takes a job at a government program, going to space, with his partner, Will. Their job is to hunt down alien lifeforms to ensure the safety of humanity. But what they find outside of Earth is far deeper than planned.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Lore-Rich 19%, Text-Based 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #9 The Dreamwalkers
91% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Emotional 13.6%, Psychological 9.8%
- #10 LOOP SYNDROME
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Psychological 14.1%, Emotional 9.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #11 RETURN Machine.Love()
89% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Fable BaePub: Fable Was Here
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 different Robot-romance stories. Written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself, it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Emotional 10.3%, Text-Based 9%
- #12 イマジナリーバッドフレンド
89% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: しのぎや
Windows
A short visual novel game in which a boy named Shiomi suddenly appears one day, and the protagonist, who recognizes him as an imaginary friend, converses with him to find out what happened between them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Emotional 22%, Story Rich 6.7%, Casual 5.2%
- #13 The Miki Komori Project
88% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Tech Daddy Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Before the streams and before anyone knew her name, there was only Miki. Explore the hidden origins of TheMikiKomori in an atmospheric visual novel about loneliness, identity, and the strange mysteries pulling her toward an uncertain future beneath the digital sea.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Casual 15.9%, Emotional 15.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #14 Heart of mobius
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.6%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Emotional 17.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Casual 4.5%
- #15 The Quiet After
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Psychological 16.9%, Emotional 14.4%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
- #16 Pathmaster
86% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: IvoryHand
Windows
『Pathmaster』 is a free fantasy visual novel with multi endings and various heroines.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Casual 13%, Fantasy 12.8%, 2D 4.4%
- #17 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological 11.6%, Emotional 10.1%
- #18 Project Deep Nexus
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Cole Alexander
Windows · Mac
You seem to have woken up in your final days of high school. You make some new friends and go on a field trip to a summer camp to celebrate your class’ graduation. However, the camp is not what it seems to be, nor are the people what they seem.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Lore-Rich 21.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 10.1%
- #19 Regrets
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Emotional 19.1%, Psychological 18.4%, Casual 7.9%
- #20 Awaken Infinity
82% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Launch Solutions
Windows
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Emotional 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.8%
- #21 KORA
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Lore-Rich 13%
- #22 黒洞々|KOKUTOTO
82% match6 user reviews88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TENDA Games
Windows
Beyond Good and Evil: What Will You Choose in This Ambiguity? Kurotōtō is a multi-ending adventure game that questions the realm beyond good and evil. Its compact length lets you experience the bleak aspects of modern society and make nerve-wracking scenario choices. What ending will you reach?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Visual Novel 32.1%, Psychological 16%, Casual 9.6%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #23 Love the Guard, Be the King - A Visual Novel
81% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Ligia Nunes
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Visual Novel game filled with romance, action, and intrigue. Create your Dragon Commander, befriend or romance the future King, and find the courage to save the Kingdom.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Text-Based 14.3%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Emotional 8.5%
- #24 Chivalrish
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chivalrish TeamPub: LunaticMoon
Windows
Chivalrish is a novella-sized, romance visual novel set in a medieval fantasy world. Set out on an adventure to rescue a princess who is not at all like you imagined her to be. Meet characters along the way, and decide your fate and theirs in this fun, comical, and thrilling journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Visual Novel 33.2%, Casual 18.3%, Fantasy 9.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #25 Forest of Death Masks
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Casual 12.7%, Psychological 11.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #26 Ninon the Upside-Down Mermaid
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atelier in WonderlandPub: Transparent Games
Windows
A fairy-tale otome visual novel about a reverse mermaid princess searching for love, acceptance, and a place where she belongs. Inspired by The Little Mermaid and set in a Victorian-inspired world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Casual 13.8%, Emotional 12%, 2D 6.4%
- #27 Dungeons and Dames
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikraria
Windows
A stranger pays you a hefty sum of money to teach a woman how to play a role-playing game. Will you be able to seduce her in the middle of the game? Will you prove that tabletop role-playing games hold no secrets for you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Casual 16.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, 2D 7.3%
- #28 In Her Service
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Factory Games
Windows
Jack and Sylvia work as sevants in Talia Godroy's house to clear a debt. What begins as work becomes something neither of them planned. A branching adult visual novel about romance, desire and jealousy — 20+ hours, 16 endings, no way to see them all in one run.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Emotional 13.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Casual 12.2%
- #29 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.9%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #30 Reminiscence in the Rain
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: 『縋想』プロジェクト
Windows · Mac
The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Emotional 16.5%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 Monster Girl Manor
76% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Xena AlexanderPub: Monstery Peoplez
Windows
Welcome to the MONSTER GIRL MANOR! Tour around to find your way to meet the characters created by Dream Audio VA, Lacey Audayo, Method Switch, Startlit Audios and Xena Alexander. Find out which girls are your vibe and find out more of their lore!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.5%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Lore-Rich 23.2%, Casual 9.3%, Fantasy 5%
- #32 Symbol of Sacrifice
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umbrella Labs
Windows
After experiencing a devastating event, three young siblings find themselves at the center of a struggle between two civilizations that could spell disaster on a global scale. A sacrifice must be made — one that will reshape the entire story and events that unfold. Who will you choose to sacrifice?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%
- #33 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Visual Novel 23%, Lore-Rich 11%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #34 Go For It Guile!
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tragic Masc.
Windows
Guile Murdoch is ready to start his second university attempt at the admittedly strange Yumi University. Through chance encounters with various men, he is forced into a self discovery journey to prove he is NOT INTO ANY OF THEM IN THE SLIGHTEST!!!! AND HE'S TOTALLY NOT GAY!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.3%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Text-Based 17.4%, Casual 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #35 夢游仙境ロマネスク: Chronicles of Refugia
76% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: MediumPub: YOX-Project
Windows
In the aftermath of catastrophic global warming, humans live in conflict with their new, not-so-human neighbors... and three "Alices" must fight against humanity to ensure the survival of their race.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Visual Novel 31.7%, Casual 15.6%, Sci-fi 14%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #36 A Summer in Our Hearts
74% matchPositive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows
A slice of life VN about three very different young adults, from very different backgrounds, trying to put their best foot forward and find their own ways in life. Will a short summer, away in a foreign town in the middle of nowhere, enough to push your way towards happiness?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.1%, Visual Novel 34.7%, Casual 18%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #37 Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,387 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 126.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
No matter how much times passes... I remember that blue, blue summer. Summer Pockets, the midsummer story brought to you by Key, has been powered-up with even more to play, including new heroines and routes, in Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Emotional 19.1%, Casual 6.5%, 2D 5.9%
- #38 Girl & Scarecrow
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows · Mac · Linux
Something rotten roams the night. Venture deep into the woods behind your grandfather's house and track down an aviary lost to time in this fantasy visual novel game set in rural New Zealand.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Emotional 12.8%, Fantasy 11.2%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #39 小厨杂记
74% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 山石
Windows
Please note: This game does not support English at current stage. 《小厨杂记》是一款融合了烹饪元素的视觉小说,通过为食客端上不同的菜肴与食客对话,并最终达成不同的结局。
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 17.2%, Casual 11.6%, 2D 8.3%
- #40 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AnonymousTurtle Games
Windows
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Text-Based 12%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #41 DoppelTest
70% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: ぬくもりロボット工房
Windows
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Psychological 11.9%, 2D 7%
- #42 AENIGMA
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEUROMANCE
Windows
Set in the year 4XXX, humanity lives disconnected inside underground megastructures to escape the threat of the ever-expanding silicon-based lifeforms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Emotional 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Linear 7.9%
- #43 The Trials of Ozymandias
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Emotional 11.7%, Casual 7.7%
- #44 シルヴァリオ ヴェンデッタ-Verse of Orpheus-
73% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: lightPub: ARES Inc.
Windows
This is not a story of a hero.This is the story of the loser. It is a story in which a man who once escaped fights to recover his star.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.3%, Visual Novel 30.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Fantasy 8.2%, 2D 7.7%
- #45 沈める楽園
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: ひとりサークル「匙投げ部」Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
少女達の「最期の一日」を辿り、真相を紐解いていく
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Visual Novel 31.2%, Emotional 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, 2D 7.7%
- #46 9-nine-:NewEpisode
71% matchVery Positive93% of 762 reviews2022
Dev: PALETTEPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 188.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Enjoy short after stories for the heroines of the 9-nine- series in 9-nine-:NewEpisode!
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Casual 12.1%, Emotional 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #47 永眠之匣,雪上之樱
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 系梦社
Windows
A story-driven visual novel set in a funeral home! Join Xue Hao & his odd, gentle family—his "sister" Elsa & a 25cm mascot (me!). A tale of farewell & companionship. 250k words, fully voiced, EX episodes & meta story. Happy end for all!(´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Emotional 9.9%
- #48 Rosa Mortifera
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sky blue aster
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy visual novel about a knight who would do anything for his lady. Handmade illustrations with original music.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Emotional 13.5%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #49 終末メイドロイド
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アンモライト研究所Pub: nikainomado
Windows · Mac
A choice-type adventure novel game in which the ending is determined by the percentage of parts recovered from the “receive,” “don't receive,” and “take” options.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Emotional 14%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #50 Twinkle★Nights
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: シラビノ遊屋Pub: shirabino
Windows
夜の世界で「星のかけら」を集める少女アイの ゆるくてかわいい街ブラノベルゲーム!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.1%, Visual Novel 33.2%, Text-Based 18.3%, Fantasy 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 방과 후 특별지도 (After-school Confession)
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: gotokiPub: UNIZSHOP
Windows
“지애 쌤이랑 사귀고 싶지?”, "너랑 지애 쌤이 잘 될 수 있게 도와줄게.” ㅡ짝사랑을 좇아 멘토링 프로그램에 들어온 주인공. 그러나 그곳에서 만난 멘티 서희는 선생님과 맺어질 수 있게 돕겠다며 이상한 제안을 해오는데—서희의 제안 뒤에 숨겨진 진짜 의도는 무엇일까? 어딘가 수상한 4차원 소녀와 함께하는 예측 불가능한 연애 협동.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Text-Based 12%, Casual 9.9%, 2D 7.8%
- #52 Findme ~30才の夢追い人~
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: 三ノ宮グループPub: Blue Moon
Windows
It is a Japanese visual novel game. It is a game to read texts. Enjoy the story of anguish, conflict, dreams and hope. There is no branching depending on the choices, but you can have a rich story experience like a movie.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #53 Hydrangea
67% matchVery Positive92% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Psychological 13.9%, Casual 7.6%
- #54 AIR
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 905 reviews2025
Dev: VISUAL ARTS/KeyPub: VISUAL ARTS
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 55.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits— AIR, the second game released by visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring the side story novel, "First Sky Chapter" and full voice support!
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Emotional 10.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #55 Penrose
68% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 15.4%, Emotional 13.5%, Psychological 12.1%
- #56 Into Oblivion
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #57 Days with the Ogre Girl
66% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.8%, Visual Novel 35.4%, Text-Based 14%, 2D 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #58 Kori's Fable Visual Novel
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Redseed Game Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world of twisted magic and broken spirits be a girl with a mission.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.2%, Visual Novel 33.9%, Casual 9.8%, Linear 8.8%, Fantasy 5.5%
- #59 Royal Duality
68% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.8%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Casual 7.7%, 2D 6%