- #1 23:61
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Lore-Rich 7.5%, Anime 7.2%
- #2 云端之约
96% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2021
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows
假如人工智能拥有了自我意识,你会怎样看待它们?或者说,他们。在信息技术高度发达的时代里,当人与人之间的交流只剩下屏幕的文字时,你的每一次选择,将带你揭开这个世界不一样的真相。科技与神话交织碰撞,邀你共赴一场云端之约。
Why similar: Word Game 19.5%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Artificial Intelligence 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #3 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
96% matchVery Positive92% of 5,480 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
“God, please help me…” Become a god and rewrite fate with words. Drag and reorder sentences from pleading letters to twist cause and effect, changing the lives of those who wrote them. When countless joys and sorrows collide, what kind of “Wonderful World” will you create?
Why similar: Word Game 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Lore-Rich 7.5%
- #4 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
Game IntroductionThis is a visual novel game with a sci-fi adventure theme, primarily based on dialogue options. In all cities, humanity has fallen into an unawakable dream, and you are one of the few "lucky" ones who remain awake.
Why similar: Word Game 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #5 MOBIUS BAND*
94% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Irregulars
Windows
Mobius band * is a novella visual novel game. In such an era, everyone is powerless to care for others. Under the skin of prosperous civilization, it is a veritable hell. In the war that has not yet subsided, how will they choose in the end——
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #6 海希安之歌:0号龙骨
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: haixianstudio
Windows
"Song of Haixian: Dragonbone No. 0" is a visual novel adventure game made and published by Haixian Studio. In the game, players can experience the customs and culture of another world, go on a series of adventures, and ultimately affect the story of the entire world.
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Artificial Intelligence 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Visual Novel 8%
- #7 KORA
93% 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: Artificial Intelligence 13.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Cyberpunk 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #8 Uberich: Advent Sinners
92% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 19.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
- #9 Prometheus in a jar
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: ShiFeiFan
Windows
Take a look—watch how the “me” in the game is shaped by your choices, pushing the story forward step by step until the truth of this game (this world) is finally revealed.
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Incremental 11.4%
- #10 Arclight of City
91% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Arrebol studio
Windows · Mac
in the future, the crime rate of the city was high. The increase in the rate of crime had brought huge costs to the prison and the discipline system, and a large number of criminals would commit crimes again not long after they were released.Until someone proposed the "prison city"
Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Lore-Rich 10%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #11 Nobody Nowhere
90% matchVery Positive94% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Word Game 18.5%, Artificial Intelligence 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #12 夏日重奏
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Word Game 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Anime 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #13 Terminus - Ultiverse
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultiverse
Windows
Terminus introduces a cast of AI-powered Non-Player Characters (NPCs) unlike any before. Each character possesses a fully integrated worldview, allowing for deeply meaningful interactions and conversations that branch into multiple paths, each influencing the game's progression and possible endings.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20%, Word Game 19.6%, Artificial Intelligence 15.4%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #14 SEVEN DAYS: Strange Locked-Room Life
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ぽめ屋Pub: akaeroCore
Windows
"SEVEN DAYS: Strange Locked-Room Life" is a suspenseful escape-room visual novel. You are a reporter trapped with a drug company heiress for seven days. Can you survive the mastermind’s orders, uncover the truth, and escape before you lose your mind?
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Mystery 16.3%, Anime 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #15 Hidden Clause
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AUVMUJICA
Windows
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #16 Shadow Code: Lucy
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 78Games
Windows
Become a hacker, utilizing your skills to collaborate with the mysterious master thief - Lucy, to accomplish a sensational heist.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.5%, Word Game 20%, Incremental 11%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Sci-fi 10%
- #17 Who Am I エラーコード:九十九
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 奥羽電影
Windows
Who Am I: Error Code 99 is an action novel game where you save memories and uncover the truth.When you wake up, you find yourself in an unfamiliar place.Where is this?Who am I?In search of answers, the protagonist wanders through Toan, a city of desire and despair.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.2%, Word Game 22%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #18 Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anecdote StudioPub: TBD
Windows
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear Chinese fantasy visual novel. Adapted from the classic Chinese supernatural collection Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it presents a bizarre and fantastical world. What choices will you make if you step into it?
Why similar: Word Game 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #19 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
84% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Mystery 15%, Anime 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #20 Precinct 2099
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinkingLiteSoft
Windows
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Mystery 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #21 Royal Duality
83% 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 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #22 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #23 隐梦交织
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Millennium NocturnesPub: Wise Games
Windows
《Interwoven Dream》 is a Victorian-era visual novel with multiple POVs. In 1884 London, four friends reunite after a string of disappearances, each with their own motives. Together, they dive into the city's darkest secrets, where dreams and reality blur.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #24 机忆
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: futurelovegame
Windows
"Master, what's the difference between humans and robots you find?" I hope someday you will be knocked on the door by the lovely maid robot and give the answer to this question.
Why similar: Word Game 25.4%, Cyberpunk 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #25 EXS3~EthnologySister3:Culture and Personality
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
她的微笑,曾经让赤瞳的女子以为,自己不再是带来灾厄的乌鸦。直到四年前,神秘的团体将她的学生绑走,挖去双眼。[晦气][乌鸦][凶手],再次成了她的代表词。【有罪之人的 复仇 惩罚 即将来临 】被命运和性格束缚,这一次能否改变?你会改变什么?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,诡异的仪式,疯狂的连环杀人与肢解,新的死亡祭品,再次来临的威胁与复仇背后,真相到底是……
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Incremental 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
- #26 定风波·宁州
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Lore-Rich 8.4%, RPG 7.9%
- #27 怪谈事务所:破界
79% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Union Mobile Financial International Telecom Co.
Windows
千余年间,世间一直流传着这样一个传说:有一个不存在的组织,在掌控着这个世界所有异常。只要某种现象超出了人类现有知识体系的认知,就会被这个组织抹除。 但遗憾的是,这个组织并没有在任何史书中留有痕迹,到了如今的世代,圈内人开始将其据点称为事务所。
Why similar: Word Game 21%, Mystery 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Anime 9.6%
- #28 Tide of Lone Stars-孤星之潮-
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 此间梦Sono
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tide of Lone Stars is an ADV / AVG with conventional gameplay and unconventional apocalyptic sci-fi narrative. As a disabled girl living outside the walls, Blanka, you will meet a strange man, Adrian. An amazing adventure of “Love, Rebirth and Death” is ready to begin.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #29 Jupiter's Orbit
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alien Fork
Windows · Mac
A branching narrative, visual novel dating sim where you play asteroid dT. There are 4 loves, astronomical secrets, and multiple endings based on your choices. Eject mass to change your orbit and meet different planets, but lose too much and you risk breaking apart.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Incremental 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #30 死亡编码-Death Code
79% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #31 寻味记
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Gujiu-郁居Pub: 个人
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Taste Quest Journal" is a short multi-ending visual novel with the theme of Cantonese morning tea, which is easy and healing. It has rich plot branches and contains exquisite CG. May you have two warm stories in one cup.
Why similar: Word Game 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #32 Engram
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sitokaPub: Yet Another AI
Windows · Mac
In a desolate sci‑fi world, search for a way to save your sister Mia. In Engram, you will make many choices that affect and change the fate of every character in the story. Like an intricate web of butterfly effects, a unique story will emerge under the influence of your decisions.
Why similar: Word Game 19.5%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #33 Paradoxical双界诗 Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蓕朩蓕骉
Windows
Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga is a narrative-driven galgame set across modern high school life and an ancient dynasty. As an ordinary student traveling between two worlds, you uncover intertwining fates, altered memories, and a single truth: your existence itself is a paradox.
Why similar: Word Game 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #34 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Word Game 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #35 Rewrite the Romance: The Golden Lotus
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Forest
Windows
古代重生题材文字冒险游戏,改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间,清河县出了一位大财主西门庆,风流倜傥,妻妾众多,却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今,你化身西门庆,重来一世,命运的罗盘交到你手中。
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #36 Destiny Isle
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiStory
Windows
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%
- #37 青羽沉梦-终霰篇
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青羽Traum
Windows
本作是一款多世界观叙事冒险游戏。你将从西幻风格的梦境大厅苏醒,触碰记忆泡沫,坠入不同的异界。当前开放第一世界【终霰傩玉录】:你将跌落至古老的东方傩村,在绝望的民俗仪式与诡谲的人性试炼中,亲历一场关于饥荒、祭祀与人性崩坏的绝望轮回。
Why similar: Word Game 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 8.6%, Immersive Sim 7.6%
- #38 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Word Game 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #39 Gata Guressi
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Elliot George Mann
Windows
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Mystery 9.6%
- #40 The Tower Stories Green 1
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seals and EquilibriaPub: Grdap Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a magical universe adorned with colorful characters from various races, we invite you to a visual novel adventure that will lead you to different endings. Define your own path in this captivating fantasy world and set sail on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Mystery 9.2%
- #41 Talk to Me Human
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Least Significant Bit
Windows
Talk your way out of sticky situations. Literally. In this light-hearted adventure, play with your voice to lie, compliment, and coerce your way through everyday conversations. Earn Social Currency, and save your cat. The catch? NPCs are all state-of-the-art AIs who aren't so easily fooled.
Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Artificial Intelligence 17.2%, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #42 Chrongrid
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Word Game 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Lore-Rich 11%, Artificial Intelligence 10.8%
- #43 Get the Guy
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Word Game 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #44 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
69% matchPositive96% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 7.5%
- #45 鬼轉身
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Incremental 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10%
- #46 桂冠之人 Laureate
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 陆君
Windows
“我,想成为英雄,守护我想守护的,仅此而已。”——这部作品讲述了一个这样的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Mystery 13%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #47 My Wet Leto Comic
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #48 DeCoDiary.volume 1 起 ~ Atheohood
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 彼界岛Bronjland
Windows · Mac
"What is The Ritual?"—Senior 1 student Zi Xiaoying left her hometown and arrived at the School on Isle Island, moving into Gracirsium's House. Even before settling in, she heard about esoterica and rituals on the island, and unexpectedly encountered a white-hair girl with an censer in the forest...
Why similar: Word Game 36.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.2%, RPG 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #49 Knell of St. Godhrkar
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,575 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Word Game 27.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #50 不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
71% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Word Game 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Mystery 13.1%, RPG 9.9%
- #51 Gold & Brown
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
- #52 机械恋心
68% matchVery Positive100% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Lunatic Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
当科技突破伦理的局限,当天才的火花和机械的纯洁相遇,当积久的矛盾与必然的巧合共鸣,不受祝福却被期待的恋爱就此展开......
Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Artificial Intelligence 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #53 盛夏症候群
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alice Future-JiayePub: Alice Future
Windows
"Summer Syndrome" is a sci-fi mystery visual novel set in the near future. Eerie plane crashes, shadowy organizations operating in the dark, and the increasingly prevalent "Summer Syndrome"... Players will experience a non-linear narrative through chapter-based choices and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Word Game 17.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Anime 12.7%
- #54 Warped Reality
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Unwonted Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty cyberpunk visual novel. Build the VR system of your dreams — then survive the corporations, criminals, and virtual worlds that come hunting for it. Your choices decide who you can still trust.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%
- #55 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
67% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, RPG 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #56 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
64% matchMixed59% of 9,271 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 10.4%
- #57 鸢之歌:归途
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
《鸢之歌:归途》是一款末世生存类视觉小说游戏,作为《鸢之歌》的续作,故事延续了前作剧情,在平安铃带九玖离开江中城后,幸存的九玖进入到了幸存者营地“鸢尾”,在这里她遇见了那个“不曾遇见过”的林楠,同时她也将在这里了解到自己所蕴含的秘密,世界毁灭的真相以及拯救世界的可能性……
Why similar: Word Game 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Anime 8.2%
- #58 Dream about yoU
64% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: 雏形游戏
Windows · Mac
A dashing blond partner drops in from the sky, declaring they're taking responsibility for you—but they need a small favor.Find them in your dreams, wake them up, and crack the dream maze. Sci-fi comedy, adventure starts now!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 15.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 8.9%