60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Dialogue Heavy, Choices Matter.
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
All (Too) Good Things
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
There's Something Wrong with the Hero's Choices
「その選択肢、正気か？」シンプルなノベルゲームのはずなのに、とにかく“選択肢”がおかしい！？ 予想を超える展開が待ち受ける、奇想天外なテキストアドベンチャーゲーム！
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%
「その選択肢、正気か？」シンプルなノベルゲームのはずなのに、とにかく“選択肢”がおかしい！？ 予想を超える展開が待ち受ける、奇想天外なテキストアドベンチャーゲーム！
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Funny 9.1%
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
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: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 8.5%
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Text-Based 10.4%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.8%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 43.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%
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 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
A mysterious magic force knocks your research satellite out of orbit. You crash land and must try to survive on this planet ruled by nature. You meet character's and discover the mystery of the magic force as you try to get back home.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Story Rich 8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9%
Immerse yourself in ChatNPC, a retro pixel-art adventure where every conversation unlocks new stories. Interact with unique AI-driven characters, explore vibrant settings, and shape your journey through dynamic dialogue in this engaging, simplified RPG experience.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Fantasy 6.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Female Protagonist 12%
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 12.1%
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Funny 10.3%
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
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: Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Funny 11.1%
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Funny 8.5%
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 9.2%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
A satirical match-3 dating sim set in a neon-drenched corporate dystopia. Crush tiles, charm synthetic waifus, and glitch your way to power in this vaporwave nightmare of love and late-stage capitalism. If you found this game, it wasn't an accident... I have something I want you to hear.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 6.9%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.7%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 15.3%, Adventure 4.8%
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Funny 9.3%
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: Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Family Friendly 8%
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: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%
A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 10.9%
A visual novel set in the world of 'The Noob Adventures'. Meet and talk to your favourite characters in this nostalgic fan-fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Family Friendly 10.6%
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 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
