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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 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Text-Based 8.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Funny 8.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Text-Based 9.2%

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.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Anime 8.8%, Mystery 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%

A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Text-Based 6.9%

Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

"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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Take down multiple criminals case by case as you judge each and every one of them. Will you be naughty or nice? The final verdict is up to you!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Multiple Endings 6%

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: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Text-Based 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Investigation 8%

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 28.3%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

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 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%

"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%

Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%

Management and life-simulation Game with elaborate Relationships, where players manage their character’s actions and activities as they explore topics about self-discovery, parent-children relationships, friendships, and growing up as a College Student.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Play as Luna, a girl caught in a fight between armed insurgents and spies. Help her navigate her way to saving her friend. Explore a laboratory dedicated to the production of new materials. Enjoy a lighthearted and chaotic story of a girl out of her depth in an espionage mission.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%

Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Multiple Endings 5.6%

Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Text-Based 11%

A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 7.6%

A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 6.8%

It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 15%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Text-Based 8.4%

"Do you know a monster that dwells around here?" she asked. An ordinary barkeepers' journey, intertwined with the only survivor from a shrouded monster hunter company, started with this question.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Discover the continuation of Sota's unusual love story in a world where mythology encounters reality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 5.2%

Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Anime 7%

You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Text-Based 10.9%

Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Text-Based 9.6%

Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Investigation 7.2%, Anime 6.3%

She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%

Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%

An adventure exploring two distinct types of information: conversation and memory. A district two stations away from the city, a night district who exude a atmosphere of alluring “Just listen to their desires, then do whatever you like.” —Told ya?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%