- #1 Doctor Visit
97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychological 13%, Supernatural 12.3%, Mystery 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #2 LOOP SYNDROME
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 22.7%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Psychological 13.2%, Adventure 11%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #3 Sabbatical In Merzouga
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Supernatural 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Mystery 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #4 Into Oblivion
95% 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: RPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Psychological 11.3%
- #5 7 Deaths 1 Life
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Psychological 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #6 Backrooms Exploration
94% matchMixed49% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Mistcloud Games
Windows
Traverse your way through this Atmospheric Psychological Horror! Explore the 9 eerie levels of The Backrooms, a place where everything seems familiar, with a constant feeling of something or someone watching you. Why were you chosen to enter The Backrooms?
Why similar: Supernatural 16.4%, RPG 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Stylized 10.3%
- #7 囚人カウンセリング
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoshikabaStudio
Windows
An interactive prison adventure. You play as a psychiatrist, working one-on-one with inmates who have committed crimes. Use case files to choose appropriate responses and hand out items from the drawer to maintain their trust. Your choices can either open up or close the inmates.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological 15.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #8 Taina's Cursed Legacy
92% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 15.6%, Supernatural 8.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #9 StarStruck
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Visual Novel 19%, RPG 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #10 The Wreck
91% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Psychological 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #11 Worn Out
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological 13.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #12 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Supernatural 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #13 Where Birds Sleep
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quiet Little Feet
Windows · Linux
Don't control. Influence. Shape Cormo's mind with every choice as he embarks on a gruelling mission to chart a mysterious island shrouded in mind-bending fog. Put your persuasion skills to the test and direct his fate with every word, but beware; he can reject your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Supernatural 13%, Psychological 11.1%, RPG 9%
- #14 The Fifth Horseman
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #15 Follow the Black Kitten
87% matchVery Positive85% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Total
Windows
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?
Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 4.8%
- #16 MansionDungeon
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: サンサンリッカ
Windows · Mac
“Mansion Dungeon” is a retro RPG-style adventure where you manage an apartment building while interacting with demons. Venture into dungeons featuring nostalgic 2D graphics, and bring back so many rewards that they won’t all fit on the small screen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, RPG 18.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #17 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
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 25.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 14%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #18 Frog & Blade
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: StarGazer
Windows
Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 16.4%, Supernatural 13.9%, Mystery 10.9%
- #19 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Adventure 9.1%
- #20 ThroneBreaker
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Kingdoms Games
Windows
You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.
Why similar: RPG 24%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #21 ハルシネーション
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proyama Games
Windows
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #22 What Killed Rachel
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Miji
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror that chases the truth behind Rachel's death. As you follow scattered memories, you slowly come face to face with the reality of the tragedy. Blaming someone is easy. But answering what truly killed her is not.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.2%, Supernatural 14.9%, Psychological 13.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #23 Lost/Secret A
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological 13.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 11.5%
- #24 Darkly Glass
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BioSignosis
Windows · Linux
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Psychological 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #25 Diomedea Keep
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 15.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
- #26 Living on Plain Pasta
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Granité Works
Windows · Mac
A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Psychological 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #27 A Vessel of Frustration
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Psychological 16.1%, Supernatural 15.8%, Visual Novel 10%, RPG 9.1%
- #28 Artificial Instincts
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, RPG 16%, Psychological 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #29 The Trial
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 10.4%, RPG 10.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #30 Ashen Reverie
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Supernatural 15.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%
- #31 The Portal Pirate
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Psychological 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Supernatural 11%, Mystery 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #32 氷点下30度の絶望
75% matchVery Positive98% of 376 reviews2025
Dev: Mitsudomoe Koubou
Windows
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological 9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #33 In Her Service
77% 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 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Psychological 13%, Mystery 8.8%
- #34 The Farm of the Living
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, RPG 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #35 All (Too) Good Things
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 27.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #36 Tricks, Treats and Mirrors - An EoG Side Story
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Lonely Rabbit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Trick-or-Treat" doesn't always get you a treat.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Adventure 18.4%, Supernatural 14.4%, RPG 9.5%
- #37 Kidnapped Simulator
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CRUNCHFEST
Windows
A psychological horror experience powered by a local AI model. You've been kidnapped by a serial killer who demands your deepest truths. Speak, type, or lie your way to freedom - but every word matters. No internet required. No data leaves your PC. 18+ only.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Adventure 9.4%
- #38 Presidential Shaman
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, RPG 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #39 Snowy Heaven
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reinfree
Windows
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological 18.4%, Adventure 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%
- #40 Ravens Imaginary Friends
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wacol Studios
Windows · Linux
A Yuri Visual Novel about a girl named Raven who wakes up after an accident to a life changing surprise. Her imaginary friends from when she was little have appeared in the real world and are deeply in love with her! Now she has to make a tough choice to fix this complicated love triangle.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological 8.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, RPG 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #42 You Stay
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stillroom
Windows
A short psychological visual novel about a town you can’t leave. Observe. Wait. Repeat. The longer you stay, the more the town notices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Mystery 9.6%
- #43 Confinio: Reality Prison
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #44 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Supernatural 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #45 Bound Between Desks
70% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #46 Dance by the River (former: Silence of Switchblade)
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summertime
Windows
In the middle of summer, in the suburbs, in the river, a drowned body is floating. It seems like three-years-earlier incident replays. This story, through the investigation into the case, shows triangular relationship between a male police officer, a female police officer, and a female murderer.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #47 時折記 -Tokioriki-
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #48 and yet, we dream
69% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological 15.4%, Supernatural 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #49 Willows: A Dream of Shadows
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Graveyard Shift Productions
Windows
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Psychological 8.8%
- #50 Kamaitachi no Yoru x3
69% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
サウンドノベル「かまいたちの夜」シリーズ30周年を記念して、『かまいたちの夜×3』がSteamに登場! シリーズ3作目にして完結編となる本作には、『かまいたちの夜』『かまいたちの夜2』のメインストーリーも収録。 初めてシリーズを遊ぶ方でも登場人物たちの関係性や過去にあった事件を知ることができるので、安心してプレイできる。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 19.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #51 Grave Knight
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
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: RPG 24%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #52 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Supernatural 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychological 12.6%, Mystery 10.2%
- #53 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Mystery 8.8%
- #54 Demonophobia Company
67% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 24.1%, RPG 19.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Psychological 8.5%
- #55 BAD END
70% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Adventure 9%
- #56 Greed and Fear and the Rest
68% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Psychological 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #57 Stay Alive For Me
67% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #58 The Quiet After
67% 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: Psychological 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, RPG 8.3%
- #59 Everything Will Be Fine!
65% matchVery Positive85% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Psychological 12%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #60 Midnight Road
65% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
Embark on a mysterious nocturnal road trip where every conversation matters. Make choices, explore different paths and uncover multiple stories and endings. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.7%