- #1 Attentat 1942
97% matchVery Positive93% of 488 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 17.7% ★, FMV 16.4% ★, Historical 10.7%, Cinematic 9.1%, Investigation 7.7%
- #2 South of the Circle
96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: State of PlayPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Cinematic 18.1%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #3 Undying Symphony
96% matchVery Positive84% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows
«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history
Why similar: World War II 37.6% ★, Historical 19.4%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Realistic 7.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #4 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
95% matchVery Positive95% of 528 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: World War II 27.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Historical 15.8%, Emotional 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #5 Over the Alps
94% matchVery Positive88% of 243 reviews2020
Dev: Stave Studios
Windows · Mac
Over The Alps is a choices-matter narrative adventure game told through interactive postcards, sent from a secret agent to their handler, in 1930s Switzerland.
Why similar: World War II 35.5% ★, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #6 BatteryNote
93% matchVery Positive100% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 33.1%, Emotional 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #7 Ukraine War Stories
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: War 19.4%, Historical 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Emotional 9.3%
- #8 Twenty-second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv
92% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
Windows
The Twenty-Second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv is a quest and a visual novel that will tell you in the first person about the events of 2022 in the Kharkiv metro.
Why similar: War 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Realistic 14.4%, Historical 11.1%
- #9 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,382 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: World War II 22.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Historical 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #10 1428: Shadows over Silesia
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: KUBI Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Medieval Europe is in the middle of religious upheaval and many a preacher predict the imminent end of the world. Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy story with true historical events in the background. You'll be facing intricate puzzles, challenging battles and cunning stealth.
Why similar: Historical 51.6%, Point & Click 24.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, Adventure 8.6%
- #11 Wanderlust: Travel Stories
91% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Realistic 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Point & Click 12.4%
- #12 Through The Fragmentation
89% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 56.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #13 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,112 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Why similar: FMV 39.1% ★, Historical 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Cinematic 9.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #14 Whispers of Prague: The Executioner's Last Cut
87% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Shader Mess
Windows
Classic first-person point-and-click adventure game set in contemporary Prague. As a programmer and treasure hunter, you embark on a long journey to uncover the secrets of the infamous Executioner. Your task will be complicated by a sect of fanatic cultists and your own unexplained heritage.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Choices Matter 18%, Investigation 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%
- #15 Telling Lies
89% matchMixed63% of 1,297 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 37.5% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Realistic 10.7%, Point & Click 10%, Choices Matter 8%
- #16 Breakout 13
86% matchVery Positive88% of 7,422 reviews2023
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Cinematic 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Realistic 8.8%
- #17 Through the Darkest of Times
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Historical 17.5%, Emotional 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #18 The Light in the Darkness
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Voices of the ForgottenPub: Arcade Distillery
Windows
The Light in the Darkness tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust. It is the first videogame to portray the Holocaust, releasing free for educational purposes.
Why similar: World War II 42.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Emotional 17.4%, Adventure 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #19 Torn Away
84% matchVery Positive92% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: World War II 30.9% ★, War 16.4%, Emotional 13.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #20 Syberia: The World Before
83% matchVery Positive90% of 4,909 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.9%, Historical 14.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Emotional 12%, Point & Click 11.8%
- #21 Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,232 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
Why similar: FMV 34.8% ★, Historical 16.6%, Cinematic 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #22 Chornobyl Liquidators
84% matchMixed48% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Historical 28.2%, Emotional 19.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #23 December 1914
82% matchVery Positive85% of 150 reviews2023
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
Windows
A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.
Why similar: Historical 25.9%, War 22.8%, Emotional 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #24 Fall of Porcupine
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 708 reviews2023
Dev: Critical RabbitPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.5%, Emotional 20.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Hand-drawn 12%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #25 The Safe Place
79% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Anate Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a dramatic deep social point&click adventure about tough childhood and self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Point & Click 22%, Adventure 8.5%, Emotional 5.9%
- #26 Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
81% matchVery Positive90% of 152 reviews2017
Dev: Wispfire
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #27 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 47%, Emotional 15.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 9%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #28 My Memory of Us
79% matchVery Positive92% of 940 reviews2018
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
Why similar: World War II 31.2% ★, Historical 17.1%, War 15.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #29 Monologue: Winter melancholy
77% matchVery Positive83% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this short but profound story, you will discover that the New Year is not only fun, but also a time for self-reflection. Immerse yourself in an emotional journey that will leave you thoughtful and perhaps with a new perspective on the meaning of this holiday.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #30 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
77% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Emotional 32%, Visual Novel 30.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #31 Tails Noir Preludes
76% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 41.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Narrative 14.5% ★, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #32 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
78% matchVery Positive82% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: World War II 52.5% ★, Visual Novel 22.7%, Historical 19.5%, Adventure 5.4%
- #33 Unforgotten
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #34 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
74% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Historical 26.4%, Investigation 21.9%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #35 Road to Empress I
70% matchVery Positive87% of 11,584 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: FMV 36.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.2%, Historical 13.1%, Cinematic 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #36 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
75% matchVery Positive94% of 255 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.1%, Investigation 15.5%, Emotional 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #37 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
76% matchMixed52% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: FMV 28.4% ★, Cinematic 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 9.9%, Emotional 9.4%
- #38 Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story
75% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2020
Dev: Gard Interactive
Windows · Mac
Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences. Study patients’ info and read their stories. Investigate the tangled case of Dr. Taylor.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, War 17.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #39 Mothmen 1966
73% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #40 Guilt Free
74% matchVery Positive86% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
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 36.4%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #41 Conquer the world
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,332 reviews2025
Dev: 互动之星
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Conquer the world" is a historical theme of live-action interactive film game. First-person immersive experience, super-long and massive endings,rich interaction with multiple gameplay. Here,you will cross the river of history, Against invaders!
Why similar: FMV 33% ★, Historical 17.1%, War 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Cinematic 10.3%
- #42 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Cinematic 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Realistic 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #43 Portrait of a Torn
72% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Emotional 25.9%, Investigation 25.2%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 7.2%
- #44 Pentiment
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 19.9%, Investigation 15%, Narrative 14% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #45 Her Story
73% matchVery Positive89% of 10,294 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 25% ★, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #46 The End of You
71% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Memory of God
Windows
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, Narrative 22.5% ★, Emotional 16%, Cinematic 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #47 The Kids We Were
72% matchVery Positive90% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: GAGEX Co., Ltd.
Windows
A cinematic adventure game with a heavy focus on narrative.
Why similar: Emotional 37.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Adventure 17.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Singleplayer 5%
- #48 BROKEN LIFE
69% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: IKKOSAMA
Windows
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Emotional 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #49 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,086 reviews2016
Dev: iNK Stories
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
Why similar: Historical 28.6%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #50 Forgotlings
68% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Throughline GamesPub: Hitcents
Windows
Award-winning cinematic narrative adventure set in a hand-drawn world of living forgotten objects. Lead Fig and the crew of the Volare through a story of identity, unity, and survival—where diplomacy, difficult choices, and moments of action shape the fate of five divided tribes.
Why similar: Cinematic 19.9%, Emotional 17.4%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #51 Sub-Verge
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Narrative 31.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #52 Sinking The Boats
66% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 33.1% ★, Historical 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #53 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: FMV 26.7% ★, Cinematic 16.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #54 Decade
65% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Last Piscean
Windows
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 31.5% ★, Narrative 21.5% ★, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #55 Siberian Way
66% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: RootGame
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Historical 28.5%, Investigation 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #56 Survive the Blackout
71% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 10.1%
- #57 Nine Witches: Family Disruption
68% matchVery Positive91% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When an occult German WW2 division releases an ancient curse upon the world, a supernatural problem is going to require a supernatural solution. Take control of two playable heroes as they embark on a comedic, alternate-history adventure with a truly original story (99.9999% guaranteed).
Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Story Rich 26.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Singleplayer 9.2%
- #58 WW2 Rebuilder
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,545 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 70.4% ★, Realistic 19.9%, Adventure 5%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #59 Guilty Parade
67% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2021
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: War 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #60 WW2 Rebuilder: Germany Prologue
67% matchVery Positive85% of 415 reviews2022
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Visit a part of war-torn Hamburg in the FREE Germany Prologue! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 49.8% ★, War 20.8%, Historical 13.8%, Realistic 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%