- #1 summer story
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #2 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
96% 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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #3 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
96% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #4 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
95% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
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 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #5 Blackthorn Witch
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #6 In The Days of My Life
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redamantine Studios
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #7 Future Mirror
93% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"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 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #8 Rouge Patrol
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #9 Serania - Path of the Scion
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #10 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #11 Cemetery Mary
90% matchVery Positive97% of 382 reviews2021
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely ruin her life...or fix it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #12 Where are you, Cinderella?
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #13 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Adventure 8%, Anime 7.3%
- #14 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Anime 8.2%
- #15 Welcome to Victorville
86% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 7e
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #16 Letters From the Moon
87% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Spiral Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sci-fi pick your own story game, you must help astronaut Dorothy Chen survive in a vast underground alien city beneath the moon's surface. She faces insane robots, mutant canines, starvation, and insanity inside the city of the Anthria. Whether she survives is up to YOU.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Anime 9%
- #17 The Zoo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #18 Alcyone: The Last City
85% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #19 Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
84% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: FUF Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%
- #20 Artificial Nexus
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Robots 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #21 CODE::LUX
83% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: すやすやファクトリー
Windows
After a world war destroys civilization’s power grid, scavenger Kai meets Mitsuha, a mysterious girl seeking to restart the fusion reactor that once powered the world. Her wish is simple: to restart the fusion reactor that once supported the world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Anime 10.8%, Adventure 9.6%
- #22 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #23 My Murder
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Anime 7.8%
- #24 Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tohakusha Inc.
Windows
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #25 Pulse of Love
81% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: SweetDreams
Windows
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #26 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,996 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"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: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #27 Parallels: Year One
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
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 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #28 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Anime 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #29 囚われホテル
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #30 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #31 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
78% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #32 Endless Monday: In Progress
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%
- #33 CORROSIVA
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: theo minute
Windows
A doctor in search of a cure to a corrosive disease finds her forgotten childhood friend among the remains of a former city. Love and obsession meet underneath acid rain in this yuri visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #34 1453: Fall of Constantinople
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Choices Matter 8%
- #35 Information conveyed Information received
73% match6 user reviews71% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ほんわかふわふわ
Windows
You are an AD intern at a TV studio aiming to secure a job offer. During a live talk show, you must give directions using cue cards. Convey information based on the situation to keep things running smoothly, boost audience favorability toward the guest, and earn your offer through your performance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Anime 9%
- #36 Pick My Heart Chapter 2
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Discover the continuation of Sota's unusual love story in a world where mythology encounters reality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #37 Echo Tokyo: Reaper
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join Keiji as a private investigator in a cyberpunk city. Follow his story as he aims to uncover the truth. Meet a variety of women along the way whilst enjoying several adult animated scenes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #38 The Meridian
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
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 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #39 POPULARITY CONTEST
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
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: Choices Matter 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #40 Song of Life
75% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Experience Game Studio
Windows
A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #41 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
73% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #42 The Farm of the Living
72% 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 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #43 All (Too) Good Things
72% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #44 Crash-Land Fantasy
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArachnidAnt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #45 Whispers of Gold
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
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 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #46 Bunker 2322
71% matchMixed54% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
A visual novel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Find out what happened to humanity, traveling through the deserted world in search of the main character's family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8%
- #47 囚笼之诗
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zig
Windows · Mac
You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #48 ナカノ人格移植研究所
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「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 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #49 BURN
69% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
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 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #50 Good Bones
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Investigation 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #51 Pick My Heart Chapter 1
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Secret GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Fall in love… with a goddess?! In this visual novel divinely beautiful girls will steal your heart!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #52 The Girl Who Wasn't There
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Investigation 8.9%
- #53 Parasite in Love
67% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #54 Elisa: the Innkeeper
70% matchMixed70% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #55 FRACTURED RED
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: STORY GAMES
Windows
A science fiction visual novel. Deep beneath the surface of Mars lies a secret that will change everything. Six researchers. One rift. No one will return the same.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Exploration 8%
- #56 The Island: Into The Mist
69% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #57 The Robot Girl Meets The Human!
67% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Usui Sio
Windows · Mac
This is an adventure game that takes you on a journey through a world after humans have disappeared. Lead the robot girl "Scarlet" to find the surviving humans.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Robots 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #58 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
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: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #59 Whispering Memories
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #60 My Merry May with be
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.
Windows
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Adventure 9.3%, Anime 7.8%