- #1 Fork in the Road
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Well-Written 48% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #2 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
96% matchVery Positive86% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Well-Written 51.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #3 FAKEBOOK
96% matchVery Positive91% of 732 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Well-Written 51.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Investigation 7.9%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #4 Rainbow Sea
95% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: paochanzPub: G-MODE
Windows · Mac
Rainbow Sea is a multi-ending adventure with pixel-art style based on the myth of the traditional Japanese gods — Seven Lucky Gods. You explore inside a treasure ship and make choices to change the storyline. All twenty two endings are true endings, and only you can know the authentic story.
Why similar: Well-Written 51.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Visual Novel 6.4%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #5 Pink Noise
94% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Somber GamesPub: Caspianborn Publishing
Windows
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Well-Written 51.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #6 We Stay Behind
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Well-Written 48.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 7.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Mystery 5.8%
- #7 Tales From The Burning Sea
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
In cities sculpted from the slag of dead worlds, love, crime and fields of farmed meat await in this digital collection of mystery and horror; a window onto a post-apocalyptic world like no other, one thousand years beyond the fall of Earth...
Why similar: Well-Written 58.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #8 Scarlet Hollow
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Well-Written 47.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #9 Rocco's Island: Ring to End the Pain
91% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
Join Evelyn on her quest to save a mysterious island in a puzzle-based atmospheric adventure with a story that spans across 30,000 years of time. Interact with fantastic characters to learn past secrets and transform the Four Elements’ kingdoms, leading up to an epic finale with shocking reveals.
Why similar: Well-Written 52.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #10 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
91% 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 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #11 Blackthorn Witch
90% 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 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #12 summer story
89% 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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #13 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
89% matchPositive95% of 19 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 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #14 In The Days of My Life
88% 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 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #15 Future Mirror
87% 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 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #16 The Wolf Among Us
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 38,793 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Well-Written 51.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #17 RETRYS
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Garage Inc.
Windows
“Oh, brave hero—please fix the bugs in this RPG!” It’s a little weird and quirky, but it’s a story that will stay with you. A little fantasy of laughter and tears — a story for the grown-up heart.
Why similar: Well-Written 66.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Story Rich 5.5%, Mystery 5%, Exploration 4.7%
- #18 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Well-Written 44.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #19 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
84% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Well-Written 56% ★, Visual Novel 9%, Choices Matter 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #20 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
82% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Well-Written 54.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 6.4%, Story Rich 5.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.7%
- #21 Rouge Patrol
84% 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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #22 RAYS
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: BAR GOGPub: YGB Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
RAYS - the plot unveils complex emotions and psychological conflicts, forcing you to make choices that will determine the fate of the main character and the surrounding world.
Why similar: Well-Written 40.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #23 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
82% 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 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #24 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
81% matchNo user 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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Anime 7.2%
- #25 Letters - a written adventure
81% matchVery Positive91% of 282 reviews2022
Dev: 5am Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
Why similar: Well-Written 59.9% ★, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Female Protagonist 8%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #26 CODE::LUX
79% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: すやすやファクトリー
Windows
泥沼化した世界大戦によって主要な電力インフラが失われ、文明が崩壊した未来。 遺物を求めて廃墟を渡るスカベンジャーのカイは、旧国家システムを掌握する謎の少女ミツハと出会う。 彼女の願いは、ただひとつ――かつて世界を支えた核融合炉を再び動かすこと。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Anime 10.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #27 Cemetery Mary
79% matchVery Positive97% of 375 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 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #28 Letters From the Moon
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 22.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Anime 8.9%
- #29 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"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 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #30 The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
78% matchVery Positive90% of 893 reviews2016
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
Why similar: Well-Written 46.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Female Protagonist 12%, Anime 7.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #31 Endless Monday: In Progress
77% matchNo user reviews2026
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 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #32 Song of Life
78% 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 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #33 POPULARITY CONTEST
76% 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 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #34 Itachi: Haunted Abodes Wandering Through 2000s Tokyo Culture
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: room6
Windows
Itachi: Hunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!
Why similar: Well-Written 57.4% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, Anime 7.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #35 Pick My Heart Chapter 2
75% 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 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #36 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: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #37 Crash-Land Fantasy
73% 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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #38 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 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: Well-Written 64.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Mystery 7.1%, Visual Novel 4.7%
- #39 Along the Edge
74% matchVery Positive83% of 863 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #40 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #41 Whispers of Gold
73% 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 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #42 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,520 reviews2023
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Well-Written 46.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Anime 7.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #43 Bunker 2322
72% matchMixed56% of 34 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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8%
- #44 Serania - Path of the Scion
71% 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 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #45 PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,800 reviews2026
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Well-Written 43.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8%, Mystery 7.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
- #46 Pulse of Love
71% match9 user reviews33% of 9 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 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #47 Pick My Heart Chapter 1
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #48 Alcyone: The Last City
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
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 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #49 Where are you, Cinderella?
70% 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 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #50 Elisa: the Innkeeper
72% 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 17.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #51 Shadows of Betrayal
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #52 The Robot Girl Meets The Human!
69% matchVery Positive99% of 67 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 20.8%, Robots 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #53 Far Away
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,931 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Investigation 9.3%
- #54 Change the World
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #55 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
67% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #56 Good Bones
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 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 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #57 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive86% of 252 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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #58 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
67% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Exploration 6.8%
- #59 Die by Anything
66% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Guarida Games Studio S.L.
Windows
Welcome to Die by Anything! Make the right choices to survive a “normal day” in the ordinary life of a student or die trying in ways you would never imagine. Trust nothing, no one and try to survive as you figure out what's going on.
Why similar: Well-Written 39.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Anime 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #60 When the Crow Sings
66% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Safe Haven Studio
Windows
WHEN THE CROW SINGS is an adventure mystery game with a focus on exploration, characters, and world building, featuring a cast of diverse survivors trying to keep the status quo as their compound life grows more complicated and dangerous.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%