- #1 Bear With Me: The Pizza Chronicles (Prequel)
97% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Klemen Vrhovšek
Windows · Linux
You and your friend hear a scream in the woods, run toward it, and meet a very angry bear. One choice decides everything. Will you run, panic, throw a rock, or order pizza? Discover all 14 endings in this fully voice-acted dark comedy.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 38.3%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #2 Clarence Goes to the F&#%ING Store
96% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Gremlin Studios
Windows
An absurdist comedy choose-your-own-adventure game featuring a massive cast of bizarre characters, notebook-doodle visuals, and 7 crazy endings! As you embark on your quest to go to the store, the denizens of this zany town will seek your help with their insane problems.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
- #3 The Specter's Desire
96% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.9%, Detective 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #4 Normal Person
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dexter ManningPub: Manning Media
Windows
Normal Person is a single player horror, first person Visual Novel where your choices matter! Will you be able to escape or will you be stuck in a limbo with the man who claims to be a "Normal person"
Why similar: Dark Comedy 43.5%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Casual 2.1%
- #5 Edwin Earstwhile: Medical Examiner
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Callum Page
Windows
A medical detective game set in the late Victorian era. Uncover the perpetrators behind an assortment of grizzly murders by examining meticulously hand-animated cadavers.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Dark Comedy 31.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Hand-drawn 3.6%
- #6 Tron: Identity
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Noir 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #7 Class of '09: The Flip Side
93% matchMixed58% of 3,530 reviews2024
Dev: SBN3Pub: Wrath Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The final chapter of the Class of '09 VN series... this time from a different perspective! Join Nicole's best friend Jecka as you help her navigate the pitfalls of post-grad life! See what 2009 was truly like in this fully voiced interactive sitcom!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Anime 5.6%
- #8 Psycho-Sleuth
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PHOSEPOPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Psycho-Sleuth is a mystery game where cognitive disorders distort the rules of murder. 13 players, each with a strange condition — like “no lying,” “no left side,” or “no faces” — are trapped in a deadly game. These disorders are contagious, and the killer hides behind abnormal logic.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.6%, Detective 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #9 Overboard!
91% matchVery Positive90% of 678 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.7%, Detective 22.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #10 Man I Just Wanna Live
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mia wakes up with a hangover and a dead body in her apartment. Unfortunately, the body has friends who are about to break in through the front door. From there, things only get worse. This "MSPaint-noir" VN with 16 endings is as stylish as it is relentless. Mia just wants to live! Well, who doesn’t?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.1%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Noir 13.1%, Cartoon 10.9%
- #11 Mournhill
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LTech
Windows
Who will be the first to open the red door and find THE TRUTH? Mournhill is a comedic noir card game: swipe left or right, keep four factions happy, and collect 100+ endings. Everyone wants a favor. Nobody mentions the door. Something is counting down behind the jokes.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 36.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Noir 12.3%
- #12 Womb of Worms
89% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Isopodomancer
Windows
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 39.3%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Noir 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #13 Sockpuppet Noir
88% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city. Three delicious cases await your sleuthing skills, each with unique roster of colorful socks and murderous plots.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.3%, Detective 23%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Noir 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #14 Door To Door
89% matchMixed55% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: CD Jones
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
You are Bixby, an agent within the bureaucratic metropolis known as the Ministry Of Order. As Lounge District's go-to detective, take a stroll through a retro-future so analog it'll make your head spin.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 42.6%, Detective 33.4%, Noir 18.3%, Casual 5.7%
- #15 Grim's Gambit
87% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Christopher Baboolal
Windows · Mac
Get ready for a tale where every cup poured is a step closer to unraveling the mysteries that bind the afterlife. Take on a soul-stirring quest as you serve lost souls, piece together your forgotten past, and unveil the chilling secrets of the Stygian Keep.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Dark Comedy 30.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
- #16 Laugh Track
85% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and keep those audience ratings high -- or get cancelled in more ways than one! Welcome to Must See TV.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 37.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Cartoon 9.8%, Noir 9.6%
- #17 I Am The Prosecutor: No Evidence? No Problem!
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
I Am The Prosecutor is a non-linear Visual Novel about defending a cute Tomboy named Sophie where you're given just 30 seconds to make the right choice each time. Help make Sophie's case against her abusive mother and give her much needed closure.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Anime 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #18 Sympathy for the Wicked: Hindsight
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zeenhil
Windows
Hindsight is a Visual Novel with themes of romance and horror, in which the player takes control of three key individuals at different points in time, and must help them to survive their trials in order to truly understand their stories.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 36.1%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Cartoon 6.1%
- #19 University of Progress
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blossom
Windows · Mac
Instead of playing as a boring guy who is designed to be compatible with everyone, what if you played as an abrasive young man who isn't compatible with anyone and usually ends up making things worse? Meet Millard. He's kind of a dickhead.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Anime 6.4%
- #20 Clean Slate
84% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mariano JarPub: Time Ajar
Windows · Linux
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Noir 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #21 The Curse of the Horny Ghost
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fantasy Games
Windows
You arrive at a cursed island with three friends, but a very horny ghost woman lives there who wants to use you as toys. Live different supernatural sex stories and find out how to break the island's curse... or stay and belong to the ghost forever.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.8%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 3.9%
- #22 green ogre gives you terrible life advice and dies
82% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: forster82
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter the swamp and meet green ogre who will guide you through some of the struggles of life by giving you some God tier advice.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 47.6%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Casual 6.6%
- #23 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,966 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 38.3%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Dark Comedy 20.8%, Anime 11.5%, Puzzle 2.9%
- #24 Romp of Dump
81% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Zakurosuke
Windows · Mac
Visual novel fully animated in Live2D, Observing Scum Prisoners! In a prison called a dump, a betting card game among dangerous prisoners begins. Penalty game for the losers! Uncover the hidden pasts and bizarre crimes of these lunatics!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 52.5%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Anime 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #25 Blind Dog
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Anime 5.9%
- #26 The Zodiac Trial
79% matchVery Positive95% of 151 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.8%, Detective 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #27 Antioch: Scarlet Bay
79% matchVery Positive80% of 266 reviews2022
Dev: Midnight Mood StudioPub: Unexpected
Windows · Mac · Linux
Antioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.8%, Detective 21.4%, Noir 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #28 Saloon Sleuth
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Misc Metaphors
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the world of Saloon Sleuth, a 1-bit murder mystery horror social deduction visual novel. Serve drinks and gather clues, both of the recent murder and the deeper conspiracy deep in the washed up boomtown of Quicksand Town.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Noir 9%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #29 Back to the College
77% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Gentle Wolf Games
Windows
A choice-based visual novel where your decisions shape the story. Relive college life, interact with dozens of characters, uncover secrets, and decide who you want to be in your second chance at life.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.7%, Detective 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #30 The Shadow You
78% matchPositive85% of 47 reviews2021
Dev: Topchan GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows · Mac
The Shadow You is a compelling horror adventure game set in two different realities. Solve puzzles, reveal secrets and let the chills go down your spine in this immersive story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34.8%, Detective 25%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Anime 7.9%, Cartoon 7.4%
- #31 Ruka
76% matchVery Positive95% of 287 reviews2021
Dev: Sleepless Studio
Windows
Ruka is a cartoon puzzle game where you play as a clumsy girl who is quite oblivious to the outside world. Maneuver through your Grandfather's manor and survive the mysteries there and find him. But be warned, not everything is as it seems!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 53.8%, Strategy 27%, Puzzle 10.2%, Casual 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #32 Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exit 73 Games
Windows
When a pet goes missing, Hank Shaw's the detective to turn to. But when there's been a breakout at the zoo? You're going to need to do more than chat with low down dirty rats and stool pigeons. Call in every favor you got and get your hands dirty as you sniff out clues. It's up to you gumshoe!
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Dark Comedy 22.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Cartoon 13%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #33 3 GEEKS 2012 (Version Gauloise pour Français)
77% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Adipson Studio
Windows
A post-nuclear point and click adventure in which you control three neurotic geeks who've escaped from a madhouse
Why similar: Dark Comedy 38.3%, Detective 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #34 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,953 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Visual Novel 28.2%, Dark Comedy 20.8%, Anime 11.4%, Puzzle 3.1%
- #35 My Camp of Memories
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Visual Novel 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Anime 9.5%
- #36 Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue
74% matchMostly Negative40% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamloop GamesPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.4%, Detective 25%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #37 Ferrule Instincts
74% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Yellow Optic
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re Kayla Ferrule - And your birthday is in a week. However, your friend Miles Hector got in with some bad apples. Can you outsmart everyone and make it to your 20th in one piece? Test your instincts in this brief interactive adventure based on Yellow Optic’s Fool Me Twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #38 C:aged
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowy Roof Games
Windows
Alice is stuck somewhere and she's very confused. Will you talk to her? Will you help her? Will you rescue her? A choices matter visual novel.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 42.8%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Casual 4.8%
- #39 恒水中学连环虐杀 / The untold story of hengshui school
73% matchVery Positive86% of 534 reviews2018
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
It’s based on Hengshui high school to reveal the real society, Game feature: cult painting style, puzzle elements, serious student death event plus humorous minor role, As it was released on March,2015, and finished in the following four months, now it’s downloaded almost 0.9 million players, the live video of the game has 2.
Why similar: Detective 47.9%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Strategy 19.5%, Casual 5.7%
- #40 The Bastard Who Rewrote The Empire Season 1
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
In most visual novels, you only read what characters say. In The Bastard Who Rewrote the Empire, you decide how deeply to read each line. Use Inner Voice, Sincerity, Appraisal, and X-Ray Vision to expose thoughts, lies, profiles, and secrets—then outwit conspiracies and rewrite a kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.9%, Detective 26.1%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 3.6%
- #41 Coraline
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkwell Art
Windows · Mac · Linux
A detective visual novel following a young woman named Coraline as she becomes drawn into her father's investigation.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Visual Novel 32.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Anime 11.3%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #42 Guilt Trip
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 35.4%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #43 GiseiHero
73% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: meLtRoman
Windows
Among the 18 people who have a heart of justice, there is an evil that seeks murder. It is a mysterious and malicious death game of justice ADV. This is a free game made by an individual. Please note that this is an unfinished work.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Dark Comedy 21.8%, Anime 10.6%, Hand-drawn 3.9%
- #44 You Have No Friends But You Still Want to Play Tabletop RPGs
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comedy horror story about five tabletop RPG fans. Roll the dice, argue with the game master, and try to survive a story that very quickly stops going according to plan.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.9%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Anime 8.3%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #45 The Edutainment Vortex Diner
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make learning fun, with sandwiches and smalltalk at the Edutainment Vortex Diner, in retro PC game style! Meet ageless and immortal teachers. Get good grades or embrace your inner bratty problem child! Be not afraid. Let's inherit a terrible burden together. The vortex beckons...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 37.1%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Noir 6.4%
- #46 On a Summer Night
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Wagashi
Windows
"Today, I would like to tell you about one night. One night that changed my life." On a Summer Night is a short point-and-click visual novel.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.3%, Detective 23.7%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Hand-drawn 6.4%, Anime 6%
- #47 A Road Trip With a Duck
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Allie Meowy
Windows
Go on a road trip with a duck that can make anyone tell the truth. Will you uncover the truth behind MKULTRA, or waste your time exposing everyone's embarrassing secrets? A short narrative game featuring real declassified CIA documents.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Detective 16%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #48 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
70% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Visual Novel 32.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Anime 5.8%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #49 World of BoreCraft
69% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Chris Antoni
Windows
Retro 2004 flash-like parody that asks the question, how much will you sacrifice to become the greatest WoB player ever?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 54.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Puzzle 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #50 HIYOKU NO TORI
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: kamotanprojectPub: iMel
Windows
An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Detective 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Anime 10.7%
- #51 THE 13th Digit
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
Windows
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Detective 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Noir 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #52 HB Inc.
66% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Openstead Games
Windows
In a desperate attempt to land a job you find your life in the hands of a Corrupt CEO. Though she makes it clear that she doesn’t care for you, you find yourself being of more use than a regular employee.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.1%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Casual 7.7%
- #53 SMU News: Strange events recorded
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
In this game, play as Shenming University News Department members. Explore strange incidents—no need for truth. Write compelling reports from clues; eye-catching content excites readers. As for what really happened…do readers actually care? If you care, go find out yourself.
Why similar: Detective 39.6%, Visual Novel 32.8%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Anime 10%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #54 Underpaid
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fort Greene
Windows · Mac
A dark-comedy 2D narrative adventure. You spent a hundred years scaring children for a living - until New York rent forced you into a 5-day trial as a kindergarten teacher. Bond with a group of misfit kids, help them win their first team victory, and discover why one girl never wants to go home.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 59.6%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Casual 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #55 The Emperor Penguin Incident
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mantaray161
Windows
"All Antarctic researchers dead. Cause of death: Emperor Penguin attack?" Log into the isolated 'Amundsen-4' server. Extract and combine [keywords] from fragmented emails, chats, and logs to uncover the truth behind the bizarre disaster.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 42.1%, Detective 37.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #56 Doomed Otaku
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KiwiSaurus
Windows · Mac
"Real friends exist in the online world!" The Doomed Otaku is a multi-ending adventure that follows a wandering 20-something otaku as they navigate both the real and cyber worlds, experiencing various events along the way.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 49.2%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Cartoon 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #57 MMM Weird Adventure
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rayos Fotonicos
Windows
Play as an amnesiac cyborg exploring a Weird World. Encounter eccentric characters, engage in real-time combat, and shape your journey through meaningful choices. A unique visual novel blending surreal comedy with fast-paced action.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.1%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 2.6%
- #58 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Noir 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%