Games Like Tempest In A Teapot

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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Adventure 6.7%

Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Is it okay to kill 6 billion people to avenge the deaths of 2 billion? In this epic sci-fi visual novel, make tough choices to solve "impossible" problems, unlock branching paths and achieve multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Time Travel 14% ★, Sci-fi 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%

Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%

A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Futuristic 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%

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 25.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%

The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%

A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Choices Matter 6.8%

Hank Krang, a dirty thief from the near future, recently had a self-aware time machine called the Time Excursion Digital Interface, or TEDI, fall into his lap after a poker game. He has decided to use this technology to go throughout time, stealing priceless artifacts.

Why similar: Time Travel 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%

A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 7%

In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%

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: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 9%

A time machine. A war. A leap into 2225. Humanity now lives in retro districts — neighborhoods dedicated to different decades of the 20th century. Unlock ideas, secrets and places — from cabarets to TV studios, from galleries to protests. Choose your words wisely. Every dialogue shapes your path.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Time Travel 15% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%

A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%

Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 12.9%

Atonement is an interactive graphic novel set in the Wild West. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. There are 3 storylines featuring a manhunt, a bank job, and a train robbery.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%

Humanity went out to the stars and conquered a decent portion of the known galaxy. While technology advanced society did not necessarily. Greed, the struggle for power and influence is stronger than ever before and while besieged from outside forces there’s no lack of internal strife. -Visual Novel-

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Realistic 10.3%

Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 6.9%

You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Futuristic 9%

In a shattered post-apocalyptic world, your story is forged through tension, intrigue, and humanity. Traverse hidden paths, witness multiple perspectives, and shape the fate of the last refuge. Will you wield cold steel or ignite the flame of empathy?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Story Rich 7.7%

After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%

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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Futuristic 6.9%

A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 6.1%

A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%

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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%

The Sequel to Sexbot, now in development.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Time Travel 16.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Adventure 8.9%

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 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 9%

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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 5.6%

Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%

A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?

Why similar: Time Travel 26% ★, Visual Novel 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.5%

Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Story Rich 5.7%

Can you find what you're looking for? Or are you at the mercy of Tisik and her followers? Your words matter in this short game of dialogue.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%

How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Adventure 9.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%

One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%

An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 8.7%

N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Adventure 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10%

A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 8.2%

Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment.

Why similar: Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%

A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%

The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Story Rich 5.3%

An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 8.5%

Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%

HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer is a puzzle-driven adventure game set in a retro sci-fi universe. When the Endeavor stumbles into universe-shaking trouble, can you harness the power of the bureaucracy to rein in your crew’s worst impulses and survive to the next episode?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%

A young man enters prison after a desperate mistake — but the real transformation has already begun. An adult visual novel about identity, survival, and unexpected desire.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Realistic 7.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%

When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%

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: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Adventure 6.7%

An exciting adult Visual Novel with a unique intriguing story featuring Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Romance, Sex, Humor, Character Development and some fun references.

Why similar: Time Travel 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%

4 years after the events of Angels with Scaly Wings, humans and dragons co-exist in a society built from the remains of a broken world. A new threat looms on the horizon. Re-discover this unique setting and lead an investigation in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with dating sim elements.

Why similar: Time Travel 18.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Indie 5.7%

Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choices Matter 6.8%

In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 7%

Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Story Rich 10.4%

You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 6.8%

A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8%