- #1 All (Too) Good Things
97% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #2 LifeSimOS
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #3 StarStruck
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #4 Guilt Free
95% matchVery Positive86% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #5 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
94% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #6 Project Salon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #7 Alcyone: The Last City
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 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: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #8 Do 11
92% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 10%
- #9 Presidential Shaman
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #10 Always On
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Skydome Studios
Windows
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Comic Book 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #11 Tempest In A Teapot
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #12 Chief Emoji Officer
89% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #13 7 Days in Dystopia
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Dystopian 10.3%
- #14 Rouge Patrol
88% 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 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #15 One Night: Burlesque
87% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Comic Book 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #16 The Afterlife Cafe
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Guava Pixel Studios
Windows · Linux
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #17 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #18 Pale Flamingos
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mrs. Battle's Games
Windows
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Comic Book 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #19 Koko's Cafe
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #20 Take a Hint
82% matchVery Positive97% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: FloramisuPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, Comic Book 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #21 Fixer's Tale
83% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #22 Our Personal Space
84% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Metasepia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #23 Whispering Memories
81% 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: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #24 Superstorm Melon Date
81% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: A. Hagen
Windows · Mac
It's date night in the dystopian future. You're going out with Mel, a half-melon person with psychic powers. They seem a little weird, but at least they're cute. Choose where to go, what to do, and what to say in this highly interactive, romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.4%, Dystopian 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #25 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #26 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #27 アイアイ喫茶店
78% matchVery Positive96% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Comic Book 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #28 Drinks With Abbey
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
Drinks with Abbey is a short, slice-of-life visual novel about a first date.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 46%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #29 Animaloid Girl
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PANDRI-DON
Windows
The story of a girl who is changing from a human to a "KEMONO" and watching her coming of age. This is a multi-ending "adventure game about training an Animalized girl" set in a KEMOMIMI x Hong Kong x cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dystopian 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #30 Slippery Flippers: Episode One - Amulet of the Gods
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of thieves have found their next gig: a museum holding the "Amulet of the Gods," a mysterious artifact said to contain godlike power inside of it. It's sitting there, just asking to be stolen. With law enforcement on the prowl, will the crew's leader, Orlando, lead them to riches or ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Space 10.8%
- #31 Thoughtless
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8%
- #32 Mistbound
75% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #33 Pasajeros
77% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #34 Oddware
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Previously Pluto
Windows
Oddware is a science fiction visual novel about androids in space. You play as an android who meets other androids each with a distinct personalities. Your choices with the other androids will not only shape their personalities, but your own as well. Solve puzzles, mysteries, and your own origins.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Dystopian 9%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #35 Yuika My Bestie
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #36 Atonement
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
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 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Comic Book 12%
- #37 The Wreck
74% matchVery Positive89% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #38 Tales From The Unending Void: Season 1
74% matchVery Positive89% of 427 reviews2022
Dev: Perverteer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Camran, nobleman and smuggler, roams the galaxy. As he becomes part of sinister plans, his life is changed for good... Roam the galaxy in this erotic adventure to unravel the plot that will change the universe forever!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #39 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 44,750 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Comic Book 11.3%, Story Rich 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #40 Soul Sorter: A Morality Personality Test
72% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Alomy
Windows
A point and click personality test game where you take the role of a Sorter, a soul tasked with determining the fate of the recently deceased. Learn their stories and sentence them to an afterlife of either punishment or forgiveness as you confront your own morality.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 36%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #41 ROSETIA: A First Contact Simulation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redshift Panda
Windows
Become the first diplomat to an alien world in this dialogue-driven, Star Trek-inspired RPG. Explore an ancient civilization, befriend its strange inhabitants, and make agonizing choices that will forever shape the future of their species.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #42 Detours
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 14%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #43 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #44 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
70% matchPositive100% of 33 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: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Dystopian 10.2%
- #45 Astrologaster
72% matchVery Positive95% of 525 reviews2019
Dev: Nyamyam
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #46 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Kamiko
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #47 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #48 Annoy This Guy
69% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Comedy 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #49 Over The Phone
71% matchVery Positive83% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: Ramify Games
Windows · Mac
A short talking sim with choices. Get to know Harper over a handful of voice-acted calls and text chats.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #50 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #51 Reigns: The Witcher
67% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #52 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 47.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #53 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #54 Get the Guy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #55 HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Worthing & Moncrieff
Windows · Mac
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #56 Bitter Silver
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lookout Drive Games
Windows
You are an intergalactic bounty hunter leading a team of bickering misfits as you track down targets with your words and your weapons to find your missing mom. Make every choice count in this reactive, visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #57 Durka Simulator
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,713 reviews2023
Dev: Crucial ExperimentPub: Unknown Softwares Lab
Windows · Linux
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 49.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #58 I Did It ALL for the COOKIE!
67% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Paul RodenburgPub: Rodenburg Films Ltd
Windows · Mac
You are hanging out at a festive Christmas party when your eyes discover the most perfect Christmas confectionery ever! You must have it!... but someone already has it! What will you be willing to do, to get your Christmas wish?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #59 ComicKingdom
66% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Comic Book 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #60 Tresmir Sight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Context Free
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Comic Book 10.1%