- #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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #2 Lacuna: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Cyberpunk 14%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%
- #3 The Farm of the Living
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Noir 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #4 Five Biggest Accomplishments
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Noir 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #5 Biocybernetic Trap
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Noir 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Detective 10.5%
- #6 REPROCESS
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dea Machina
Windows
The suspect claims to be human. The system says otherwise. Interrogate suspects, play evidence cards, expose contradictions, apply emotional pressure, use apparatus data, build case maps, adapt your protocol stack, and decide whether the machine uncovered the truth — or produced a false positive.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.5%, Detective 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Noir 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #7 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
93% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Noir 12.9%, Text-Based 9%
- #8 Blake: The Visual Novel
92% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 10%
- #9 The Shadow
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Noir 17%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #10 All Time High
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
A moral-descent thriller told through your phone, your feeds, and a trading terminal. Chase a California fortune one "just one more trade" at a time — through a crypto mania where every gain has a price. Your choices write the ledger. Six endings. How far will you go?
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #11 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #12 Pasajeros
89% 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: Noir 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #13 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,911 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 12%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
- #14 Sunset High
88% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #15 Holy Shift
87% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #16 Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
86% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Noir 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 12%, Detective 11%
- #17 One Night: Burlesque
85% matchPositive85% of 40 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: Noir 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Detective 10.6%
- #18 The Island: Into The Mist
86% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Noir 16.8%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #19 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
84% 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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Noir 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #20 Coalescence
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Noir 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #21 ナカノ人格移植研究所
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #22 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
82% matchVery Positive95% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #23 The Caffeine Chronicles
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pegasus136GamesPub: Pegasus136games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Detective 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 6.3%
- #24 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Text-Based 10%
- #25 NEUROBROOD
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enrei Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
«NEUROBROOD» is a visual novel in the cyberpunk‑horror genre. Those touched by the abyss of neurodream never wake up the same.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Cyberpunk 16%, Noir 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
- #26 Forest of Death Masks
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 12.5%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
- #27 Good Morning Cruel City
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Ethel Chamomile
Windows
Anime Cyberpunk Visual Novel You have a job, it's up to you how to finish it. Become a Fixer and help your client for the day navigate the underground crime world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #28 My Merry May with be
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAGES. Inc.
Windows
主人公の前に突然現れた人工生命「レプリス」の少女・レゥ。人と変わらない感情を持つ彼女と過ごす中で、「心とは何か」「人間とは何か」という問いに向き合っていくSF恋愛アドベンチャー
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
- #29 Universe Has No Favorites
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Cyberpunk 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #30 Mass of Consumption
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #31 Death off the Cuff
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Detective 14.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #32 To Be Altered: ACT 1
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Noir 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #33 Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEWB GAMES, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Cyberpunk 14%, Detective 10.7%
- #34 Suhoshin
76% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Detective 10.2%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #35 ShadowLess Light
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncommon Role
Windows · Linux
A visual novel with RPG elements set in a Cyberpunk dystopia where you play a detective tasked with solving a smorgasbord of cases.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Detective 11.7%
- #36 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Noir 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Detective 11.3%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #37 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
73% 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 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #38 Love Shore
74% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #39 Gomorrah
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SandboxPub: 34BigThings
Windows
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Detective 10.8%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #40 Crosstalk
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Illumina Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Detective 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 6.7%
- #41 Let Bions Be Bygones
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Cyberpunk 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 13.6%
- #42 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #43 Shadows of Betrayal
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Thriller 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #44 The Pigment
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Noir 17.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #45 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
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 31%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #46 SOLEN
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #47 Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firma Game
Windows
A noir detective gamebook where careless reading gets you killed. A tycoon has vanished: 4 investigation paths, 780 choices, 11 endings — 85% of all runs end in death or prison. Every clue you uncover stays in your case file forever. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese. The case is yours.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 15.1%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #48 Vanakan
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #49 Mothmen 1966
69% matchVery Positive91% of 322 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #50 Grégoire Lefèbvre Investigations : The Vow of Hate
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TcherryPub: Viridis Cosmos Games
Windows
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Noir 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #51 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #52 LifeSimOS
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #53 Misadventures of Laura Silver
70% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Noir 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Detective 11.6%
- #54 Would you sell your soul
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%, Thriller 5.1%
- #55 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Noir 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #56 Eugene Onegin vs. the Undead
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dreamlore
Windows · Mac · Linux
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Detective 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8%
- #57 Who Killed Mr. White?
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: notagamestudio
Windows
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #58 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neural Break Inc.
Windows
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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #59 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
67% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
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: Cyberpunk 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #60 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 5.9%