- #1 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
97% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: KingsAvalon Studio
Windows
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 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Investigation 9.4%
- #2 Kamilia
96% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #3 アルタイル号の殺人
96% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: orange
Windows
宇宙船を舞台にしたSFミステリーゲーム。 とある基地の残骸を回収したことから、有人宇宙船アルタイル号の中で不可解な事件が巻き起こる。 被害を食い止めるべく宇宙船のマスターAIは、壊れかけのアンドロイド・フレムと共に事件の調査に乗り出す――
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Mystery 15.4%, Space 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #4 The Wolf Among Us
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 40,310 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Episodic 34.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #5 Fixer's Tale
94% matchPositive90% of 20 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: Nonlinear 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #6 Scottside
94% matchVery Positive97% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Plotline Games
Windows
"Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.
Why similar: Episodic 32.3% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 8%
- #7 Do you have SALT?
93% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #8 And who is the maiden?
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cipi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Why similar: Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Mystery 10.4%
- #9 PROTOCOL: NOAH
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SINEN STUDIO Inc.
Windows · Mac
SINEN STUDIO presents PROTOCOL: NOAH, its first despair-filled fantasy. As a “Tuner,” command girls in battle and tend to their bodies and minds. A story-driven adventure set around Academy City Ark, where girls fight Phantoms. “Beyond the cycle of death lies hope—but for whom?”
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%
- #10 Tropical
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robert Welz
Windows
Congratulations Dominica! You have been chosen to test the first virtual aquapark in history! Ten days in a tropical paradise where every detail is simulated to be perfect – what could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #11 墨心:波云诡船
90% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Nonlinear 10.6%
- #12 Hex Judge
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cheetah Town Games
Windows
Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Mystery 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #13 StarStruck
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Space 11.7%
- #14 Across Kiloparsecs
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Investigation 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #15 Частота 17 Герц
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game17Hz
Windows · Mac
“Signal 17 Hertz” is a detective visual novel set in Moscow in the late 2000s. Roma arrives in Moscow and finds himself drawn into an investigation involving the city’s new drug — mysterious audio files that make people change and disappear. Only you can decide your role in this chain of events.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #16 Ovine Replica
86% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Amorous Ursidae
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy visual novel featuring action, horror, and multiple endings to a tale of suspense, intrigue, desperation, and desire. Part I of The Enonoia Saga.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #17 囚われホテル
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Investigation 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #18 The Jewel of Monostructure
85% matchVery Positive96% of 141 reviews2021
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Nonlinear 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #19 D.D.D. 災薬対策課
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fug
Windows
『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Mystery 17%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Investigation 13.4%
- #20 Tell Me Why
84% matchVery Positive82% of 16,128 reviews2020
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Why similar: Episodic 39% ★, Choices Matter 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 9.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.4%
- #21 KILLA
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%
- #22 The Retro Exorcist
80% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Chestpain Studios
Windows
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #23 The Thing from Nowhere
82% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Equanimity Studios
Windows
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Sci-fi 11%
- #24 Rectitude
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Sean RobbinsPub: SB Media Productions LLC
Windows
Rectitude, is a Sci-Fi visual novel that centers around Timothy, a renowned professor who creates a groundbreaking technology.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Nonlinear 9.2%
- #25 Horrors of Helmsfirth
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #26 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
79% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #27 Do 11
81% 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 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #28 The Adventures of Bluke Bifton: Chapter 1
79% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Brainloaf Studio
Windows
The Adventures of Bluke Bifton is a hand-drawn, episodic adventure game set in a world of absolute absurdity. Ally (or make enemies) with a cast of strange characters, and make choices that determine your fate.
Why similar: Episodic 37.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #29 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
- #30 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
78% 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: Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
- #31 The Seventh Day at the Tsubaki House - Whoever You Accuse Is Guilty
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maru Works
Windows
A Japanese mystery adventure where any of the four could be the killer. Holding the dead man's will, you stay in his estate until the seventh-day memorial. Question the household across 13 locations, but you get only ten moves. Motive, opportunity and proof decide what your accusation is worth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Mystery 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Nonlinear 10.1%
- #32 新人類コンプレックス
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoOno studio
Windows
Scientist Solaris crashes aboard a drifting spaceship while searching for a new home for her dying world. Touch forgotten traces, relive memories across time, and uncover the truth through three intertwined stories in a cinematic text adventure where every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #33 泥舟と罪人
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #34 The Paracelsian Project
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #35 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
74% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #36 時折記 -Tokioriki-
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #37 Kindred [High Tide]
73% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #38 The Turing Choice
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beyond Singularity Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can an AI create a video game and star in it at the same time? The Turing Choice is a sci-fi conversational adventure where your choices change everything. Evaluate K.A.I.R.O.S., an AI that claims to be a SASS, and uncover what is really happening, because nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Investigation 10.8%
- #39 Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
75% matchVery Positive91% of 616 reviews2016
Dev: YetiPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #40 AfterClerk
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Velron Games
Windows
In the office of the afterlife, you weigh the dead. Read each soul's ledger, hear their final plea, and seal them to Heaven or Hell. But the Director's doctrine is harsh — and the souls you judge may know your name.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #41 IIT Quest
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IQHQ Pub: IQHQ
Windows
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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Episodic 13.3% ★, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #42 Artificial Nexus
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #43 アルテミスの誤算
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 未明観測所
Windows
AIサスペンス × 本格ミステリー『アルテミスの誤算』。 AIが捜査・起訴・裁判まで担う近未来を舞台にした、一本道のビジュアルノベルです。選択肢による分岐はありません。全4話構成を予定しており、本作はシリーズ第1話「翠嵐亭の殺人」です。第1話の事件は本作内で完結します。プレイ時間は約2時間です。
Why similar: Episodic 24.7% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Investigation 12.2%
- #44 Clean Slate
73% 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: Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #45 Bound Between Desks
70% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #46 Kurokami-sama's Feast
72% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: みなとカーニバルWorldPub: JAST
Windows
An adventure visual novel following an unlucky trio who find themselves hunting monsters for the powerful being known as Kurokami-sama.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #47 Hallucination
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Proyama Games
Windows
Takumi, a high school student, gains the power to make others experience hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. What begins as a tool for revenge soon changes his fate forever. A psychological suspense visual novel where your choices shape the ending.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Mystery 14.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%
- #48 Serania - Path of the Scion
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%
- #49 Nonorelia
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Middle Edge Software
Windows
A nonogram puzzle game and sci-fi visual novel rolled into one. Solve puzzles to overcome obstacles as Noah Von Sterne struggles to save his colony and reunite his family, or unwind and sharpen your mind with our relaxing Picture, Random, and ASMR Modes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #50 Woodsalt
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Team Woodsalt
Windows · Mac
"Woodsalt" is an adventure game set on the planet of Nu-Terra, 1000 years after Earth was evacuated during chaotic natural disasters and an attack by giant creatures.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #51 Life is Strange: Before the Storm
69% matchVery Positive93% of 37,928 reviews2017
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
Why similar: Episodic 38.6% ★, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #52 Still Joking
68% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Brick Games
Windows · Mac
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Nonlinear 12.3%
- #53 Tron: Identity
68% 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: Visual Novel 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Sci-fi 11%
- #54 Echo
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VisualNovelGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Marit returns to her father’s research facility expecting answers, only to uncover files he meant to share when she was “ready.” They reveal the truth: she wasn’t just his daughter — she was his project.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #55 Mira's Whisper
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D3llonyPub: SQRT Games
Windows
A top-down psychological horror built on trust. You wake in the House that won't let you leave. Beside you sits Mira—a ghost who remembers the past you shared. You don't. Solve what you've forgotten and decide whether to trust her. Your trust shapes what you see, and how it ends
Why similar: Silent Protagonist 38.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 9%
- #56 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
67% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 11.4%
- #57 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%
- #58 Stay Alive For Me
66% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Mystery 10.9%
- #59 Chasing Sunsets
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,118 reviews2024
Dev: Stone Fox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
When your mother remarries, her new husband's fiery daughter enters your life. After forming an initial strong connection, misunderstanding pushes you apart. Years later, reunited by tragedy and conspiracy, the two of you must choose a path to follow: Will you be rivals, friends, or lovers?
Why similar: Episodic 23.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #60 Town of Illustive
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Works and ideasPub: Creative works and ideas
Windows
A group of students from Falica High School have been dared by their classmate and class president Wade Severstone. Solving the mysteries that spread from generation to generation once and for all.
Why similar: Episodic 33.1% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Mystery 10.5%