- #1 The Wreck
97% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Cinematic 10%
- #2 MINE MEMORY
96% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #3 Omen Exitio: Plague
96% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #4 Echoes of Pinebridge
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Supernatural 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #5 時折記 -Tokioriki-
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #6 Relics of Wayne: Greymoor
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackroot GamesPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows · Mac
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Cinematic 11.9%, Psychological 10%, Romance 8.5%
- #7 The Sleeping Sickness
93% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Supernatural 8.7%, Cinematic 8.6%
- #8 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 11.1%, Cinematic 11%, Supernatural 10.4%
- #9 Cascade Falls
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #10 Break Bounds: Exile 越界:流放者
91% matchPositive86% of 34 reviews2021
Dev: Mingyu Information Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd.
Windows
This is a interactive story game. Players will take on the role of a legendary character in a near-realistic sci-fi-set world, unlocking the great mysteries hidden about the world, and the character himself, through dialogue with others, psychological analysis, environmental exploration and combat.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Psychological 9.8%, Romance 8.7%
- #11 Peak or Die
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: House of Morok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Supernatural 11%
- #12 Lucidus Mortem
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories
Windows
In the 1930's, Samuel, a man with occult beliefs is contacted by S. Stenfield, an elderly man desperate for the suicide of Alice, his daughter. Through a voodoo ritual, Samuel enters a world that only the dead can access. There he will try to recover Alice's soul... But nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Psychological 9.2%, Supernatural 7.9%
- #13 A Vessel of Frustration
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Psychological 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #14 The Casting of Frank Stone™
88% matchMixed62% of 5,609 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Cinematic 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #15 Ending the Happy Route
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Water Phoenix
Windows
A visual novel depicting a protagonist who desperately struggles to change their fate of despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 14%, Emotional 12.2%, Cinematic 11.4%
- #16 Rich & Youn
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tremmiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Rich and Youn" is a classic visual novel with a few choices. The game combines a visual novel with an adult series. The game is filled with humor and cynical jokes. If you are an impressionable nature or may get offended by reading some jokes, this game is not for you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Cinematic 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Romance 8.9%
- #17 Ashen Reverie
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Supernatural 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #18 Silent Trip: Until We Meet
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOGIC - Bawang Studio
Windows
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Psychological 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Cinematic 11.5%, Romance 11.2%, Emotional 10.8%
- #19 Parasite in Love
84% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Romance 9.8%, Dark 8.5%
- #20 <Kobako> It's You Again | また、きみだ。
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kōbako
Windows
A romantic loop 3D visual novel about a girl who forgets you every night. It’s always your first date. She resets. You don’t. Try to win her heart, or choose to let go. Another strange post from the town of Akabako.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological 15.6%, Romance 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Emotional 10.1%
- #21 Special Request: Chapter 1
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Nemiegs
Windows · Mac
Power, control, and corruption shape every decision. After one impulsive mistake, Laura becomes entangled with a man who can erase problems — but every choice pulls her deeper.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.3%, Psychological 14%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Dark 10%
- #22 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
82% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #23 LOVEPICAL-POPPY!
80% matchVery Positive96% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: SMEEPub: Kagami Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
From renowned Japanese visual novel brand SMEE, LOVEPICAL-POPPY!, the ultimate moege, arrives on Steam! Made for SMEE’s 15th anniversary and celebrating 150k+ sales, it keeps the brand’s signature sweetness while adding life-sim gameplay and a unique story progression system.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Romance 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Comedy 8%
- #24 Jaden & Jasmine: The Curse of Deception
83% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Ladell Parks
Windows
Follow a college student named Jaden Black who's on the run from the government. Jasmine Miles who's hired by the CIA is sent after him to kill him. But the task isn't as easy as she thought it would be.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Romance 15.1%, Cartoon 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #25 Dreamwalker
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Supernatural 13.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #26 Reigns: The Witcher
78% 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 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #27 BAD STUDENT LOVE
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REALIZE NOVA
Windows
Labeled a “troublemaker,” you transfer to the worst high school. There, you become entangled in dangerous relationships driven by desire, jealousy, and manipulation. Will you get closer, be used, or get hurt— your choices will determine how your story with them ends.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Cinematic 11.9%, Adventure 8%
- #28 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
78% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Romance 14.4%, Cinematic 13.5%, Emotional 12.3%
- #29 Good Children Say Grace
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis MorozovPub: Denis Morozov Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
My parents sacrificed an orphan to the red egg. She came back home that night. How will the two of us survive the hunger? Good Children Say Grace.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Romance 11%, Emotional 10.3%, Psychological 10.1%
- #30 Baskin All-In: The Family
76% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: TheSugarRayPub: The Sugar Boudoir
Windows · Mac · Linux
Baskin All-In: the Family is a choice-driven adult visual novel about a small town family drama. Its rich story doesn't shy away from jokes, sex, romance or realities of life. Play a failed actor and learn to follow a new dream. If it's too much, kiss your sister and everything will be alright.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Cinematic 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 11.2%
- #31 Canceled
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Romance 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dark 8.7%
- #32 Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Make Visual NovelsPub: Remort Studios
Windows
Help digital mascots Lime, Cherry, Plum and Lemon navigate their way through the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam competition. Laugh, learn, and scream(with excitement, we hope) through this visual novel and make choices to guide the girls to great success or dramatic failure!
Why similar: Cinematic 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Comedy 12%
- #33 7 Days in Dystopia
75% 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 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Psychological 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #34 Cold Verdict
76% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows · Linux
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Cinematic 11.5%
- #35 BURN
74% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #36 AN IOU
75% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 11.5%, Dark 10.5%
- #37 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Supernatural 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Psychological 10.4%
- #38 Bound Between Desks
72% matchPositive86% of 14 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Romance 10.7%
- #39 GAME
71% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Joshua Roland
Windows · Mac
A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Emotional 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #40 We Are OFK
73% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Cinematic 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Romance 13.1%, Emotional 11.6%
- #41 I Offered You the Crown
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Winter Twilight Productions, LLC
Windows
A drama/comedy visual novel about how holding a relationship together and surviving a deadly blizzard may not be all that different.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological 8.7%, Dark 8.1%
- #42 Venus: Improbable Dream
73% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Borealis
Windows · Mac
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 11%, Romance 10.2%
- #43 Monari Station
70% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
An ordinary commute becomes a moral crucible in Monar Station, a short psychological horror visual novel. Navigate an extreme situation, make value-defining choices... Discover what lingers after the train moves on...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Cinematic 9.9%, Psychological 6.1%
- #44 囚人カウンセリング
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoshikabaStudio
Windows
An interactive prison adventure. You play as a psychiatrist, working one-on-one with inmates who have committed crimes. Use case files to choose appropriate responses and hand out items from the drawer to maintain their trust. Your choices can either open up or close the inmates.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #45 Trauma - Visual Novel
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyleKun
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Psychological 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Romance 13.8%
- #46 The Ghost of Joe Papp: 101 Ways To Kill Writer's Block
74% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
You have a play to write. Is this your masterpiece, or a Halfway-to-Midlife Crisis Simulator?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Supernatural 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Emotional 9.6%
- #47 Guarded by the AI: Painted with Love
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cassie AlexanderPub: Cassie Alexander Studios
Windows
A luxe, high-heat sci-fi romance visual novel where your AI protector and his android counterpart take you to a beach house to ride out a biological nesting cycle—together, and on purpose.
Why similar: Cinematic 12%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Romance 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Emotional 9.7%
- #48 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Supernatural 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 11.5%
- #49 At the Mount Leng of madness
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 井頭。
Windows
Four female college students visit a mountain where spirits live. There had been a number of disappearances there in the past, and it was known as a dangerous place. This work is a visual novel that depicts the secrets of Mount Leng and the adventures of college students.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #50 I Saw Black Clouds
70% matchMixed61% of 640 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Cinematic 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 9%
- #51 The Passenger
69% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Romance 14%, Supernatural 10.1%
- #52 Disaster Detective Saiga: An Indescribable Mystery
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: 株式会社雄プロダクションPub: D.H Inc.
Windows
This is an adventure game with a comical and mysterious story. Become the unluckiest detective in the universe and travel around Town with your buddy, a fortune teller, to solve crimes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Comedy 12.3%, Adventure 9.9%
- #53 Mutual Harrow
67% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Psychological 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #54 IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam takes you on a thrilling romantic journey through canals, secrets, and desire. Your choices will shape how far you’ll go in this passionate and mysterious adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Cinematic 14.1%, Emotional 8.3%
- #55 IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack features 3 enchanting stories – A Raven’s Call, Bloodstained, and Arcanum Academy. Make your choices, dive into mystery, and experience supernatural romances filled with emotion and suspense.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Cinematic 14.1%, Emotional 8.3%
- #56 From the Streets to the Script - A Carabanchel Story
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tijerín Art Studio
Windows
Create your character and experience a fun story in which you will meet friends, enemies and partners as you try to carry out a vital project with your friends: to create an anime before you finish your studies.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Romance 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Cartoon 11.5%
- #57 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #58 AUTOPHOBIA
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violessence
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click experience following a girl's struggles with schizophrenia. Your choices dynamically affect not only the way others perceive her, but the way she perceives the world as well. Maintain her trauma and psychosis, or don't and suffer from progressively violent hallucinations.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Cinematic 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%
- #59 Forest of Death Masks
66% 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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological 10.7%, Dark 7.6%