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  1. #1 Five Biggest Accomplishments
    97% 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 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Noir 13.1%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

  2. #2 All (Too) Good Things
    96% 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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

  3. #3 Pasajeros
    96% 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 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%

  4. #4 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
    95% 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 16.6%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%

  5. #5 LifeSimOS
    94% 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 19.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Text-Based 10.4%

  6. #6 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
    94% 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%

  7. #7 Wildwake
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonhaze Games
    Windows

    Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%

  8. #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: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  9. #9 The Zoo
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
    Windows · Mac

    You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

  10. #10 Fixer's Tale
    91% 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 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 12.1%

  11. #11 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
    90% 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: Visual Novel 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  12. #12 The Farm of the Living
    89% 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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Noir 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%

  13. #13 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
    89% 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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Noir 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  14. #14 Serania - Path of the Scion
    88% 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 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.4%

  15. #15 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
    87% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
    Windows

    Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

  16. #16 Guilt Free
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 295 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 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Text-Based 11.3%

  17. #17 THE 13th Digit
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Noir 12.9%, Text-Based 9%

  18. #18 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
    85% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2024
    Dev: ST Sinovar
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Nonlinear 16.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%

  19. #19 Chronicles of Humanity
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Yun Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%

  20. #20 The Shadow
    84% 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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Noir 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  21. #21 1453: Fall of Constantinople
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 3Cats Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%

  22. #22 Living on Plain Pasta
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Granité Works
    Windows · Mac

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

  23. #23 Parasite in Love
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 60 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 23%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

  24. #24 Tayke Me With You
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Foccelized Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Text-Based 11.6%

  25. #25 Whispering Memories
    79% 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: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Text-Based 10%

  26. #26 Shadow of Paris
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aris Script
    Windows

    Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Noir 12.5%, Nonlinear 10.6%

  27. #27 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
    80% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: JAD Labs
    Windows · Mac

    A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!

    Why similar: Nonlinear 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%

  28. #28 The Trials - Chapter Two
    78% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Text-Based 10.2%

  29. #29 Undesirable Me
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kaya
    Windows

    Undesirable Me is a psychological horror game in the genre of visual novel and adventure game. Overcome your inner demon: solve challenges, make tough decisions and face the consequences of your choices. Who will win this inner confrontation and take possession of the body? It depends on you.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Nonlinear 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychedelic 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%

  30. #30 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
    77% 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 14%, Choices Matter 9%

  31. #31 Shadows of Betrayal
    77% 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: Visual Novel 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

  32. #32 Mass of Consumption
    76% 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Text-Based 9.7%

  33. #33 Wild Island Quest
    79% matchMixed53% of 346 reviews2015
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 13.4%

  34. #34 Sunset High
    75% 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: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Noir 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 10.5%

  35. #35 Monsters of Little Haven
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2019
    Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%

  36. #36 OMEA
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%

  37. #37 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
    75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Emperor
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

  38. #38 Cryspace
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2024
    Dev: JIMMY DIAMOND
    Windows

    Cryspace is a fresh visual novel with a nostalgic flavor. Talk to your friends online, meet with them in-person, and allow your friend group to grow in numbers, or fall into despair through your own decision-making and discretion. Experience the first few dates with Sam for FREE.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12%

  39. #39 Death Drive
    71% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: LunaticMoon
    Windows

    Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Noir 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%

  40. #40 Ovine Replica
    73% 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 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

  41. #41 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
    73% 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 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8%

  42. #42 Road to Karatl
    72% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2025
    Dev: Wild Angels Games
    Windows

    On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  43. #43 Coalescence
    73% 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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Noir 14.4%, Text-Based 11.8%

  44. #44 Avalon Gates: 1 Million D
    72% matchNo user reviews
    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 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Choices Matter 12.5%

  45. #45 The Iron and the Oath
    71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: FFire Studio
    Windows

    A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  46. #46 The Portal Pirate
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Nonlinear 9.5%

  47. #47 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 765 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: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Noir 16.7%, Choices Matter 10%

  48. #48 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TedRed
    Windows

    A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Text-Based 9.8%

  49. #49 Dear Nobody
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 3Cats Studio
    Windows · Mac

    You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Text-Based 11.4%

  50. #50 Scribe
    69% matchPositive89% of 33 reviews2024
    Dev: TalesBar
    Windows

    Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%

  51. #51 Alcyone: The Last City
    68% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Strange Artifice
    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10%

  52. #52 Border of her Heart
    71% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
    Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%

  53. #53 Heart of mobius
    69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: gunsturn Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  54. #54 Do you have SALT?
    67% matchPositive91% of 44 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 15.4%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  55. #55 Arderico's Journey
    68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Digital Masquerade
    Windows

    Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%

  56. #56 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
    68% 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%

  57. #57 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
    66% matchVery Positive100% of 298 reviews2024
    Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
    Windows

    A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10%

  58. #58 EBBIL: Alternative Bible
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: First Choir
    Windows

    In Heaven, mistakes have been made. In this story inspired by TMC, follow Archangel Gabriel through a trial of corruption and feigned purity as he explores celestial realms and the rekindling of lost friendships. Will you save the Heavens, or will you see them fall?

    Why similar: Nonlinear 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  59. #59 For Mother Matron
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2022
    Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac

    A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  60. #60 The King's Whisperer
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Demian Vrij Games
    Windows

    You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Noir 11.3%, Choices Matter 11%

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