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  1. #1 Five Biggest Accomplishments
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
    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 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Noir 13%, Nonlinear 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

  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%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

  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: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Noir 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Conversation 10.2%

  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 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%

  5. #5 Fixer's Tale
    94% matchPositive94% of 18 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 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

  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 19.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%

  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 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%

  8. #8 Shadow of Paris
    92% 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 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Noir 11.5%, Nonlinear 9.7%

  9. #9 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
    91% matchVery Positive98% of 133 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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Narration 9.4%

  10. #10 Non-Linear Text Quests
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2018
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Linux

    Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 12%

  11. #11 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
    90% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 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 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%

  12. #12 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
    89% 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 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9%

  13. #13 Do 11
    89% 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 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Conversation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

  14. #14 Guilt Free
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 288 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: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Narration 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 11%

  15. #15 Road to Karatl
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 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 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 12.5%, Narration 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%

  16. #16 Monsters of Little Haven
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 436 reviews2019
    Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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 15.4%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Narration 9.8%

  17. #17 Transparent
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DamDSN
    Windows

    Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings

    Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Narration 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%

  18. #18 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
    85% 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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Noir 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%

  19. #19 Serania - Path of the Scion
    84% 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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Nonlinear 11.3%

  20. #20 Thoughtless
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Aky Heart
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Conversation 10.8%, Narration 9.8%

  21. #21 Knight, Death and the Devil
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frequency eye
    Windows

    Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Nonlinear 13%, Narration 10.2%

  22. #22 You're a dad
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Linus Bohman
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Narration 9.9%

  23. #23 Parasite in Love
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 52 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 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 7%, Multiple Endings 6.1%

  24. #24 The Portal Pirate
    81% 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 21%, Text-Based 14.4%, Narration 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

  25. #25 Border of her Heart
    82% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
    Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Nonlinear 10.4%, Text-Based 10.2%

  26. #26 The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 82 reviews2017
    Dev: NLB project
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves is an adventure visual novel about the heroic feats of the intrepid warrior Ragnar. Now you can become the famed adventurer Ragnar and bravely seek out all-new original adventures in this exciting game. Delve into the mysteries of the caves and discover what lies in waiting below.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Narration 11.2%

  27. #27 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
    79% 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 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Nonlinear 10.9%, Text-Based 9.4%

  28. #28 Horny Academy
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wet Ink
    Windows

    Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Narration 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Text-Based 11.5%

  29. #29 Song of Life
    79% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: Experience Game Studio
    Windows

    A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%

  30. #30 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
    77% matchVery Positive100% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Conversation 8.8%

  31. #31 Undesirable Me
    77% 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 15.5%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Narration 10.2%

  32. #32 Not It: Spookiest Edition
    78% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Narration 10.8%

  33. #33 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
    75% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%

  34. #34 Grave Knight
    76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Dreamlight Games
    Windows

    Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Text-Based 9.7%

  35. #35 Shadows of Betrayal
    75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

  36. #36 Mass of Consumption
    73% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Text-Based 9.9%

  37. #37 Presidential Shaman
    74% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: BRB Drama
    Windows · Mac

    The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Conversation 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

  38. #38 Whispering Memories
    73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Conversation 11%, Text-Based 10.2%

  39. #39 Wild Island Quest
    76% matchMixed54% of 342 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 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.5%

  40. #40 Next Please
    72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Feeling Potion
    Windows · Mac

    Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%

  41. #41 Sunset High
    71% 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 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Noir 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 10.8%

  42. #42 The Trials - Chapter Two
    72% matchNo user reviews
    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 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13%, Text-Based 10.5%

  43. #43 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: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  44. #44 De Profundis
    74% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: points contigus
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Narration 12.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  45. #45 A Week in Paradise
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
    Windows

    A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Noir 13.3%, Conversation 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%

  46. #46 Fugue of Delights
    70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Enygmage
    Windows

    A daemonic, handcrafted visual novel where your choices shape erotic dreams, secrets, and ritual desires.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Noir 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%

  47. #47 Death Drive
    68% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2025
    Dev: LunaticMoon
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Noir 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Nonlinear 11.5%, Conversation 9.2%

  48. #48 Don Quijote
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rubén Prende
    Windows · Linux

    An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Narration 9.7%

  49. #49 Change the World
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
    Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Narration 9%

  50. #50 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
    70% 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 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  51. #51 The Wreck
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 273 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: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

  52. #52 NOAH: 2050
    69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Team NOAH
    Windows

    『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%

  53. #53 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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11%

  54. #54 Coalescence
    69% 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 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Noir 14.3%, Text-Based 12%

  55. #55 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 685 reviews2024
    Dev: JZPS Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    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 19.6%, Noir 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%

  56. #56 There Is No Next Stop
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HANPAGE
    Windows

    After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%

  57. #57 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
    65% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
    Dev: InEv Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

  58. #58 Heart of mobius
    67% 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 23.1%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%

  59. #59 Alcyone: The Last City
    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Joshua Meadows
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Conversation 9.6%

  60. #60 StarStruck
    66% 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 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Narration 10.5%

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