- #1 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.9%
- #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: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #3 Arderico's Journey
96% 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: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #4 Into the Waves
95% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #5 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
94% 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: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #6 Wild Island Quest
94% 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 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 17%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #7 Vida
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 25.8%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #8 Parallels: Year One
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #9 Tower of the Ice Lich
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #10 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
91% 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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 14.8%
- #11 Heart of mobius
90% 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: Text-Based 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #12 Vanakan
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Text-Based 26.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #13 Death that blooms into a flower
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BloomingFate
Windows
A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #14 Mass of Consumption
88% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #15 Transparent
87% 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: Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #16 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
86% 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: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #17 Roadwarden
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #18 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #19 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.4%
- #20 The Fifth Horseman
85% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #21 NOAH: 2050
82% 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: Text-Based 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #22 Do 11
83% 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 19.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #23 Next Star
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oneleafplay
Windows · Mac
Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Choices Matter 21%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #24 Serania - Path of the Scion
81% 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: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #25 Dreaming After You
81% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Emotional 5.2%
- #26 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
80% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #27 Road to Karatl
79% 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: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #28 Whispers From The Rift
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #29 The Nascent Necromancer
79% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #30 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
78% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Text-Based 30%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #31 Pet
77% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 13.3%
- #32 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Text-Based 29%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #33 Metamorphosis
76% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #34 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
75% 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: Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #35 Where are you, Cinderella?
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 14%
- #36 Grave Knight
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #37 右手にペンを、左手に過去を。
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HaraPeko部
Windows
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #38 Scribe
73% matchPositive91% 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: Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #39 Elevenses
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDRAYPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #40 The Music at the end of the World
72% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 11%
- #41 Guilt Free
73% 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: Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #42 Aunewyth
72% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 38%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
- #43 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
71% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #44 Taina's Cursed Legacy
70% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #45 Shadows of Betrayal
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #46 Non-Linear Text Quests
73% 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: Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #47 Your Story: Games with Death
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #48 We should talk.
71% matchMixed57% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #49 Memories Off Sousou Break out of my shell
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
メモリーズオフシリーズ最新作のアフターストーリー 主人公「久寿米木一葵」と登場ヒロインたちの「その後」を楽しんでいただけます。 ビジュアルノベル形式のゲームスタイルで選択肢を選びながらストーリーが進行します。 それぞれの道を歩み始めたヒロインたち。 それぞれの未来を大切な「あなた」と一緒につかむため、 それぞれの想いが、今はじける……!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Text-Based 11%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #50 Attorney Disbarment Adventure
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ambearth Games
Windows
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #51 Neko No Sentouki: The Greatest Fighter
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: skredjun
Windows · Mac
An Adventure Visual Novel where you can choose your protagonist – Play as Aiko or Hikaru as they try to uncover the secrets that lurk all around them in this character-driven story. Every choice you make will have an impact on the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Text-Based 24.3%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #52 Scarlet Sails
68% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.1%
- #53 summer story
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 17.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #54 Whispering Memories
67% 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 21.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #55 The Trials of Ozymandias
69% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #56 Parasite in Love
66% 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 27.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #57 Message in a Melody
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Text-Based 29.7%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
- #58 阴桃花 (The Flowers of Yin)
67% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #59 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SC Games
Windows
You are Allan Martin, an occasionally suave British superspy armed with a licence to cause an international incident. Can you survive international assassins? Can you stop an evil mastermind's nefarious plans? Can you avoid contracting an STD?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #60 Come to my party!
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SIMSANG YOON
Windows
Set in a South Korean elementary school in 1999, 『Come to my party!』 follows 10-year-old Jimin's quest for her first-ever birthday party. Through multiple endings filled with laughs and heart, step into a story that might remind you of your own childhood.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%