60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Story Rich, Multiple Endings.
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Ukraine War Stories
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
The Caribou Trail
The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive. In the still trenches, three soldiers learn the harsh truth of war: reckless missions, digging trenches, collecting dog tags and ghostly whispers in the dark. Home before the leaves fall, they thought.
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, War 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Historical 9.5%
The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive. In the still trenches, three soldiers learn the harsh truth of war: reckless missions, digging trenches, collecting dog tags and ghostly whispers in the dark. Home before the leaves fall, they thought.
Why similar: World War I 34.5% ★, Narrative 15.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12%, Narration 9.3%, Historical 7%
We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.
Why similar: Narrative 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, War 12.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Historical 8.6%
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 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Nonlinear 11%, Text-Based 10.7%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Historical 9%
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: Text-Based 13.2%, Narration 13.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, War 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Historical 10.2%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Narration 10.7%, Historical 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Text-Based 13%, Historical 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Narration 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
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 16.8%, Narration 15.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
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: Text-Based 14.9%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Narration 10%
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Resource Management 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Tensions run high in this bittersweet World War I historical romance-spy thriller visual novel!
Why similar: World War I 24.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Historical 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 22.5% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%
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: Text-Based 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Historical 9.3%
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: Nonlinear 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Narration 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
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: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
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: Nonlinear 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Historical 10%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Narration 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Historical 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Narration 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
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: Text-Based 12.2%, Narrative 11.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Narration 9.4%
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Narration 10.8%, Emotional 10.6%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Narration 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Narrative 18% ★, Narration 12.2%, Nonlinear 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Resource Management 8.1%
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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
This is an interactive narrative inspired by real events. Experience the untold story of an ordinary woman in contemporary China, blending heartfelt storytelling and light puzzles to explore resilience and humanity throughout her life journey.
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 14.6%, Historical 11.9%, War 11.4%
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 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Narration 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Why similar: Narrative 18.1% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Emotional 10.4%, Narration 9.5%
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: Narrative 17.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
To Burn in Memory. Ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction. Explore a city that never existed, and uncover its secret history through the memories of those caught in the chaos of a Europe spiraling ever faster into war.
Why similar: World War I 39.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Historical 14.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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 18.2%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Narration 10.7%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Historical 14.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
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 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Narrative 26.7% ★, Resource Management 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Narration 10%, Emotional 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Narrative 24% ★, Text-Based 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
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: Text-Based 16.6%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Emotional 10.7%
A narrative rhythm game set in 1920. Experience the war against Soviet Russia from a unique perspective. Become a telegraphist and tap out life-or-death messages in Morse code.
Why similar: World War I 29.4% ★, Narrative 20.5% ★, Historical 10.4%, War 10.2%, Narration 8.6%
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 14.6%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Nonlinear 11%
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: Narrative 24% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Emotional 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Narration 9.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
C.L.A.Y. The Last Redemption is a story-driven role playing game set in a post-post-apocalyptic city. You are the Scion of your tribe, and soon you will be chieftain. Prove yourself to the Elders; lead your crew; build your character and uncover the secret stories of the living city you call home.
Why similar: Narrative 25.1% ★, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Nonlinear 9.3%
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 15.2%, Narration 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
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 22.3%, Text-Based 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.2%, Emotional 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%
Trapped in the fading light of a broken moonhouse, you have 30 nights to balance scarce resources. Grow meager rations in the weak earthlight. Navigate the emotional sanity of a fragile sisterhood. Decode ancient documents in search of secrets. Your only choices will be impossible ones.
Why similar: Narrative 30% ★, Resource Management 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 10%
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: Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Narration 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A visual novel about detective William Beckett, investigating the case of a servant uprising in the ducal house of "Gentry." Together with intern Michelle Rouge, William must delve deep into the country's political life to uncover the secrets. Gather evidence, take notes, and analyze the information
Why similar: Nonlinear 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Historical 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
In a surreal audition purgatory, how long will you wait to be chosen?
Why similar: Narrative 19.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Narration 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Narration 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
