60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction.
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.
LifeSimOS
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.
Windrush Tales
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?
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 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9%
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 17.7%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Text-Based 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Historical 8.5%
Come to My Party! is a coming-of-age visual novel where choices matter. Jimin sets out to win class president and have her first birthday party. What begins as a simple goal spirals into social pressure, fragile friendships, and choices that can’t be taken back, hitting closer than you’d like.
Why similar: Narrative 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Text-Based 9.2%, Emotional 8.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%
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 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, War 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Historical 10.3%
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 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Text-Based 10.6%
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 30.6% ★, Narrative 21.8% ★, Historical 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, War 6.3%
This narrative adventure tells stories of children from Sarajevo and Ukraine based on local’s testimonies. See contemporary war from an overlooked perspective, highlighting resilience and imagination of kids whose future was taken from them.
Why similar: Narrative 19% ★, War 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Historical 9%
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 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Nonlinear 8.9%, Historical 8.9%
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 16.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Visual Novel 10.9%
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 12.3%, War 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Historical 10.3%
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 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
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 22.3% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, 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 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Why similar: Narrative 16.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Historical 9.5%, War 9.2%, Emotional 8.4%
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Narrative 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
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 13.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Historical 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
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 18.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Emotional 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
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 25.4% ★, Resource Management 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
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 23.7% ★, Historical 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
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 16.3%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
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 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Narrative 15.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Nonlinear 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
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 14.4%, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
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 16.5%, Nonlinear 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Emotional 10%, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Narrative 33% ★, Emotional 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Choices Matter 9%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
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 23.7% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
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 23.9% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Emotional 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
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 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Narrative 25.1% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Historical 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
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: Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 14.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
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 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 23.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Tensions run high in this bittersweet World War I historical romance-spy thriller visual novel!
Why similar: World War I 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Historical 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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 23.8% ★, Text-Based 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 14.7%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Nonlinear 11%
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 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Emotional 10.3%
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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
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 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Narrative 34% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Story Rich 10.1%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 21.1% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 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 13.4%, Narrative 12.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: World War I 46.7% ★, Historical 17.4%, War 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
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 24.9% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Nonlinear 9.4%
Pick up hitchhikers. Hustle for fuel. Decide who stays or goes on a road trip across a collapsing post-Soviet world. Every passenger has a story. Every stop has a price.
Why similar: Resource Management 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
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 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
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%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
