
Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Story Rich.

Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.

Brageskålen
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!

Chronicles of Humanity
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Explore six free demos from a shared world map and decide how orders are carried out, who is protected, and what truth survives. Install a full-story DLC to continue from the same location.
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Historical 19.4%, Education 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Explore six free demos from a shared world map and decide how orders are carried out, who is protected, and what truth survives. Install a full-story DLC to continue from the same location.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Historical 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Learn about the ancestors of your PC with this visual novel! ENIAC...UNIVAC... Wait, why are these machines so handsome?!
Why similar: Education 30.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Historical 16.9%, Casual 4.6%
*Voices *Music *Visual effects *Sound effects *Animation *Character customization *Narration for blind players *Sound text for deaf players *10 choices when heroes speak
Why similar: Education 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
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 27.6%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Text-Based 6.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Historical 16.7%, Dynamic Narration 15.6% ★, Text-Based 7.5%
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Dynamic Narration 15.1% ★, Historical 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Romance 12.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Romance 13.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Education 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, Historical 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Historical 24.9%, Romance 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Dynamic Narration 10.5% ★, Romance 9.3%
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Text-Based 8.6%
Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.
Why similar: Education 20%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dynamic Narration 12.6% ★
A romantic comedy visual novel with a sci-fi tilt. If you've ever wanted to blast someone into space, this may very well be for you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Romance 12.1%
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: Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Historical 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Choices Matter 8%
Debate for your life against brilliant thinkers, poke holes in their arguments and cause them to freak out— or just tell them their faces are ugly. NONSENSE!
Why similar: Education 27.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Historical 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Philosophical 10%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Education 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%
실존 코스튬 플레이어 5인이 직접 등장하는, 실사 비주얼 기반 연애 시뮬레이션. 옛날부터 알고 지내던 누나의 부탁으로 작은 메이드 카페 「코스텔라」의 임시 매니저가 된 당신. 라강, 아희, 보미, 아소, 린땅 — 다섯 명의 메이드와 함께하는 예상치 못한 일상 속에서, 다섯 가지 마음의 이야기가 시작됩니다.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Romance 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Dynamic Narration 16.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Romance 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Enjoy this visual novel about Maruja Mallo's life! Help her recovering her artistic souls. Fix her paintings using your mouse to relocate pieces of the painting, interact and explore paintings using your mouse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Education 19.7%, Historical 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Text-Based 8.7%
Join in a magnificent journey around the globe with a group of friends as they attempt to see as much of the world as they can before a mysterious illness claims the sight of one of their own.
Why similar: Education 22.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Romance 10.6%, Text-Based 10.1%
A visual novel based on Brazil's most iconic 19th-century novel. Follow Capitu from adolescence to adulthood and choose where your heart leads. Bentinho or Escobar? Loyalty or freedom? The ending is yours to decide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Historical 17.4%, Romance 16.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Casual 6.7%
"The Silent Huntress" is a visual novel in the genre of a dark fairy tale with choices and different endings. Not only the development of events will depend on your choices, but also the conclusions that the main character makes about her life and the world around her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Romance 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
A romantic visual novel about connection, choices, and the colors of the heart. Features an animated Live2D love interest, multiple endings, English and Spanish support, Steam achievements, and hidden secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Romance 18.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, 2D 6.2%
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.
Why similar: Education 29.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Historical 12.6%, Dynamic Narration 9.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Education 19.6%, Female Protagonist 6.8%, Casual 6.4%
Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Dynamic Narration 19.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Historical 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Text-Based 10%
Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy
Why similar: Education 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, Casual 7%
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Education 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Text-Based 8.6%
Go from Prehistoric age to the future in this text-based adventure that takes you through all of the eras of the history.
Why similar: Education 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Historical 15.8%, Text-Based 9.6%
A story of love, connections, and separation, a story about philosophy and science. Marharyta and Mykhailo try to figure out their relationships - and cannot help but fall in love over and over again.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Romance 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Romance 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
🔞 Step into an erotic journey with Hentai Novel: Lily is stripping! 📸 Follow Lily, a mysterious muse, in a slow-burn visual novel where sensual tension builds frame by frame. Enjoy explicit scenes, seductive animations, and steamy voice acting as you blur the line between art and desire!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 10.5%, Dynamic Narration 10% ★, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Historical 16.9%, Romance 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
A historical visual novel about faith, power, and impossible love. Fire & Crown takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, where you must choose between duty and desire as France tears itself apart. Be the reason someone lives—or dies. History may have never loved anyone, but you still might.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Historical 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Historical 15%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Romance 10%, Dynamic Narration 9.6% ★
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Romance 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
A business detective-adventure visual novel set in a major Tokyo trading company.
Why similar: Education 44.4%, Visual Novel 31.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, 2D 6.4%, Adventure 5.6%
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Romance 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
A virtual exhibition recreating the first public museum in Lithuania—the Vilnius Museum of Antiquities. Open the doors to the mid-19th century, discover over 100 unique historical exhibits, talk to the founder of the museum himself, and learn about the fate of the collection.
Why similar: Education 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Historical 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
Managing a dormitory is hard work—especially when its residents are all girls! Does Haruto have what it takes to deal with this garden of flowers?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Romance 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, 2D 5.9%
《穿越日记》是一款沉浸式互动剧情游戏,玩家将扮演一名穿越入盛世皇城的现代女性,亲历宫廷风云与权谋博弈。通过选择不同剧情分支,推动故事走向多个结局,体验细腻的人物情感与复杂的人心博弈。支持单人离线游玩,适用于 Windows 和 macOS 平台,适合喜爱剧情向、宫廷题材及互动叙事体验的玩家。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Historical 11.8%, Romance 8.9%
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Romance 13.2%, Historical 11%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Historical 11.1%, Romance 10.6%
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Text-Based 8.8%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Text-Based 8.3%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Female Protagonist 12%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Education 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Text-Based 11.8%
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 26.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Romance 11.4%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Choices Matter 6%