- #1 The Reeve
97% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 10.9%, Medieval 10.9%, Management 10.7%
- #2 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #3 Cold Bed on Route
96% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Roguelite 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #4 The Zoo
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #5 Road to Karatl
94% matchMixed67% of 12 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 17.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Philosophical 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #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: Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #7 Rule or Fall
92% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Concept, Retry
Windows · Linux
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Medieval 9.2%
- #8 Grave Knight
93% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #9 All (Too) Good Things
91% 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 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #10 Arderico's Journey
91% 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 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 11%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #11 The Last Road
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Crow Station Studios
Windows
In this narrative-driven casual strategy RPG, you take on the role of The Driver, sworn to deliver goods along The Last Road. With each journey bringing different semi randomized events to challenge the player, you will need to manage your resources carefully in order to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Roguelite 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #12 Your Story: Games with Death
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #13 Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Castlelore Studios
Windows
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Roguelite 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #14 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
88% 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 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #15 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #16 We Were Here Before
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Philosophical 9.1%
- #17 Mass of Consumption
85% 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 25%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #18 Don Quijote
84% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2026
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 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Philosophical 9.5%
- #19 Fruit Salad Theory
86% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Pixels and Pins Studio
Windows
It's the night of the big ball, and things are going...well...they're going. When so many people of so many different species are gathered together in one place, you're sure to have an interesting time. But what if something a little more malicious is happening under the surface?
Why similar: Philosophical 15.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #20 1453: Fall of Constantinople
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #21 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #22 Serania - Path of the Scion
82% 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 19.1%, Text-Based 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #23 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
82% 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #24 Gold & Brown
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Medieval 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #25 Decadent Heir
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Management 10.2%
- #26 The Music at the end of the World
80% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #27 Yogoe Hunter
79% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Roguelite 9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #28 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #29 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,040 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Management 8.7%
- #30 Lord of Lords: Dawn of the King
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neural Break Inc.
Windows
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #31 Vanakan
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #32 Tower of the Ice Lich
77% matchPositive100% of 18 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: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #33 Taina's Cursed Legacy
75% matchPositive82% of 34 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Medieval 6.6%
- #34 Whispers From The Rift
76% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #35 My life as a cat
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Black Elephant Games
Windows
A visual novel with multiple endings
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Philosophical 10.7%
- #36 LifeSimOS
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
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 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #37 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
75% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #38 Dreaming After You
74% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #39 Shadows of Betrayal
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #40 Where are you, Cinderella?
73% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #41 Last Decree
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Crown Studio
Windows
Rule a dying medieval kingdom. Draw event cards, issue royal decrees, and decide how your realm meets its end.
Why similar: Roguelike 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Roguelite 12%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 11.3%
- #42 Astronaut: The Best
73% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Universal Happymaker
Windows
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Roguelite 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #43 VOID RED
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: チーム引きこもり
Windows · Mac
An interactive card game that stirs memories and emotions. In silence, the cards speak, touching the depths of the heart. Philosophical space and tension quietly envelop the players.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Philosophical 11%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #44 Tayke Me With You
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foccelized Studios
Windows · Linux
Tayke Me With You is a visual novel about high school seniors and their struggles with each other and the world around them. You play as Gene, a sheltered, socially naive human from the city as he acclimates to living in a rural town filled with dinosaurs, finding friends (and love) along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%
- #45 The Meridian
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #46 Popular Kids
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peter Newing
Windows
Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #47 31 Days In Orange Carnival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReversePI
Windows
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Roguelike 6.6%
- #48 Ferrule Instincts
72% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Yellow Optic
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re Kayla Ferrule - And your birthday is in a week. However, your friend Miles Hector got in with some bad apples. Can you outsmart everyone and make it to your 20th in one piece? Test your instincts in this brief interactive adventure based on Yellow Optic’s Fool Me Twice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #49 Dravora
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aveline Games
Windows
A narrative roguelite where you lead desperate people across a fractured dark fantasy continent. No combat screens — every choice is made in words and every consequence follows you. Your companions have their own reasons to leave. How you survive reveals who you are.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 14.6%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #50 summer story
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #51 The Farm of the Living
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #52 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #53 The Specter's Desire
68% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #54 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
68% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Roguelike 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #55 スマートフォン
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 21.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #56 Herald of the Mists
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #57 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
66% matchVery Positive96% of 150 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #58 朝凪高校生徒会 - 決断の記録
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ELISTA×STUDIO
Windows
As the student council president of Asanagi High School, you must decide how to respond to opinion forms submitted to the suggestion box in this school-themed choice-based adventure game. Your choices change how events unfold and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #59 Aunewyth
68% 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 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #60 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
66% matchPositive80% of 20 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 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%