- #1 Dravora
97% 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 20.3%, Perma Death 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Roguelite 13%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #2 Astronaut: The Best
96% 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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #3 The Last Bastion
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Voidpeak Games
Windows
The Last Bastion is a survival-management game where you lead an army of defeated soldiers across a setting inspired by medieval India. Fight overwhelming forces, manage dwindling resources and make choices with devastating consequences in a bitter struggle for survival and salvation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Roguelite 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #4 Tower of the Ice Lich
95% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 13.9%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #5 Too Small To Matter
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #6 Cold Bed on Route
94% matchPositive93% of 45 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Roguelite 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #7 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
93% 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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%
- #8 All (Too) Good Things
92% 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 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #9 Mass of Consumption
91% 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 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #10 Flora Parasocial
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #11 Whispers From The Rift
90% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #12 Royal Duality
89% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #13 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
89% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #14 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
88% 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 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 7%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #15 Alcyone: The Last City
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #16 Gold & Brown
86% 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 28.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #17 We Were Here Before
86% matchNo user 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 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 11%, Lore-Rich 10.2%
- #18 The Reeve
84% matchVery Positive86% of 50 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 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #19 The Bottom of the Well
85% matchVery Positive85% of 585 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nettle Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%
- #20 Xoru: The Nightmare Wars
84% 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 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Roguelite 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #21 Monster Girl Manor
82% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Xena AlexanderPub: Monstery Peoplez
Windows
Welcome to the MONSTER GIRL MANOR! Tour around to find your way to meet the characters created by Dream Audio VA, Lacey Audayo, Method Switch, Startlit Audios and Xena Alexander. Find out which girls are your vibe and find out more of their lore!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Casual 4.7%
- #22 After the Storm
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #23 The Change Architect
83% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Casual 2.6%
- #24 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
81% 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 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 5%
- #25 Ecos de Luaré
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Treelight Atelier
Windows
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 12.4%, Casual 5.2%
- #26 Reigns: The Witcher
79% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Lore-Rich 6%
- #27 The Golden Rose: Book One
81% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 16.7%, Lore-Rich 9.2%, Casual 6.6%
- #28 Shadows of Betrayal
79% 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 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 22%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #29 5 Girls, 1 Honey - Prologue
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sexy Hentai Games FactoryPub: Woop Media
Windows
💖 Meet five stunning girls in this sexy visual novel prologue — from a rebellious punk vampire to a playful zombie and a sweet angel. Play through each girl’s two chapter, flirt, and unlock steamy 3D scenes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 10.5%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #30 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 8.2%, Lore-Rich 7.3%
- #31 Vanakan
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choices Matter 5.9%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #32 201 - The Bad Number
76% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 13.8%, Perma Death 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #33 Defragmenting
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #34 Ferrule Instincts
77% 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 31.2%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Text-Based 9.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #35 Telvoikai
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #36 The Keytox Project
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitRot Studios
Windows
The Keytox Project follows Anthony as he attempts to turn his life around. He takes a job at a government program, going to space, with his partner, Will. Their job is to hunt down alien lifeforms to ensure the safety of humanity. But what they find outside of Earth is far deeper than planned.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Lore-Rich 14%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #37 XVTM
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #38 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #39 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #40 TideBroker
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pillartide Studios
Windows · Mac
A story-rich role-playing game, TideBroker will take you to a fantasy world of secrets and machinations of three opposing factions. You will play the part of an envoy and determine the outcome of a peace conference through dialogue, letters and books.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Side Scroller 26.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #41 Rewrite - DYH
74% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Casual 4.5%
- #42 Beyond the Chiron Gate
71% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Space Goblin Games
Windows
Explore an endless text-based universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations. Manage a crew of space explorers, upgrade their ship, and brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the mysterious Gatebuilders.
Why similar: Perma Death 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Roguelite 20.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #43 Where are you, Cinderella?
71% 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 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #44 Five Biggest Accomplishments
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Text-Based 9.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #45 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
70% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #46 X.E.H.A. Rogue
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #47 Grave Knight
70% 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 28%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #48 The Meridian
70% matchNo user reviews
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 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #49 Harmonium
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: From The Bard
Windows
Discover the story of this point’n click and lead your town towards a better future! You’ll guide the town of Harmonium Point to a yet unbuilt future after a great war that ravaged the world. React to numerous events that punctuate the life of this town and build relationships with the other citizens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Lore-Rich 12.1%
- #50 Ostera : The curse of...
68% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #51 ナカノ人格移植研究所
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #52 History of Dragosa
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #53 31 Days In Orange Carnival
68% 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 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Visual Novel 6.5%
- #54 The Music at the end of the World
67% 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 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #55 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 11.1%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #56 Kingdom Of Choices
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: PaperWork Studios
Windows
Kingdom of Choices is a Rogue-Lite visual novel game with multiple outcomes. Players must make challenging decisions regarding politics, military, economics, health, religion, and the public as their characters evolve. Send them to rule your kingdom!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Strategy 20.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 15.2%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #57 A Week Before Autumn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper
Windows
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Side Scroller 12.8%
- #58 The Castle
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Lore-Rich 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #59 LifeSimOS
65% 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 24.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%