
A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel Essay Game
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter.

A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel Essay Game

Alcyone: The Last City
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.

Mother May I
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
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: Dystopian 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 10.2%
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Dystopian 28.4%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Dystopian 24%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Abstract 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dystopian 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Dystopian 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9%
Step into a visual novel of rotten flowers. Play as a young woman in a world where the ability to lie is condemned, and seek shelter in the mysterious castle across the lake. Survive, little dove, in the rot infested halls, and be careful of who you choose to love — what you choose to lie about...
Why similar: Dystopian 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.2%
DISCOVER THE FUTURE OF A.I.Explore the post-apocalyptic landscape of Westervoort and Arnhem through the eyes of a survivor.Navigate, uncover, and puzzle your way to the conclusion.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 17%, Abstract 15.5%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Text-Based 5.3%
It's date night in the dystopian future. You're going out with Mel, a half-melon person with psychic powers. They seem a little weird, but at least they're cute. Choose where to go, what to do, and what to say in this highly interactive, romance visual novel.
Why similar: Dystopian 30.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Abstract 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12%
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Hand-drawn 11%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Hand-drawn 9%
"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: Dystopian 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 15%, Hand-drawn 15%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Text-Based 5.7%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%
An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Non-linear graphic novel in the genre of magical realism. Will the hero be able to uncover secrets, find himself and escape from danger? Or will he be lost in the streets of the City forever?
Why similar: Dystopian 30.9%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dark 8.8%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
Overnight, otaku “DanDan” wakes up in the college dorm… as a drop-dead gorgeous girl! His absurd new life begins—only to discover he’s not the only one. The once-icy campus queen Wu Yangyang, formerly a burly jock, and a chubby shut-in whose soul was always a pretty girl, are in the same boat.
Why similar: Abstract 28.8%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dystopian 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Dystopian 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 8%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Where are you going with the main character? "Lost Infinity" is a game about nothing, or maybe something, only you will decide. Grieve, think, reason.
Why similar: Abstract 31.4%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Dark 7.1%, 2D 4.3%
don't break your oath
Why similar: Abstract 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Hand-drawn 14%, Dark 5.4%
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Text-Based 6.8%
An erotic visual novel with multiple endings! In a alternate America where women have gained the ability to swallow humans whole, some cities have made it legal one day a year! Read or listen as each chapter of the story is played out, with you holding the power of where the story goes next!
Why similar: Abstract 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 12.8%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7%
Visual novel set in Chile, 1973. The military dictatorship rises up, and a family of siblings try to live their daily life, interrupted by the regime's activities. You will be cornered and forced to take tough decisions that will test your morality. Remember: Every decision will have consequences.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.3%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Multiple Endings 4%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12%
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 27%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Dark 6.9%, Text-Based 6%
这是一款关于2022这个年份的视觉小说,以我们所经历的2022的封闭与萧条为引言,长度约25分钟。它采用伪纪录片加旁白的形式,讲述的是一个在历史和现实中不断轮回的故事,由四条历史线构成,涉及到1894、1895、1911和2022几条历史线的循环。
Why similar: Dystopian 43.4%, Visual Novel 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 5.5%
The price of tomorrow is a story-driven sci-fi drama about the choice between a corporation and the people of planet Chenora. As Jack Butler, you negotiate, break taboos, and decide the planet’s fate. Yield to the temptations of Omnilat — and choose wisely.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.2%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.
Why similar: Abstract 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 7.6%
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: Visual Novel 38.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%
A cyberpunk visual novel about chasing fame and losing yourself. 30 days. 100,000 followers. Daily choices that shape who Hoshino becomes — and what she's willing to sacrifice to get there.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.8%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Dark 7.8%
The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Dystopian 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Multiple Endings 4.8%
Have you set your alarm for 07:00 yet? He was waiting for you too.
Why similar: Abstract 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Simulation 10.1%
Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Abstract 23.4%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Dark 8.6%
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: Visual Novel 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
As the new Street Overseer, every decision you make in this dystopian choice game carries weight. Enforce the rules, help the desperate, or exploit the people’s suffering for personal gain. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Dystopian 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Hand-drawn 15%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Dystopian 23.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Text-Based 7.8%
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Text-Based 8%
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: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 6.2%
In a surreal audition purgatory, how long will you wait to be chosen?
Why similar: Dystopian 28.1%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Choices Matter 4.9%
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Dystopian 11.3%, Text-Based 9.3%
Become friends or foes with the three most notorious criminals at your school as you help them transform into pop idols and compete in a nearby contest! A short, quick game with six possible endings!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Text-Based 9.4%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12%
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 24.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
90 minutes remain until the world ends. Will you face the end with regret or go out with a bang?”
Why similar: Dystopian 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Indie 1.4%
Afterslave is a short visual novel about a boy that have reached culmination of his life in a totalitaristic country
Why similar: Dystopian 46.5%, Abstract 29.6%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Text-Based 14.4%
夜を歩く、血だまりの上を走る、永遠を断ち切る。 復讐のための翼は折れない。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Dystopian 25.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%