- #1 Coalescence
97% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #2 All (Too) Good Things
96% 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 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #3 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
96% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #4 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
95% 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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 11%
- #5 For Mother Matron
94% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #6 Royal Duality
94% 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 23.3%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #7 Grave Knight
92% 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 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #8 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #9 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
91% 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 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #10 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
90% 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 15.9%, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #11 Vanakan
89% 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #12 어서오세요 신성재판에
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 지식보관소
Windows
Waking up after a car accident to find yourself in another world? Welcome to "Sacred Trial." In a magical world, you face the threat of being summoned to the sacred trial. A fantasy detective adventure where you must prove your innocence in a fantasy world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #13 Whispers From The Rift
87% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #14 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
88% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #15 Tower of the Ice Lich
86% matchPositive100% of 17 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 18.6%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #16 Into the Waves
86% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Multiple Endings 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #17 春琉ト怪夜
85% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: ENTERGRAM,INC.Pub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
An adventure game where you aim to escape a storied mansion with a mysterious girl named "Haru" who you meet there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Hidden Object 20%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #18 The Trial
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #19 NOAH: 2050
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Team NOAH
Windows
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #20 Exploring Friscott
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #21 Where are you, Cinderella?
82% 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 18.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%
- #22 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #23 Arderico's Journey
81% 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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #24 Your Story: Games with Death
81% 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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #25 Shadows of Betrayal
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #26 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
79% matchNo user reviews
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 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #27 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
79% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #28 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
78% 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 18%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #29 Change the World
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #30 Heart of mobius
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Text-Based 21%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #31 History of Dragosa
76% 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: Multiple Endings 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 11%
- #32 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SC Games
Windows
You are Allan Martin, an occasionally suave British superspy armed with a licence to cause an international incident. Can you survive international assassins? Can you stop an evil mastermind's nefarious plans? Can you avoid contracting an STD?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #33 To Be Altered: ACT 1
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #34 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
74% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #35 The Fifth Horseman
76% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.2%
- #36 Assassin at Crimson Keep
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Shadow Glass Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11%
- #37 Dream Enders RPG
75% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: C.A.Withey
Windows
A visual, interactive story with unique characters, consequential dialogue choices, and branching story paths set in the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #38 Serania - Path of the Scion
73% 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 19.3%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #39 Taina's Cursed Legacy
71% matchPositive82% of 33 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 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #40 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #41 A Heavy Morning
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saf Interactive
Windows
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #42 HeartWare
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 8%
- #43 Cascade Falls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #44 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
70% matchVery Positive85% of 195 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #45 Five Biggest Accomplishments
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
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 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #46 Outsider
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Galantrix
Windows
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #47 Wildwake
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #48 Aunewyth
71% 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 27.7%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #49 OmOneko
68% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #50 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
68% matchPositive81% of 16 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 22.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #51 Chaotic Love and Sex
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Carrot Gaming
Windows · Mac
Chaotic Love and Sex is an 18+ romantic visual novel where your choices shape who you grow close to—and how your story ends. Flirt, explore, and make tough decisions as you uncover the hidden sides of Aiko, Amanda, and Hina in a story full of passion, drama, consequence, and sex.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #52 Courage for a Kiss
70% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Mikołaj Spychał
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can a group of high school students write and perform an original stage play and win the national contest? Will they find love along the way? Find out in this Visual Novel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #53 Roadwarden
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #54 Sword Princess Amaltea - The Visual Novel
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Senpai Media GroupPub: Natalia Batista
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%
- #55 I Lost Someone
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Forget-Me-Not Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The story of a father and son experiencing the ups and downs of life, and how they try to make the best of the twists and turns life puts them through
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #56 The Peresmeshnik
67% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #57 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
66% 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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #58 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,767 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 14%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #59 summer story
66% 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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11%