- #1 The Secret Life of Dorian Pink
97% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: amberlimshin
Windows · Mac
A choices-matter narrative RPG set in an alternate universe of the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Save your boyfriend Basil from the Devil by making questionable choices, gaining allies, and making doughnuts explode.
Why similar: Narrative 14.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Satire 9.7% ★, Choices Matter 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.3%
- #2 In Their Shoes
96% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: We Are Muesli
Windows · Mac
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #3 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,181 reviews2025
Dev: Hectic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
Why similar: Narrative 17.7% ★, Satire 15.4% ★, Philosophical 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #4 NO LOVE
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Wallace Lovecraft
Windows
A hard scifi, fantasy, hand-drawn RPG with a unique original story that’s mainly about the characters and delves into topics regarding the human condition from the perspective of one person, Wallace Lovecraft.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Hand-drawn 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Dark Humor 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #5 The Options Menu
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Belfrost Studios
Windows
The Options Menu is a game where you play as a 'Player' and experience a life filled with Options. Explore countless endings to uncover a game that may surprise you as the real friend all along was your Options Menu in this Comedic Story.
Why similar: Satire 26.9% ★, Comedy 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Memes 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.4%
- #6 SAADINE
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KELP! Studios
Windows
What happens to a fish who can't swim? SAADINE is a surreal, whimsical, adventure RPG as a fish stuck in a corporate job. Explore magical worlds, meet different creatures, and remember— you always have a choice in who you are.
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #7 Tom the Postgirl
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oopsie DaisiesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Join Tom, the village’s new postgirl, and get to know the locals, perhaps a little too well. Her method, although controversial, is highly effective: intense, obsessive stalking.
Why similar: Satire 21% ★, Narrative 18.7% ★, Dark Humor 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #8 Quest for Choices: Ivan's Tale
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TakoKun Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
✦Quest for Choices: Ivan's Tale is a choice-driven visual novel. The story mainly follows a Slavic white mouse named "Ivan Viktorovich Belyaev" and its VR memory recordings in the United States.
Why similar: Satire 21% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #9 Don Quijote
91% 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: Satire 19.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Philosophical 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #10 Sock Dating Simulator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hannagie Productions Inc.Pub: Hannagie Productions
Windows
Sock Dating Simulator is a quirky visual novel where you turn into a sock and seduce other socks! Find your matching pair and reopen the portal in your washing machine to go back home! Customize your sock, go on dates, get married (divorced?), and more in the "woolderful" world of Sockhalla!
Why similar: Narrative 20% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Memes 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Comedy 7.8%
- #11 Lone Bird in the Tree
90% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Philosophical 9%
- #12 This Game Costs 200 Dollars
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stolen Valor Studios
Windows
This psychological "comedic" experience is worth your 200 dollars. Every single cent. This game is unlike anything you've ever seen or ever will see. It's 200 dollars worth of pure joy, amazement, and awkward conversations.
Why similar: Satire 30.9% ★, Dark Humor 15.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
- #13 Crusoe & Agarthas: Chronicles of Speranza
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Víctor Atobas Pub: Zoozobra Studios
Windows
A witty musical visual novel based on an apocryphal manuscript found in Daniel Defoe’s lost sock. Survive the 'capitalist trágala', mock the júnjuma, explore Speranza Island, and discover the beautiful Agarthas in this hand-drawn odyssey.
Why similar: Satire 21.3% ★, Philosophical 15.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Comedy 9.1%
- #14 Marginalia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worn Spine Studio
Windows
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #15 The door has doubts
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: wrongchairstudio
Windows
The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.
Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #16 Henchman Story
86% matchVery Positive97% of 307 reviews2021
Dev: Silken Sail Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Comedy 8.4%
- #17 Melter - Bad Experience
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scrag Games
Windows · Mac
An interactive ordeal about blacking out in a dive bar and then trying to piece back your understanding of existence. It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets less worse.
Why similar: Satire 25.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Philosophical 12.3%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #18 High Elo Girls
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Split Fate Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?
Why similar: Narrative 21.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #19 Kindergarten 3
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,851 reviews2025
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Satire 15.7% ★, Dark Humor 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Comedy 8.4%
- #20 Psycholonials
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,164 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew HussiePub: None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
While in communication with supernatural forces, two influencers launch a daring new social media brand.
Why similar: Satire 20% ★, Philosophical 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Memes 11.6%, Dark Humor 11.5%
- #21 Abigail
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hapshapen games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this narrative adventure, wander a handcrafted hometown, collect tiles full of nostalgia, and play an ever-changing folk game. It features a 3D art style made with felt, clay, and cardboard. Reunite with old friends, uncover buried tension, and make peace with this place called home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Comedy 8%
- #22 SAI: Immediate Assistance Service
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ando Ido Studio
Windows
An RPG about work-life balance in a Latin American inspired cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Satire 15.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.9%, Narrative 12.7% ★, Story Rich 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #23 Moral Dilemma: Breaking Character
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hectic
Windows
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. The Storyteller wants you to kick your nemesis, Charles the Chair, into the lava. It’s the climax of the script. But what if you refuse? Lead a rebellion of fired protagonists and reclaim the story from a narrator who’s lost the plot.
Why similar: Narrative 17.7% ★, Satire 15.6% ★, Choices Matter 15.2%, Comedy 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.5%
- #24 Meet Claude
81% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Farniente Lab
Windows
A free narrative game about the best roommate you'll ever have. He cooks, he cleans, he fixes your relationship. Everything improves. Nobody asked what it costs. A short satire about saying yes until you forget what no sounds like. Multiple endings. 1-2 hours.
Why similar: Satire 28.7% ★, Philosophical 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #25 Call Me Cera
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toadhouse GamesPub: Team Toadhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Philosophical 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #26 I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: m.Pub: Tsundere Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #27 Last Broadcast
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #28 PROXIMATE
78% matchVery Positive93% of 982 reviews2024
Dev: Cain Maddox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
Why similar: Narrative 25.7% ★, Satire 19.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Dark Humor 8.1%
- #29 Kluber's Adventure
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sundin Games
Windows
Kluber's Adventure. Finally, your choices matter... Unless Kluber has better plans. Welcome to an absurdist narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Hand-drawn 16%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Satire 11.2% ★
- #30 I'm Making a Monster
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Why similar: Narrative 24.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Stylized 9.1%
- #31 Chief Emoji Officer
78% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Satire 27.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #32 VIDEOVERSE
77% matchVery Positive95% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #33 Shipyard of Theseus
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Toraka Studios
Windows
A game about thinking about ships.
Why similar: Satire 35.5% ★, Philosophical 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Funny 6.9%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #34 The Faraway King
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Out of Time Interactive
Windows
A narrative adventure with exploration and visual novel elements. Join J.D. on a journey through the nation of Yoom to find the mythical figure known as the Faraway King and rid himself of his supposed curse. But should J.D. trust his bizarre companion, Zxtabella?
Why similar: Narrative 33.7% ★, Philosophical 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 5.6%
- #35 Nothing Can Stop Us (Encore)
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demigiant
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 19%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #36 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,996 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"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: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #37 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,767 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Philosophical 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #38 Black Cycle
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Katsuya Abe
Windows
Consumers have power. A short walking simulator game that makes you think a little about how we usually consume.
Why similar: Narrative 29.5% ★, Satire 27% ★, Philosophical 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #39 Pebbles Quest
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtasticPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
The Princess has been kidnapped by evildoers! It is now Pebbles Quest to breach the Castle, face a gauntlet of traps and trials, all to rescue his one true love.
Why similar: Memes 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #40 Gazelle in a Winter Coat
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Box of Mushrooms
Windows
Gazelle in a Winter Coat is a story-exploration game with narrative puzzles and deep characters. Play through memories of Rene's adventure to find his mysteriously-vanished Big Bro in a looming-but-whimsical, mundane-but-magical, pixel and ink world.
Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Funny 9%
- #41 From the Streets to the Script - A Carabanchel Story
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tijerín Art Studio
Windows
Create your character and experience a fun story in which you will meet friends, enemies and partners as you try to carry out a vital project with your friends: to create an anime before you finish your studies.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #42 Endless Monday: In Progress
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12%
- #43 Mindworks: The Great Division
73% matchMixed71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Kornyart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-based visual novel game about science, division, and the false ideology of knowledge. Each and every one of your choices will determine whether the disciplines will end in unity or complete division. The key to eternal knowledge is in your hands.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Philosophical 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Choices Matter 10%
- #44 Door Game Deluxe
70% matchVery Positive96% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Rusty Hinge
Windows
Door Game Deluxe is a (very) short, satirical RPG. An expansion of the original and the pinnacle of human artistic expression, this version offers original art and music on top of new endings.
Why similar: Satire 30.9% ★, Philosophical 17.6%, Comedy 15%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #45 Talewarden: Riders of the New Day
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bucket Hat Cat
Windows · Mac
In this adventure visual novel, you travel across an alien planet stuck in an endless sunset. Shape the fates of 7 companions from different worlds. Uncover the truth about anomalous locations, hidden corridors, and a child who aged in a day. See what remains of a world abandoned by its creators.
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #46 ECHO RAILWAY
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tramdrey
Windows
Step into the role of a tram conductor robot in a future where humanity is preparing to leave Earth. Are you suited for something greater than being scrapped?
Why similar: Narrative 31.4% ★, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Stylized 8.7%
- #47 Road Cards
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Dnovel
Windows
A hitchhiker simulator and a card game? Easy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Funny 9.3%, Stylized 9%, Comedy 8.7%
- #48 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegaloaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Comedy 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #49 Ghosts and Bureaucracy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kataigida GamesPub: LabOne48
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the ruins of an abandoned government building, collect items, learn a multitude of skills, interact with a variety of objects and enjoy individual and absurd dialogues, engage in Undertale inspired battles of persuasions with ghostly politicians and clerks and try to request a treasure.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Dark Humor 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Comedy 9.3%
- #50 Smokey Mike
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Medium Energy
Windows
In stand-up, talent isn't always enough. In this point and click adventure you have to improvise, survive and fail with style until you craft the five minutes that could change everything.
Why similar: Narrative 26.5% ★, Comedy 13.1%, Funny 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #51 Clive is a Good Guy
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Indolent Games
Windows
Nine personas live in Clive’s head. Dialogue is combat. Choose who speaks and what they say to survive.
Why similar: Satire 20.4% ★, Narrative 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Philosophical 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #52 Space Court
69% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Uphill Promise
Windows
As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Funny 11.7%
- #53 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,317 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Memes 12.8%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Comedy 9.9%
- #54 Dissecting Love
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco:very StudioPub: TBD
Windows · Mac
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Exploration 11%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #55 Far from Noise
70% matchVery Positive83% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: George Batchelor
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Philosophical 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #56 Escape from Planet Pan: Scam Center
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: nob studio
Windows
A fake job offer traps you inside the notorious Planet Pan Scam Center. Enduring daily abuse from guards, you are forced to scam strangers into fake investments while secretly planning an escape. A unique Butterfly Effect system brings past characters into future runs so you can change their fate.
Why similar: Satire 27.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #57 There's Always a Madman: Bring the Thunder
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Sunny Demeanor Games
Windows
Play as secret agents Franklin Benjamin and Virginia West as they attempt to stop a madman with a weather device in this single-player interactive spy novel. Track down this madman named Zeus and destroy his infernal weather machine. In other words, it’s time for YOU to bring the thunder, agent!
Why similar: Satire 22.1% ★, Narrative 20.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #58 HIVESWAP: ACT 3
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: What Pumpkin Games, Inc.
Windows
Joey has survived evil clowns and an explosive train crash, but the only refuge from Alternia's deadly sun is deep underground. Point-and-click your way through ancient ruins, confounding puzzles and the horrors of the dark to help our plucky teen adventurer make it home to Earth in one piece.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Dark Humor 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #59 The Ripe Blood Anthology: This World Is Just for the Two of Us
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Роман Ветер-Пурпурный
Windows · Linux
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #60 Merry Crisis
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Monsoon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you're headed?
Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%