- #1 Grave Knight
97% 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: Visual Novel 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #2 Count of Hatchet
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpo Games
Windows
In a crumbling empire, you are the Regent of Hatchet, facing dwindling resources and advancing enemies. Forge alliances or stand alone, navigate political intrigue, and make choices that shape your realm. Will you defend your legacy or succumb? Your decisions dictate Hatchet's fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, RPG 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #3 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
96% matchVery Positive96% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 10.6%
- #4 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
95% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, RPG 12%
- #5 Sky Caravan
94% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Resource Management 14.2%, RPG 10.6%
- #6 Adventurers Guild Receptionist
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio LITTE
Windows
Always wanted a fantasy world desk job?! Manage eccentric adventurers like a lazy witch, tsundere fairy & useless bard! Approve quests, keep them alive, pay off Elfie's crippling tax debt, and rake in gold for the Guild!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #7 The Zoo
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #8 Diomedea Keep
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, RPG 11.7%
- #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 17.4%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, RPG 11.1%
- #10 The Reeve
91% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, RPG 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #11 Zugzwang
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #12 Mistwinter Bay
89% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Swordlake Entertainment
Windows
Rule a town in this story heavy, visual novel-like fantasy RPG! Interact with townsfolk and foreign leaders, build and expand, and tackle randomized events that affect the town and its people.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.2%, Resource Management 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #13 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
89% 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 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #14 MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
88% matchVery Positive98% of 409 reviews2023
Dev: ElectroKaplosion LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #15 Reigns: The Witcher
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #16 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
86% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #17 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
86% 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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #18 Whispers of Gold
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12.4%
- #19 Fork in the Road
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 10%
- #20 StarStruck
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.2%, RPG 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #21 Too Small To Matter
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #22 Quarter Lie
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: prosto
Windows
A narrative adventure game where you take on a role of a fake exorcist on a demon-ridden ship in a long sea voyage. Remember; you can’t lie your way out of everything!
Why similar: Resource Management 28.9%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #23 Willows: A Dream of Shadows
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Graveyard Shift Productions
Windows
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #24 The Meridian
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #25 The Lattice Grimoire
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sat-Yuga Studios
Windows · Mac
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, RPG 9.8%
- #26 Astronaut: The Best
81% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Resource Management 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%
- #27 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: Visual Novel 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 11%
- #28 Taina's Cursed Legacy
78% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #29 Endless Monday: In Progress
79% 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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #30 Sovereign Tower
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,646 reviews2026
Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #31 Mass of Consumption
78% 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 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #32 History of Dragosa
77% 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: Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, RPG 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #33 The Shadow
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, RPG 14%
- #34 MansionDungeon
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: サンサンリッカ
Windows · Mac
“Mansion Dungeon” is a retro RPG-style adventure where you manage an apartment building while interacting with demons. Venture into dungeons featuring nostalgic 2D graphics, and bring back so many rewards that they won’t all fit on the small screen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #35 Along the Edge
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,068 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Emotional 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #36 Echoes in the Deep - A Fateforge Tale
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Adeliane
Windows
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Emotional 9.6%
- #37 Debt of Life
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RedWolf Games
Windows
You have money. You have a home. You have a family. And you're dying. You have very little time left. Make impossible choices and decide what you're willing to sacrifice for one more week of life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Resource Management 10.8%, Emotional 9.6%
- #38 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
75% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #39 The Farm of the Living
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%
- #40 魔女低语时
73% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: RPG 24.6%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #41 Whispers From The Rift
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, RPG 12.1%
- #42 Change the World
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #43 Best Day Ever
73% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: ReRolled Studio
Windows
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 9.5%
- #44 Gold & Brown
71% 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 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, RPG 12.3%
- #45 Morningtide Motel
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Choices Matter 14%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #46 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
70% 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 18.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%
- #47 The Cloudvale Protocol
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antidawn Studio
Windows
A story-rich, tabletop-inspired game about hope for a better future, the power to shape it, and the hard choices that follow. Save a wounded utopia built to benefit all, while trying to keep a stranded boy alive. As the stakes rise, your choices will decide the fate of more than one world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Resource Management 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, RPG 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #48 Sorcery! Part 3
72% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 19%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #49 Creepy Crypt Critters
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 13%, Visual Novel 11%
- #50 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
70% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #51 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
69% matchPositive95% of 20 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 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #52 Isle of Maligree
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #53 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #54 Witchlight Woods
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #55 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
68% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.4%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #56 Wildwake
67% 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: Choices Matter 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #57 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
67% 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 12.1%
- #58 Alcyone: The Last City
66% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, RPG 9.5%
- #59 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: zeros
Windows
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #60 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
68% matchVery Positive82% of 481 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, RPG 10%