- #1 Stay Alive For Me
97% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #2 The Trials - Chapter One
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #3 Vacation Terminal
96% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, 1990's 10.5%, Psychological Horror 6%, Choices Matter 6%
- #4 Metamorphosis
95% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: AKAI KIRI
Windows
An interactive visual novel in the mystical genre. Mikey is admitted to an unusual institution for treatment, where he encounters supernatural phenomena and begins to prepare for a metamorphosis that will lead him into another world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #5 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #6 Contra Spem Spero
94% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Horror 8.7%
- #7 Parasite in Love
93% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #8 Sunberry Care Center
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: foolkien
Windows
An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, 1990's 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%
- #9 Mass of Consumption
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Horror 10.5%
- #10 The Peresmeshnik
91% matchVery Positive93% of 108 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 27.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choices Matter 9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #11 Worn Out
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #12 Five Biggest Accomplishments
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Noir 9.4%
- #13 Thorner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #14 Tutor X Hypnosis
88% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The main character is looked down upon at her part-time job. Using a hypnotic object given to him by a college senior, we'll test the mother and daughter by making them do various naughty things.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 15%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #15 MOOZ
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: motsuhouse
Windows
This is an adventure novel of suspense and horror in which the story diverges depending on the choices you make. An online drinking session with friends. A person with a knife is lurking in the background. What will you do to rescue your friend?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Horror 8.2%
- #16 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #17 There Is No Next Stop
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HANPAGE
Windows
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #18 Not It: Spookiest Edition
86% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #19 怪話
84% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
オムニバス形式で送る四章構成の心霊ホラーノベルゲーム
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, 1990's 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #20 Make Moku Proud
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the truth behind a broken ritual in Make Moku Proud... a psychological visual novel where guilt and obedience, and what it means to make Moku proud, shape the fate of a witness watching his companions disappear.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #21 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
84% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Enjoy the process of the timid protagonist using hypnosis to manipulate and subjugate his abusive mother and daughter, training them to his liking.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #22 Shadows of Betrayal
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Thriller 9.5%
- #23 春琉ト怪夜
82% matchPositive97% of 36 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 24.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Thriller 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #24 Flora Parasocial
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #25 For Mother Matron
81% matchVery Positive91% of 164 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 24.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #26 Lost/Secret A
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: uehara create
Windows
A suspense mystery set in a police station. Includes two visual novels. *Lost* features a multi-ending system based on player choices. *Secret A* is a short story with no choices. Both offer suspenseful storylines.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Mystery 7.1%
- #27 Sisters hypnosis sex
80% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
This is "heroines serving heroines" play, not SM & training type. In addition to the usual blow-job and titty-slapping, you can enjoy soap play and other forms of "obedience" play that can only be performed in a situation of absolute submission.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 12%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #28 貴方が狼カードデス!
78% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, 2D 5.7%
- #29 Lake of Darkness
77% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Steeze Games
Windows
Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #30 Witchlight Woods
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #31 The Book of Regrets
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Synodic Arc
Windows · Mac
Escape a nightmarish realm filled with puzzles and deadly beasts!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Horror 8.1%
- #32 Do you have SALT?
76% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Text-Based 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #33 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #34 The Island: Into The Mist
78% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #35 Horrors of Helmsfirth
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #36 Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: xvc
Windows
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #37 Blind Dog
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #38 Momo Don't Leave
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a town that never changed… and a friend who's supposed to be dead. A psychological horror visual novel about memory and the cost of refusing to move forward.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #39 3Paths
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Trturist
Windows
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, 1990's 12.2%, Text-Based 12%
- #40 VOID RED
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: チーム引きこもり
Windows · Mac
An interactive card game that stirs memories and emotions. In silence, the cards speak, touching the depths of the heart. Philosophical space and tension quietly envelop the players.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #41 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Thriller 10.5%
- #42 POPULARITY CONTEST
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Thriller 9.6%
- #43 Be Honest
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #44 Bound Between Desks
70% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: AnyTale Game StudiosPub: ANYTALE LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #45 The Game of Fourtune
71% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: BlackLock Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #46 外道催眠術師と囚われのマリオネット - The Savage Hypnotist's Puppets -
72% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
The girls are deprived of their freedom by hypnosis and their hearts are about to be shattered. Is it possible to escape from this daily life that has turned into hell?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #47 恐怖夜話
68% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 18%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #48 空野まなみの事件録 ― 空白のカルテ ―
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbitly
Windows
Medical clerk Manami Sorano discovers a medical record of a non-existent patient. The next day at a hot spring inn, a murder occurs—the victim’s name matches the record. Coincidence or fate? Using her skills and medical records, she unravels the truth in this mystery adventure!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Mystery 8.1%, 2D 6.1%
- #49 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
69% 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 34.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
- #50 Blackthorn Witch
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #51 MINDFUNK In 13 Days
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 8%
- #52 The Shaman: What's in Your House?
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Myosi
Windows
"Something is in your house." As a Shaman, you are the only one who can face the unknown. Investigate haunted homes, uncover secrets, and exorcise malevolent spirits. Your choices determine the client's fate. Experience a chilling K-horror story where every decision matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #53 Condition Unknown
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #54 Mycelium Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIMIRIALS
Windows
A nonlinear dystopian thriller visual novel. Perfect city. Perfect people. Perfect order. Perfection always comes at a price.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #55 STAY
70% matchMixed68% of 567 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Thriller 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #56 Electric Sleep
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Vlad Abadzhiev-JahnPub: Emotion and Soul
Windows · Mac · Linux
Electric Sleep is a pixel art interactive story. Explore a crumbling world through the perspective of different emotions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Text-Based 20.5%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #57 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
66% 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 22.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #58 The Wolf of Derevnya
68% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Nightwell Games
Windows · Linux
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #59 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
67% 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 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #60 Home Teacher Sister's
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POISON MOTIONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
The protagonist, given the chance to revisit the past. Their goal is to manipulate the sisters who tormented them since childhood at will and settle old scores.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Adventure 7.1%