- #1 Stay Alive For Me
97% matchPositive83% of 12 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 21%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #2 キズツケ kizutsuke
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #3 恐怖夜話 第二夜
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #4 The Trials - Chapter One
95% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 21.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #5 Tomorrow Never Comes
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xamo Games
Windows
Tomorrow Never Comes is a choice-driven first-person narrative thriller. Trapped in a time loop, Noah must relive the same day, manage his injuries, use items, unlock new paths, and discover multiple endings in his attempt to finally reach tomorrow.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Thriller 11.9%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #6 Vacation Terminal
94% matchPositive94% of 18 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 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, 1990's 10.5%, Psychological Horror 6%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #7 Reborn
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #8 The Farm of the Living
92% 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 26.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #9 Metamorphosis
91% matchPositive78% 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 20.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #10 正体 SHOUT-AI
91% matchMixed61% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: 852話
Windows
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
- #11 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
90% 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 24.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #12 In Your Hands
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nibble & HopPub: Lusty Robots
Windows · Mac
A psychological horror sound novel. A child who lost memories wakes in a ruined building. Explore unsettling space. Open cabinets, speak to adults, grab a weapon—or do nothing? Help the child escape. Help the judgment. Whatever you choose, do it with your own hands. Then… face the consequences.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #13 Contra Spem Spero
89% 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 23.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #14 Parasite in Love
88% matchVery Positive94% of 62 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 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #15 Sunberry Care Center
87% 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 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Text-Based 14%, 1990's 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #16 Mass of Consumption
86% 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 29%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #17 Worn Out
85% 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 19.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Text-Based 11%
- #18 The Peresmeshnik
86% matchVery Positive92% of 111 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 27.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #19 Five Biggest Accomplishments
84% 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 31.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Noir 9.5%
- #20 Thorner
84% matchNo user reviews2027
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 18.2%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #21 最上邸R
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: もこもこ
Windows
A Japanese-style horror visual novel set in 1980s Japan. Five years after a mysterious disappearance, Yukari Kanzaki and Akane Kiryu enter the abandoned Mogami Mansion. Explore its hidden secrets, uncover its dark past, and face multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #22 The Shadow
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 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 26.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Text-Based 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #23 MOOZ
82% 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 30.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 8.2%
- #24 Mado Marks
80% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three students record themselves in a classroom room that shouldn’t exist... The next morning, one of them is gone forever... A short psychological horror VN about memory, proof, and erasure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #25 Tutor X Hypnosis
81% 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 27.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #26 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
81% 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 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Text-Based 10.1%
- #27 The Fifth Name
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tiny Hammer Games
Windows
A claustrophobic psychological mystery visual novel. On their high school graduation day, an anonymous message draws five friends back to their empty middle school. The doors won't open, and their memories refuse to agree. A complete 1-2 hour story with three endings, built to be read twice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Text-Based 17.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #28 Make Moku Proud
78% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 22.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Horror 8.3%
- #29 スマートフォン
77% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Text-Based 15.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Dark 7.1%, Interactive Fiction 7%
- #30 怪話
78% matchVery Positive96% of 69 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 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, 1990's 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #31 Shadows of Betrayal
77% 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 30.5%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Thriller 9.4%
- #32 Not It: Spookiest Edition
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #33 春琉ト怪夜
76% matchPositive97% of 39 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 25%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Thriller 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #34 There Is No Next Stop
76% 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: Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #35 Flora Parasocial
75% matchNo user reviews2026
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 29%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #36 フロアーⅩⅢの心象~S
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Floor project
Windows
A person has died on the 13th floor of an apartment building. Ominous rumors about the complex begin to surface. As you investigate your deceased older brother, a connection to those rumors comes to light... Uncover the truth. A horror-mystery visual novel featuring over 2,500 real-life photographs.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11.7%
- #37 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%
- #38 Gal Mothers and Daughters who love sex
74% 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 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #39 Lost/Secret A
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
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 24.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Mystery 7.1%
- #40 waga-mom
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: atominoko
Windows · Mac
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%
- #41 For Mother Matron
73% matchVery Positive92% of 173 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 24.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%
- #42 Witchlight Woods
71% 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 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 8.4%
- #43 Sisters hypnosis sex
73% 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 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #44 The Zoo
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #45 HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews
Dev: HamsulT
Windows
Spend ten days answering customers as the human behind a supposedly automated AI. Choose the exact reply you can live with as everyday requests turn invasive, deceptive, and impossible. Your words stay on record. When the contract ends, someone has to take responsibility.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #46 貴方が狼カードデス!
71% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 37.2%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Mystery 5.5%
- #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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #48 Per My Last Email
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #49 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
68% matchMixed66% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: CHARON
Windows
“You were only trying to do the right thing—so why is everything falling apart?” A Japanese language teacher’s choices to save three girls who have stopped attending school will change their fates. A psychological horror visual novel with 16 endings.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #50 Make Her Real
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A young inmate is given a faded body pillow of a girl from an old romance VN. Then she starts speaking... and becomes the only person who still sees him as human. A short psychological horror VN about guilt and the desperate need for love.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #51 Lake of Darkness
69% matchPositive96% of 25 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 24.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #52 Prison Chain: The Unredeemed Thought
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 落梅序
Windows
A text-driven psychological horror visual novel. You wake up in a strange living room. Two silent men stand beside you. On the wall, blood writes: “Confess your sins, and you shall be redeemed.” Every choice changes the ending. Over 80,000 words in the base game, plus 4 standalone character DLCs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Thriller 8.1%
- #53 Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
68% 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 32.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #54 The Book of Regrets
72% 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 34.1%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 8.1%
- #55 Momo Don't Leave
67% matchPositive92% of 13 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 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #56 Do you have SALT?
67% matchPositive91% of 45 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 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #57 Monologin
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A directionless night-shift worker clings to a dying MMORPG, a legendary White Unicorn mount, and the belief that old games are more "real" in this short psychological horror visual novel about escapism and being left behind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #58 Horrors of Helmsfirth
67% 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 20.8%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Horror 9.2%
- #59 3Paths
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 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%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, 1990's 12.2%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #60 Blind Dog
67% 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 32%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%