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  1. #1 TOY BOX
    97% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
    Dev: DEADline Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%

  2. #2 Alcyone: The Last City
    96% 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 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%

  3. #3 Good Mourning
    96% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2021
    Dev: Platonic PartnershipPub: Platonic Partnership
    Windows

    Run-based story game. Which mistakes would you repeat if you could?

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Philosophical 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

  4. #4 Whispers From The Rift
    95% 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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 10.5%

  5. #5 HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
    94% 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: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%

  6. #6 Do 11
    94% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
    Dev: SJR Team
    Windows · Mac

    Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 10.9%

  7. #7 The Bottom of the Well
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 591 reviews2016
    Dev: Red Nettle Studio
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 9.8%

  8. #8 The Pilgrimage
    92% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
    Windows

    One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Dystopian 10.1%

  9. #9 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
    91% 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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%

  10. #10 LifeSimOS
    90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Clayton Davis
    Windows

    A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

  11. #11 The Last Survey
    91% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2020
    Dev: Nicholas O'Brien
    Windows · Mac

    A Hand-Drawn Visual Novel Essay Game

    Why similar: Abstract 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dystopian 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%

  12. #12 Rouge Patrol
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Grimlark
    Windows

    A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%

  13. #13 Shopping in a Winter Zombieland
    89% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Zombie Zone GermanyPub: Amrun Verlag
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dystopian 10.6%

  14. #14 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
    88% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dystopian 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%

  15. #15 A Case of Missing Identity
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AwesomeTrinket
    Windows

    A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Horror 8.9%

  16. #16 The Specter's Desire
    86% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: Themisian
    Windows · Mac

    This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%

  17. #17 Mass of Consumption
    85% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
    Windows

    The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 10.1%

  18. #18 Incel Syndrome
    86% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The abstract male is the image of God, the absolute something.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.4%, Philosophical 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%

  19. #19 AFK_GF
    84% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Camocipher12
    Windows

    A dark visual novel blending psychological horror, surreal storytelling, and chatroom-inspired UI. Navigate intrusive thoughts, branching choices, and dissect a fractured mind in a twisted search for connection and meaning.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Philosophical 11.1%, Abstract 10%

  20. #20 The Crimson Call
    84% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
    Dev: Fatih Mert
    Windows · Mac

    Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Dystopian 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 11.7%

  21. #21 You are a Failed Murderer
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rambi_PorkChop
    Windows

    A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dark Comedy 11.9%, Abstract 11.6%

  22. #22 All (Too) Good Things
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: YOWPY games
    Windows

    Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 15%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%

  23. #23 CODA
    82% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2023
    Dev: Fin Deevy
    Windows · Linux

    ///CODA is a surrealist exploration game with four diverse chapters that each tell unique stories connected by a surreal museum. Take a peak through the looking glass and wander...

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Philosophical 10.1%, Abstract 10%, Dystopian 9.5%

  24. #24 Logical Inconsistencies
    81% match2 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Camocipher12
    Windows

    A psychological drama from the perspective of an apathetic guy who is detached from casual suicidals, sexually aggressive idiots, and daily murderers. This is all until an intellectual genius of a woman named Samarah comes in to challenge him and the world of logical inconsistencies.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

  25. #25 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
    80% 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 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, RPG 11.5%

  26. #26 Wanderlust: Transsiberian
    81% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2020
    Dev: Different Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Philosophical 11.2%, Text-Based 10.5%

  27. #27 After the Storm
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 9.4%

  28. #28 NTR Clinic
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Tryst
    Windows

    At a hospital built to repair relationships, Dr. Ryo Kurose can only respond to women who already have partners. Choose his day and night visits, uncover varied endings across four interwoven routes, and experience 70+ H-scene CGs and animations with full Japanese voice acting.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%

  29. #29 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 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: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.9%

  30. #30 she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died
    77% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2026
    Dev: alienmelon
    Windows

    "The very last flower grew in concrete. She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died." A short interactive poetry experience, and science fiction, about the end. Explore brutalist ruins to collect memories of a dead world.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Philosophical 16.4%, Dystopian 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 9.8%

  31. #31 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
    78% 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 24%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%

  32. #32 Living on Plain Pasta
    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2026
    Dev: Granité Works
    Windows

    A conversation adventure where you spend the worst, best summer visiting your booze-loving senpai, making weird food, and sneaking out together at midnight.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 7.1%

  33. #33 キズツケ kizutsuke
    76% 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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%

  34. #34 qualia
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 420 reviews2025
    Dev: CMY2K
    Windows · Mac

    Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Philosophical 12.9%, Text-Based 10.3%

  35. #35 Happy Binge Day To You! (U.C.H.E.W.S #2)
    77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
    Dev: Adipose RexPub: Earthbound Books
    Windows

    An erotic visual novel with multiple endings! In a alternate America where women have gained the ability to swallow humans whole, some cities have made it legal one day a year! Read or listen as each chapter of the story is played out, with you holding the power of where the story goes next!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%

  36. #36 StarStruck
    76% 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 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%

  37. #37 The Zoo
    75% 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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Text-Based 9.2%

  38. #38 What If We Warm It?
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: vodoyom
    Windows · Mac

    Who are you? You are not the main character. You are his inner voice, speaking to him. Aren't you? A life crisis. A strange job. A lonely train station. A dead man. Someone watching from the outside. A narrative-driven interactive mystery of choices, inner dialogue, and atmosphere.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 11.1%

  39. #39 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
    73% 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: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Horror 12.8%

  40. #40 Sabbatical In Merzouga
    73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Feeling Potion
    Windows · Mac

    You went to the desert to rest. You crushed a worm. Now it talks to you in dreams.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Horror 10.1%

  41. #41 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
    73% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Text-Based 10.5%

  42. #42 Second Thoughts: Terminal
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gestmorph Games
    Windows · Mac

    A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 12.1%, Philosophical 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

  43. #43 the Devil rais'd the storm
    72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: the Midnight Meat Society
    Windows · Linux

    The Devil rais'd the storm is a mysterious science fiction visual novel with point-and-click elements. Unravel a tense and moody story as you navigate your new role stationed at a strange outpost on a remote planet.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dystopian 9.4%

  44. #44 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,413 reviews2020
    Dev: Skybound Games
    Windows
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Horror 9%

  45. #45 Loop//Error
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
    Windows

    Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Philosophical 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

  46. #46 Dawn After Dusk
    70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Alexis Clay
    Windows

    Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dark Comedy 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%

  47. #47 Astrologaster
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 535 reviews2019
    Dev: Nyamyam
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Visual Novel 12.6%

  48. #48 Mayday Trials
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2025
    Dev: VAINSANE
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short psychological thriller visual novel where you guide Sora through twisted interrogations, moral dilemmas, and unraveling memories...

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Philosophical 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Abstract 10.2%

  49. #49 Guilt Free
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: Lateral Games
    Windows · Mac

    Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%

  50. #50 No Truce With The Groceries
    69% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: High Tower Games
    Windows · Linux

    Can you shop for groceries? In 🗽America🗽? In this economy? No Truce With The Groceries is a Disco-lite narrative point-and-click adventure that seeks answers to these questions and more.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%

  51. #51 The Farm of the Living
    69% 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, RPG 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%

  52. #52 Road 96: Mile 0
    68% matchMixed68% of 2,154 reviews2023
    Dev: Digixart
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dystopian 11%

  53. #53 Whispering Memories
    67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Stellar Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 11.2%

  54. #54 正体 SHOUT-AI
    67% 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 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Text-Based 11.8%

  55. #55 A Blade for the Emperor
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An interactive fiction epic fantasy.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, RPG 14.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Dystopian 12.2%

  56. #56 Second Thoughts
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2022
    Dev: Gestmorph Games
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Philosophical 12.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Dystopian 9.3%

  57. #57 Thoughtless
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aky Heart
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%

  58. #58 Archives of Disorder - Pasture Without Light
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vison
    Windows

    Twelve years after humanity went blind in one second, survivors live by gentle rules in Haven Seven. Rations always arrive. Names on the list quietly disappear, and sound engineer Elias Ward finds the list has been altered. A narrative adventure about sight, memory and choice.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 11.4%

  59. #59 Mnemosyne's Cube
    66% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: Muzutaru
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Philosophical 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%

  60. #60 A Week Before Autumn
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Paper
    Windows

    Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%

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