- #1 Mass of Consumption
97% 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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #2 Ashen Reverie
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tidalspire
Windows
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Supernatural 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #3 Witchlight Woods
96% 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 16.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #4 Thorner
95% 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 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #5 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Supernatural 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #6 Worn Out
94% 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 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #7 Blackthorn Witch
93% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #8 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Werewolves 28% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Visual Novel 8%
- #9 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
91% 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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #10 Stay Alive For Me
91% match8 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 18.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #11 Doctor Visit
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #12 Wildwake
89% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #13 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
89% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.2%
- #14 Confinio: Reality Prison
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%
- #15 Forgive or Finalize
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #16 Skin Tailor
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Historical 8.8%, Horror 7.6%
- #17 Parasite in Love
86% matchVery Positive94% of 52 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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Horror 7.7%
- #18 Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: NITRO ORIGINPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Supernatural 8.9%
- #19 For Mother Matron
84% matchVery Positive91% of 163 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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #20 Contra Spem Spero
82% matchPositive96% of 24 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 18%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #21 Brood Year
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #22 Not It: Spookiest Edition
84% 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 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #23 The Trials - Chapter One
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 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 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Supernatural 9.7%
- #24 Onigashima
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: azureXtwilightPub: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Historical 12%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #25 The Game of Fourtune
81% matchPositive97% of 35 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: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #26 Marked Souls
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel where you play as a teenager sent to a mysterious boarding school after losing his parents. Make choices that alter your fate, uncover dark secrets, and face supernatural trials to survive the ancient mystical forces.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Supernatural 8.6%
- #27 Whispers of Gold
79% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #28 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
78% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #29 Kindred [Subject 6244]
78% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.7%
- #30 The Trials - Chapter Two
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #31 RUNT
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you play as Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
- #32 Shadows of Betrayal
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #33 The Peresmeshnik
77% matchVery Positive93% of 107 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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 9.1%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #34 Be Honest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Psychological Horror 14%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 10.8%, Supernatural 9.1%
- #35 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #36 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
75% matchNo user reviews
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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #37 Make Moku Proud
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 11.4%
- #38 Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove
72% matchVery Positive92% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Full moon. Cold night. Dark shadow. Warm gun. The Beast of Glenkildove has stalked Ireland for centuries. Now, you must hunt it. A text-based interactive novel set in the World of Darkness.
Why similar: Werewolves 44.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Horror 11.1%, Supernatural 6.7%
- #39 7Days Origins
74% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Supernatural 8.8%
- #40 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
72% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #41 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing and destiny. When her brother disappears, Elham's desperate search plunges her into a world of haunting visions, buried truths, and battles against dark forces. Will she find her true calling and embrace the light? or will she succumb to darkness
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Horror 9.9%, Supernatural 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #42 Miya Might Break
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about Miya, a former prodigy trapped in a decaying home with her unstable stepfather, her talking plush Mopa, and the bystander who hears every step she takes...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.2%
- #43 Canceled
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #44 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
70% matchVery Positive92% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
Why similar: Werewolves 45.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Supernatural 6.8%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #45 BAD END
73% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
Dev: Arai Koh Create OfficePub: YOX-Project
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Horror 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #46 Taina's Cursed Legacy
69% matchPositive82% of 33 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 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #47 Vacation Terminal
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #48 Creepy Crypt Critters
70% 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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Horror 11%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #49 Mutual Harrow
69% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Mina and Rex through a dark and intense psychological visual novel of trauma, love, and insecurity... Traverse Section 56’s dangers, confront the past, and shape their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #50 Mycorrhiza
71% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #51 Pentimento
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 14%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #52 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
67% matchVery Positive100% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #53 Madness within
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indra
Windows
Delve into the heart of darkness with Enelia, a chilling horror visual novel set in an Avatar-inspired biopunk realm. It's a dramatic story about adventure, love and fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #54 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
67% 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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #55 Path of the Heart
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ourbit Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Werewolves 16.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #56 Whispers From The Rift
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Horror 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #57 Death by Begonia
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #58 Lone Bird in the Tree
65% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #59 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,095 reviews2020
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Why similar: Werewolves 27.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Supernatural 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%