60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Text-Based.
Play as the vengeful secret agent Virginia West and take on a silver-loving madman called The Silver Fox in this single-player interactive spy novel. Surveil your enemy, get revenge for your partner's demise, and maybe - just maybe - save the world along the way. Don’t do your best … Do your worst!
There's Always a Madman: V.I.C.T.O.R.
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin will stop at nothing to save the world. In this single-player interactive novel, you play as his greatest adversaries - can the criminal enterprise known as V.I.C.T.O.R. defeat the only man standing between them and world domination? To the V.I.C.T.O.R. go the spoils!
There's Always a Madman: Bring the Thunder
Play as secret agents Franklin Benjamin and Virginia West as they attempt to stop a madman with a weather device in this single-player interactive spy novel. Track down this madman named Zeus and destroy his infernal weather machine. In other words, it’s time for YOU to bring the thunder, agent!
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin will stop at nothing to save the world. In this single-player interactive novel, you play as his greatest adversaries - can the criminal enterprise known as V.I.C.T.O.R. defeat the only man standing between them and world domination? To the V.I.C.T.O.R. go the spoils!
Why similar: Satire 18% ★, Narrative 16.3% ★, Crime 12.1%, Thriller 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
Play as secret agents Franklin Benjamin and Virginia West as they attempt to stop a madman with a weather device in this single-player interactive spy novel. Track down this madman named Zeus and destroy his infernal weather machine. In other words, it’s time for YOU to bring the thunder, agent!
Why similar: Satire 17.7% ★, Narrative 16.8% ★, Thriller 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Text-Based 8%
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin's former mentor has resurfaced to take from you that which you hold most dear. In this singleplayer interactive spy novel, use your particular set of skills to save Virginia from the clutches of the madman Dustin MacGuffin. Which means - you’d better get the MacGuffin!
Why similar: Satire 19.7% ★, Thriller 12.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Crime 8.7%
Step into the shoes of the suave secret agent Franklin Benjamin in this single-player interactive spy novel. Drive fast cars, seduce beautiful women, take on false identities, and do whatever is necessary to save the world. Because there's always a madman, and you're the best agent we've got!
Why similar: Satire 17.6% ★, Narrative 16.5% ★, Thriller 11.2%, Crime 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Assetflip attorney is a murder mystery satire visual novel, Solve crimes in a world where everyone has gone insane and everything feels like a fever dream, interrogate witnesses, hunt for clues and take down the criminal organization that threatens to destroy reality
Why similar: Narrative 30% ★, Satire 23.7% ★, Parody 14.6% ★, Comedy 9.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Satire 30.8% ★, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.7%, Satire 19.7% ★, Crime 17.2%, Comedy 9.1%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Comedy 16.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
You are Allan Martin, an occasionally suave British superspy armed with a licence to cause an international incident. Can you survive international assassins? Can you stop an evil mastermind's nefarious plans? Can you avoid contracting an STD?
Why similar: Parody 18.4% ★, Text-Based 16.8%, Comedy 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%
Going Your Own Way is a visual novel that allows you to make choices that will help a young man trying to understand his place in the world while dealing with the recent ending of a long-term relationship, the challenges of modern dating, and a toxic workplace.
Why similar: Satire 22.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Parody 13.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
Ruin a game studio with the power of performative DEI. In this linear satirical experience, the studio IS going to crash—that’s the point. Your choices just decide the flavor of the disaster. Can you boost your optics score enough to fail upwards before the inevitable collapse?
Why similar: Satire 37.8% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Parody 13.3% ★, Comedy 11.4%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Text-Based 26.6%, Crime 26.2%, Comedy 14.2%, Adventure 1.8%
Consumers have power. A short walking simulator game that makes you think a little about how we usually consume.
Why similar: Narrative 37.3% ★, Satire 34.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Narrative 34.3% ★, Thriller 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
Are you looking for a new job that will give meaning to your life? The Innovality family is ready to welcome you! Between smart innovation and spontaneous conference calls, grow into a valued team member in a cutting-edge startup!
Why similar: Satire 21.7% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Parody 19.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
In the glorious town of Milenagrad, and mainly in its environs, they settled and occupied a shadow business - a branch of the Cartel, which greatly annoys the local major Stepanovich and he decided to call for help an old friend - Gena "Baston"...
Why similar: Satire 39.1% ★, Crime 29.1%, Parody 10.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Comedy 5.6%
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
Why similar: Satire 32.6% ★, Parody 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Comedy 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Crime 20.1%, Thriller 20%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
An idol trainee vanishes without a trace. When police investigators hit a dead end, you're dragged into a crime that gets progressively darker as you uncover the truth. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.
Why similar: Narrative 30.6% ★, Crime 21%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
Hello, I'm Noah. I'm 28 years old and still haven't got a single date in my life, I'm looking for a life coach who can help me figure out the hard choices in my day to day life, you know? I'm sad and single, I have some friends online, but that's it.
Why similar: Satire 35.9% ★, Parody 17.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Comedy 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
Prologue chapter of Dorian Pink, a choices-matter narrative RPG set in an alternate universe of the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Save your boyfriend Basil from the Devil by making questionable choices, gaining allies, and making doughnuts explode.
Why similar: Narrative 29.8% ★, Satire 29.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Comedy 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 33.9% ★, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville. Follow this comedy story where together you will solve cases using your deductive powers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 18%, Crime 17.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
You've just landed in a new world, set to discover new mysteries and solve great conflicts. You're also a small reptile.
Why similar: Satire 37.9% ★, Parody 20.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Comedy 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Thriller 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
In this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.
Why similar: Crime 25.9%, Thriller 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
A short parody visual novel about romance with a tsundere girl... Or not?
Why similar: Satire 38.6% ★, Parody 19.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Narrative 28.2% ★, Thriller 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.6%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 29.4%, Crime 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
A pointy-clicky comedy corporate thriller. Solve puzzles, get to know your colleagues, and unravel a sinister global conspiracy. All in a day's work.
Why similar: Satire 42.9% ★, Thriller 25.1%, Comedy 16.3%, Linear 4.9%, Story Rich 4.4%
Set in a South Korean elementary school in 1999, 『Come to my party!』 follows 10-year-old Jimin's quest for her first-ever birthday party. Through multiple endings filled with laughs and heart, step into a story that might remind you of your own childhood.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Comedy 11.4%
The romantic noir visual novel The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf returns to Kabukicho in this unhinged simul-quel. Me, Azami, and the whole ragtag gang rampage through five all-new short stories!
Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Thriller 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Action-Adventure 7.5%
A choice game where you face the choice and truth of survival. An unpredictable ending awaits.
Why similar: Thriller 33.2%, Text-Based 26%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 1.7%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Thriller 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Crime 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 13.1%
'Beneath the Woods' is a stylized, narrative-focused 3rd person mystery / horror / puzzle game about a young man in a race against time to investigate the disappearance of his younger sister. What he stumbles upon is something far more sinister than he could ever imagined.
Why similar: Narrative 44.8% ★, Thriller 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Story Rich 4.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.7%
Enter the world of Playcardia. A short visual novel based on a Jester, who is keen to unleash havoc in the name of entertainment. Just don't upset the royals! Find items, discover pranks and play them on unsuspecting victims... Who knows what will happen next?
Why similar: Narrative 40.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Parody 16.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 3.8%
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
Why similar: Narrative 35.7% ★, Satire 27.6% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 4.1%
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 26.9%, Thriller 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Take a ride with Tom through her village and discover a great deal—perhaps too much—about the locals. Her approach, although controversial, is highly effective: intense and obsessive stalking.
Why similar: Satire 33% ★, Narrative 28.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
A psychological horror story where you work in a company that serves mermaids as seafood. Gamble your blood, chat with customers, trade ingredients, and create fake mermaids. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Narrative 35.2% ★, Thriller 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Text-Based 38%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 2.5%, Adventure 1.2%
Necromancy for Homies is a non-linear, black comedy surrealist visual novel, inspired by the legacy of punk band Sektor Gaza.
Why similar: Satire 37.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Crime 12.2%
So, like, either know Shakespeare's Hamlet, or don't get laid. That's it. That's the game.
Why similar: Satire 33.8% ★, Parody 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Comedy 11.8%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 48.2% ★, Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 1.1%
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Text-Based 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Narrative 13.1% ★, Linear 6.3%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 39.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
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: Text-Based 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Story Rich 5.8%
Door Game Deluxe is a (very) short, satirical RPG. An expansion of the original and the pinnacle of human artistic expression, this version offers original art and music on top of new endings.
Why similar: Satire 43.9% ★, Text-Based 24.4%, Comedy 19.5%, Parody 10.1% ★, Funny 1.5%
A modern-day narrative mystery where you explore a seemingly ordinary laptop to uncover hidden layers of conspiracy, surveillance, and stolen data, blending investigative gameplay with branching choices and a grounded tech-thriller tone.
Why similar: Narrative 36.8% ★, Crime 23.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?
Why similar: Satire 22.1% ★, Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Comedy 13.4%
Train a group of misfits. Put on a holiday play. Be awesome. Or ruin capitalism forever. That's also awesome.
Why similar: Satire 32.9% ★, Parody 16.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Comedy 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Satire 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Comedy 6%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Comedy 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Funny 2.6%
The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event.
Why similar: Narrative 42% ★, Text-Based 21.9%, Thriller 19.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 4.5%
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Comedy 11.7%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 13.3%
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.
Why similar: Thriller 22.6%, Text-Based 22.1%, Crime 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%
