- #1 There's Always a Madman: Bring the Thunder
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Sunny Demeanor Games
Windows
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: Espionage 26.4% ★, Satire 11.2% ★, Narrative 9.9% ★, Mouse Only 9.4% ★, Parody 7.5% ★
- #2 There's Always a Madman: Do Your Worst
96% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Sunny Demeanor Games
Windows
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!
Why similar: Espionage 28.5% ★, Satire 11.6% ★, Narrative 11% ★, Mouse Only 7.4% ★, Parody 6.3% ★
- #3 There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunny Demeanor Games
Windows
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: Espionage 28.3% ★, Satire 11.7% ★, Mouse Only 11% ★, Narrative 6.2% ★, Parody 5.8% ★
- #4 There's Always a Madman: V.I.C.T.O.R.
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunny Demeanor Games
Windows
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin will stop at nothing to save the world. In this single-player interactive spy 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 VICTOR go the spoils!
Why similar: Espionage 28.3% ★, Satire 11.8% ★, Mouse Only 10.5% ★, Narrative 9% ★, Parody 7.6% ★
- #5 Assetflip attorney
94% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Xenom
Windows · Linux
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 25.4% ★, Parody 21.7% ★, Satire 21% ★, Comedy 8.9%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #6 180 Files: The Aegis Project
94% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Espionage 64.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%, Text-Based 5.5%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #7 Undercover Agent
93% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life?
Why similar: Espionage 68.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Text-Based 5.8%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #8 My Wife is a Spy?!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Transparent Games
Windows · Mac
In this otome isekai visual novel you're thrown into an arranged marriage with the cold Duke of the North. Explore political tension, shifting loyalties, and two routes: romance or rebellion. Support your husband or betray him like a true villainess and take control of your fate.
Why similar: Espionage 45.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Text-Based 6.1%
- #9 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SC Games
Windows
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 23% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Comedy 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #10 Chief Emoji Officer
91% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Visual Novel 9%
- #11 Apology Video
89% matchPositive100% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Ethan BowerPub: Pictures of Horses
Windows · Mac · Linux
An FMV Choose-Your-Own-Adventure that'll leave you wanting to like and subscribe!
Why similar: Satire 31.6% ★, Parody 14.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #12 The Silent Front: World War Ⅱ
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oceanwave Technology Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
In 1939, just before graduating from a German military academy, your true infiltration begins. You are Britain's hidden asset codenamed DEEP. Spying, deciphering, and moving through the shadows, you navigate rival factions, where every choice shapes your fate, your homeland, and peace.
Why similar: Espionage 63.1% ★, Visual Novel 8.7%, Mystery 6.6%, Detective 5.4%, Interactive Fiction 4.7%
- #13 Profiler Files - New Orleans
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Land Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Parody 17.5% ★, Crime 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Detective 11.3%, Thriller 9.3%
- #14 Bahnsen Knights
88% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
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 27.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Thriller 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Detective 10.8%
- #15 Legion Was Here
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geoffroy MondePub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 50.1% ★, Detective 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Thriller 7.5%
- #16 Alone in the crowd
86% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Machine Nun
Windows · Mac
Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
Why similar: Espionage 39.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Detective 11%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #17 Going Your Own Way - Episode One
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Heavenshire Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Parody 18.3% ★, Satire 18.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #18 What Happened to Squad 7
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blue Scarf Games
Windows
What happened to Squad 7 is a military visual novel where you will decide the outcome of the world, what members of the cast live and die, and Orion, the Frontman of Squad 7 which you play as. Will you follow orders? Or will you dig deeper beyond what you're given clearance?
Why similar: Espionage 48.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Thriller 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #19 Attorney Disbarment Adventure
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ambearth Games
Windows
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 21.4%, Satire 18.5% ★, Crime 13.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #20 POPULARITY CONTEST
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #21 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
83% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: eNVy softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Why similar: Parody 29.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #22 I'm in Love With Your Dead Grandmother
81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Kimulator's Films
Windows · Linux
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 28.2% ★, Parody 23.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Comedy 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #23 Creatio Ex Nihilo III: Amor Dei
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Experience the meeting of the divine and mortal world as a forbidden love affair have unforseen consequences.
Why similar: Parody 26.1% ★, Satire 26.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Comedy 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #24 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
82% matchVery Positive90% of 15,473 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Espionage 83.5% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Detective 1.5%, Interactive Fiction 1.2%, Mystery 0.8%
- #25 Echoes of Pinebridge
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Thriller 9.9%
- #26 Very Unserious Game
80% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Le Clown de la ClassePub: Youplaboum!
Windows
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: Parody 27.6% ★, Satire 18.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #27 Honey, I'm an Agent
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Multinow
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D action, stealth, and noir comedy. A harmless man accidentally becomes a secret agent. Hide his double life by escaping his wife at night: complete missions, swing with your grappling hook, and use your super weapon: an umbrella that works as a parachute and for combat!
Why similar: Espionage 68% ★, Detective 11.6%, Thriller 6.8%, Crime 5.6%, Mystery 4.2%
- #28 The door has doubts
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: wrongchairstudio
Windows
The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.
Why similar: Narrative 25.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #29 Chronicles of Ella: Whispers of Mythrillis
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VewDew
Windows · Linux
A lost mercenary navigates a dangerous monster girl village, where every choice, lie, and word could mean survival—or exposure.
Why similar: Espionage 60.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Choices Matter 7%
- #30 Don Quijote
77% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Rubén Prende
Windows · Linux
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 23.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #31 I Will Never Fall For My Tsundere Classmate, So I Will Just Date A Background Character Instead!
76% matchVery Positive100% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Kaijoseisoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short parody visual novel about romance with a tsundere girl... Or not?
Why similar: Satire 31.3% ★, Parody 26.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #32 Mythos Ever After: A Cthulhu Dating Sim RX
79% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Just another cosmic horror dating sim. Set at a comic book convention.
Why similar: Parody 26.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Comedy 10.7%
- #33 Oleander-X
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jason Nguyen
Windows · Mac
Oleander-X is a pixel-art stealth action game about classified missions, buried evidence, and a cure that should never have existed. Infiltrate guarded facilities, gather proof, plant explosives, and escape before the truth turns against you.
Why similar: Espionage 79.7% ★, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Mystery 5.9%, Multiple Endings 3%, Choices Matter 2.8%
- #34 Furry Shakespeare: Love's Lizards Lost
78% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
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 30.2% ★, Parody 27.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Comedy 11.2%
- #35 Game Over - A Musical RPG??
74% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Jake Houston
Windows
An adventure RPG with rhythm based combat encounters, zany characters, moral conundrums and platforming elements? Oh sorry I didn't know this was a question. Yes.
Why similar: Satire 29% ★, Parody 26.2% ★, Comedy 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #36 Angel Wings: Endless Night
73% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Trapped in a haunted mansion with only your wits and an unlikely ally at your side, what will it take to survive this endless nightmare?
Why similar: Parody 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Thriller 10.6%
- #37 Meet Claude
72% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Farniente Lab
Windows
A free narrative game about the best roommate you'll ever have. He cooks, he cleans, he fixes your relationship. Everything improves. Nobody asked what it costs. A short satire about saying yes until you forget what no sounds like. Multiple endings. 1-2 hours.
Why similar: Satire 33.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Parody 9.9% ★
- #38 Shadows of Betrayal
73% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Thriller 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #39 Paper Shakespeare: Very Naked Hamlet
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
So, like, either know Shakespeare's Hamlet, or don't get laid. That's it. That's the game.
Why similar: Satire 27% ★, Parody 24.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Comedy 10.2%
- #40 The Secret Life of Dorian Pink | Prologue
74% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: amberlimshin
Windows · Mac
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: Satire 23.9% ★, Narrative 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #41 Planetkillerz: death of a world in five acts.
75% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
The world is ending. It's up to a small group of misfits to figure out what that actually is going to look like, and what the post-apocalypse will actually bring forth.
Why similar: Parody 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Comedy 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #42 Puzzle Spy International
69% matchVery Positive92% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Travel-Friendly Cake
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Espionage 55.7% ★, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Crime 7.4%, Comedy 5.7%
- #43 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,884 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Espionage 59.8% ★, Detective 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Visual Novel 5.2%
- #44 A Rum Case in Fogtown
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fogtown Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Puppet detectives Sherblock and Blockson are on the case to resolve a string of mysterious sabotage against Fogtown’s most beloved pubs. You control the story in this madcap comedy joyride!
Why similar: Satire 18.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Detective 10.7%, Crime 10.5%
- #45 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive80% of 1,705 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Espionage 52.7% ★, Detective 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #46 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
71% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Crime 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #47 Furry Shakespeare: Oops! All Dragons!
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Train a group of misfits. Put on a holiday play. Be awesome. Or ruin capitalism forever. That's also awesome.
Why similar: Satire 26% ★, Parody 22.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #48 DEI Manager Simulator
68% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Facetious Labs
Windows
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 34.6% ★, Parody 20.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Comedy 11.4%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #49 Pineapple Legend
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zebra3dPub: Sukuratchi
Windows
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Crime 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #50 Door Game Deluxe
67% matchVery Positive95% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Rusty Hinge
Windows
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 35.5% ★, Comedy 17.1%, Parody 13.7% ★, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #51 Call the Tune
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: St☆rletPub: Elephant Shrew Crew
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #52 The Wheel of Fortune
70% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Takujin soft.
Windows · Mac · Linux
The only visual novel dating sim with turbo-folk music playing in the background. Be a loser, get scammed, live with your parents and fail to get laid! Do you have what it takes to turn your luck around?
Why similar: Parody 32.4% ★, Satire 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Comedy 7.2%
- #53 SHAKESPEARE? More like THIRSTspeare, amirite?
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
A human dating sim about writing a furry dating sim.
Why similar: Parody 28% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Satire 12.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #54 The Specter's Desire
68% matchVery Positive98% of 54 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #55 Furry Shakespeare: Two Incredibly Ripped, Absolutely Shredded Noble Kinsmen
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Will you help the Emperor get re-elected, or will you just straight-up start a rebellion? It's up to you to decide in this political ballgame.
Why similar: Parody 25.5% ★, Satire 14.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #56 Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bern.C
Windows
Wander through a haunted hotel where three Entities are trapped; solve cryptic clues about their rooms, collect artifacts belonging to them by deciphering their stories, to unravel the three chilling endings.
Why similar: Crime 20.3%, Thriller 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #57 Circus of the Moon
66% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Elise Berrie, a tightrope walker marked by a broken past. As she infiltrates the enigmatic Circus of the Moon, she discovers that beneath its magic lie unsettling secrets. Between performances and haunting dreams, every step may bring her closer to the truth… or make her disappear.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Crime 10.5%
- #58 Lilith Was Dead
69% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows · Mac
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #59 Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop
67% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: CoproTech Enterprise Solutions
Windows · Mac
Part visual novel, part WarioWare-inspired minigame collection, Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop is a modern workplace comedy that you can beat within a short session in your office bathroom stall. Multiple stories, multiple minigames, and multiple endings provide replayability.
Why similar: Satire 23.8% ★, Parody 20.1% ★, Comedy 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #60 My Beeloved: A Bee Dating Sim
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fickle Sickle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fully voiced raunchy bee dating sim. Make choices, earn Buzzies, play minigames, laugh, cry, and unlock endings.
Why similar: Satire 28.6% ★, Parody 26.3% ★, Comedy 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%