- #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 24.7% ★, Satire 11.5% ★, Narrative 10.1% ★, Mouse Only 9.7% ★, Parody 7.7% ★
- #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 26.7% ★, Satire 11.9% ★, Narrative 11.3% ★, Mouse Only 7.6% ★, Parody 6.5% ★
- #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 26.5% ★, Satire 12% ★, Mouse Only 11.4% ★, Narrative 6.4% ★, Parody 6% ★
- #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 26.5% ★, Satire 12.1% ★, Mouse Only 10.9% ★, Narrative 9.2% ★, Parody 7.8% ★
- #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 21.8% ★, Satire 20.9% ★, Comedy 8.9%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #6 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
94% 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 23.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Comedy 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #7 180 Files: The Aegis Project
93% 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 62.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%, Text-Based 5.8%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #8 The Last Night of Olivia Harrow
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cipher & Clue
Windows
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Espionage 35.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #9 Undercover Agent
91% 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 66.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Text-Based 6.1%, Choices Matter 4.8%
- #10 Furry Shakespeare: Two Incredibly Ripped, Absolutely Shredded Noble Kinsmen
91% 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 25.6% ★, Satire 14.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #11 Chief Emoji Officer
90% 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 27.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Choices Matter 9%
- #12 Apology Video
89% matchVery Positive99% of 80 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 31.5% ★, Parody 14.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #13 My Wife is a Spy?!
89% 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 43.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #14 The Silent Front: World War Ⅱ
88% 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 61% ★, Visual Novel 9.2%, Mystery 7%, Detective 5.8%, Interactive Fiction 5%
- #15 Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firma Game
Windows
Noir gamebook. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.
Why similar: Espionage 15.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 13%, Crime 10.1%
- #16 Profiler Files - New Orleans
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Land Creations
Windows
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 17.6% ★, Crime 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Detective 11.3%, Thriller 9.4%
- #17 Bahnsen Knights
86% 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%
- #18 Going Your Own Way - Episode One
85% 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 18.4% ★, Satire 18.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%
- #19 Homicide Desk
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Espionage 46.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Crime 10.4%, Detective 8%
- #20 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 11.8%
- #21 What Happened to Squad 7
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 45.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #22 POPULARITY CONTEST
83% 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 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Thriller 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #23 Civic Story
82% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Shining Spark Entertainment Ltd
Windows
When a sudden election rocks the country, whose side are you on? In Civic Story, you'll encounter colorful characters & situations that show how the upcoming election affects you, your colleagues, and the nation in this comedic 8-chapter Visual Novel parody that helps you understand our world today.
Why similar: Parody 23.1% ★, Satire 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 10%
- #24 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
81% 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 29.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #25 Creatio Ex Nihilo III: Amor Dei
81% 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 26.2% ★, Satire 26% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Comedy 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #26 Echoes of Pinebridge
80% 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 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Thriller 9.9%
- #27 Legion Was Here
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geoffroy MondePub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 47.9% ★, Detective 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Thriller 7.8%
- #28 I'm in Love With Your Dead Grandmother
78% matchVery Positive92% of 74 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 23.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Comedy 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #29 Alone in the crowd
79% 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 37.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Detective 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #30 Very Unserious Game
77% matchVery Positive91% of 85 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 27.7% ★, Satire 18.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #31 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 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 57.7% ★, Detective 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Visual Novel 5.6%
- #32 I Will Never Fall For My Tsundere Classmate, So I Will Just Date A Background Character Instead!
75% matchVery Positive99% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Kaijoseisoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short parody visual novel about romance with a tsundere girl... Or not?
Why similar: Satire 31.2% ★, Parody 27% ★, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #33 The door has doubts
75% 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 25.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #34 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
76% matchVery Positive90% of 15,545 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 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 80.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.3%, Mouse Only 1.8% ★, Detective 1.6%, Interactive Fiction 1.2%
- #35 Don Quijote
74% 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 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #36 Sockpuppet Noire
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Parody 24.3% ★, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Crime 9.3%
- #37 Mythos Ever After: A Cthulhu Dating Sim RX
77% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Just another cosmic horror dating sim. Set at a comic book convention.
Why similar: Parody 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Comedy 10.7%
- #38 Code: 9
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riding Turtles
Windows
To save your life, an underground resistance group fused you with a hostile entity. Now as 'partners', you need to work as investigators to pay off your debt… and find out what truly happened to you.
Why similar: Espionage 44.4% ★, Crime 12.2%, Thriller 10.4%, Detective 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #39 Game Over - A Musical RPG??
72% 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 26.3% ★, Comedy 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #40 Furry Shakespeare: Love's Lizards Lost
76% 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 27.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Comedy 11.2%
- #41 Angel Wings: Endless Night
71% matchVery Positive85% of 67 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 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Thriller 10.6%
- #42 Meet Claude
70% matchPositive100% of 22 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 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Parody 10% ★
- #43 Last Seen
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Ash Studios
Windows · Mac
Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.
Why similar: Espionage 66.7% ★, Detective 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Mystery 5%
- #44 Paper Shakespeare: Very Naked Hamlet
73% 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 26.9% ★, Parody 24.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Comedy 10.2%
- #45 Shadows of Betrayal
71% 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Thriller 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #46 The Secret Life of Dorian Pink | Prologue
72% 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 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #47 Milk Homestead
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FleshForge Studio
Windows
Inherit a mysterious estate and its secret, high-profit barn operation. Manage milk extraction, upgrade tech, and navigate seven demanding women with dynamic schedules. Explore the estate in real time and unlock over dozens of fully animated 3D explicit scenes!
Why similar: Espionage 66.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Text-Based 5%
- #48 Honey, I'm an Agent
70% 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 66% ★, Detective 12.4%, Thriller 7.2%, Crime 5.9%, Mystery 4.4%
- #49 Planetkillerz: death of a world in five acts.
73% 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 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Comedy 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #50 Chronicles of Ella: Whispers of Mythrillis
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: VewDew
Windows · Mac · Linux
A lost mercenary navigates a dangerous monster girl village, where every choice, lie, and word could mean survival—or exposure.
Why similar: Espionage 58% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #51 Tomorrow Never Comes
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xamo Games
Windows
Tomorrow Never Comes is a choice-driven first-person narrative thriller. Trapped in a time loop, Noah must relive the same day, manage his injuries, use items, unlock new paths, and discover multiple endings in his attempt to finally reach tomorrow.
Why similar: Thriller 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%
- #52 A Rum Case in Fogtown
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fogtown Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Puppet detectives Sherblock & Blockson are on the case to solve a dastardly sabotage against their favorite pub. 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 10.4%
- #53 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
69% 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 15.3%, Crime 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #54 Furry Shakespeare: Oops! All Dragons!
69% 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 22.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #55 Veils of the Past
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Detective 12.1%, Crime 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #56 Adverse Action
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Machines
Windows
A model denied four thousand people this morning. The law says a human has to explain why. Read the file, work out what the machine saw, write the reason, and decide whether to sign your name to it. Sixty cases before the deadline.
Why similar: Espionage 60.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 12.3%, Choices Matter 5.3%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #57 PROTOCOL BOUND
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Espionage 42.3% ★, Detective 15.5%, Thriller 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Crime 8%
- #58 My Beeloved: A Bee Dating Sim
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 26.4% ★, Comedy 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #59 Condition Unknown
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Thriller 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #60 The Wheel of Fortune
67% 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 32.5% ★, Satire 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Comedy 7.2%