- #1 You, in every Room.
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Obliviant Interactive
Windows
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #2 LifeSimOS
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #3 Where Control Ends
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #4 All (Too) Good Things
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #5 derealization
94% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #6 Reflection Of Feelings
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind Shift
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Dynamic Narration 19% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #7 Guilt Free
93% matchVery Positive86% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #8 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #9 The Solitary Existence of a Little Universe
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Wolkemann
Windows · Linux
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #10 Presidential Shaman
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #11 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #12 Everything Will Be Fine!
89% matchVery Positive85% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #13 The Portal Pirate
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #14 To Be With You
88% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #15 Pet
87% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #16 Backspace Backspace Backspace
86% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Psychological 6.6%
- #17 Doctor Visit
86% 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 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Text-Based 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #18 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
85% matchPositive98% of 40 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: Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dynamic Narration 10.5% ★
- #19 Mistbound
83% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #20 Do 11
84% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #21 Monsters of Little Haven
84% matchVery Positive88% of 437 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #22 Death that blooms into a flower
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BloomingFate
Windows
A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #23 The Darkest Emptiness
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bathos.games
Windows
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #24 I SUPPOSE
81% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Aitken
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story of a simple walk home, with a sprinkling of intrusive thoughts. Make a few choices, decide what's best, and please, try not to overthink.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dynamic Narration 10.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #25 恐怖夜話
79% matchVery Positive96% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: ひめこ
Windows
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #26 Tequila Moonrise
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Swan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8%
- #27 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
81% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #28 Spooltape
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RocRac
Windows
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #29 Loop//Error
78% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Koro Pixel StudioPub: Dark Product
Windows
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #30 Do Animals Dream?
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Black Vein Productions
Windows · Mac
You’re shipwrecked on a mysterious island of talking animals! You’ll need to make friends with the local critters if you hope to return home. This adventure includes branching conversations, memorable endings, and dark secrets...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Casual 7.5%
- #31 Holy Shift
77% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #32 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Kamiko
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #33 Start Running
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows · Linux
A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #34 Scribe
75% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Dynamic Narration 19.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #35 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.6% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%
- #36 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Dynamic Narration 19.2% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #37 Whispering Memories
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #38 Detours
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Story Rich 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #39 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 23.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #40 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #41 His World
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EckGames
Windows
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Text-Based 16.1%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #42 Fixer's Tale
72% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #43 College Bound: Arctic Adventure
73% matchMixed60% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: FOZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
An official spin-off of College Bound, a game loved by hundreds of thousands players all over the Internet. Hop on a plane and spend best winter break of your life in beautiful Iceland! Meet new people, play winter sports, try your luck in seducing local hotties, become a detective...and much more!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Text-Based 12.7%
- #44 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
71% matchVery Positive100% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #45 Concealed
71% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: CASCHA GAMESPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #46 Prison Glow
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: KromiXX
Windows
Prison Glow is a 2D realistic suspense pixel visual novel about a wrongfully imprisoned girl. Facing seemingly solid charges, she accepts a plea deal for a lighter sentence and waits quietly behind bars for the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Dynamic Narration 19.6% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%
- #47 Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,385 reviews2019
Dev: John Szymanski
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Kyle tries to prepare for his most important interview yet. Choose his path through over 100 endings and accept the consequences in this comedic adventure.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.1%, Dynamic Narration 20.8% ★, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #48 Condition Unknown
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #49 Take a Hint
67% matchVery Positive97% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: FloramisuPub: Skull Queens Games
Windows
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.1%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dynamic Narration 13.2% ★, Text-Based 11%
- #50 Penrose
70% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Emotional 5.1%
- #51 Watashi Suzume
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Choices Matter 7%
- #52 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #53 Everyday Devil
67% matchVery Positive96% of 244 reviews2026
Dev: alleesaur
Windows
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Psychological 5.2%
- #54 TOY BOX
68% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #55 Invisible Wall
67% matchPositive98% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Right Hand Lab
Windows · Linux
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #56 Project Salon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 33.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #57 Cook or Be Cooked: Your next meal could be your last—or your true love
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Funigami
Windows
A walk-and-talk indie adventure game where you and your dysfunctional witch parents cook teens to stay young and powerful. But when they bring in a charming girl as your next meal, will you uphold the family tradition or risk everything to save her?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%
- #58 Be Honest
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #59 Scarlet Wolf
66% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Graven Visual Novels
Windows · Mac
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #60 Aroma
67% matchVery Positive84% of 457 reviews2022
Dev: Oyashiro.dev
Windows · Mac
This is a simple story about young people, about the aroma of youth and the smells of life, which can so easily be cut short by a fatal accident.Or maybe at the behest of a heartless fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%