- #1 Coalescence
97% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Noir 13.4%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #2 Sword Princess Amaltea - The Visual Novel
96% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Senpai Media GroupPub: Natalia Batista
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Comic Book 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, RPG 9.9%
- #3 Sword of Shandar
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.
Why similar: RPG 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Comic Book 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%
- #4 Breaking Point
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Comic Book 12.5%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #5 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Noir 12.8%
- #6 Every Legend
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VeDoN
Windows
Every Legend is a text-based AI RPG where each adventure is generated around your choices. Create your hero, type your actions, explore branching stories, meet unique characters, and shape a new legend every playthrough.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Immersive Sim 14%, Comic Book 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #7 Seaside Picnic
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.8%
- #8 Grave Knight
92% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, RPG 20%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #9 The Music at the end of the World
91% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #10 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
91% matchVery Positive95% of 720 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Noir 17.7%, Comic Book 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #11 Taina's Cursed Legacy
90% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #12 OmOneko
89% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: TaleChaser
Windows · Mac · Linux
“A story about cat girls … with bite.” Nekos have evolved in the shadows of human society. Beautiful. Mysterious. Chaotic. And now, three of them live with you. Will you be able to get past the stigma and grow closer to them? OmOneko is a tale of cat and mouse... and rats.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Comic Book 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Immersive Sim 11.7%
- #13 Five Biggest Accomplishments
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Noir 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #14 Royal Duality
88% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #15 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
86% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Detective 13%, RPG 12.5%
- #16 EmyLiveShow: BossRush
86% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Challenge four hot beauties and save the world from the attacks of sexy bosses in the new EmyLiveShow game!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 14.5%, Detective 8.8%
- #17 God Busters : Who watches the watchers?
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Wander_Rabbits
Windows
Episode 1: When fresh bodies start appearing from an explosion that happened weeks ago it's up to the "God Busters" to crack the mystery behind this case.
Why similar: RPG 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Detective 12.5%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #18 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Comic Book 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #19 Adventurers Guild Receptionist
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio LITTE
Windows
Always wanted a fantasy world desk job?! Manage eccentric adventurers like a lazy witch, tsundere fairy & useless bard! Approve quests, keep them alive, pay off Elfie's crippling tax debt, and rake in gold for the Guild!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, RPG 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 7.8%
- #20 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
84% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, RPG 17.3%, Noir 14.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #21 Versetender
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Helaven Studio
Windows
Versetender is a narrative bartending game where you serve drinks across multiple worlds—medieval taverns, cyberpunk clubs, and distant space stations. a chill game to play on the side, shaping the fate of travelers, outlaws, and wanderers. Mod-friendly and choice-driven.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Noir 12.7%, Comic Book 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #22 Misadventures of Laura Silver
82% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Comic Book 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Noir 11.8%
- #23 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
82% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 14.8%
- #24 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
79% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, RPG 13.3%
- #25 The Fifth Horseman
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 30%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #26 Gomorrah
80% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: SandboxPub: 34BigThings
Windows
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Noir 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Comic Book 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #27 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 15.4%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #28 The Vigilante Diaries
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Out of the Blue Games
Windows
The Vigilante Diaries is a narrative-driven role-playing game where you assume the role of a masked vigilante. Experience his life journey through his diaries spanning years, navigate the changes within his hideout, and make every decision that shapes his destiny.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Comic Book 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 12.7%
- #29 The Meridian
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, RPG 13.9%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #30 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #31 Whispers From The Rift
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 13.8%
- #32 Saturnine
76% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #33 Sunset High
75% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Noir 16.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #34 它说山雨欲来
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
50+ endings! A purely fictional fantasy world! Comedy script, dark plot — and the endings? Pitch-black. Swept into a storm, you need a boss. The revolutionary, the merchant, or the cult leader? Your pick unlocks different paths. You're a cheater with buffs — you'll survive. Go!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, RPG 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Comic Book 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #35 Knell of St. Godhrkar
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,545 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Comic Book 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, RPG 13.1%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #36 ComicKingdom
73% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Comic Book 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 10%
- #37 Flower of Anarchy
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ManInCrimson
Windows
You are the leader of a gang of slave raiders in post-apocalyptic America
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Action 8.3%
- #38 夏日重奏
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, RPG 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Anime 10.4%
- #39 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Detective 12.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #40 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 15.9%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
- #41 Keeper's Vigil
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: RPG 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 15.9%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
- #42 War of Bellrook
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Plagen Shiki
Windows
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: RPG 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Text-Based 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Mass of Consumption
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 10%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #44 Good Gaijin, Bad Gaijin
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wamill
Windows
You’ve just landed in Japan with nothing but a suitcase and a lot to learn. Navigate cultural minefields, engage with a cast of local characters, and decide what kind of visitor you want to be. Part social simulator, part cinematic journey—it’s time to choose your own adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Comic Book 9.6%
- #45 Fallen Hero: Revelations
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: RPG 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #46 Solis
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gibberish Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solis a hand drawn adventure. The city of Solis never sleeps — and tonight, neither will you. Elixer, the company you've dedicated yourself to, has gathered its people for an end-of-year celebration with a staggering promise at its heart: eternal life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Comic Book 16.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #47 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Noir 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 10.3%, Detective 8.5%
- #48 All (Too) Good Things
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #49 Roadwarden
68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 22%, RPG 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #50 Community College Hero: Fun and Games
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wonder how heroes-in-training spend their time between epic confrontations with dastardly villains? Join the students at Speck Community College as they enjoy a tabletop roleplay game, investigate a legendary small-town monster, and endure the embarrassments of Parents’ Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Comic Book 14.1%, Text-Based 14%
- #51 Good Morning Cruel City
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Ethel Chamomile
Windows
Anime Cyberpunk Visual Novel You have a job, it's up to you how to finish it. Become a Fixer and help your client for the day navigate the underground crime world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 10.9%, Detective 9.5%
- #52 Rewrite - DYH
70% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: DYHPub: WinCode
Windows · Linux
Rewrite - DYH - A game that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Anime 9.7%
- #53 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
66% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, RPG 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #54 模联人
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 小熊猫工作室
Windows · Mac · Linux
Early this century, a school Model UN event steeped in emotional conflict and tragedy changed every participant’s life. Years later, the scattered youth reunite and seek revenge, amid fractured friendship, love, ambition and lost dreams.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, RPG 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Comic Book 7.2%
- #55 Turncoat Chronicle
68% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #56 Echoes
67% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Noir 15.3%, Comic Book 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #57 Forest of Death Masks
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Detective 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #58 Peter's Journey
66% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 12%, RPG 11.6%
- #59 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, RPG 21.8%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%