- #1 Dorm Till Dawn
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!
Why similar: Dark Humor 13.8%, Dark Comedy 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #2 Dorm Till Dawn 2
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you survive a night in St Fiacre's at tiny size? This feature-length interactive visual novel returns to the world of Sensus Supra, with better visuals, dozens of animations, more complex puzzles and even more dangerous giantesses hunting for your blood. Every action has consequences...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dark Comedy 12.2%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #3 Wolf Adventures
96% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Schizo Cat
Windows
Interactive novel in pixel style about the king HappyWolf. You're a powerful king Happy Wolf of the kingdom EbenGrad. For a long time, your citizens were happy about everything, but times have changed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Comedy 14.3%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #4 ぼったくりタクシー
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: 総合コンテンツ制作サークル
Windows
Customers... Don't let them find out... Rip-off! A thrilling rip-off adventure where if the customers find out, you'll explode!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Dark Comedy 14%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #5 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fablesoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #6 アパシー殺人クラブ
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNON
Windows
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.6%, Dark Comedy 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #7 Trapped with Jester
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dark Comedy 14.8%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #8 Killer Eyelashes
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiamat Studio
Windows · Mac
The apocalypse is here… and its beat for the gods! How likely was your debut as a drag artist to be overshadowed by a zombie apocalypse? Meet quirky characters, solve puzzles, and catfight with your rivals in this fresh narrative adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Dark Comedy 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dark Humor 11.4%
- #9 Ashley's Adventure - Get a Job or Die Trying
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: High-End Stories
Windows
Ashley's Adventure - Get a Job or Die Trying is an interactive visual novel based in a multiple-choice style of gameplay where you meet colourful characters and crazy events which you must resolve with the power of being a NEET.
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Comedy 9.1%
- #10 Lich Clicker
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: KnotHorn Studio
Windows
Collect souls. Choose your path. Find true love or doom the world. The choice is yours in this simple clicker game with a branching storyline. Can you find all five fully voiced endings?
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, Visual Novel 10%
- #11 RB: Axolotl
90% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Actawesome
Windows
Five axolotls appear one day through a void, their entire existence shrouded in mystery. A suspenseful tale, dripping with humor and full of surprises, lined by an underlying emotional theme that will strike a chord with just about anyone.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.6%
- #12 Where Is My Pocket?
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MoldyBits
Windows · Mac
A voxel-powered comedy about clothes, pockets, and the people who need them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Dark Humor 13%, Text-Based 12.5%
- #13 Brownie's Adventure: The Final Resolution
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beardy Ramblin Games
Windows
An inept wizard must destroy an evil entity trapped inside a spoon. Explore towns, oceans, and other worlds in this absurd comedy point-and-click adventure on a puzzle-filled journey to the post-apocalyptic Peak District.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #14 Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
88% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Lazer Genu
Windows
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dark Comedy 14.8%, Comedy 11.4%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #15 Kindergarten 3
86% matchVery Positive95% of 1,676 reviews2025
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.2%, Dark Humor 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Comedy 8.6%
- #16 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dark Comedy 18.1%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.4%
- #17 HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace
86% matchVery Positive93% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Escu:dePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Hell-bent on vengeance, Caldo single-handedly topples the royal throne of Solide, capturing the king and the princess and working their ruin through his dark contracts with demons. A visual novel about hate and revenge... and possibly redemption.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #18 Scary Game
85% matchVery Positive94% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.8%, Dark Humor 22%, Comedy 11.7%, Horror 10.6%, Funny 8.8%
- #19 My Darling Dark Elf
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cute, wholesome yuri visual novel about a teeny-tiny dark elf who falls for her (stupidly tall) childhood friend... quite literally.
Why similar: Elf 50.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 11%, Colorful 6.7%, Comedy 6.5%
- #20 Magic or Machinations?
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: EscapeWare
Windows
A sci-fi choose your own adventure game!
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, First-Person 6.9%
- #21 LaughterLost
83% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Mix StudioPub: USC Games
Windows
LaughterLost takes you through a surreal journey of work and family life. Face psychological twists, narrative choices, puzzles, and unexpected unique confrontations! Will you break this dystopian cycle of everyday life?
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #22 TOY BOX
81% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #23 さよなら人生。
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: トンデモ理論武装
Windows
女性キャラ多めで全体的にキャラクターのあくが強いです。 テンポのいいテキストを心がけております。 オカルト、歴史、泣き、コメディ、バトル、ミステリ、恋愛少々、と様々な要素があり。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Adventure 8.6%
- #24 The Trials of Ozymandias
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Golden Axolotl Studios
Windows · Mac
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Comedy 8.8%
- #25 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
80% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Screen Savor Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Comedy 8.4%
- #26 USAID Approvals Department
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jeremy Benisek (CyberAxe)Pub: OutLandishly Crafted
Windows
Play as a relaxed Woke DEI hire in USAID’s Approvals Department, an outlandish ASMR and LOFI style US Government sim: review request, Approve or Deny, then File It before vacationing on a gifted yacht ride. Process absurd funding requests, dodge DOGE investigators, and avoid getting “Epsteined"
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9%
- #27 Ostera : The curse of...
78% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.1%, Dark Comedy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #28 The Hunter's Journals - Return to Wight Chapel
81% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 16%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Investigation 10.7%
- #29 Confessional Simulator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
Hear sins. Judge souls. Upgrade your booth. Play as a priest hearing increasingly absurd confessions in this darkly comedic simulator. Will you guide your flock to salvation... or squeeze them for donations to install a hot tub in your confessional?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Dark Humor 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Funny 5.9%
- #30 Lets Nuke Mars
77% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Jeremy Benisek (CyberAxe)Pub: OutLandishly Crafted
Windows
Follow orders. Press buttons. Nuke Mars. A darkly funny SPACEFORCE sim where obedience is optional.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Comedy 10.1%
- #31 Negative Nancy
78% matchVery Positive94% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: FEEDPub: Effort Star
Windows · Mac
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.2%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Comedy 8.9%
- #32 Parasite in Love
76% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #33 Eyes of Iyre
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D0Studios
Windows · Mac
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%
- #34 Brood Year
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #35 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.3%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 11%
- #36 Before They Catch Us
73% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%
- #37 Divine Omen
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruby RingPub: Ruby Ring
Windows · Mac · Linux
Divine Omen is a horror point-and-click visual novel where you control the fates of your companions. Investigate the world and relive Avan's nightmares to determine which choices must be made to save lives...or take them. Will you become the executioner?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Investigation 9.8%
- #38 Do 11
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #39 Nameless - The Departed Cycle
74% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within, in this gay, romantic, dark fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #40 Harm Other
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dennis Farrell
Windows
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Comedy 17.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #41 Taina's Cursed Legacy
71% matchPositive82% of 33 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
- #42 The Ocean Will Have Us All
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moloch Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ocean Will Have Us All is a first person exploration game.Experience a day in the subatomic life of Moira Leech. Get up, go to work, go home, go back to sleep. Or. Go off the the beaten track! Take charge! Stick your finger in an electrical socket!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Dark Comedy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Comedy 6.8%
- #43 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
71% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Dark Humor 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #44 Reap and Sow
71% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: MrFishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
After being invited to the biggest house party of the year, things take an unexpected turn when you summon an ancient lust demon. Navigate a bustling house party, attempting to lure unknowing party guests as sacrifices to your new god. Who knows, maybe if you do good they'll keep you?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #45 Project Dark
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Visual Novel 12%
- #46 2033: Das Erschwachen der Macht
72% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: LOTPub: Zweitausendeins GmbH & Co. KG
Windows
2033: Das Erschwachen der Macht entführt dich in die Welt der Reichsbürger, Alubommel-Sammler und Populisten. Finde deinen Weg aus der Hohlerde zurück in die Freiheit und versuche dabei E.V.A. aus dem Weg zu gehen... Ein satirisches Point & Click Adventure in 3D. (Wow)
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.8%, Dark Comedy 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14%, Dark 8.7%
- #47 The Specter's Desire
70% matchVery Positive98% of 51 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: Dark Comedy 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #48 The King is Dead
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: little bonsai
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're entangled in a royal conspiracy. A deadly game where the pieces can become friends, foes, lovers, and of course… sacrifices.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Investigation 10.9%
- #49 Molly the Werezompire
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment
Windows
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Comedy 14.8%, Adventure 6.9%
- #50 LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST
68% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Stanwixbuster
Windows
A self-described "chronically online" trans guy goes to a kink club thinking it will fix him. It doesn't.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.5%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #51 The Way Down
68% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #52 Escape the Unknown: Awaken the Realm
69% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Investigation 11.5%
- #53 CLOSED HANDS
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Text-Based 24.1%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 7%
- #54 Dr.Pumpkin Chapter 2: The SCP hunt
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: funcybear
Windows
Dr. Pumpkin Island is shrouded in mystery and intrigue, with its inhabitants being some of the most unusual creatures you'll ever encounter. From the moment you step onto the island, you'll feel like you've entered a different world, with strange noises and peculiar sights around every corner.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Dark 10.8%, First-Person 8.7%
- #55 The Christmas Cackler
66% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
The Christmas Cackler is a first-person Christmas-themed Comedic Horror game where you play as little Jimmy, lying in bed on the night before Christmas, trying to finish drawing his mother's present and avoid getting grabbed by the Christmas Cackler!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.5%, Comedy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Horror 12.2%, Funny 7.4%
- #56 キミもvtuberにならないか?
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: 15pmPub: yatsutogimaroni
Windows
New free novel game "Will you become a vtuber too?" One day, you came to the virtual world Return to the real world? Or... would you make another choice? ―――A story that changes depending on your choices
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Horror 7.7%
- #57 Necromance
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Subversionary Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #58 Mass of Consumption
65% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Horror 15.1%, Text-Based 13.3%
- #59 The Zodiac Trial
67% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.8%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Investigation 13.1%
- #60 Nimue
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nagi
Windows
A man awoke by the lake with no memory. Guided by a pilgrim, he discovers he was once the sorcerer Merlin—and learns the truth about the "Saint" who sealed him away. A dark fantasy visual novel about unrequited love. Three endings await.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Visual Novel 21%, Text-Based 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Adventure 10.7%