- #1 Insects Awaken
97% matchVery Positive90% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Historical 21.4%, Drama 17.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #2 Arderico's Journey
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Drama 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Medieval 10.4%
- #3 Peter's Journey
96% 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: Historical 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Medieval 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #4 Medieval Revenge
95% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
Playing a card game where you navigate from the revenge of an English peasant against marauding Vikings in medieval England to the attainment of kingdom power.
Why similar: Card Game 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Historical 14.7%, Medieval 8.1%
- #5 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree — spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Card Game 18%, Historical 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #6 The Feudal
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SimTalesPub: SimTales Studio
Windows
It is a card game in the medieval setting, where you play a role of a feudal, manage your settlement, protect it and help the peasants resolve their problems.
Why similar: Historical 19.9%, Card Game 18%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Medieval 9.9%
- #7 The Iron and the Oath
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FFire Studio
Windows
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Historical 15.3%, Nonlinear 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #8 Windrush Tales
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Historical 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Nonlinear 8.4%
- #9 Ways of Alchemy
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: RocketBrush Games
Windows
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
Why similar: Historical 26.2%, Card Game 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Medieval 9%
- #10 Brageskålen
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #11 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.7%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #12 Neighbors - A Visual Novel
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amateur Studio
Windows
Know your neighbors. Find the truth. Betray them. Experience the nightmare of the Salem Witch Trials in this horror story based on true events.
Why similar: Historical 33%, Drama 22.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #13 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
89% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #14 Broken Bonds
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Games
Windows
A visual novel about detective William Beckett, investigating the case of a servant uprising in the ducal house of "Gentry." Together with intern Michelle Rouge, William must delve deep into the country's political life to uncover the secrets. Gather evidence, take notes, and analyze the information
Why similar: Historical 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #15 Whispers of Gold
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #16 The Widow's Boutique
86% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Historical 30.3%, Drama 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #17 Creepy Crypt Critters
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Card Game 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #18 蜀汉再临:源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 411 reviews2025
Dev: 浙江海蕊盈信网络科技有限公司
Windows
In the first Three Kingdoms-themed interactive movie game ‘Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin’, you take a role of an unlucky worker who time-travels to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Faced with intricate storylines and the merciless twists of fate, you will personally experience a unique tale.
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Drama 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #19 A Day in the Palace
85% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 45.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #20 Serania - Path of the Scion
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Medieval 10.8%
- #21 Beautiful in Death
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A.W. Watkinson & Co
Windows
A first-person game with a focus on dialogue and historical accuracy, set in the Victorian Era. You will step into the shoes of a photographer with a stern mustache who specializes in post-mortem photography. The game is emotionally heavy, melancholic, and full of skeletons in the closet.
Why similar: Drama 28.4%, Historical 25.6%, Nonlinear 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #22 Pentiment
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,295 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Historical 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Medieval 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #23 UnepicTale
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HGISoft
Windows · Mac
The dragon stole the princess, and now your path leads through dark forests and eerie swamps, teeming with fairy-tale creatures. Flip the card and prove you can handle the choice in the card game UnepicTale!
Why similar: Card Game 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Medieval 13.1%
- #24 Vajont VR
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Artheria
Windows
This interactive first-person VR experience is set in the Vajont valley, some hours before the disaster. A wife and her husband are talking about their future: the woman senses the danger and wants to leave; her husband dismisses the idea of danger. The player will determine the end of their story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Historical 15.8%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #25 The Golden Horde: Story of Jambul
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomers Entertainment
Windows
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Historical 30.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #26 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
80% 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: Historical 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #27 Onigashima
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: azureXtwilightPub: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 38%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Medieval 7.1%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #28 Kino
78% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Historical 21.1%, Drama 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #29 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
79% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #30 When Silence Fell
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximilian Niebuhr
Windows
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Historical 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #31 Choices Matter: Mega City
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayPanic
Windows
Explore Mega City in a post-apocalyptic card game. Choose, survive, and take control of your fate.
Why similar: Card Game 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #32 Reigns
77% matchVery Positive87% of 8,072 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 32.3%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Medieval 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #33 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
76% 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: Historical 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Nonlinear 13%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #34 Sultan's Decree
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bellum Pacem Games
Windows
A card-based strategy game across 623 years of Ottoman history. Swipe to decree, balance four powerful factions, and guide 36 real sultans from the dynasty's founding in 1299 to the birth of the Turkish Republic in 1922. Every choice reshapes history.
Why similar: Card Game 31.1%, Historical 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #35 Temple of Egmelitia
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Historical 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #36 The Wondrous Wedding of Ivan the Bard
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CopperSnake Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romantic fairy tale set in a fantasy medieval Rus'. Play as Ivan, a young bard with a gusli in hand, on a quest to win the love of the elusive Novgorod princess. Learn tunes, make choices!
Why similar: Historical 27.2%, Drama 19.6%, Medieval 15%, Story Rich 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%
- #37 近所 - if -
74% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: zentac studio
Windows
A Girl's Kidnapping Case in Your Neighborhood...Your Choices and Actions Determine the Outcome
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Drama 18.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%
- #38 Wish Us Luck
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Moluska
Windows
Wish Us Luck is a multi-plot interactive fiction fueled by your hard decisions. Play three strangers whose fates are intertwined by the cogs of chance on an eventful day. But remember: favoring one character means jeopardizing the others. Good Luck.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Drama 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #39 Canceled
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Historical 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Drama 8.6%
- #40 Into the Waves
73% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Drama 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%
- #41 UCOPIA
71% matchVery Positive97% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: YunTYB
Windows
This is a story about art, profit, and friendship.
Why similar: Drama 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #42 Cascade Falls
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Paranormal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story-driven visual novel about healing, heartbreak, and second chances. Build relationships, face your past, and shape your future in a town where every choice leaves a mark. Romance, drama, and emotional chaos await in Cascade Falls.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Drama 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #43 Wildwake
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Nonlinear 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #44 Devil Apartment
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: L.S. Frei
Windows
Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.
Why similar: Drama 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #45 Your Majesty
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Vonnic Games
Windows
Enter your name and start your own dynasty. Rule your empire and choose between developing technology or culture, governing diligently or lazily. Through a series of memorials and decisions, you will determine the fate of your nation.
Why similar: Historical 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Card Game 17.3%, Nonlinear 8.7%
- #46 Less Miserables
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: College Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables, with classic adventure puzzles, hand drawn art and an amazing voice cast.
Why similar: Historical 42.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Adventure 7.4%
- #47 荧惑焚心录Yinghuo
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: DongmianYueqiu
Windows
明末题材文字冒险游戏。背景为崇祯死后第二年(1645),你将扮演一名火器学者,无意中捡到了前朝公主,一场涉及复仇与真相、战乱与选择的旅途就此展开。约17万字剧情,有4个不同走向的结局和多个死亡结局。
Why similar: Historical 32.7%, Drama 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #48 I am OK
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cubidoo EntertainmentPub: tba
Windows
Join the talented photography student Neera on a captivating journey through her memories. Haunted by recurring nightmares, her life spirals into chaos, questioning everything. Involuntarily, she returns to a place she once left behind: her childhood home.
Why similar: Drama 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #49 Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Asterism Games
Windows
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Historical 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #50 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #51 Silk Roads: Caravan Kings
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Silk Roads: Caravan Kings you follow in the footsteps of the legendary Marco Polo on a journey into Cathay in search of riches and adventure.
Why similar: Historical 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Medieval 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #52 Unfoldink
68% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BordexDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unfoldink is a 2D logical puzzle adventure game where you craft unique combinations of cards, to come up with animated stories that explain the tribe's depararature. Use the cards they left behind to your advantage and explore the tribe's ways of living.
Why similar: Card Game 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #53 The Last Connection
67% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Team Wiretap
Windows
You are a Switchboard Operator, and you're about to be replaced by a machine. Use your last week of work to connect townsfolk, overcome problems, and explore the history of a cast of engaging characters. Your choices matter, so use each day to leave lasting bonds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #54 Vanakan
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #55 Secrets In Green
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Borealis
Windows · Mac
When a pretty plant in Alma's garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it's too late?
Why similar: Historical 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Mystery 7.9%
- #56 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
68% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #57 Belle-de-Nuit
69% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Win duels and hearts as a swordswoman at Paris's finest luxury brothel! Fight for the honor of ladies of the night in this game of swords and seductions.
Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Drama 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #58 My clinical death
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: TerryFlyoPub: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about a girl who experiences a clinical death.
Why similar: Drama 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12%
- #59 First Crusader
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ferhat
Windows
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Historical 30.8%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Drama 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Medieval 10.1%
- #60 Ukraine War Stories
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Historical 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%