- #1 Holy Shift
97% 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 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Dark Humor 9.4%, Detective 9.1%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #2 Remnants of Dawn
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fiendish Fiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Why similar: Vampires 17% ★, Thriller 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #3 Zugzwang
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #4 Night Shift: 1999
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Georgina OwassapianPub: Dark Product
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance work, vampirism and socialising as you explore Kings Cross, Sydney during the last year of the millennium. Keep a lid on your darkest desires and be rewarded with a deeper understanding of what it means to live again. Or don’t — no one will stop you. You’re a vampire, after all.
Why similar: Vampires 28.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
- #5 Cabernet
94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,012 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Vampires 39.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, Female Protagonist 7.1%, Visual Novel 6.8%
- #6 All (Too) Good Things
94% 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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 16%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #7 Moonbriar
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #8 Tower of the Ice Lich
92% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Lore-Rich 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #9 Telvoikai
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #10 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Thriller 11.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #11 Vampire's Kiss
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire?
Why similar: Vampires 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, RPG 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
- #12 NOX AETERNA - Veil of Darkness
89% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Darkside Studios
Windows
He’s been searching for his missing friend for days. She’s been searching for her long-lost clan member for decades. Now their paths cross.
Why similar: Vampires 30.2% ★, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #13 Eyes of Rain
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.
Why similar: Vampires 19% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #14 Do 11
89% 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 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 10%
- #15 Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
86% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors—but who will capture your unbeating heart?
Why similar: Vampires 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, RPG 9.4%
- #16 The Vampire Regent
87% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule over a secret society of vampires in a game full of political intrigue, occult powers, and conflicting loyalties. Will you play or be played?
Why similar: Vampires 30.5% ★, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, RPG 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #17 Dungeon of Departure
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quite adept
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%
- #18 Dark Sanctum
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling journey in this text-based RPG, where every decision shapes your fate. Dive into a richly woven narrative filled with mystery and intrigue, where each step forward brings you closer to uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Vampires 19.9% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Detective 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #19 Bite the Hand
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Margarita Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A vampire romance visual novel about offering blood up to get closer to the person you are. The story of a boy, or a girl, or a person who meets with a woman, or a vampire, or... This person gets whisked away as a girl. Which is what she always wanted. Or they always wanted to try. Or...
Why similar: Vampires 39% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #20 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows - Known Factors
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Join Lydia as she takes her fight to expose the corruption in Cypress Ridge to City Hall in the second part of the visual novel series What Lydia Knows.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Dark Humor 11%, Detective 10.2%
- #21 Desideratum
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Anaximanes Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Desideratum is essentially a canonical Anaxverse pulp fiction Visual Novel in Story Mode with RPG elements if playing in Game Mode. It tells the story from the perspectives of a beginner monster hunter and forlorn nosferatu and features dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
Why similar: Vampires 37.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Lore-Rich 8.7%
- #22 Nighthawks
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Curiosity EnginePub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: Vampires 46.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Text-Based 7.5%, Visual Novel 7.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.3%
- #23 Stamped: an anti-travel game
82% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #24 Veils of the Past
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Text-Based 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Detective 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #25 Before They Catch Us
79% 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 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Lore-Rich 10%
- #26 Suhoshin
81% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Thriller 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #27 Sibling Souls
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Lola Piaoliang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Year 2147: In a city where androids and vampires rule, you're caught in the crossfire. Searching for your lost twin, who will you trust - and what are you willing to sacrifice? Every choice decides your fate - for better or worse - within this dark visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Vampires 27.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Thriller 8.3%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #28 Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
80% matchVery Positive91% of 719 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Why similar: Vampires 51.4% ★, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #29 Taina's Cursed Legacy
77% 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 17.4%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #30 A Blade for the Emperor
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, RPG 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
- #31 失忆者的终章(The Amnesiac:Final Chapter)
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 明枭网络
Windows · Mac
"The Amnesiac:Final Chapter" is a story-based text game set in a low-magic world. In a crumbling baron's castle, a banquet takes an unexpected turn with the baron's death and everyone's amnesia. Players choose from 10 amnesiacs to uncover their individual stories.
Why similar: Vampires 30% ★, Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Detective 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #32 God of Chaos
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, RPG 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.7%
- #33 Necromance
76% 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 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #34 Isle of Maligree
76% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #35 Brood Year
75% 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: Detective 12%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #36 Gold & Brown
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #37 Misadventures of Laura Silver
75% 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 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Detective 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #38 Roadwarden
73% matchVery Positive94% of 4,982 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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, RPG 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 6.4%
- #39 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
74% 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 19.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 11%
- #40 Burn the Midnight Oil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foxglove Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solve crimes and steal hearts in this supernatural neon-noir romance visual novel. Featuring six different romance options, some more monstrous than others.
Why similar: Vampires 32% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Text-Based 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #41 Twice Reborn: a vampire visual novel
73% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: First Step Cinematics
Windows · Mac · Linux
If you crossed a vampire, would you protect humanity or embrace the blood? Guide Mark Delaware's choices in this visual novel as he navigates this dangerous world.
Why similar: Vampires 33.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
- #42 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dark 11%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
- #43 Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
72% matchVery Positive95% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
Why similar: Vampires 43% ★, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #44 Circus Saboteur
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: No Sequels Cooperative
Windows
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #45 Snowfall Symphony - A tale of Crustallus
70% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Lola Piaoliang
Windows · Mac · Linux
After awakening as a forbidden vampire spawn, you're thrown into a cruel world where survival is not guaranteed. Who will you choose as your ally - and will you survive, or betray them yourself? Find out in this horror romance visual novel!
Why similar: Vampires 28.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Thriller 9.1%
- #46 Sunset High
70% 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 13.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Detective 12.3%
- #47 POPULARITY CONTEST
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Thriller 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #48 Paranormal Preparatory School
71% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This school for supernaturals isn't hell, but it is a hellmouth! Can you make peace between the vampires and werewolves, and close the portal to hell?
Why similar: Vampires 20.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
- #49 Herald of the Mists
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%
- #50 Border of her Heart
71% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13.2%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
- #51 We Were Here Before
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 13%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.3%
- #52 The Hungry Town
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kick Punch Games
Windows
The Hungry Town is an interactive visual novel in a dark urban fantasy setting with vampires. You are a young vampire who has been drawn into a violent confrontation between two generations of vampires. You will have to choose a side or decide to stay true to yourself.
Why similar: Vampires 47.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Dark 7.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #53 Darkness Revenge
68% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Hematite
Windows
Choose between a male or female character and take revenge on your killers as a vampire!
Why similar: Vampires 49.4% ★, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #54 AN IOU
69% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Dark Humor 9.4%
- #55 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
66% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 18.3%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 13.8%
- #56 Guilt Trip
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, RPG 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #57 LifeSimOS
66% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #58 Time Crack
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MelTheMelPub: Nightfall Narratives
Windows
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Thriller 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #59 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
67% 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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #60 Nothing To Remember
68% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Detective 13.9%, Thriller 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12%