- #1 One Night Stand
97% matchVery Positive89% of 766 reviews2016
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #2 Whispers of Gold
96% 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 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #3 視靈
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 巧娃工坊
Windows
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #4 ナカノ人格移植研究所
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 10%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #5 Misadventures of Laura Silver
94% 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 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Detective 10.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #6 囚われホテル
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: akamilabPub: none
Mac
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Investigation 10.2%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #7 Big Ear Detective
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fabula Improviso
Windows · Mac
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #8 Kamilia
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Detective 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Emotional 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #9 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,993 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Point & Click 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Detective 10.9%
- #10 summer story
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #11 Death off the Cuff
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Detective 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Investigation 9.7%
- #12 The Spirit Weaver
88% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
Windows
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Detective 10.2%
- #13 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
89% matchVery Positive83% of 349 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #14 SOLEN
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 10%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #15 Holy Deadline
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunday Morning Meet-up Studio
Windows
Holy Deadline is a surreal, story-rich visual novel where you play as a demigod lawyer. You have one week to investigate the divine divorce of Adam and Eve! Flirt, drink, raise your stats and make bold choices in minigames and Heaven's drama.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 13%, Point & Click 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #16 Isle of Maligree
86% 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 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #17 Ezrebeth
86% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #18 Poisoned Path
84% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Inspiration Overload Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #19 Rumor Reporter
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #20 The Dreamwalkers
84% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Text-Based 11%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #21 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #22 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
82% 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 16.9%, Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #23 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #24 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
81% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #25 Ecosphere - Prologue
81% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Talestrike
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Pirate Princess must infiltrate a memorial to steal an orb with the power to control nature: Ecosphere. Will you manage to steal the precious loot?
Why similar: Detective 14.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #26 Murder in Crayontopia
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Purple Basil Games
Windows · Linux
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Emotional 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #27 All (Too) Good Things
79% 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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #28 Inflorescences
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #29 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Detective 13.3%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Mystery 10.1%
- #30 Suhoshin
78% 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: Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Detective 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #31 The Princess and the Porcupine
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Cartoon 11.5%, Detective 11%
- #32 Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
77% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Text-Based 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #33 Watashi Suzume
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 10.7%
- #34 Addy
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Sofia Gyger
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Point & Click 12.4%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #35 Spill the Beans
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skeletal Games
Windows
A secret recipe has been stolen and you’re charged with finding the culprit…trouble is, you’re the one whodunnit. Investigate, interrogate and manipulate your way to framing the perfect scapegoat in this reverse detective visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Detective 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #36 DELETE AFTER READING
76% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #37 BEAST CRIMES
75% matchMixed64% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #38 Serania - Path of the Scion
73% 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: Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #39 Jill O' Lantern: Final Cut
73% matchPositive100% of 19 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 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Detective 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #40 My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-
74% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Moonchime Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as man-made boy, Adam, in this emotional adventure. Explore the city at night in search of the fragments of his heart!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #41 Kabaret
73% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 11.1%
- #42 The Protagonish
72% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: College Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short adventure game, where you don't control the adventurer. Play the side characters in a medieval village, and decide to help or hinder the adventurer in their mysterious quest.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Adventure 8.1%
- #43 Exploring Friscott
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #44 Mass of Consumption
70% 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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #45 The Girl Who Wasn't There
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1564 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #46 Sarawak
72% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16.6%, Detective 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Visual Novel 9%
- #47 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Detective 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Investigation 8.7%
- #48 A Bad Christmas Story
68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Detective 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Investigation 9.3%
- #49 Change the World
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Leaf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Human belief has the power to change reality. For millennia, alien races have been visiting Earth, gaining supernatural abilities and fantastic wealth by exploiting this remarkable power. But humans are advancing, and many aliens now find themselves leaving Earth with nothing but debts and regrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Multiple Endings 16%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #50 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
68% matchPositive98% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #51 The Island of Crossed Destinies
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Tigers
Windows
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.1%, Text-Based 11%, Detective 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #52 Heart of mobius
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: gunsturn Inc.
Windows · Mac
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #53 Into the Waves
69% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%
- #54 Blue Bird's Song
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Meadows Studio
Windows · Mac
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Point & Click 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #55 The Island: Into The Mist
70% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 10.1%, Text-Based 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #56 Herald of the Mists
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Detective 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #57 Forest of Death Masks
67% 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 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Detective 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #58 Xochi's Apothecary
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #59 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 9%
- #60 Taina's Cursed Legacy
65% 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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%