60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Text-Based.
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
The Scorchfarer
A scarred kingdom, a mourning god and an unfulfilled promise made with the past. Uzu and Zuhaar, two continents ravaged by a cosmic event are the setting of The Scorchfarer. The story follows Mikaela and Yukiharu, a Terramagi team tasked with healing their world and unraveling its secrets.
Mass of Consumption
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
A scarred kingdom, a mourning god and an unfulfilled promise made with the past. Uzu and Zuhaar, two continents ravaged by a cosmic event are the setting of The Scorchfarer. The story follows Mikaela and Yukiharu, a Terramagi team tasked with healing their world and unraveling its secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 17.4%, Linear 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Anime 11%
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
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 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
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 27.9%, Text-Based 23.9%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 4.2%
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Anime 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Horror 14.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Anime 8.5%
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Horror 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
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 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
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 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Horror 8.4%
A warm New Year’s story about a lonely person spending December 31st at work. A short visual novel about finding joy and meaning on the eve of the most magical night of the year.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Anime 12.6%, Emotional 8.5%
The Darkest Emptiness will fill the lungs with leaden weight.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
世界上的所有人都住在同一栋楼里，用数字代号作为名字，一周有八天...这是众所周知的事实，在此之前，我从来就没有产生过任何疑问。在这个视觉小说当中，扮演主人公2169，享受高中生酸酸甜甜的校园生活（暂时性地），尝试着去发现事情的真相，或者尽力把这份甜蜜的生活维护下去。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Linear 10%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
In an abandoned bathroom waits a hungry female mouth; wet, eager, and downright sinister. Dare to feed it? — SHORT NAUGHTY SPOOKY VISUAL NOVEL · 26k words · 12 endings (in some you might even survive).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Horror 10.1%
This is the first linear chapter of a longer visual novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to chose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Linear 14.4%, Anime 11.8%
Meet Nemesis; Ascendent being and terminally bored. Until the shimmer at the end of Creation, known as the Void, becomes her fixation - and her undoing. A short linear visual novel with gorgeous hand-painted illustrations; a mythic tale of curiosity and consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Linear 18%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Linear 13%, Story Rich 7%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Anime 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Story Rich 12.3%, Text-Based 9.1%, Emotional 8.4%
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 15.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Anime 8.3%
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Anime 11%, Story Rich 9.7%
Sequel of Old Watch
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Linear 14.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Anime 9.9%
Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Anime 11.8%, Text-Based 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
In this dark interactive novel you will play as a lost soul wandering a forsaken desert, accompanied by a mysterious girl. Explore ancient ruins and face obscure choices. Your decisions will shape their journey—often in ways you’ll never fully understand. Will you find peace, or something else?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Horror 9.5%
Dawn of Gray is a single-player visual novel with a distinctive style, in which you play the role of a young man discovering himself and his feelings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Linear 16.9%, Anime 13.7%, Text-Based 13.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Anime 9.5%, Fantasy 5.8%
On a rainy night marked by loneliness, a man adrift from society discovers an AI product promising companionship: the AI Mother. Drawn in by the hope of escaping isolation, he purchases one... Only to uncover a chilling truth behind her perfect facade.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Horror 10.6%, Linear 9.4%
When tragedy sparks the advancement of science, a sentient android is created. Now, in this heart-wrenching, romantic, and beautiful visual novel, you will explore whether or not it's possible for man and machine to truly love each other.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Anime 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 15%, Horror 12%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Horror 14.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, Anime 9.3%, Linear 6.7%
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, 2D 6.6%
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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Text-Based 7.5%, Linear 6.8%
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Horror 15.3%, Linear 13.1%, Anime 7.8%
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Horror 15.8%, Linear 8.2%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Anime 5.9%
After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Anime 11.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Fantasy 7.9%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Anime 11.6%
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Horror 14.1%, Anime 9.1%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Horror 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Horror 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Text-Based 30.4%, Dark Fantasy 20.8%, Fantasy 9.6%, Adventure 2.5%
After losing his parents and barely escaping his burning home, Zach wakes up in the hospital where he meets Aya, the ghost of a girl. Who is she, and why can only Zach see her? Together they try to investigate Aya's past, which quickly awakens new dangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Anime 9.1%
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Horror 10.9%, Linear 10.4%
Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Linear 13.9%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 11.2%
A mystery visual novel following a boy who awoke in a strange building, with no recollection of where he is, how he arrived, why he’s here, or how to leave. Discover the answers to these mysteries as you search for a way out. Meet a small but colorful cast in your journey, and escape together!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Horror 12.3%, Anime 10.2%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 16%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Linear 11%
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Text-Based 22.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
While filming a documentary on analog horror, something goes horribly wrong. A cursed VHS tape. Lost cultists. Salvation. Are you brave enough to follow the tape’s sinister commands? Face analog nightmares and decide your fate in this horror visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Horror 16.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
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 30.3%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Text-Based 7.9%
Play as Elise Berrie, a tightrope walker marked by a broken past. As she infiltrates the enigmatic Circus of the Moon, she discovers that beneath its magic lie unsettling secrets. Between performances and haunting dreams, every step may bring her closer to the truth… or make her disappear.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Linear 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
Audiences connect to their favorite celebrities all the time. How does it affect these people when put into a game of life or death? Only time will tell.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Horror 12.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
The Voice from the Well is a fantasy adventure visual novel with multiple endings. Stranded in a foreign world, Jay must fight to reclaim his stolen memories as mysterious forces conspire!
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Horror 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 9.4%
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 15.8%, Anime 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Anime 11%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
