60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure.
Embody a displaced therapist in a futuristic refugee camp. Discover the life in the camp and share your everyday life alongside people with heavy pasts. Use logic and your therapeutic skills to solve mysteries threatening both your survival and the camp.
Expelled!
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Wednesdays
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.3%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Detective 9.9%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.7%, Psychological 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%
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: Comic Book 14.4%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dynamic Narration 12.2% ★, Text-Based 9.5%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Comic Book 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 13.9%, Detective 12.1%, Text-Based 10.4%, Psychological 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.5%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
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: Detective 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.6%, Dynamic Narration 15.5% ★, Psychological 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Investigation 10.2%
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: Comic Book 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Detective 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.1%, Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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: Detective 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dystopian 11.3%, Investigation 10.6%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Detective 11.4%, Psychological 11.2%, Investigation 9.3%
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Detective 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Dynamic Narration 10.2% ★
Salvation or Damnation? Measure the worth of human souls in this psychological anime & FMV visual novel about moral dilemma! Will you allow your prejudices to call the shots? Or can you remain unbiased?
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dynamic Narration 9.1% ★, Text-Based 8.2%
One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.5% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Text-Based 10.9%
The story begins the moment he kills his lover. Kazuma is driven into a corner by Asana’s obsessive love. Madness, jealousy, obsession, deception, and regret collide— plunging the case toward an unpredictable end. A yandere suspense novel of intense love and insanity: Crimson Reflection.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.9%, Detective 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
Alex, a mid-level manager from the big city, is forced to return to his home village following a family tragedy. A temporary visit soon becomes a deeply emotional trial. He will have to confront a mystical lake, put his friendships to the test, and find true love.
Why similar: Comic Book 23%, Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 13.6%
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 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 11.1%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Psychological 15.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
雪山ペンションで起こる殺人事件を阻止するため、 聞き込みとパソコンで情報整理するマルチエンドミステリーADV『夜明けの影法師』！
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 9.9%, Detective 9.9%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.7%, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Comic Book 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Detective 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Comic Book 15.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Text-Based 10.5%
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Psychological 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Dystopian 17.9%, Comic Book 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 10.3%
Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?
Why similar: Comic Book 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Visual Novel 9%
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Comic Book 15.8%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Investigation 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 17%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%
Princess Amaltea is sent out on this quest, and rescues Prince Ossian. They are both unwilling to play along in these traditional expectations of them, and after fleeing their own wedding they are now out on the open roads – on to new adventures in this gender flipped world!
Why similar: Comic Book 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 12.2%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Comic Book 16.5%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Dynamic Narration 15.9% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Comic Book 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
A philosophical interactive visual novel about everyday interactions
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Investigation 10.5%
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 15%, Detective 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 10.7%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 18.9%, Psychological 13%, Dynamic Narration 11.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
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 21%, Investigation 14.5%, Comic Book 13.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dystopian 13.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Comic Book 10.1%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Comic Book 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Psychological 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
The suspect claims to be human. The system says otherwise. Interrogate suspects, play evidence cards, expose contradictions, apply emotional pressure, use apparatus data, build case maps, adapt your protocol stack, and decide whether the machine uncovered the truth — or produced a false positive.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Dystopian 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Dynamic Narration 12.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%
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: Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Investigation 13.9%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 11.6%
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: Detective 16.5%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 11.3%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
What are the crazy chemists doing in their laboratories? Is the military test range near the town really dangerous? What is the doctor’s secret? Undelivered is a detective quest where you have to find the answers to all these questions and decide what to do next!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.9% ★, Detective 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
A text-based psychological horror game where you execute a list of people based on gradually revealed information about their lives, all while secretly following a trail laid out by a mysterious messenger.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.4% ★, Psychological 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Dystopian 13.3%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
