60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter.
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.
The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
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.
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 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 13.1%, Detective 12.4%, Dynamic Narration 11.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
"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 18.1%, Psychological 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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 17.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Conversation 11.1%, Detective 9.9%
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 15.2%, Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Psychological 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Conversation 9.2%
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 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Conversation 10.7%
In this narrative game, you play as Paula Cole, a food safety officer for a multinational corporation, who gradually takes on the role of whistleblower. The whole scenario is based on a journalistic work, coordinated with the online newspaper Mediapart.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Conversation 14.2%, Narration 12.5%, Political 12.3% ★, Psychological 10.8%
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 13.5%, Detective 11.7%, Political 10.8% ★, Text-Based 10.3%, Psychological 10.2%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Dystopian 16.1%, Psychological 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
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 19%, Investigation 13.3%, Comic Book 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Comic Book 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Conversation 11.4%
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 15.8%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Conversation 10.8%
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 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Detective 12%, Visual Novel 9.5%
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 20.7%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Conversation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Comic Book 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Dystopian 10.5%
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 16.3%, Comic Book 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 9.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Comic Book 13.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Text-Based 9.8%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Psychological 11.3%, Detective 11.3%, Investigation 9.3%
"Scientific evidence, eyewitness testimony, and objective facts—when these align, the truth emerges. As my grandfather Holmes used to say: Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Psychological 14.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Conversation 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 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.9%, Conversation 10.8%, Investigation 10.5%
A dark and suspenseful narrative RPG about an Italian mafia family, where morality is tested with every branching decision.
Why similar: Comic Book 14.3%, Detective 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Narration 9.5%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Detective 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Conversation 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 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Conversation 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.8% ★, Detective 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Investigation 10.5%
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 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Dynamic Narration 14.8% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Conversation 10.4%
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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Narration 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Conversation 10.4%
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: Conversation 12.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Detective 11.5%, Narration 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
"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 16.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Non-linear graphic novel in the genre of magical realism. Will the hero be able to uncover secrets, find himself and escape from danger? Or will he be lost in the streets of the City forever?
Why similar: Dystopian 20.6%, Detective 19.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Narration 9.7%
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 22.1%, Conversation 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dynamic Narration 10.4% ★
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 19.5%, Dynamic Narration 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Conversation 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%
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 17.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Narration 13.2%, Psychological 11.4%, Dynamic Narration 10.1% ★
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Conversation 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Political 14.8% ★, Dystopian 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Comic Book 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%
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 17.7%, Detective 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 12.5%, Conversation 10.8%
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 18.2% ★, Detective 14.3%, Conversation 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 11.3%
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Narration 10.7%
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 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Investigation 11.3%, Narration 11.2%, Detective 10.8%
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 10.6%, Narration 10.2%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.3%, Detective 16%, Investigation 11%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Conversation 10.7%
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%, Conversation 14.1%, Detective 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
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 18.6%, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Conversation 11.7%
A magical-realist visual novel, a funny and sad tale about ghosts of a Ukrainian subway, and an exploration of the meaning of life where there seems to be no meaning.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%
This visual novel is the story of a boy and a robot traveling through a world where hatred and violence threaten life, where humans are more dangerous than machines, and machines are more dangerous than humanity. The game features fictional mechanical puzzles.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Conversation 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Narration 11.4%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Psychological 15.4%, Narration 12.2%
A psychological visual novel adventure about love, obsession, and blurred boundaries. Navigate a web of manipulation and dependency, make difficult choices, and face multiple endings.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Narration 9.9%
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%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%
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 17.9%, Comic Book 16.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Conversation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Conversation 13%
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 15.2%, Detective 14.2%, Conversation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 11%
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 12.4%
Every headline has a cost. Shape the story of a city — and watch what it turns you into.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.5%, Psychological 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Dynamic Narration 10.4% ★
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%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dystopian 13.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Conversation 12%
A dark psychological Visual Novel. Follow Iris a young girl in her quest to take back her life!
Why similar: Comic Book 19%, Detective 15.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Narration 11%, Visual Novel 10.1%
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 23.7%, Comic Book 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 13.2%, Conversation 11.8%
Survive the Midnight Man in this horror comedy visual novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.7% ★, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
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 12.3%, Detective 11.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Conversation 10%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Narration 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%
