60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, 2D, Visual Novel, Indie.
Warsaw: Paris of the North is a Choose Your Own Adventure Game, built on text, graphics with plenty of choices that develop the main character’s features and direct him to a variety of plots. Set in 1930’s Warsaw.
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.
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Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.
Why similar: Education 22.8%, Politics 15.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Historical 18%, Education 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%
Jena, GDR. Assel, Michael, and Hanna live in the same neighbourhood and fight against state surveillance. Can they bring about the necessary changes, or will they have to flee? Help them find their way! [Only available in German!]
Why similar: Education 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Historical 13.7%, Political 13% ★, Hand-drawn 8.4%
How did the communist regime in Czechoslovakia fall? This hidden-object game tells the story of ordinary people taking part in the peaceful demonstrations that changed the course of history. Big crowds hide those, who want to tell you why they took to the streets.
Why similar: Political 18.1% ★, Historical 17.3%, Education 17.2%, Politics 14.6% ★, Hand-drawn 12.1%
Learn about the ancestors of your PC with this visual novel! ENIAC...UNIVAC... Wait, why are these machines so handsome?!
Why similar: Education 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Historical 16.1%, Casual 6.7%
The visual novel adaptation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Experience the Manifesto in a conversational style for the first time and fully customize your reading.
Why similar: Political 31.7% ★, Politics 22.5% ★, Education 17.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Historical 9.8%
A voxel-powered comedy about clothes, pockets, and the people who need them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Education 14%, Adventure 7.5%
Explore history like never before in Museums of History! Customize your avatar, solve puzzles, collect virtual passport stamps, and connect with players worldwide in this immersive multiplayer adventure.
Why similar: World War I 22.8% ★, Education 22.8%, Political 17.9% ★, Politics 16.1% ★, Historical 12.1%
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 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Historical 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Hand-drawn 6.1%
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Historical 16.1%, Adventure 13.2%
When a sudden election rocks the country, whose side are you on? In Civic Story, you'll encounter colorful characters & situations that show how the upcoming election affects you, your colleagues, and the nation in this comedic 8-chapter Visual Novel parody that helps you understand our world today.
Why similar: Education 20.3%, Political 18.4% ★, Politics 17.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
Pencil Plus: The Wrath of the Spankster is an interactive novel style choose your own adventure game in which players take the role of Conner, a normal high school kid that gains a very unique super power: the ability to pull limitless pencils out of his pockets.
Why similar: Education 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Narration 5.6%
Investigate the origins of the literary debut of Adam Mickiewicz, a XIX century-famous Polish poet. In an immersive visual novel, discover the secret of his love, friendship, and artistic inspirations!
Why similar: Education 31.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Conversation 10%
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 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Conversation 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Master your personal resources to achieve startup business success in this pro bono entrepreneurial life simulator game.
Why similar: Education 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy
Why similar: Education 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Casual 9.8%, Text-Based 4.8%
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 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Casual 7%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Historical 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 8%
Experience a world created by illustrator Kristjana S. Williams as you follow your own personal White Rabbit companion, hunt for missing objects, solve the Caterpillar's mind-bending riddles, visit the Queen of Hearts’ croquet garden, and experience classic moments from this legendary tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Education 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Political 21.9% ★, Politics 20.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 5.8%
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 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Historical 13.5%, Conversation 7.5%
To Burn in Memory. Ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction. Explore a city that never existed, and uncover its secret history through the memories of those caught in the chaos of a Europe spiraling ever faster into war.
Why similar: World War I 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Historical 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Adventure 11%
The "Debating Sim" returns! Engage famous philosophers of all stripes, challenge their ideas, and change the world— or just tell everyone they smell terrible. NONSENSE!
Why similar: Education 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Politics 17% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Adventure 6.4%
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: World War I 22.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Historical 10.3%
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: Political 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Conversation 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Narration 8.6%
Travel back in time, investigate a murder, and prevent it from ever happening!
Why similar: Education 32.4%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Historical 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Casual 10%
Hail Britannia is a text-based game with lite RPG elements set in an alternate 1944 where the Central Powers won World War 1.
Why similar: Political 29.9% ★, Politics 24.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.3%, Casual 9.5%, Historical 7.6%
Will you help the Emperor get re-elected, or will you just straight-up start a rebellion? It's up to you to decide in this political ballgame.
Why similar: Politics 25% ★, Political 24.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%
Gaming Journo Simulator is a single-player game that lets you play as a journalist and write articles for a game website. Whether you choose to write “woke” articles or “based” – that’s up to you. Just remember: if you want to climb the corporate ladder, you need to play by the rules.
Why similar: Political 21.5% ★, Politics 20.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Realistic 10.9%
An irritable gargoyle spends 800 years stuck on the side of a cathedral as the world changes for better and for worse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Historical 17.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Casual 12.5%
Play as a pregnant woman experiencing daily life from early pregnancy to childbirth prep. Learn about local medical and support systems through interactive choices. Features 1-hour playtime and save/load. Great for those interested in healthcare, education, or social welfare
Why similar: Education 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
On 2 August 1980 Bologna is the victim of a neo-fascist attack. Bologna 020880 is a visual novel created to commemorate the victims of the massacre and keep the memory of those terrible facts alive.
Why similar: Education 28.7%, Historical 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Narration 10.3%, Adventure 8%
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Historical 14%, Conversation 7.4%
Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (or Theodore the Recruit) lived in the early 300s. This Synaxarion will step through his story as it is known today.
Why similar: Historical 28%, Education 25.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Hand-drawn 9%, Casual 8.7%
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 11.1%, Conversation 9.4%
Explore and share Stan & Jan Berenstain’s classic, "The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight", adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Education 22.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 13.6%, Casual 11.6%
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Political 17.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Politics 9.7% ★
A self-centered man faces his beliefs when the past comes back to haunt him in the form of a very close friend...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Casual 9.6%
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: Education 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
A medieval fantasy text-based visual novel where you guide Santi’s choices, unlock secret routes, and discover hidden CGs through interactive scenes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Casual 11.2%, Stylized 8.3%
1919. Saboteurs organised an insolent provocation in revolutionary Novgorod. So called «miracle-making» relics of Saint Lukian were stolen right on the eve of being exposed and debunked in public. Our paper «The Red Case» is following the investigation.
Why similar: World War I 28.1% ★, Historical 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Political 12.4% ★
Enjoy this visual novel about Maruja Mallo's life! Help her recovering her artistic souls. Fix her paintings using your mouse to relocate pieces of the painting, interact and explore paintings using your mouse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Education 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Historical 12.3%, Casual 10.7%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political 21.3% ★, Politics 20.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Adventure 12%, Stylized 8.4%
Become a parliamentarian, create a powerful party, and lead it to victory in this humorous adventure game. Manage your popularity and dignity, use unique powers, and navigate a storyline inspired by current events.
Why similar: Politics 28.6% ★, Political 20.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
ONIGASHIMA is a psychological horror visual novel with romantic tragedy, supernatural loop mechanics, and dual-layered narration. Play as a nameable protagonist and uncover the truth behind the Red Moon and the devouring of your villagers.
Why similar: Historical 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
Tensions run high in this bittersweet World War I historical romance-spy thriller visual novel!
Why similar: World War I 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 14%, Historical 13.3%
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 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Conversation 7.6%
Find a way out, for a dream that never fade away.
Why similar: Education 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Historical 13.2%, Political 9.3% ★
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Casual 4.3%
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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Casual 10.7%
A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Adventure 6.5%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Historical 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Adventure 8%
Learn all about Abraham Lincoln in this visual novel biography containing rare photos of Lincoln’s hat the day he was shot, the Lincoln Memorial, where he gave the Gettysburg address, and much more. Lawyer, President, Emancipator - this is Abraham Lincoln! Proudly made in the Washington DC area
Why similar: Politics 23% ★, Education 22%, Political 17.3% ★, Historical 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Adventure 11.3%
Unlock the mysteries of a strange yet familiar world and forage real wild plants & herbs in this curious, peaceful adventure! An experimental interactive fiction cook-em-up with educational elements.
Why similar: Education 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Adventure 8%, Casual 7.3%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Casual 9.6%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Stylized 6.9%
