- #1 RUNT
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Grimtaste StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Gothic 19.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #2 Livber: Smoke and Mirrors
96% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Gothic 17.4% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #3 Fork in the Road
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Hand-drawn 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #4 Whispers of Gold
95% 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: Visual Novel 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #5 The Zoo
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #6 Necromance
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Subversionary Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Gothic 17.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #7 Wildwake
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #8 Luce Spenta
92% matchPositive90% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: MrFaabry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morta has summoned you to judge five souls trapped between salvation and oblivion. Enter their final memories, uncover what they hide, and decide their fate. In this gothic psychological trial, every verdict leaves a mark.
Why similar: Gothic 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #9 Crimson Grace
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cross Couloir
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crimson Grace is a supernatural Gothic horror RPG where your skills, dice rolls, and choices decide the terrible fate of the Blackwell household. Will you weave a web of lies and get away with murder, or will you give in to the otherworldly forces urging you to take your sweet, bloody revenge?
Why similar: Gothic 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, RPG 10.4%
- #10 The Siege of Jeomdo
91% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
- #11 It Paints Me
90% matchVery Positive97% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Gothic 27.7% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #12 Nowhere Manor
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MonaramisPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 23.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #13 Too Small To Matter
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #14 時折記 -Tokioriki-
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #15 5omeday
86% matchVery Positive89% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: Indigo IngotsPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 25.3% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #16 End of Lines
87% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #17 Feral Absence
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows
An existential drama in handmade clay animation. Game writer Eric is replaced by AI. He loses everything, and it's the best thing that's ever happened to him.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #18 Witchlight Woods
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delphin Casado
Windows
Blending fairy tale fright with psychological horror, this narrative game challenges you to survive a weird journey through the woods while being hunted by the witch you were tasked with imprisoning. Sometimes charming, sometimes frightening, she’ll force you to make hard choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #19 Worn Out
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #20 Horrors of Helmsfirth
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Five Games
Windows · Mac
Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
- #21 Creepy Crypt Critters
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #22 Victorian Debutante
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #23 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
81% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #24 Isle of Maligree
81% 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: Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #25 Zugzwang
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Hand-drawn 15%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #26 Change the World
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 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 22.3%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #27 Blackthorn Witch
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #28 The Quiet After
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Psychological 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #29 Evil Spirits
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NVORON
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evil Spirits is a nonlinear psychological horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Uncover the secrets of a forgotten village, trust no one, and remember: true evil sometimes hides not in the shadows of a hut, but in the darkness of the human soul.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #30 Endless Monday: In Progress
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%
- #31 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #32 Diomedea Keep
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dryden Thomas Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Balance sleuthing and romance to solve the murder of a Duke who... pretty much deserved it. Both the Empire and your love are at stake!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #33 Morningtide Motel
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #34 The Dreamwalkers
75% matchPositive90% of 30 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: Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%
- #35 Grave Knight
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #36 Canceled
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Gothic 15.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #37 The Wreck
73% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #38 Thorner
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
Thorner is a horror visual novel with multiple endings. You attempt to escape your past by fleeing to the wilderness, but spilled blood can never be forgiven. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #39 魔女低语时
74% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Shellpeach
Windows
这是一款悬疑推理类文字冒险AVG,玩家扮演一名初出茅庐的侦探王朝阳,进入迷雾重重的学园,和各位可爱的女性角色互动,以找出诡异案件的真相!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, RPG 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #40 Along the Edge
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,068 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #41 Mass of Consumption
71% 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 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #42 Stay Alive For Me
71% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: OneRoomFilms
Windows
Survive a gripping psychological thriller in this visual novel. Make critical decisions, face a disturbed captor, and experience multiple chilling endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #43 Confinio: Reality Prison
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enthariel Games
Windows
Confinio is an intriguing visual novel that delves into your sensations as you embody the protagonist who has just awakened in a prison with no memory. Make decisions, solve puzzles, interact with the environment, use objects, interrogate people, all to yourself and uncover the enigmatic reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #44 The Wolf of Derevnya
72% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Nightwell Games
Windows · Linux
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #45 Not It: Spookiest Edition
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #46 Atelier of Oblivion
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 혜패 HYEPÆ
Windows
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Gothic 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #47 Where Control Ends
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #48 LOOP SYNDROME
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TBCATGAMES
Windows
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Psychological 9.8%
- #49 Death by Begonia
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Talia JettPub: Paper Moon Studios
Windows
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #50 After the Wane
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #51 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: The Midworld
Windows
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Gothic 23.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #52 Return to Ash
67% matchVery Positive99% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Multiple Endings 14%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #53 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
68% 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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #54 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,996 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #55 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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: Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #56 Trauma - Visual Novel
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyleKun
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Trauma, a free-to-play short visual novel full of mysteries. Will you ever be able to smile again?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12%, Psychological 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #57 Pet
67% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: beepsoft industries
Windows
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #58 Surreality Check
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Absurdity Interactive
Windows
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Psychological 8.8%
- #59 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%