- #1 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #2 Tower of the Ice Lich
96% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #3 Wildwake
96% 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 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #4 Flora Parasocial
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laments_VN
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #5 All (Too) Good Things
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 17.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #6 Contra Spem Spero
94% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #7 Gold & Brown
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #8 We Were Here Before
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #9 The Sculptor
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Dark 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #10 History of Dragosa
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
- #11 KORA
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #12 Parasite in Love
89% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
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 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark 8.2%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #13 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #14 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
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 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%
- #15 The Castle
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
- #16 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
- #17 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #18 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
85% 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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #19 Mass of Consumption
84% 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 23%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #20 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #21 The Trials - Chapter Two
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hama Studios
Windows
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #22 Royal Duality
84% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #23 Thorner
82% 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 18.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Dark 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #24 Songs of Rats
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Transhumanism 20% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Minimalist 10.3%
- #25 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #26 The Peresmeshnik
80% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #27 Vampire: The Masquerade - Oaths & Ashes
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Revive The Spark
Windows
Two vampires — an ambitious Kindred and a wretched Thinblood. Their fates clash in this Visual Novel set in the World of Darkness, where your arsenal extends beyond just words — from political machinations to forbidden Alchemy. Claw your way to power and leave your bitemarks on Berlin's underworld.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Text-Based 10%
- #28 Five Biggest Accomplishments
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #29 Reborn
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gecko Gaming
Windows
A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #30 Obreno: Chapter One
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Out Of Time Interactive
Windows · Mac
An interactive novel. In the distant future, a search for a missing brother leads to a journey through an intergalactic civilization that may have reached the limits of progress.
Why similar: Transhumanism 20.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Lore-Rich 8%
- #31 Good Morning Cruel City
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Ethel Chamomile
Windows
Anime Cyberpunk Visual Novel You have a job, it's up to you how to finish it. Become a Fixer and help your client for the day navigate the underground crime world.
Why similar: Transhumanism 21.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #32 Choose Your Own Alternative
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #33 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
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 19.3%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Dark 12.4%, Text-Based 11%
- #34 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Emperor
Windows · Mac · Linux
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #35 The Laws of Probability
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Unspoken
Windows
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #36 201 - The Bad Number
75% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #37 Welcome to Victorville
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio 7e
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Lore-Rich 15%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #38 For Mother Matron
74% matchVery Positive92% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #39 Vanakan
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #40 Moonbriar
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #41 Whispers From The Rift
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choices Matter 12%
- #42 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster.
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CHARON
Windows
You only wanted to save them. But in this psychological horror visual novel, a teacher’s kindness may become the thing that breaks his students.
Why similar: Transhumanism 15.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #43 Telvoikai
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 11%
- #44 Sacrificium
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #45 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AnonymousTurtle Games
Windows
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #46 Cold Bed on Route
69% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #47 Into Oblivion
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Text-Based 12%
- #48 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
70% 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 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%
- #49 Thoughtless
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #50 Silent Earth
71% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Futuristic 12%
- #51 The Queen of Phalli
68% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Labor of LovePub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a FUTA world where power is forged through passion. Guide Elifael El'Naar through the dangers of the Baptism, that she may prove herself to Goddess and Matron. Will she win over the affection and respect of her kin, or fall into disgrace and ruin? Your choices shape her fate.
Why similar: Transhumanism 18.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11.1%
- #52 Ceiba
69% matchVery Positive95% of 265 reviews2023
Dev: WirionPub: Moonworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.5% ★, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #53 Stay Alive For Me
68% matchPositive80% of 10 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #54 Shadows of Betrayal
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #55 Reigns: The Witcher
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Lore-Rich 7.5%
- #56 Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder
69% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Cassiopeia Developments
Windows · Linux
Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder is a visual novel with tricky moral choices and beautiful art. Its epic sci-fi story is told through vivid dialogue, featuring 7 main characters. All your decisions will have consequences down the line: will you succeed in your mission?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #57 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
67% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #58 Condition Unknown
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Minimalist 10.2%
- #59 Ludus: A Gladiator Story
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A Story Interactive
Windows · Linux
A fully branching narrative RPG of the Roman arena. Four origins, over 1,800 choices, and 19 endings, each carried by hand-inked engravings. You will bleed on the sand. The only question is whether you bleed for them, or for yourself. Every choice leaves a scar.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 12.6%, Lore-Rich 12.2%
- #60 The Keytox Project
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitRot Studios
Windows
The Keytox Project follows Anthony as he attempts to turn his life around. He takes a job at a government program, going to space, with his partner, Will. Their job is to hunt down alien lifeforms to ensure the safety of humanity. But what they find outside of Earth is far deeper than planned.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Text-Based 9.3%