- #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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #2 Tower of the Ice Lich
96% matchPositive100% of 17 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 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #3 All (Too) Good Things
96% 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 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #4 The Castle
95% 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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #5 History of Dragosa
94% 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 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #6 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
94% 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 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%
- #7 Parasite in Love
93% matchVery Positive94% of 52 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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Dark 8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #8 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
92% 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 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #9 Before They Catch Us
91% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #10 Mass of Consumption
91% 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #11 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
90% matchNo user reviews
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 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #12 Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder
89% 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 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #13 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
89% 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 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #14 Royal Duality
88% 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 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #15 Thorner
87% 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 18.8%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Dark 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #16 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
86% 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Lore-Rich 9%
- #17 Obreno: Chapter One
86% 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%, Lore-Rich 8.2%
- #18 The Trials - Chapter Two
84% matchNo user reviews
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 23.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 11%
- #19 The Peresmeshnik
85% matchVery Positive93% of 107 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 22.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #20 Vida
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #21 Five Biggest Accomplishments
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
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 25.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #22 Good Morning Cruel City
82% 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 22% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #23 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
82% 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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #24 Lady of bones, a mother's legacy
81% 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 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #25 Vanakan
81% 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 17%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #26 For Mother Matron
80% matchVery Positive91% of 163 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%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #27 Telvoikai
79% 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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #28 Moonbriar
79% 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 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #29 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
78% 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 18.2%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #30 Wildwake
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #31 Into Oblivion
77% 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 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #32 Am I Nima
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HO! Games
Windows · Mac
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Transhumanism 21.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #33 Whispers From The Rift
76% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #34 Cold Bed on Route
74% matchPositive93% of 42 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 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #35 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
75% 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 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%
- #36 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
75% match9 user reviews56% of 9 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: Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #37 Stay Alive For Me
74% match8 user reviews78% of 9 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 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #38 Silent Earth
76% 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 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Futuristic 11.9%
- #39 Contra Spem Spero
73% matchPositive96% of 24 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 19%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #40 Shadows of Betrayal
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 20.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #41 Reigns: The Witcher
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Lore-Rich 7.7%
- #42 The Music at the end of the World
72% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #43 Where are you, Cinderella?
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KimiNako
Windows · Linux
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #44 OTHERS
71% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Lore-Rich 14%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #45 Songs of Rats
71% matchPositive81% of 48 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 20.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Minimalist 10.7%
- #46 Arderico's Journey
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
- #47 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
70% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #48 Forgive or Finalize
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Psychological Horror 14%, Dark 11.8%
- #49 Tri City Monsters
69% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #50 OMEA
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #51 Dream of a Nightmarish Runaway
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ONImations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wanna join our nightmarish dream?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #52 Outsider
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Galantrix
Windows
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Why similar: Transhumanism 21.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #53 VOICE
70% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: WTFMAN
Windows
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #54 The Trial
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%
- #55 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #56 Khitarii and Khimoshi
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XeroStryker
Windows
Kitari and Kimoshi is a story about two girls who meet for the very first time through unusual circumstances. Click through the manga pages, and make choices that affect the flow of the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Dark 12.2%
- #57 Into the Waves
67% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #58 A Spaceship Accident
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #59 Scary Stories
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #60 Hello, Vic
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JUST Has Games
Windows
Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Minimalist 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dark 9.2%