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A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
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-50%$8.99Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Oct 23 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Horror
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Visual NovelChoices MatterPsychological HorrorStory RichHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceHand-drawnLore-RichPoint & Click👍 31,941
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
$2.99The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
May 31 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!
Choose Your Own AdventureRPGChoices MatterVillain ProtagonistVisual NovelMultiple EndingsDark HumorStory RichMysteryInvestigation👍 597
$19.99Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
May 25 · Owned by Gravity, Ulisses Digital
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Choose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterInteractive FictionRPGVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistMultiple Endings2DHistoricalDynamic Narration
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
$4.99Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper
Sep 25 · Neoclassic Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelInteractive FictionDating Sim2DCuteRomanceChoices MatterMultiple EndingsStory Rich👍 185
$1.99The Test
Feb 24 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Psychological · Choices Matter
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Choose Your Own AdventureSimulationMultiple EndingsStory RichPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorPsychologicalSingleplayerChoices MatterVisual Novel👍 19,596
$4.99The Testing Chamber
Mar 28 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Horror
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
SimulationChoices MatterMultiple EndingsVisual NovelRPGHorrorChoose Your Own AdventurePsychological HorrorInvestigationMystery👍 697
$8.99反转21克
Feb 1 · 想象颗粒
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
In 2055, "You", the retired soldier king, was assassinated by a comrade who once fought side by side. His peaceful life was suddenly broken. In order to find the truth, he was involved in a series of bizarre murders.
FMVRPGImmersive SimChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelFuturisticChoices MatterStory RichMultiple EndingsSingleplayer👍 1,020
$7.99Misadventures of Laura Silver
Aug 14 · Studio Attic Salt
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Visual NovelChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionStory RichPoint & ClickAdventureFemale ProtagonistMysteryComic Book👍 201
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$4.99Disturbed: Beyond Aramor
May 18 · iBlackpen
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Hand-drawn
A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' themed sequel to the free-to-play 'Disturbed'. Your journey begins with Gabriel, a depressed soul who has been banished away on Greyrock Island. Discover an unfolding world as you wander to fulfill the desires of your heart.
Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnAdventureAtmosphericExplorationChoices MatterHorrorPuzzle
$19.99The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,153
$19.99Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Jun 29 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Choices Matter
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
PuzzleVisual NovelStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryChoices MatterAdventureAnimeSci-fiSingleplayer👍 4,672
$19.99Eternal Threads
May 19 · Cosmonaut Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Dynamic Narration · Choose Your Own Adventure
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Time ManipulationChoices MatterStory RichPuzzleDynamic NarrationDetectiveChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionInvestigationMystery👍 542
$9.99Breakout 13
Jan 8 · ALT Lab
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Lore-Rich
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
FMVInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationImmersive SimChoices MatterLore-RichStory RichPuzzleMultiple Endings👍 6,900
$12.99Far Away
Aug 17 · Gratesca
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
SingleplayerVisual NovelChoices MatterWord GameStory RichFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeCuteIndie👍 7,599
$14.99Tron: Identity
Apr 11 · Bithell Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Mystery
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
AdventureVisual NovelDetectiveChoices MatterMysteryPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureSci-fiStory RichMultiple Endings👍 274
$14.99Let Bions Be Bygones
Apr 30 · Bohemian Pulp
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Lore-Rich · Choices Matter
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Choose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionRPGPoint & ClickCyberpunkNoirDetectiveLore-RichChoices MatterMultiple Endings👍 120
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
Jul 31 · BearBoneStudio
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
$11.99Erica
May 25 · Flavourworks
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
FMVChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterPoint & ClickPuzzleStory RichPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,629
$11.99Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Sep 24 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Horror
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Choose Your Own AdventureText-BasedVampiresInteractive FictionChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationRPGStory RichHorrorCasual👍 699
-20%$23.99Scarlet Hollow
Jun 11 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Horror
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Early AccessChoices MatterVisual NovelHorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichDating SimMultiple EndingsInteractive FictionSupernatural👍 4,845
$24.99I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Aug 25 · Northway Games
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Choices MatterLife SimDating SimDeckbuildingVisual NovelRPGStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureLGBTQ+Interactive Fiction👍 4,446
$6.99Choice of Robots
Dec 19 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Choose Your Own AdventureText-BasedChoices MatterInteractive FictionIndieRobotsRPGSci-fiStory RichSingleplayer👍 1,892
$4.99Assassin at Crimson Keep
Jan 7 · Shadow Glass Studios LLC
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
Choose Your Own AdventureExplorationHidden ObjectInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & Click2DText-BasedFunnyChoices Matter
$12.99Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Feb 2 · inkle Ltd
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Choose Your Own AdventureRPGAdventureIndieInteractive FictionStory RichChoices MatterFantasyText-BasedMagic👍 585
$13.99Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
Oct 21 · Bandit Visual Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
LGBTQ+Visual NovelFemale ProtagonistAnimeInvestigationStory RichMultiple EndingsDating SimChoose Your Own AdventureChoices Matter
$14.99Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Oct 13 · Different Tales
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Story RichVisual NovelChoices MatterRPGMultiple EndingsInteractive FictionSurrealChoose Your Own AdventureDark FantasyThriller👍 805
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Sep 25 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Horror · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
HorrorStory RichChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistInteractive FictionPsychological HorrorDark ComedyPoint & Click
$9.99At Eve’s Wake Definitive Edition
Oct 26 · Sugar Rush Studios
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Dynamic Narration
An interactive Lovecraftian horror story about surviving a family you never knew and their servitude to a dark patron. True to the genre, you retain all knowledge from every play-through. Shape your fate and that of the family. Will you embrace this gift or rid humanity of their taint?
Psychological HorrorVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterLovecraftianInteractive FictionAdventureDynamic NarrationHorrorChoose Your Own Adventure
$19.99Cabernet
Feb 20 · Party for Introverts
Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Visual Novel
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
SingleplayerFemale ProtagonistVampiresChoices MatterStory RichSimulationHorrorMultiple EndingsVisual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure👍 2,028
$4.99Clean Slate
Aug 13 · Mariano Jar
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Multiple EndingsChoices MatterSimulationSci-fiPuzzleVisual NovelDetectiveInvestigationChoose Your Own Adventure2D
$17.99Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
Jun 20 · Gentle Troll Entertainment
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
SingleplayerLGBTQ+Visual NovelFantasyCozyStory RichInteractive FictionChoices MatterMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,456
$19.99Mask of the Rose
Jun 8 · Failbetter Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Hand-drawn
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Visual NovelDating SimDetectiveLGBTQ+RomanceChoices MatterHand-drawnAlternate HistoryRPGInvestigation👍 260
