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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
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
-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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$6.99The Night of the Exorcism
Feb 20 · Ludomancer Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Horror
An unsettling visual novel where every decision shapes your destiny. Face seven diverse, cunning demons in a dark, atmospheric world and uncover hidden truths through multiple branching paths, culminating in nine distinct endings.
Visual NovelChoices MatterHorrorMultiple EndingsMedievalComic BookInvestigationNonlinearStory RichNoir
$10.99Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Oct 30 · KARMAGAME HK LIMITED
Both: Mystery · Lore-Rich · Choose Your Own Adventure
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
FMVDating SimImmersive SimMysteryCinematicMultiple EndingsLore-RichChoose Your Own AdventureStory RichInteractive Fiction👍 987
Free正体 SHOUT-AI
Jun 20 · 852話
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionCute2D
$11.99The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Oct 13 · Kit9 Studio
Both: Psychological · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
PsychologicalDark ComedyStory RichMultiple EndingsVisual NovelPsychological HorrorChoices MatterSingleplayerHand-drawnDark👍 36,634
$4.99The Devil's Whisper
Oct 30 · Madness Way Games, Matt Antonellis
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Hand-drawn
The Devil's Whisper is a psychological horror Visual Novel with a full voice cast. Immerse yourself in a haunting mystery filled with dark drama and a touch of romance. Multiple thrilling alternate endings to play through! Choose who lives and who dies!
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorStory RichMysteryDarkHand-drawnRomanceConspiracyDialogue HeavyChoices Matter
-20%$7.99DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Mar 5 · Oleg Skutte
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
RPGText-BasedChoose Your Own AdventureProcedural GenerationArtificial IntelligenceVisual NovelAdventureTypingChoices MatterMultiple Endings👍 169
$49.99Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Oct 29 · Deck Nine Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Mystery
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Choices MatterLGBTQ+Female ProtagonistStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceThird PersonMysteryEmotionalAction👍 7,844
-90%$0.99Echoes
May 29 · Nova-box
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Hand-drawn
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
AdventureInteractive FictionVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureHidden Object2DHand-drawnComic BookNoirConspiracy
-30%$5.59Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Nov 13 · Lizardry
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Interactive FictionFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelAdventureStory RichPixel Graphics2DChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeEmotional👍 3,597
FreeA Date with Death
Dec 7 · Two and a Half Studios
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Dating SimVisual NovelLGBTQ+RomanceOtomeFree to PlayCharacter CustomizationMultiple EndingsChoices MatterAnime👍 447
$14.99Threefold Recital
Jan 13 · Everscape Games
Both: Mystery · Visual Novel · Lore-Rich
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
DetectiveMysteryVisual NovelLore-RichCartoony2D PlatformerStory RichCuteMythologySingleplayer👍 5,119
$4.99Grave Knight
Oct 19 · Dreamlight Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
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.
RPGVisual NovelInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterFantasyMedievalStory RichText-BasedMultiple Endings
$2.99Reigns: Three Kingdoms
Jan 11 · Nerial
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Swipe through military negotiations, marry to strengthen alliances and recruit soldiers to fight in turn-based card battles in this historical epic.
Choose Your Own AdventureCard GameRPGStrategy2DCuteHistoricalChoices MatterDark HumorTurn-Based Combat👍 337
$14.99Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
Jul 23 · Different Tales
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
RPGThrillerChoices MatterStory RichInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsVisual NovelWerewolvesReplay ValueFemale Protagonist👍 104
$14.99SKALD: Against the Black Priory
May 30 · High North Studios AS
Both: Horror · Choices Matter
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
StrategySingleplayerAtmosphericMinimalistExplorationHorrorTurn-Based StrategyStory RichCharacter CustomizationChoices Matter👍 3,328
$23.99Back to the Dawn
Jul 17 · Metal Head Games
Both: Choices Matter
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
RPGPixel GraphicsStory RichChoices MatterDetectiveMultiple EndingsStrategy RPGAdventureCrimeSingleplayer👍 8,557
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$15.99Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
Jan 14 · KARMAGAME HK LIMITED
Both: Mystery · Choose Your Own Adventure · Lore-Rich
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
FMVDating SimImmersive SimCinematicMysteryHistoricalMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own AdventureLore-RichStory Rich👍 1,055
-55%$3.14Ceiba
Nov 10 · Wirion, 7DOTS
Both: Visual Novel · Lore-Rich · Choices Matter
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.
Visual NovelTranshumanismLore-RichStory RichText-BasedDetectiveDialogue HeavyNonlinearMultiple EndingsChoices Matter👍 255
$19.99Gods of the Twilight
Nov 14 · Volutian Design
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
How will you end the world? Play as Althea and Farkas as old Norse magic returns to their world of tech, and they realize they're more than human. Encounter gods, monsters, governments, corporations, and criminals... decide who to trust, and prepare for Ragnarök.
Early AccessChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistCyberpunkDark HumorChoices MatterMultiple EndingsComedy
-30%$12.59The Nameless: Slay Dragon
Sep 26 · The Nameless Epic
Both: Choices Matter
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
RPGAdventureTurn-Based CombatStory RichDark FantasyStrategyCRPGClass-BasedChoices MatterJRPG👍 2,054
$0.99Surrogate
Oct 26 · Brandon McQuay
Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
Visit a surreal world and help a blue girl navigate the perils of paranoia and the intrusion of mysterious beings in her life...
Psychological HorrorVisual NovelDarkChoose Your Own AdventureDark ComedyEmotionalPixel GraphicsStylizedConspiracyLovecraftian
$6.99RAKKA: WAKE 01 - SOOT
Apr 26 · PMT Games Division
Both: Visual Novel · Lore-Rich · Hand-drawn
A homage to the gritty fiction of the ’90s. “RAKKA: WAKE 01 - SOOT” unfolds as an episodic, linear visual novel that blends paper-cut style comics, animation, music and dialogue into a slow-burn mystery thriller that dares you to dig deeper — even when you really, really shouldn’t.
Visual NovelStory Rich1990'sAnimeThrillerPoint & ClickLore-RichHand-drawnFemale ProtagonistDark Comedy
$19.99Until Then
Jun 25 · Polychroma Games
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological · Mystery
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Visual NovelEmotionalPixel GraphicsStory RichInteractive FictionPsychological2DRomanceMysteryAdventure👍 15,742
$4.99Gnosis
Mar 15 · So Ro
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Hand-drawn · Mystery
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Interactive FictionPoint & ClickGothicChoose Your Own AdventureAtmosphericHand-drawnMinimalistMysteryStylizedText-Based
$0.99Whispers of the Dead
Feb 28 · Agoge Studios
Both: Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Step into the chilling world of Whispers of the Dead, a psychological horror game that blurs the lines between religion, fear, and reality. Take the reigns of both Adam and Eve in this RPG Thriller, and find out who is behind this dreaded game.
HorrorShooterFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterStory RichLore-RichHuntingFirst-PersonAction RPG
$12.99Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
Apr 23 · Akabaka
Both: Visual Novel · Horror · Hand-drawn
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Dating SimVisual NovelAnimeHorrorLovecraftianHand-drawn2DRPGStory RichSimulation👍 1,194
$20.99Beast Saga
Apr 29 · 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian)
Both: Choices Matter
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
RPGOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based CombatChoices MatterMultiple EndingsParty-Based RPGSandboxTop-DownCute👍 2,717