Games like Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
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…
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$29.99Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Mar 24 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Both: Visual Novel · Puzzle · Mystery
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Visual NovelStory RichPuzzleMysteryChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPsychological HorrorAnimeAdventureEscape Room👍 7,013
$49.99428: Shibuya Scramble
Sep 4 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Choices Matter
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
Visual NovelAdventureMysteryStory RichFMVChoices MatterViolentGreat SoundtrackDetectiveFunny👍 3,770
$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
$4.99The Testing Chamber
Mar 28 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Psychological 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
$4.99Clean Slate
Aug 13 · Mariano Jar
Both: Choices Matter · Sci-fi · Puzzle
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
$29.99STEINS;GATE
Sep 8 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Sci-fi
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Visual NovelStory RichAnimeTime TravelSci-fiGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsChoices MatterSingleplayerScience👍 25,301
-75%$4.99The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Jul 24 · Yangyang Mobile
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Psychological Horror
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
Visual NovelHorrorChoices MatterIndieStory RichAdventurePsychological HorrorGoreAnimeMultiple Endings👍 1,303
$1.99The Test: Hypothesis Rising
Apr 27 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
SimulationMultiple EndingsChoices MatterHorrorVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryInvestigation👍 5,837
$4.99The Devil's Whisper
Oct 30 · Madness Way Games, Matt Antonellis
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Mystery
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
$11.99The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Oct 13 · Kit9 Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · 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
$24.99CHAOS;CHILD
Jan 22 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Anime
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Visual NovelMysteryStory RichAnimeGoreViolentPsychological HorrorAdventureHorrorGreat Soundtrack👍 3,872
$1.99Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
Feb 12 · 致意
Both: Visual Novel · Puzzle · Anime
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
AdventureVisual NovelInteractive FictionPuzzleDating SimHorrorInvestigationJRPGAnimeHand-drawn👍 989
$1.99The Test
Feb 24 · Randumb Studios
Both: Psychological Horror · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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
$12.99Rail of Möbius
Aug 31 · PHOSEPO
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Visual NovelTime TravelPsychological HorrorStory RichHorrorPuzzleWord GameDetectiveRomanceAnime👍 359
-20%$23.99Scarlet Hollow
Jun 11 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Psychological 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
$15.99Death Come True
Jul 17 · IzanagiGames, Too Kyo Games, ESQUADRA,inc.
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Choices Matter
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
FMVAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelMysteryCinematicChoices MatterPsychedelicInteractive FictionSurvival Horror👍 904
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Psychological Horror
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
$14.99A Light in the Dark
Jun 15 · CreSpirit, STORIA, Narrator
Both: Visual Novel · Anime
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
IndieVisual NovelCasualViolentAnimeGoreMultiple EndingsStory RichGreat SoundtrackPoint & Click👍 1,535
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: 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
$17.99Tokyo Dark
Sep 7 · Cherrymochi
Both: Anime · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
AnimeVisual NovelDetectiveHorrorPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistPsychological HorrorMysteryAdventureStory Rich👍 1,039
$8.99反转21克
Feb 1 · 想象颗粒
Both: 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
Free正体 SHOUT-AI
Jun 20 · 852話
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Choices Matter
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
$6.99The Night of the Exorcism
Feb 20 · Ludomancer Studio
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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
$19.99Catherine Classic
Jan 10 · ATLUS
Both: Anime · Puzzle · Choices Matter
Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.
Sexual ContentAnimeNudityPuzzleStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPuzzle PlatformerHorrorSingleplayer👍 8,864
$34.99Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Apr 27 · Yeti, Regista
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
Visual NovelAnimeStory RichMultiple EndingsAdventureMysterySci-fiGoreViolentSingleplayer👍 350
FreeLucid9: Inciting Incident
Apr 14 · Fallen Snow Studios
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Free to PlayVisual NovelAnimeMysteryStory RichCasualSimulationHorrorIndiePsychological Horror
-40%$0.59The Butterfly Collector
Feb 9 · Wicky Yu
Both: Visual Novel · Psychological Horror
investigate the evidence left by a stalker and kidnapper and track the fate of a college girl. The player advances and watches the plot by clicking to make choices for the heroine at key moments, with different choices leading to different endings.
Visual NovelWord GameAdventureHorrorPsychological HorrorFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerFirst-PersonText-BasedGore👍 936
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
Jul 31 · BearBoneStudio
Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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
$9.99Breakout 13
Jan 8 · ALT Lab
Both: Choices Matter · Puzzle
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
-20%$11.99WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
Jun 6 · WMY Studio
Both: Puzzle · Choices Matter
“God, please help me…” Become a god and rewrite fate with words. Drag and reorder sentences from pleading letters to twist cause and effect, changing the lives of those who wrote them. When countless joys and sorrows collide, what kind of “Wonderful World” will you create?
RPGStory RichPuzzleAdventureExplorationChoices MatterIndieFemale ProtagonistEmotionalWord Game👍 4,588
$9.99你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
Jul 26 · 橙光游戏
Both: Visual Novel · Mystery · Puzzle
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelAdventureStrategyMysteryDetectivePuzzleStory RichMultiple Endings
$19.99Corpse Party (2021)
Oct 20 · MAGES.
Both: Psychological Horror · Choices Matter · Anime
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
HorrorPsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsDarkStory RichAdventureRPGAnime👍 1,423
$14.99Untale: King of Revinia
Nov 6 · Empty Die Studio
Both: Mystery · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.
Story RichMysteryVisual NovelChoices MatterMedievalDetectiveAtmosphericAdventureIndieSingleplayer
$13.99Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
Oct 21 · Bandit Visual Games
Both: Visual Novel · Anime · 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
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Mystery
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
