Wish there were more games like this

[Zarok]

Like a lot of visual novels I tried were pretty straightforward and even those with choices had maybe two one set while in this game you often get multiple responses in almost every situation and you can even have a different backstory to your character based on your responses in the first episode of like where you live and such that can come up later. I'm impressed with how many different varied choices we get in this game and I wish we had more games like this.

[Max_Dangerous]

You probably already know this but the developers of this game have made another game, "Slay the Princess" that also has a crazy amount of choices. It’s only a demo so far but it’s really good.

[Zarok]

Originally posted by Max_Dangerous:

You probably already know this but the developers of this game have made another game, "Slay the Princess" that also has a crazy amount of choices. It’s only a demo so far but it’s really good.

I have played through the demo I'm wondering where they're going with that story is the princess really evil? What about the narrator?

[Tallahassee]

oh, there will!
with the rise of AI you will see an abundance of games with this style and this graphics in no time! ;-)

[Zarok]

Originally posted by Tallahassee:

oh, there will!
with the rise of AI you will see an abundance of games with this style and this graphics in no time! ;-)

I don't know Ai programs I've tried for story telling tend to be repetitive and lose track of important information.

[Mngwa]

I have been searching for similarly high quality mystery/horror visual novel games for a long time. So far nothing beats Scarlet Hollow, it is just the best for me.

[Kurozora Konoi]

The Our Life games are just as rich in terms of choices, if not more. But these are slice of life games, so it may not be to your tastes if you want action / horror packed games.

That aside, both Scarlet Hollow and Our Life sort of give text based interactive fiction vibes. If you look at what Choice of Games / Hosted Games have to offer, you'll see most of these games are literally structured like Scarlet Hollow is, in terms of choices and what not.
But the "downside" (well, that depends on the perspective), it's that these are literally chose your own adventure books, meaning there are no visuals at all. So it may also not be what you're looking for.

[john doe]

Originally posted by Kurozora Konoi:

The Our Life games are just as rich in terms of choices, if not more. But these are slice of life games, so it may not be to your tastes if you want action / horror packed games.

That aside, both Scarlet Hollow and Our Life sort of give text based interactive fiction vibes. If you look at what Choice of Games / Hosted Games have to offer, you'll see most of these games are literally structured like Scarlet Hollow is, in terms of choices and what not.
But the "downside" (well, that depends on the perspective), it's that these are literally chose your own adventure books, meaning there are no visuals at all. So it may also not be what you're looking for.

oh yes our life is perfect i love it true its not a scary story but sooooooooooo good.

[Nocturne]

Mabye try The Letter

[Zarok]

Originally posted by Nocturne:

Mabye try The Letter

I've finished the Letter wasn't as good in choice based games as this one but it was an interesting game all the same.

[blacktabbygames]

Things you might like if you've enjoyed Scarlet Hollow (gonna put an emphasis on titles w/ branching choices):

• Disco Elysium
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
• Killer Frequency
• The Stanley Parable

Things without an emphasis on (or significant) branching but that you might still enjoy:

• Perfect Tides
• Night in the Woods
• Sally Face
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Undertale
• Deltarune
• Hypnospace Outlaw

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[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

I can't say I know many games with what you are looking for outside of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre, which I am pretty familiar with if you'd like me to list some.

Though if you like VN's with multiple path's / choices.
- (Raging Loop, Steins;Gate, The Letter)

As for VN hybrids or other multi-path games.
(The Nonary Games and Zero-Time Dilemma)

As for the A.I. stuff, the glamour of it wears off quickly once you pretty much have to guide the whole story to keep it on track.

[yevgenyt11]

You can try Road 96. Highly immersive walking sim with many options to choose from.

[LotusBlade]

If we are talking about game with choises that matter, there are almost no such games, DESPITE many of them claiming they are. Examples would be TellTale studio projects (Wold Among Us, Game Of Thrones), but despite there being choises, they change almost nothing and if you try to actually explore consequences, it is mostly just some 1 extra line of text. Any real choise result would simply lead to instant death.

The only game with choises that matter and dramatically change story swould be "Fate Stay Night", cus it branches 3 times into absolutely different outcomes for tenths of hours each. But only 3 times and you need to trial and error a lot to find the "right ones". And there is anime series for it to watch, but it kinda hard to dig in without playing 100+ hours novell first.

Maybe you will like "The Quarry" and "Until Dawn" as well, they are almost movies with QTE elements and have a lot of ways to lose characters along the way.

Majority of good quality projects with branching choises are burried deep inside novell genre, i have no patience to read 50+ hours just to find out it's boring. You might like "Danganronpa" tho for it's mystery, but choises are linear.

Some people claim Disco Elysium is good, but it feels more like point and click adventure with "dice checks".

[pukeko.kim]

The Quarry is also quite good with choices that make real differences - but it's also pretty brutal in some parts (horror).