So both Life is Strange and Until Dawn have what’s called the butterfly effect something that’s kind of a questionable concept at best but it’s somewhat real. Telltale was famous for games like this as well. But yeah it’s like depending on your actions it can change the story and thus play more like a movie with a different possible story. What type of game is this?
Visual Novels basically involves reading as a requirement.
It depends. There are visual novels in which you can set them on auto and just let voice acting play out. I think there’s strong similarities there, though I don’t think anyone could get away with calling a Telltale style narrative game a visual novel, flat out.
But I do think they are doing similar things, they may scratch similar itches.