- #1 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
76% matchVery Positive98% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #2 Roadwarden
75% matchVery Positive94% of 4,888 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.8%, RPG 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Adventure 6.8%
- #3 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #4 Samurai of Hyuga
76% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, RPG 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 9.2%
- #5 Champion of the Gods
76% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%
- #6 Choice of Magics
74% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
Why similar: Text-Based 37.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, RPG 19%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #7 Psy High
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!
Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, RPG 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Indie 8.6%
- #8 Heart of the House
74% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: Text-Based 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, RPG 20.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 8.4%
- #9 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
74% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, RPG 20.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 8.7%
- #10 Choice of the Deathless
74% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, RPG 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #11 The Soul Stone War
74% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Why similar: RPG 25.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Adventure 12.7%
- #12 Sabres of Infinity
72% matchVery Positive93% of 182 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Text-Based 24%, RPG 23.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #13 Evertree Inn
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, RPG 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 11.2%
- #14 Choice of the Vampire
74% matchMixed53% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slake your thirst, without becoming a Beast! Blessed with the blood-soaked gift of immortality, will you tend the flock of humanity—or twist it to your whims? When a brash young country butts heads with a brash young vampire, who will come out ahead?
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 10.5%
- #15 Heroes of Myth
72% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, RPG 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #16 Fallen Hero: Rebirth
70% matchVery Positive96% of 456 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Adventure 7.2%
- #17 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
72% matchVery Positive85% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Why similar: Text-Based 42%, RPG 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Indie 11.1%
- #18 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
71% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, RPG 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #19 Hollywood Visionary
71% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, RPG 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Indie 11.1%
- #20 MetaHuman Inc.
71% matchVery Positive91% of 153 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the CEO of a corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder, you'll harness dark magic and travel through time to inflate your stock prices!
Why similar: Text-Based 46.5%, RPG 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #21 Choice of Robots
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 8.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #22 VERSUS: The Lost Ones
71% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.4%, RPG 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Indie 10.7%
- #23 Creme de la Creme
69% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 11.6%
- #24 Choice of the Pirate
70% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!
Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, RPG 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Adventure 7.4%
- #25 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?
Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, RPG 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Indie 12.3%
- #26 The Golden Rose: Book One
68% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, RPG 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #27 The Hero of Kendrickstone
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 108 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: RPG 35.1%, Text-Based 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Indie 13.8%
- #28 Tally Ho
67% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.1%, RPG 30.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 14.7%
- #29 Mecha Ace
65% matchVery Positive87% of 156 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, RPG 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #30 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
59% matchVery Positive90% of 9,492 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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!
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, RPG 16.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #31 Zombie Exodus
62% matchVery Positive85% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, RPG 19.5%, Indie 7.4%
- #32 Hades II
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 115,606 reviews2025
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Why similar: RPG 59.3%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Indie 17.8%
- #33 Fields of Mistria
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 26,864 reviews2024
Dev: NPC Studio
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Why similar: RPG 40.5%, Romance 39.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%
- #34 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
56% matchVery Positive84% of 42,158 reviews2021
Dev: Owlcat GamesPub: META Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Why similar: RPG 36.9%, Romance 33%, Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%
- #35 Academagia: The Making of Mages
60% matchMostly Positive71% of 287 reviews2017
Dev: Black Chicken Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Academagia, the greatest of the ancient schools for wizards. Build the legend of your mage with thousands of options, emergent storytelling and endless replayability. The definitive version of the magical life simulator is at last on Steam!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, RPG 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 8.6%
- #36 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
53% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, RPG 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Romance 11%
- #37 Esoteric Ebb
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,952 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, RPG 34.1%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #38 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 259,060 reviews2025
Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 31.9 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Why similar: RPG 72.4%, Adventure 27.6%
- #39 Dinkum
51% matchVery Positive92% of 28,401 reviews2025
Dev: James BendonPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Why similar: RPG 53%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #40 SCUM
53% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,783 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 101.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #41 Date Everything!
51% matchVery Positive94% of 6,839 reviews2025
Dev: Sassy Chap GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Date Everything! is a sandbox dating simulator set in the comfort of your own home, featuring 100 fully voice acted datable characters! Let the romance flow between your bed, smoke alarm and… Overwhelming Sense of Existential Dread? Are you ready to Date Everything?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38%, Romance 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #42 DAVE THE DIVER
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 147,604 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: RPG 56.2%, Adventure 32.6%, Indie 11.2%
- #43 ARC Raiders
50% matchVery Positive86% of 370,194 reviews2025
Dev: Embark Studios
Windows
Median: 40.1 hrsMean: 85.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
- #44 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
52% matchVery Positive88% of 42,245 reviews2023
Dev: Owlcat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Why similar: RPG 50.5%, Adventure 25.8%, Choices Matter 23.7%
- #45 Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,696 reviews2024
Dev: Mooncube Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 109.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.
- #46 Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
55% matchVery Positive91% of 709 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #47 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,632 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Romance 18.4%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%
- #48 Hello Kitty Island Adventure
50% matchVery Positive95% of 10,934 reviews2025
Dev: Sunblink
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #49 The Roottrees are Dead
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,610 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 46.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Adventure 12.2%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #50 Coral Island
52% matchVery Positive89% of 25,862 reviews2023
Dev: Stairway GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 52.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Why similar: RPG 44.4%, LGBTQ+ 28.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 12%
- #51 Limbus Company
52% matchVery Positive88% of 99,298 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 197.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #52 Metaphor: ReFantazio
50% matchVery Positive90% of 40,313 reviews2024
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 46.9 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Why similar: RPG 53.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 20.6%
- #53 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
50% matchVery Positive88% of 28,836 reviews2025
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
Why similar: RPG 54.5%, Adventure 28.5%, Choices Matter 16.9%
- #54 Disney Dreamlight Valley
51% matchVery Positive92% of 23,698 reviews2023
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 113.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 65.5%, Adventure 34.5%
- #55 Baldur's Gate 3
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 831,011 reviews2023
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 77.7 hrsMean: 130.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Why similar: RPG 45.8%, Romance 25.6%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Adventure 12.4%
- #56 Leas: City of the Sun
51% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, RPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Romance 8.7%
- #57 An Imp and an Impostor
51% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, RPG 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Adventure 12.2%
- #58 7 Days to Die
50% matchVery Positive87% of 396,447 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
- #59 Tin Star
56% matchVery Positive95% of 306 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, RPG 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Indie 8.5%
- #60 Sun Haven
53% matchVery Positive81% of 24,560 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: RPG 71.6%, Adventure 28.4%