Games Like A Blade for the Emperor

Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Lore-Rich 6.3%

Shatter civilization and avenge your pantheon as the world‘s last surviving god! Will you liberate humanity from tyranny, or let the world burn? A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel.

Why similar: RPG 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%

Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!

Why similar: RPG 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 16%, First-Person 7.3%

Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.

Why similar: RPG 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Lore-Rich 8.1%

As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."

Why similar: RPG 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 18%, Character Customization 5.3%

Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Text-Based 17.5%, Character Customization 5.3%

Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?

Why similar: RPG 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Character Customization 5.8%

Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%

By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 18.1%, Character Customization 5.8%

When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, RPG 15.1%, Character Customization 7%

Hell’s throne is empty. Will you seize it? Command demons, forge dark bargains, shape the future of the afterlife—or watch it burn as chaos reigns. A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel, 630,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%

You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, Character Customization 6.1%

Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.

Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 18.6%, Character Customization 7.3%

Navigate a web of intrigue and assassination to make peace among warring fae! The fate of their realms and yours is in your hands! A text-based interactive novel.

Why similar: RPG 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, Lore-Rich 9.1%

Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Character Customization 5.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, RPG 20.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, Lore-Rich 7.3%

Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?

Why similar: RPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 17.1%, Lore-Rich 8.9%

Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?

Why similar: RPG 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 16.4%, First-Person 6.4%

A crown upon your head, danger all around. Rule, marry, scheme, raise heirs, wage wars, fulfill prophecies, and survive the waking Wyrm. An interactive text-based dark fantasy novel, 850,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%

Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 20.3%, RPG 15%, Character Customization 8.1%

Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 18.4%, Character Customization 7.5%

Duel wizards, cast spells, find true love, and keep your academic scholarship, all while investigating the mysterious disappearances plaguing your campus!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, RPG 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, First-Person 7.5%, Character Customization 5.8%

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: RPG 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Character Customization 6%

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: RPG 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 18.9%, Fantasy 5.3%

A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.

Why similar: RPG 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%

Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 18.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, Fantasy 5.1%

See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 12.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%

Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.

Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Text-Based 18%, Fantasy 6.2%

Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 13.5%, Lore-Rich 10.8%

Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 15.5%, Character Customization 7.7%

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: RPG 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Character Customization 5.7%

From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, RPG 16.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, Character Customization 11.5%

Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?

Why similar: RPG 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 17.8%, Character Customization 6.1%

Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, RPG 16.2%, Character Customization 10.8%

As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.

Why similar: RPG 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 17%, Lore-Rich 10.8%

Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, RPG 17.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Character Customization 12%

Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.

Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Text-Based 18%, Lore-Rich 11.4%

North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Character Customization 5.8%

A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.

Why similar: RPG 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Text-Based 18%, Lore-Rich 8.5%

Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 17.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Character Customization 12.2%

Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 20.5%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9%

When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 15.8%, RPG 12.2%, Lore-Rich 9.9%

By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Character Customization 7.9%

Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!

Why similar: RPG 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%

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 27.6%, RPG 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 6%

The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 17.8%, RPG 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Character Customization 9.8%

With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, RPG 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Your magic awakes—and so does your heart! A whimsical, text-based interactive romance novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, RPG 15.5%, Lore-Rich 9.4%

Harness wind, earth, fire, and all the forces of nature to destroy your enemies! Will you stabilize the broken magic of the weather, or revel in its chaos?

Why similar: RPG 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 22.5%, Character Customization 8.2%, Fantasy 6.5%

Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, RPG 16%, Character Customization 6.4%

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 28.9%, RPG 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Indie 2.8%

Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 18.7%, Character Customization 12.5%, Text-Based 11.8%

Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.

Why similar: RPG 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Lore-Rich 8.5%

Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%

Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 14.3%, RPG 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%

Celestial power thrums in your veins, Hell’s throne calls, and demons conspire. Will you ascend as savior, tyrant, or something in between? A text-based horror novel, 295,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: RPG 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Character Customization 4.9%

Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%

Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 20.6%, RPG 14.8%, Character Customization 7.7%

Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Text-Based 22.6%, RPG 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Character Customization 8.9%

This school for supernaturals isn't hell, but it is a hellmouth! Can you make peace between the vampires and werewolves, and close the portal to hell?

Why similar: RPG 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 15.5%, Lore-Rich 8.7%