60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Indie, Singleplayer.
A Brown Rabbit's Story is an interactive storybook, a text-driven adventure where your choices lead to branching paths and multiple endings. In a quiet orphanage, a boy wishes his toy rabbit to life… and together, they must face the world’s cruelties and find hope.
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 25.1%, Emotional 15%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Text-Based 27.2%, Emotional 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.
Why similar: Emotional 32%, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 21.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Casual 3.5%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Emotional 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Emotional 14.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 9.3%
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Text-Based 37.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%, Indie 2.2%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Emotional 14.7%, Incremental 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Text-Based 32.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Text-Based 22.2%, Incremental 18.4%, Casual 9.3%, Family Friendly 5.4%
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Casual 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Text-Based 29.6%, Emotional 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%, Choices Matter 7%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.8%, Text-Based 43.3%, Casual 8.8%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Emotional 17.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Casual 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.2%, Text-Based 43.8%, Story Rich 3.7%, Indie 2.2%
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 32.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Casual 7.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 33.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Casual 7.5%, Story Rich 6.6%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 20.8%, Incremental 16.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Emotional 7.8%
A story about love, death, and the universe, told through tarot cards.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Emotional 18.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.3%, Text-Based 45.6%, Indie 4.1%
《江湖宝鉴》是一款武侠题材，带有轻度肉鸽元素的文字冒险游戏。你将扮演一位初出茅庐的少年，踏上游历江湖的艰险旅程。是一心向善，带领村民抵抗山贼侵扰，成为一代大侠；还是落草为寇，卷入山贼寨子中的阴谋诡计，杀出一片天地；抑或是访仙问道，遁入山林逍遥自在，都在你的一念之中。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Text-Based 31.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Casual 8.5%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Text-Based 36.8%, Casual 14.6%, Story Rich 8%, Indie 1.4%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Text-Based 24.4%, Emotional 15%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 31%, Emotional 17.9%, Story Rich 8%, Casual 6.5%
As an immortal being in a world of epic fantasy, spend an eternity in romance with a host of unique, fantastical characters!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Text-Based 35.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Casual 6.5%, Story Rich 5.8%
Can you fall in love with quilts?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Emotional 24.1%, Text-Based 22.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Casual 3.9%
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Emotional 23.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
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 35.8%, Text-Based 32.9%, Casual 13%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Text-Based 30%, Emotional 16.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Casual 4.9%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 34%, Casual 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Emotional 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Casual 12.8%, Story Rich 11.4%
Romatic and dramatic Otome Game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 21.6%, Emotional 21.2%, Incremental 16.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.9%, Text-Based 23.8%, Casual 16.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 41%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Casual 15.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, Indie 4.6%
Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Text-Based 32%, Emotional 14.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 7%
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Text-Based 30.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7%
Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Multiple Endings 3.4%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Text-Based 22.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Emotional 9.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Text-Based 34.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Text-Based 32.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 7.5%, Casual 7.2%
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 41.7%, Text-Based 35.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Indie 1.3%
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 43.6%, Text-Based 30.5%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Indie 1.4%
This is a reading game that describes internet life. You can push the plot by clicking on different positions on the screen and pass the customs in 30 minutes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Text-Based 26.3%, Incremental 18.1%, Casual 14.3%, Story Rich 5.8%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Emotional 18.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Emotional 20.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
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: Text-Based 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6%
You are a Switchboard Operator, and you're about to be replaced by a machine. Use your last week of work to connect townsfolk, overcome problems, and explore the history of a cast of engaging characters. Your choices matter, so use each day to leave lasting bonds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Emotional 13.7%, Casual 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.2%, Text-Based 35.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
因为学历贬值而找不到好工作的本科生布郝，在一次送外卖途中得知一个名叫“做题家之岛”的岛屿，在那里，只要能够考研上岸，就能获得取之不尽的权力和财富，揣怀着咸鱼翻身理想的他，踏上了前往“做题家之岛”的邮轮……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Incremental 23.1%, Text-Based 22.5%, Story Rich 8%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
An interactive narrative in social engineering.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.6%, Text-Based 36.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, Indie 9.8%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Emotional 14%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Casual 8.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
The Guest: Home Alone is a short psychological horror experience. You play as Tyler, a man who returns home after a long day at work seeking rest — but something feels wrong. Are you really alone?.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.8%, Incremental 25.5%, Casual 17.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 1.7%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.8%, Text-Based 34.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Story Rich 6.8%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Emotional 8.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Text-Based 32.8%, Casual 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
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 41.1%, Text-Based 38%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 5.2%, Indie 1.3%
Seduce and surveil as a sexy spy! Gather intel, or gamble on love in Versailles! Who will catch your eye: a spymistress, a poet, or a traitor to the king?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Text-Based 32.6%, Casual 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
The thrilling conclusion to your heroic journey! The Manipulator has destroyed the Speck campus, forcing you and your friends to flee the only home you’ve known. Can you survive the challenges of a new school while preparing for the ultimate showdown against the world’s most powerful villains?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Text-Based 30.9%, Casual 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
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 42.4%, Text-Based 37.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Indie 1.4%
