60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure.
This is a magic-realism story about self-discovery, spirit analysis and psychological reconstruction. Playing the role of Belikov, an intensely delusional occultist, who attends an occult forum in his hometown Skinnerburg, where witchcraft and riots are rampant, but trapped in a conspiracy.
The Shame of a Daydreamer
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Playing Kafka
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Surreal 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Psychological 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological 14.3%, Surreal 13.2%
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Surreal 10.4%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%, RPG 9.3%
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 18%, Surreal 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Surreal 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Psychological 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.8%, Psychological 24%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
Unlock diabolical magic in the time of Napoleon and Robespierre! Can you direct the course of the Revolution, or will you lose your head?
Why similar: Alternate History 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, RPG 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 10.2%
A dark fantasy horror visual novel where your choices reshape a nightmare‑ridden world. Explore surreal realms, solve narrative puzzles, and face the consequences of every decision.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Surreal 15.1%, Text-Based 11%, Choices Matter 7.8%
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Modern 18.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 13%, Fantasy 9.6%
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Modern 12.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
Your death was a tragedy... your afterlife is a mystery. Unravel the secrets of death with the help of Xochitl, your guide. Can you find your way through the doors of the great library of the Beyond? A new choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Surreal 20.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Alternate History 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 13.4%, Psychological 13%
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 9.7%
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 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, RPG 10.7%, Choices Matter 9%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, RPG 12.6%, Fantasy 9.1%
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 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 19.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, RPG 13.5%, Fantasy 9.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 8.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, RPG 13.5%, Fantasy 9.3%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Psychological 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Surreal 14%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Stylized 9.6%
Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Fantasy 9.9%
Play as an unnamed man who suspects his wife of something, and dive deep into his memories of the day when he was about to propose to her. Your choices can influence the story. Genre: thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Text-Based 24.7%, Psychological 21%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
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 24.7%, Surreal 20.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%
Guide a squad of ten young adults through a kingdom on the brink of war! Navigate court politics, deadly rivalries, and magical chaos between Humans, Fae, and Werewolves... where every choice can make or break your future.
Why similar: Surreal 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 11.1%
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 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Text-Based 19.5%, RPG 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Psychological 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 11%
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Alternate History 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 19.4%, RPG 15%, Fantasy 11%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Text-Based 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 13.1%, Fantasy 9.3%
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 11.2%, Adventure 8.5%
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Surreal 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 12.5%, Fantasy 7.9%
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
Once you open this book, you are no longer just a reader. A "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — handcrafted over six years by a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. 100% handmade, from the first page to the last.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Psychological 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Stylized 12%, Story Rich 9.4%
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 18.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, RPG 8.1%
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, RPG 10.1%
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 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, RPG 10.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Alternate History 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, RPG 12.4%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
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 40%, Text-Based 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 5%, Story Rich 3.8%
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Fantasy 12.3%, RPG 8.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Text-Based 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 12.6%, Fantasy 9.7%
"I told you, with you, we can start over!" Choices that weren't available in the first playthrough become unlocked in the second. A time-loop adventure RPG where the story branches from the very beginning, depending on your decisions.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.8%, Surreal 16.7%, Modern 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
In this visual novel meets RPG, explore the complicated relationship between Jheel, a conflicted lawyer, and Agneya, a secretive doctor. Delve into the themes of love, loss and justice in the backdrop of a tragedy as you experience and shape the story from their individual perspectives.
Why similar: Alternate History 25%, Psychological 17.9%, Surreal 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, RPG 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
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 26.8%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, RPG 8.7%
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 27.2%, Text-Based 21.5%, Psychological 18.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Story Rich 11.8%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Psychological 21.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Adventure 5%
Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, RPG 11.7%, Adventure 8.5%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological 13.6%, Choices Matter 9%
