60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, 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.
The Sin Collector: Repentless
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.
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 16.8%, Surreal 13.2%, Narration 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Text-Based 9.7%
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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Narration 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Text-Based 11.3%
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 17.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Psychological 12.5%, Surreal 11.4%
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 19.7%, Psychological 18.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Narration 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%
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 20.7%, Narration 17.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Psychological 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Surreal 12.9%, Choices Matter 10%
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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Psychological 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
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 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Narration 11.5%, Text-Based 8.1%
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 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Narration 13.5%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological 11.2%
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 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
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 18.1%, Text-Based 18.1%, Surreal 17.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, RPG 9.3%
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 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Modern 17.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Surreal 13%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
Megalophobia is an atmospheric, narrative experience driven by your powerless feeling. You cannot fight. You cannot win. You can only hide in the shadows of colossal, impossible entities that have claimed our world, trying to survive in a landscape that shifts with every deafening footstep.
Why similar: Psychological 27.1%, Narration 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Surreal 9.1%
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 25.9%, Psychological 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Narration 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Narration 12.1%
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 23.2%, Psychological 16.9%, Surreal 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 8%
Welcome, future hero! Perciflette is a narrative adventure with a simple goal : Find the way out. Explore, move forward with caution, and make the right choices…or start over!
Why similar: Narration 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Fantasy 11.6%, Text-Based 11.5%
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 27.5%, Psychological 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
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 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, RPG 7.6%
Through branching destinies, hidden lore, brooding gothic vistas, and a soundtrack that echoes like a warning, you’ll walk a world reshaped by every choice you dare to make. But tread carefully—each decision pulls you toward redemption… or toward a fate far more terrifying than death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Surreal 15.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Narration 15.4%, Surreal 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Narration 12.2%, Text-Based 10.6%
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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 10.2%
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, RPG 9.9%
Wish Us Luck is a multi-plot interactive fiction fueled by your hard decisions. Play three strangers whose fates are intertwined by the cogs of chance on an eventful day. But remember: favoring one character means jeopardizing the others. Good Luck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Modern 17.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, 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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Modern 12.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Story Rich 10.6%
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 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Psychological 13.1%
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 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Text-Based 14.9%, Narration 13%
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Narration 16.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 20.1%, Text-Based 19.7%, RPG 10.6%, Choices Matter 9%
Harness the phenomenal abilities of an unliving wraith to preserve liberty—or to subvert it. Will you use your powers over quintessence to save your nation, or will you profit from its broken shell?
Why similar: Alternate History 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, RPG 9.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 12.5%, Fantasy 9.1%
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 26.1%, Text-Based 24.8%, Psychological 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Story Rich 10.7%
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 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 8.8%
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Drama 9.4%
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 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 20.2%, Adventure 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 14.2%, Narration 13.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Narration 14.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
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 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 13.4%, Fantasy 9.2%
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 24.6%, Surreal 20.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 12.4%
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 12.1%, Story Rich 11.1%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Psychological 15.3%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.9%, Psychological 17.3%, Drama 8.2%
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Narration 22.1%, Text-Based 19.6%, Adventure 5%
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Narration 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
Your busty personal assistant Elizabeth Fields is taking you out to diner tonight. Will you be able to resist her motherly charms and keep your precious company secrets to yourself? Find out in this femdom-centric adult visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Narration 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Modern 9.2%
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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, RPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
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 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 10.6%, Story Rich 8%
Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry
Why similar: Narration 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Text-Based 9.4%
"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"
Why similar: Alternate History 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Narration 10.7%
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Narration 15.6%, Psychological 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
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 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 11%
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 19.5%, RPG 14.9%, Fantasy 11%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 19.3%, Narration 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Fantasy 8.8%
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 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, RPG 13%, Fantasy 9.3%
