- #1 Book of Decisions
97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SayrGames
Windows
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 46.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #2 Case #1472
96% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Typing 33% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #3 Tachyon Dreams Anthology
96% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Typing 39% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #4 Dante's Cowboy
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cameron Murphy Reikes
Windows
A Neo-Western town is simmering with conflict: mysterious forces fight for power, and you're the lynchpin that can save or destroy it. With a novel dynamic text system, you can say and do anything to the NPCs, then they generate personalized actions and speech in response.
Why similar: Typing 51.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Artificial Intelligence 11%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #5 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
94% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 22%, Psychological 19%, Text-Based 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #6 Stranded 2
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: JimJams Games
Windows
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 42.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #7 Finish Report
93% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: D4
Windows
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 45.4% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Mystery 7.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #8 Recollect
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShuffleHouse
Windows · Linux
Recollect is a 2D adventure puzzle game based on typing, where you explore a world of lost memories. Solve unique puzzles, uncover forgotten spells and look for meaning in dreams to find out who you really are.
Why similar: Typing 53.1% ★, Psychological 20.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 7%, Exploration 4.3%
- #9 CMChar: Your Virtual Companion
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlanBotics
Windows
Bring your favorite characters to life on your desktop! CMChar offers interactive mascots with unique AI-powered personalities that talk, react, and evolve with you. Build affinity, level up, and boost your productivity with built-in tools.
Why similar: Typing 50.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 5.4%
- #10 Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
91% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ozapell
Windows
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Typing 39.1% ★, Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Adventure 5.4%
- #11 Persona Shard
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DR Studio CodingPub: DR Studio Games
Windows · Linux
Emotional highs and lows, but make it interdimensional.
Why similar: Typing 50.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Artificial Intelligence 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #12 1001 Nights
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ada Eden
Windows · Mac
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 40.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Artificial Intelligence 9.5%
- #13 Kriss' Journey
89% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: orlodax
Windows · Mac · Linux
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Typing 30.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19.5%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #14 7 Days to End with You
88% matchVery Positive88% of 3,265 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 33.9% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #15 Coldwake
86% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: MadLeap Games
Windows
Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Typing 41.9% ★, Text-Based 13.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #16 Human.exe
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Weird EnginePub: Weird Engine
Windows · Mac
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Typing 40.8% ★, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Mystery 6.8%
- #17 The Door Of Redemption
87% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 地航者
Windows
When you wake up in a dungeon full of peculiar smell, someone tells you: you must find a way to escape from this dungeon, and be careful, you are not alone……
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Text-Based 30.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Mystery 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #18 Soulfused
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Confoxing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 45.2% ★, Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #19 Head in the Cloud
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Phosphor Fables
Windows
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Typing 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 22.3%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #20 The Pilgrimage
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
- #21 Talk to Aya
85% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: LightPub: Nekomura Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with Aya! Ask questions, discuss hobbies, or simply input keywords.
Why similar: Typing 53.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Mystery 4.1%
- #22 Space Bear
82% matchVery Positive98% of 455 reviews2020
Dev: Damon SmithPub: Space Bear Games
Windows
Space Bear is a multi-choice text adventure typing game! Sort of. I mean, there isn't many actual choices, and the typing is more "mashing"...
Why similar: Typing 61.4% ★, Text-Based 28.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #23 Penrose
81% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.6%, Text-Based 24.5%, Psychological 14.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #24 Anachronism\>
82% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 45.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 21.2%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #25 The Tenth Minute
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
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 28.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Psychological 17.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #26 The Riddler
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SemanticOverlordPub: Bunker 22
Windows
Think you're clever? Prove it with an enigmatic AI, the ultimate master of riddles beyond imagination.
Why similar: Typing 34.7% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Artificial Intelligence 14.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #27 NO WAY OUT:Prison
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Co's Studios
Windows
10 days until execution. Every choice could save you — or prove you deserve it. Escape or die.
Why similar: Typing 44.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Psychological 11.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Adventure 5.9%
- #28 Inglobe
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: moggmogg lunch box
Windows
Become a mailman in a snowy town and deliver the thoughts of its inhabitants in this 3D adventure. Without a map, figure out where to deliver your letters, explore, and drop them in the mailboxes of the right buildings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #29 > Terminal
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Terminal CLS LLC
Windows · Mac
Terminal is a command-line escape room. You aren't just reading a story; you're unlocking a machine. You are Tera, alone in your terminal window on a cold Illinois night. Your identity is lost, embedded somewhere within a haunted computer. Its code is a prison, but it's also your escape.
Why similar: Typing 37.5% ★, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #30 Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 845 reviews2021
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.
Why similar: Typing 62.6% ★, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Story Rich 7.4%, Puzzle 6.1%, Exploration 5.8%
- #31 Trilingual
77% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Wyatt HubersPub: Tetrafi
Windows
Welcome to the planet, Triangulus. Can you solve the hidden mysteries of each island and escape with your brain intact? Scan these ancient runes to decode a new alien language. Use this alien language to grow plants, move trains, and even save the Trilings of the planet.
Why similar: Typing 62.4% ★, Puzzle 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%, Adventure 3.8%
- #32 Hysteria in Howlsbend
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 46.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 15%, Artificial Intelligence 8.5%, Mystery 4%
- #33 Gata Guressi
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elliot George Mann
Windows
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Typing 29.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Text-Based 10.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #34 Streamer's Court
76% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Metehan SENER
Windows
Streamer's Court is an interactive game that can be played with your Twitch chat! In this game, you as a streamer will judge your viewers (the game assigns the crimes), get their defenses via chat decide whether they are guilty or not guilty, and learn the decision of your viewers!
Why similar: Typing 59.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Puzzle 9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%, Indie 0.2%
- #35 The Hidden and Unknown
75% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: ProX
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Hidden and Unknown is a story-based game, that aims to widen the perception of its audience in the areas of psychology and philosophy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 17.6%, Artificial Intelligence 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #36 Pikku Adventure
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pikku Studios
Windows · Mac
A challenging puzzle adventure about learning an alien language. Explore a strange world and meet its cute inhabitants. Decipher the language and earn their trust. With every word learned, you will uncover more secrets. Can you solve the mystery of this world and decide the fate of the Pikku?
Why similar: Typing 32.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #37 Project DeepWeb
75% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!
Why similar: Typing 40.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #38 The Aching
74% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Typing 41.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Mystery 6.4%, Exploration 5.7%
- #39 In Silence Waits
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Linux
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Typing 45.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Exploration 6.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #40 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 23.1%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #41 Soul Nexus
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ocean.lol
Windows · Linux
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Typing 22% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #42 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
71% matchVery Positive89% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Typing 38.6% ★, Text-Based 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
- #43 Typing Fireworks
71% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: YakiOnigiri
Windows
Typing Fireworks is a casual game where your fingers run across the keyboard to set off fireworks! You can only move to adjacent keys, escape the danger zone before the fuse burns out, and look up to enjoy the dazzling display when the fireworks bloom!
Why similar: Typing 65.7% ★, Text-Based 24.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #44 Gaze Into Fate
73% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: IKOUYOPub: IKOU GmbH
Windows
A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?
Why similar: Typing 44% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 5.3%
- #45 Hymer 2000
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,048 reviews2025
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Typing 38.3% ★, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Artificial Intelligence 9.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #46 Homicipher: Demo
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Typing 31.3% ★, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #47 Don't Text and Drive
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: StartUpGames
Windows
Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.
Why similar: Typing 65.2% ★, Text-Based 26.7%, Horror 4.4%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Indie 0.2%
- #48 Sisyphe's Backspace
69% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Koway
Windows · Mac
A 5 minutes game about love and hesitation. Use Backspace to play. Hope you will never experience this hesitation.
Why similar: Typing 24.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 19%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
- #49 Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: GameClicks
Windows
Embark on a journey into the heart of an old-school text adventure game that beckons you into a world veiled in shadow and mystique. Here, your wits are your greatest weapon, and your keyboard, the tool to wield it.
Why similar: Typing 41.2% ★, Text-Based 23.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #50 Hostage Down
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pooandplay
Windows
In this hostage simulation, take the mic and negotiate the ransom to free the hostages. With advanced AI and complete freedom of choice, use your charisma, your narrative decisions, and your power of persuasion to manipulate unpredictable situations. Every word matters—and could come at a high cost.
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 26%, Artificial Intelligence 14.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%
- #51 The Portal Pirate
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.7%, Text-Based 27%, Psychological 16.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #52 Limits
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Martin Roussel
Windows
LIMITS is an experience of observation and obedience, concealed beneath the logic of a planetary restoration program. Execute the protocols. Analyze the zones. Cleanse the anomalies. C.A.L.L guides you. It watches over you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Psychological 13.2%, Text-Based 9.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #53 ファントピア
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: AppleFunction
Windows
タイピング×ノベルゲーム。「ファントピア」という謎の世界に迷い込んでしまったあなた。あなたは元の世界に帰るためにファントピア中を旅することになります。ノベルパートとタイピングパートに分かれたオリジナルゲーム。
Why similar: Typing 74.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%, Indie 0.3%
- #54 Changelog
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Aman KapoorPub: Mandala
Windows
In 2016, a group of ambitious students got together to make the best adventure game ever — but they failed. Discover their story by playing through different builds of their game and reading their development logs.
Why similar: Typing 41.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 10.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 5.1%
- #55 Universe Has No Favorites
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #56 [Redacted] The Safehouse
65% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Heartbeast
Windows · Linux
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Typing 34.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, Story Rich 9%, Mystery 4.6%
- #57 Terranova
68% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Terranova
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.
Why similar: Typing 46.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 21.2%, Female Protagonist 5.6%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #58 Framework Zero: Terminal Panic
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Dumb Fun Games
Windows · Linux
You are hurtling through space aboard an industrial freighter. The crew already had their hands full with failing systems. But now there is a new threat on board. Something is hunting you. TERMINAL PANIC is a survival-horror "interactive fiction" text adventure RPG with '80s terminal aesthetics.
Why similar: Typing 33.8% ★, Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #59 Kukata: Word of Ghosts
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Word Naz Game Studio
Windows
Your words are your only weapon. Banish the restless dead in this Malaysian folklore typing horror. Face the Pocong and Pontianak in an abandoned school using fast-paced typing combat and ritual crafting. Can you find the words to survive? Start typing now.
Why similar: Typing 60.8% ★, Story Rich 9.5%, Puzzle 7.3%, Mystery 6%, Exploration 4.9%
- #60 Silent Orbits
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlekPub: QuickNap
Windows
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 37.4%, Text-Based 34.9%, Mystery 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%