- #1 Never Gives Up Her Dead
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 46.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Puzzle 7%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #2 Book of Decisions
96% 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 9.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #3 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 35.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Psychological 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #4 Tachyon Dreams Anthology
95% matchPositive92% of 25 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 38.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #5 Dante's Cowboy
94% 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 51.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #6 The Watch Post
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Robert Hendrickson
Windows
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Typing 28% ★, Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Puzzle 6.9%, Adventure 5.6%
- #7 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
93% matchMixed68% of 79 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 18.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #8 Unreachable
91% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 颜文字Pub: KAOMOJI ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
An urgent message from home, a choice with an impossible price tag. In a 20-minute high-stakes dialogue, you must dismantle a "perfect" engineer's facade. Faced with $100,000 and a family tragedy, will you help him preserve his costly "American Dream," or force him to face the half-packed suitcase?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Typing 14.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%
- #9 Stranded 2
92% 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 17.8%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #10 Finish Report
91% 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 45.3% ★, Text-Based 19.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, Mystery 7.4%
- #11 Playstories
90% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Play a role. Write your story. Step into a live AI story hall where every choice can reshape relationships, memories, and fate.
Why similar: Typing 44.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%, Artificial Intelligence 7%
- #12 Recollect
89% 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 52.9% ★, Psychological 20.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 4.3%
- #13 CMChar: Your Virtual Companion
88% 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 50.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 15.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 5.4%
- #14 Persona Shard
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DR Studio CodingPub: DR Studio Games
Windows · Linux
Emotional highs and lows, but make it interdimensional.
Why similar: Typing 50.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 14.4%, Artificial Intelligence 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #15 Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
89% 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 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Adventure 5.6%
- #16 Kriss' Journey
86% 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 19.4%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
- #17 Coldwake
84% matchPositive100% of 37 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 41.8% ★, Text-Based 13.3%, Artificial Intelligence 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #18 7 Days to End with You
85% matchVery Positive88% of 3,433 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 33.9% ★, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
- #19 The Door Of Redemption
86% 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 35.2% ★, Text-Based 30.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Mystery 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%
- #20 Soulfused
83% 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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Sci-fi 9%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #21 Head in the Cloud
82% 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 22.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #22 The Pilgrimage
82% 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 18.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #23 Talk to Aya
84% 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 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Mystery 4.1%
- #24 Book of Infinity: 1001 Nights
81% 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 40.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Artificial Intelligence 9.1%
- #25 Naomi’s End
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
Naomi wakes decades older in a house she does not recognize, and discovers that escape may cost the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Psychological 18.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #26 Chatting ChurroBun
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Typing 23.5% ★, Text-Based 16%, Story Rich 9.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #27 Anachronism\>
80% 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 21.1%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #28 Space Bear
79% 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 27.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 0.9%
- #29 The Tenth Minute
78% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 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 22.6%, Psychological 17%, Story Rich 9.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #30 Penrose
78% matchPositive85% of 34 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 24.3%, Psychological 14.2%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #31 Stories Terminal
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OddlyGames
Windows
Stories Terminal is a detective text adventure inspired by classic parser games. Type your own commands, explore pixel-art locations, collect evidence, and solve a murder case on a midnight university campus.
Why similar: Typing 45.3% ★, Text-Based 22.1%, Artificial Intelligence 9.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Dialogue Heavy 6.8%
- #32 Inglobe
77% 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 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #33 The Riddler
76% 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 34.8% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Artificial Intelligence 14.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #34 12 Abroad St.
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Ronpoingue
Windows
12 Abroad St is a solo textual adventure game for PC set in a present and urban setting. You have been invited to a party you don't want to attend. Roam the city of Seaforth and try to dodge the party.
Why similar: Typing 56.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 13.1%, Exploration 5.4%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #35 Human.exe
75% 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 43.8% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #36 > Terminal
73% 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 37.4% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #37 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 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 11.6%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #38 NO WAY OUT:Prison
73% 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 11.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Adventure 6%
- #39 Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 861 reviews2021
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 62.3% ★, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Puzzle 6.2%, Exploration 5.8%
- #40 Trilingual
73% 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 62.2% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%, Adventure 3.9%
- #41 Event[0]
74% matchVery Positive80% of 2,287 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Typing 43.2% ★, Psychological 15.6%, Artificial Intelligence 11.5%, Mystery 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #42 Gata Guressi
72% matchNo user reviews2027
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 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Text-Based 10%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #43 Hysteria in Howlsbend
71% 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 46.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, Artificial Intelligence 8.4%, Mystery 4%
- #44 The Last Question
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Horo_tech3Pub: Hooroometa
Windows · Mac
The Last Question is an AI-powered detective mystery game where every question matters. Interrogate suspects freely, uncover contradictions, collect clues, and solve complex cases through your own reasoning.
Why similar: Typing 54.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 9%, Puzzle 5.9%, Exploration 5.7%
- #45 Streamer's Court
71% matchPositive90% of 21 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 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%, Indie 0.2%
- #46 Project DeepWeb
72% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: NightCat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Mystery 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #47 The Aching
71% matchPositive96% of 25 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 10.7%, Mystery 6.4%, Exploration 5.8%
- #48 In Silence Waits
70% 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 23.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Exploration 6.2%, Adventure 4.9%
- #49 The Hidden and Unknown
70% 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 17.5%, Artificial Intelligence 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #50 Hymer 2000
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,108 reviews2025
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Artificial Intelligence 9.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #51 Soul Nexus
69% 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%, Typing 21.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #52 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
68% matchVery Positive88% of 187 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 38.5% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Artificial Intelligence 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #53 Typing Fireworks
68% match5 user reviews67% 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 65.8% ★, Text-Based 24.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #54 Homicipher: Demo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #55 Gaze Into Fate
69% matchMixed60% of 42 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 43.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 5.3%
- #56 Don't Text and Drive
69% 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 65.3% ★, Text-Based 26.6%, Horror 4.5%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Indie 0.2%
- #57 Hostage Down
68% 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 26.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%
- #58 Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
67% 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 41.1% ★, Text-Based 23.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Puzzle 8%, Interactive Fiction 8%
- #59 Sisyphe's Backspace
66% matchVery Positive97% of 155 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 21.1%, Text-Based 18.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12%
- #60 The Portal Pirate
67% 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 26.9%, Psychological 16.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%