Games Like Appointment with FEAR (Standalone)

Become Atom Eve and take control of your own path as one of the most powerful superheroes in the Invincible universe! Unravel a mystery and balance the dangers and responsibilities of being a superhero with the relatable challenges of everyday life.

Why similar: Superhero 48.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel captures the comic book aesthetic perfectly while delivering a compelling superhero story.

Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.

Why similar: Superhero 71% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Visual Novel 4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-production, choice-driven superhero narrative that emphasizes the consequences of your decisions.

YOU are the hero in House of Hell! Can you escape from the Earl of Drumer's malevolent mansion in Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.3%, Adventure 26.6%, Indie 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as the seed game, it uses the exact same engine and interactive gamebook format.

They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!

Why similar: Superhero 42.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based adventure offers a complex, mature take on the superhero genre with significant narrative choices.

YOU are the hero in Forest of Doom! Explore the sinister Darkwood Forest in the digital Fighting Fantasy Standalone version of Ian Livingstone's classic RPG gamebook!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 59.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another excellent entry from the same developer that maintains the classic gamebook feel and visual style.

YOU are the hero in Starship Traveller! Captain a futuristic Starship in Steve Jackson's classic sci-fi RPG gamebook!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 55.9%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the same interactive fiction DNA and digital gamebook mechanics as the seed game.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.3%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this is a faithful and highly polished digital adaptation of a classic Fighting Fantasy gamebook.

Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 69.6%, Indie 30.4%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based superhero adventure that focuses heavily on character development and branching story paths.

The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37%, Superhero 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A prominent choice-based superhero series that mirrors the interactive fiction style of the seed game.

You and your friends were teenage sidekicks of the world's greatest heroes. But now, the heroes are missing. It's your turn to kick @#$ and save the world!

Why similar: Superhero 58.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG offers a unique take on the superhero genre with a focus on narrative choices.

Don your cape and mask and join the Supreme League of Patriots in this hilarious and irreverent superhero comedy adventure!

Why similar: Superhero 74.8% ★, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into superhero tropes and comic book satire.

You are Fatman - the heroic crime fighter for the city of Shadowlawn. It is up to you, then, to tear yourself away from food long enough to save the city from certain destruction...

Why similar: Superhero 68.1% ★, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that parodies the superhero genre with a charming pixel-art style.

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 8.4%, Visual Novel 5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in interactive fiction, featuring a branching narrative where every choice significantly impacts your journey.

A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61%, Visual Novel 39%

Why You'll Like It: It features a distinct comic-book art style and a narrative focused on the life of a super-powered individual.

Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.7%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure choose-your-own-adventure experience that captures the spirit of classic tabletop gamebooks.

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel utilizes a comic-book aesthetic to tell a gritty, choice-driven story.

With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.4%, Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Indie 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive fiction title features a compelling superhero premise where your choices dictate the flow of time and events.

Become the greatest hero or villain that the world has ever seen! Balance the challenges of a normal life, while fighting evil... or wreak havoc yourself.

Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for deep customization of your superhero powers and moral alignment within a text-driven world.

Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!

Why similar: Superhero 67.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 4.8%, Adventure 2.8%, Indie 2.4%

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.8%, Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique detective game that uses branching narrative and player input to solve a psychological mystery.

As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 63.4%, Indie 36.6%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that focuses on the journey of a hero, perfect for fans of interactive fiction.

Assume the role of a masked crime fighter and take part in adventures ranging from the streets of your city to the farthest reaches of the galaxy! Write your own super-heroic story as you take on every foe from petty thugs to cosmic villains in this unique role-playing simulation adventure.

Why similar: Superhero 100% ★

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy simulation that allows you to build a superhero persona from the ground up.

Prepare for a story-driven campaign within the Sentinel Comics universe as you join forces with an ever-growing team to face a wide variety of villains. Create your hero, gather your team, and save the world in this exciting new turn-based strategy!

Why similar: Superhero 73.2% ★, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused superhero game that provides a different mechanical approach to the same thematic material.

Battle heroes, wizards, and rival dragons in your insatiable thirst for gold and infamy. Start by dominating a local tribe of goblins, then usurp the kingdom, defending and expanding your despotic regime to annex neighboring kingdoms, incinerating the peasants in their thatched-roof cottages.

Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic text-based adventure that serves as a foundational example of the CYOA genre.

You were hired to extract a bioengineer. Now your team is cut off, your comms are dead, and you're surrounded by something wearing human skin. Hold the line, make the calls, and survive the night in this choice-driven visual novel with turn-based combat.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 53.4%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Adventure 19.1%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that incorporates RPG elements and branching paths within a stylized, comic-inspired world.

Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 49%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric interactive fiction game that relies on player decisions to navigate a dark, historical setting.

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 70.6%, Indie 29.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, text-driven experience that emphasizes moral ambiguity and complex decision-making.

Ever since the day the powers appeared, crime has ruled the streets of Scum City. As the conniving villains grow stronger and stronger, and the heroes find themselves walloped rather than walloping... it falls to you to rehabilitate S-rank villains in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Superhero 80.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.2%, Adventure 3.3%

Meet gorgeous women, fight criminals, attend classes, work mundane jobs, discover the secret to multiverse travel, superheroes exist and they're evil.

Why similar: Superhero 49.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Adventure 2.1%

You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction title that emphasizes narrative exploration and player-driven consequences.

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 23.7%

In a world where comic books are real - The final issue is Evil!

Why similar: Superhero 73.5% ★, Adventure 26.5%

This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.1%, Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Visual Novel 20.2%

Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...

Why similar: Superhero 100% ★

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Adventure 24.2%

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Why similar: Superhero 47.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Indie 5.9%

So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.

Why similar: Superhero 41.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Indie 7.7%

An Interactive Comic with PUNCHING in it.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51.4%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Indie 5.9%

Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 66.7%, Visual Novel 33.3%

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Indie 11.6%

Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.

Why similar: Indie 62.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Adventure 17.3%

Explore the underground world of vigilantes as you wage war against the Chicago mafia. Roll the dice, and survive the consequences of your actions!

Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Based on the award-winning graphic novel series published by Dark Horse, uncover the supernatural mysteries of Lisbon's underworld in 'The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy'! Take control of Pizza Boy and explore a brand new story in the Dog Mendonça universe!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.5%, Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Indie 17.4%

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.7%, Interactive Fiction 38%, Visual Novel 20.4%

Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Adventure 7%, Indie 4.6%

You are Verticus, a superhero equipped with a high tech, heat-resistant jump suit who must prevent the Earth’s destruction at the hands of an evil alien race known as The Obliterators!

Why similar: Superhero 60% ★, Adventure 40%

As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Adventure 12.1%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.7%, Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

Why similar: Visual Novel 69.1%, Adventure 30.9%

Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.

Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%

Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.3%, Adventure 26.9%, Indie 17.7%

Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 14.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.5%, Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 3.9%

Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 64.4%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 15.3%

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.4%, Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 22%

Superhero Simulator is an open-world superhero game where you fight villains and save lives! But being a hero isn’t free! You’ll need to work, pay rent, and survive. Can you handle both sides of the superhero life?

America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 48%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 21.8%

Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Adventure 11.5%