- #1 Greymarsh
97% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #2 The Soul Stone War 2
96% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13%, Romance 11.1%
- #3 History of Dragosa
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #4 Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
95% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel da SilvaPub: SmokeSomeFrogs
Windows · Linux
Fight in the Arena is a text-based gamebook-style RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system. Will you prevail in the arena?
Why similar: CRPG 22.6%, Text-Based 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #5 Ink and Intrigue
94% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, RPG 11.3%, Lore-Rich 11.3%
- #6 A Court of Seven Crowns
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate a web of intrigue and assassination to make peace among warring fae! The fate of their realms and yours is in your hands! A text-based interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, RPG 11.7%
- #7 Diaspora
93% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 12.7%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
- #8 Forbidden Magic
92% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, RPG 11.2%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #9 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
91% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, RPG 12.3%
- #10 Superheroes Inc: #VictoryLeague
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, RPG 11.8%
- #11 Road To Wealth
90% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Konithir
Windows
Embark on a text-based RPG in a brutal fantasy world. Make choices, manage gear, and battle enemies through a non-linear story. Explore diverse landscapes with immersive art and sounds. Enjoy mini-games like dice and lockpicking. Survive or save often in this challenging game.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, RPG 11.7%
- #12 Saga · The Circle
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: project silence
Windows · Mac
The Holy Sword has been drawn. Now gather the Knights of the Round Table to rebuild the kingdom. Explore and investigate war-torn Britain, and fight in tactical battles where stealing turns matters. In this Literary CRPG, every choice shapes your values, your allies, and the fate of Britain itself.
Why similar: CRPG 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #13 Devil on Your Shoulder
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Romance 11%
- #14 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
87% matchVery Positive91% of 2,159 reviews2024
Dev: The Nameless EpicPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
Why similar: Class-Based 17.8%, CRPG 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Strategy RPG 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #15 Fighting Fantasy Classics
88% matchVery Positive82% of 371 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, CRPG 9.5%
- #16 The Golden Rose: Book One
86% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
- #17 Bloodwood Dungeon
86% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 12.6%, Old School 9.7%
- #18 Leas: City of the Sun
85% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, RPG 13%, Romance 10.6%
- #19 Mythscroll
84% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Seedborne
Windows · Linux
Forge your story in this fantasy RPG where every choice, encounter, and stat check shapes your journey. Explore the world, equip powerful weapons, master spells, and survive dynamic text-driven adventures, with D&D-inspired character building, turn-based combat, and branching outcomes.
Why similar: CRPG 22.6%, Class-Based 18.8%, Text-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Difficult 9.7%
- #20 Choose Your Own Alternative
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, CRPG 17%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #21 Tower of the Ice Lich
83% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #22 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Romance 14.1%, RPG 14%
- #23 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
81% matchVery Positive84% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10%
- #24 Aunewyth
82% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
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 29.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, RPG 11.1%
- #25 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Why similar: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, RPG 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #26 Love in a Time of Earthquakes
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, RPG 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #27 Fields of Asphodel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Romance 10.8%
- #28 Telvoikai
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Romance 11.4%
- #29 Yogoe Hunter
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #30 Haunted Hearts Hotel
77% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Check in to your hotel, and check out the ghosts! Sexy specters await you - but can you fix up the hotel in style so that the living guests will find luxury, too?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Romance 14.5%, RPG 13%
- #31 True Magician
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark CitadelPub: Brezg Studio
Windows
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 12.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #32 Lux, City of Secrets
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, RPG 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #33 Arcadie: Second-Born
76% matchVery Positive95% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Romance 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #34 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
73% matchVery Positive91% of 6,595 reviews2023
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!
Why similar: Class-Based 19.4%, CRPG 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Romance 10.5%
- #35 Turncoat Chronicle
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, RPG 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #36 A Kiss from Death
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As an immortal being in a world of epic fantasy, spend an eternity in romance with a host of unique, fantastical characters!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Romance 15.1%, RPG 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #37 阴桃花 (The Flowers of Yin)
75% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
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: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Romance 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #38 Keeper's Vigil
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #39 Their Majesties' Pleasure
74% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this enchanted sexual escapade across a kingdom on the edge of war, will you revel with mysterious rogues, wily Fae, the Prince, or the Princess?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Romance 15.1%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #40 You Are Not the Chosen One
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Acharya Interactive Pub: Acharya Interactive
Windows
An old school, single-player RPG where the fate of the world is someone else's problem. Inspired by the legendary MUDs of the past. Roll up a character then fight, scheme, and gamble your way across the continent of Vaelthara, writing your own chronicle in a world of ambition.
Why similar: CRPG 25.9%, Strategy RPG 21.3%, RPG 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.9%, Old School 7.6%
- #41 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, RPG 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #42 God of Chaos
70% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shatter civilization and avenge your pantheon as the world‘s last surviving god! Will you liberate humanity from tyranny, or let the world burn? A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 13%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
- #43 Blood Sword
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Prime Games
Windows
An ancient evil returns. A sword lost to legend. A party bound by fate. Forge your legacy in a story-rich RPG of turn-based combat and branching choices, inspired by the classic Blood Sword saga.
Why similar: CRPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Old School 8%
- #44 Tomes and Tactics
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gnomish Games
Windows · Linux
A deep, single-player turn-based RPG. Build one character across 60 levels and 13 distinct classes, explore a hand-crafted world lit by a custom vision engine, and face death the old way — leave a corpse, rise as a ghost, and walk back to reclaim it.
Why similar: CRPG 22.3%, Class-Based 16.2%, Old School 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, RPG 9.2%
- #45 Arkadia
71% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: NogakKimchiPub: NogakKimchi(Sangmyung Univ.)
Windows
Explore Arkadia. Confront the evil beings, uncover their schemes, and fight for justice. Strategize and strengthen your characters to achieve victory.
Why similar: CRPG 24.1%, Strategy RPG 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #46 Robot's Fate: Alice
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 23.7%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #47 Way Walkers: University 2
72% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #48 Crown of Exile
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ramona G
Windows
The realms are fractured. A kingdom burns. In this dark fantasy interactive tale, you flee with an exiled prince through a land of treachery and fading deities. Will you shape your fate in blood and fire, or vanish beneath the weight of secrets best left buried?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Romance 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12%
- #49 The Nascent Necromancer
70% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #50 Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion
68% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, RPG 13.2%, Romance 12.3%
- #51 Fabled Lands
69% matchVery Positive80% of 542 reviews2022
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.
Why similar: CRPG 20.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Strategy RPG 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #52 Champions of Chaxia
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Features hassle-free inventory management and a battle system that combines dice rolls with meaningful decisions and preparation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 16.5%, RPG 13.1%, Old School 9%
- #53 Monster F****r II: Dragon
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Lascivity
Windows
Set out to lay a fearsome dragon in this short, text-based, erotic interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Romance 13.5%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #54 House of the Golden Mask
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 8%
- #55 A Taste of Heat
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
In your restaurant kitchen, will love simmer, or will lust boil over? Sharpen your ambition, create decadent recipes, and light the flames of passion. A text-based interactive romance novel, 500,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, RPG 13.7%, Romance 11.4%
- #56 Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure
69% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Romance 11.2%, RPG 9%
- #57 The Shaman Diary
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gregory Creupelandt
Windows · Linux
A story-driven turn-based RPG with deep strategy and tactical combat. Explore a vast heroic fantasy world, master skills, gear up, and forge your own path. The Ravagers are closing in. Will you protect Astreia? Embark on an epic journey inspired by a 650-page original novel.
Why similar: CRPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Old School 9.5%
- #58 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
67% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, RPG 9.3%
- #59 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, RPG 11.3%
- #60 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
66% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%