60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Text-Based, Singleplayer, Adventure, Indie.
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.
Ventory
A strange little command line puzzle game for Linux and Windows. Use the items in your inventory and outventory to solve each level and get to the exit.
Never Gives Up Her Dead
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.
A strange little command line puzzle game for Linux and Windows. Use the items in your inventory and outventory to solve each level and get to the exit.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Old School 19.9%, Logic 19.3%, Puzzle 11.6%, Retro 10.4%
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 47.1% ★, Text-Based 23.2%, Puzzle 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Retro 6.1%
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Typing 30.4% ★, Text-Based 28.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Retro 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Retro 15.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Old School 9.2%, Logic 8.7%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Typing 23.5% ★, Text-Based 22.5%, Old School 18.2%, Retro 11.5%, Fantasy 9.4%
Enter a locked network through one surviving terminal. Read conflicting records, question witnesses, and use recovered programs to uncover why an autonomous machine refused its orders. A retro terminal mystery in four acts, with six endings shaped by your decisions.
Why similar: Typing 49.1% ★, Text-Based 25.6%, Retro 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Adventure 6.8%
Type in what actions you want to take in this comedic text-adventure game inspired by choose-your-own-adventure books! Implight uses 3D visuals and absurdist humor to convey an entertaining and introspective story.
Why similar: Typing 41.7% ★, Text-Based 13.2%, Underground 10.8% ★, Old School 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
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 48.1% ★, Text-Based 32.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 5.4%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Typing 16.5% ★, Retro 11%, Mystery 10.4%, Old School 8.4%
A perfectly normal text adventure. Explore 141 rooms, solve bizarre puzzles, collect questionable objects, and discover multiple endings in a world of dark humor and increasingly unreliable guidance.
Why similar: Typing 40.4% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Logic 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Adventure 7.7%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Text-Based 18.9%, Logic 13.5%, Mystery 11%, Word Game 10%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 40.9% ★, Text-Based 23.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Puzzle 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Typing 24.3% ★, Text-Based 19.5%, Logic 13.3%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Old School 19.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Retro 14.3%, Typing 13.8% ★
An ancient prophecy is about to awaken. Guided by a mysterious artifact, William ventures into Azig, where a secret society, ancient temples, and opposing forces await, trapped beneath the eternal sun. Uncover the truth that could change the fate of these lands.
Why similar: Old School 24.5%, Retro 18.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Mystery 8.3%
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: Text-Based 37.9%, Typing 29.5% ★, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 6.5%
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House, in this short narrative game that combines simple text adventure mechanics, point-and-click puzzles, and visual novel segments.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Typing 17.4% ★, Retro 14.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Point & Click 10.5%
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 33.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Retro 12.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Guess the random sequence of glyphs with optional hints and alternate symbol sets.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.6%, Logic 19.8%, Word Game 18.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Retro 12.3%
Speak of My Sin is a word reasoning game - players are supposed to find the truth of the cases, restore the story in a number of interrelated cases and finally detect the identification of “me”, speaking out “my” sin.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Typing 20.9% ★, Mystery 13.6%, Logic 12.5%, Word Game 10.8%
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 31% ★, Text-Based 17.2%, Logic 15.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
Explore a gothic, macabre environment and find objects of symbolic significance, in this text-based adventure game inspired by "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. Interact by typing your intentions in text, in an authentically written story that goes Beyond where the original one ends.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Old School 20.4%, Mystery 17.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 13.2%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.7%, Dark Fantasy 21.5%, Fantasy 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Adventure 7.9%
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 36.9% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Retro 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
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 37.9% ★, Text-Based 27.5%, Mystery 12%, Retro 10.1%, Puzzle 5.2%
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Typing 31.1% ★, Text-Based 19.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Word Game 11.1%, Puzzle 7.1%
Join Dr. What and Detective Son on an exhilarating journey through mind-bending puzzles and perplexing mysteries in this immersive logic game! With multiple levels to conquer, sharpen your deductive skills and unravel intricate cases.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.1%, Logic 24.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 10.7%
Are you bold enough to enter A Lively Haunt alone? Or must you join a friend to investigate this 2-player, old-school, text parser adventure game?
Why similar: Typing 25.4% ★, Text-Based 23.4%, Old School 16.8%, Retro 15.4%, Mystery 6.9%
A dark fantasy take on the old text based RPG style. Use discovered words to navigate your own mortal through a hand drawn water coloured world. Build your own commands and phrases and save them onto buttons in a beginner friendly system that allows for deep complexity.
Why similar: Typing 27.8% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Old School 11.6%, Word Game 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
Timequest is a classic graphical text-based adventure game of breathtaking scope and astonishing depth. Travel to 80 locations to see the effects of your actions unfold over 3 millennia.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Mystery 16.8%, Retro 15.8%, Point & Click 9.9%
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 38.7% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Retro 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Adventure 7%
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 53.5% ★, Text-Based 30%, Puzzle 8.5%, Word Game 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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: Text-Based 38.3%, Typing 27.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 10%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 7.5%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Typing 29.1% ★, Text-Based 23.9%, Logic 12.8%, Word Game 11%, Mystery 8.8%
CozyTyper is a relaxing game where you can enjoy a cozy atmosphere while you spend your time improving your typing accuracy and speed, without the pressure of a ticking clock. Take your touch typing to the next level with calm practice and muscle memory training! Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Why similar: Typing 56.4% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Retro 11.4%, Old School 10.3%, Indie 1.6%
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 54.9% ★, Text-Based 28.7%, Word Game 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
The Mournmore Killings a story-driven, deduction based mystery game where you step into the shoes of a detective trying to solve the enigmatic riddles left behind by a serial killer.
Why similar: Typing 24.2% ★, Mystery 18.4%, Retro 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Narration 10.3%
Descend into a sprawling underground stormwater system in search of a missing friend. Navigate flooded passages, abandoned infrastructure, and places that haven't been seen in decades.
Why similar: Underground 30.6% ★, Mystery 21.6%, Retro 19.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
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Why similar: Typing 40.5% ★, Text-Based 35.6%, Puzzle 12.3%, Point & Click 9.9%, Indie 0.9%
Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.
Why similar: Old School 19.9%, Retro 18.5%, Adventure 13.6%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 11.7%
A short and entertaining typing game, where you need to type your way through space to find a way home. Upgrade your vessel and overcome enemy resistances with your linguistic arsenal. Hack away in this roguelite deep space typing bonanza.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Logic 20.4%, Word Game 16.9%, Typing 14% ★, Old School 8%
A word-guessing game in which you have to guess the word with hinted "similarity" value
Why similar: Typing 38.7% ★, Text-Based 36.6%, Logic 13.8%, Puzzle 5.2%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Crack the case of the missing video store employee in this 3D point and click mystery game by solving escape room puzzles, combing the computer database, and scouring shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Typing 28.6% ★, Text-Based 21.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Logic 10.2%, Old School 10.1%
In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.8%, Retro 18.1%, Old School 16%, Puzzle 11.2%, Adventure 9.1%
Press a key and check it, as in "It is N." But the next time you press it, will it still mean the same thing? Now, let's check the key. Because it's so much fun.
Why similar: Typing 44.1% ★, Text-Based 21.2%, Word Game 13%, Mystery 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
This is a puzzle game like a mathematical book, based on logic and deduction. In this game, you don't need to beat the level, but need to prove it is beatable. Your goal is not to win, but to prove you can win.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.8%, Logic 34.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Mykyta Pylypovych, PhD, has a little secret, an inner voice guiding him through difficult situations. Use classic parser commands or advise Mykyta with a natural language, to aid his perilous research activities and, maybe, to save the whole free world!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Typing 15.6% ★, Old School 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Retro 9.1%
Explore the island of Formentera and uncover its stories and ancient legends.
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Retro 20.8%, Old School 16.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Adventure 13.3%
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 44.1% ★, Text-Based 28.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%
A murky point-and-click puzzle game where a straightforward repair job gets stranger the deeper you go. Solve 2D and 3D puzzles, meet weird characters, and figure out what is happening below the sludge.
Why similar: Underground 24% ★, Old School 19.9%, Retro 15.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can hurt you, and enemies mock your choices. Nothing is fair, nothing is explained, and the game remembers.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Typing 27.6% ★, Word Game 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
Why similar: Typing 31.7% ★, Text-Based 23.5%, Retro 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Old School 7.6%
Puzzle-Solving Game Boy Adventure about an Orc inside a Mysterious Tower looking for his Wife
Why similar: Old School 24%, Retro 23%, Adventure 14.8%, Puzzle 14%, Fantasy 9.8%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Narration 12%, Fantasy 11.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Point & Click 8.8%
Trapped in a high-stakes interrogation room, you must defend your innocence against an adaptive AI detective. Every answer is evaluated in real time—watch your words, because your own claims can convict you.
Why similar: Typing 41.7% ★, Old School 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Do you have what it takes to answer a question only 1% of people get right? Test your brainpower and compete against players worldwide in The 1% Club World Challenge, the official game based on the hit TV gameshow!
Why similar: Typing 45.6% ★, Text-Based 22.1%, Logic 14.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Word Game 5.8%
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Typing 24% ★, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 6.5%
A pixelated puzzle game about pipes. Enjoy puzzles at various difficulties in four unique modes!
Why similar: Logic 29.6%, Old School 28%, Puzzle 18.7%, Retro 18.3%, Indie 4.2%
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 29.5% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Word Game 13%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 7.9%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 32.6% ★, Text-Based 20.7%, Word Game 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Fantasy 8.3%
