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.
Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
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 32.3%, Old School 19.6%, Logic 19.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Retro 10.3%
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Typing 30.7% ★, Text-Based 28.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Retro 8.4%, Adventure 7.5%
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 26.7%, Retro 15.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Old School 9.1%, Logic 8.6%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Typing 23.8% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Old School 18%, Retro 11.4%, Fantasy 9.3%
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 22.6%, Typing 16.7% ★, Retro 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Old School 8.2%
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 48.5% ★, Text-Based 32.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 5.4%
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 41.2% ★, Text-Based 23.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Puzzle 7.9%
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 38.2%, Typing 29.8% ★, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 6.2%
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 21.5%, Old School 19.1%, Mystery 14.7%, Typing 14.1% ★, Retro 14.1%
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 24.5% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Logic 13.2%, Word Game 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%
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 33.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Text-Based 12.8%, Retro 12.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Typing 17.6% ★, Retro 14.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Point & Click 10.4%
Guess the random sequence of glyphs with optional hints and alternate symbol sets.
Why similar: Text-Based 34%, Logic 19.6%, Word Game 18.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Retro 12.2%
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 29.1% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Logic 13.1%, Mystery 11%, Word Game 10%
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 26.7%, Typing 21% ★, Mystery 13.6%, Logic 12.4%, 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 31.3% ★, Text-Based 17.4%, Logic 15.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Dark Fantasy 21.7%, Fantasy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Adventure 7.6%
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 37.2% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Retro 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
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 37.7%, Logic 24.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 10.3%
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 25.8% ★, Text-Based 23.7%, Old School 16.5%, Retro 15.3%, Mystery 6.9%
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 53.7% ★, Text-Based 30.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Word Game 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 39.3%, Adventure 18.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Retro 15.7%, Point & Click 9.9%
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 55% ★, Text-Based 28.7%, Word Game 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 39.1% ★, Text-Based 17.7%, Retro 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Adventure 6.7%
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 56.2% ★, Text-Based 20%, Retro 11.3%, Old School 10.2%, Indie 1.6%
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 29.4% ★, Text-Based 24%, Logic 12.6%, Word Game 11%, Mystery 8.8%
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 stocking shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Typing 29.9% ★, Text-Based 24.1%, Mystery 17.4%, Logic 8.2%, Old School 6.5%
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 24.6% ★, Mystery 18.5%, Retro 12%, Text-Based 11.7%, Narration 9.6%
In this point-and-click puzzle-adventure RPG, you play a brave explorer searching an ancient temple for magical secrets. The ruin is filled with deadly traps and danger. Survive, manage your resources, and you may uncover the mysteries buried beneath the sand.
Why similar: Old School 25.1%, Retro 18.8%, Logic 16.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%
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Why similar: Typing 40.7% ★, Text-Based 35.8%, Puzzle 12%, Point & Click 9.8%, 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 19.8%, Retro 18.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Point & Click 11.8%
A word-guessing game in which you have to guess the word with hinted "similarity" value
Why similar: Typing 38.9% ★, Text-Based 36.7%, Logic 13.6%, Puzzle 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.2%
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 45.6%, Retro 18%, Old School 15.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 8.8%
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 31.4%, Logic 20.2%, Word Game 17%, Typing 14.1% ★, Old School 7.8%
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 45.3%, Logic 34.3%, Puzzle 16.8%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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 44.3% ★, Text-Based 28.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Descend into a vast underground stormwater system to search for a boy who vanished under mysterious circumstances in this atmospheric exploration game.
Why similar: Underground 32.2% ★, Mystery 22.5%, Retro 19.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
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 28.6%, Typing 27.8% ★, Word Game 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
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 38.7% ★, Text-Based 23.9%, Retro 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, Typing 24.2% ★, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Adventure 6.2%
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 31.2%, Fantasy 12%, Narration 11.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Point & Click 8.8%
Defend global seals in this dark fantasy rhythm-typing TD with roguelite elements, eliminating enemies via real-time letter typing while strategically deploying traps (spacebar) and activating skills (number keys) to the beat.
Why similar: Typing 48.4% ★, Text-Based 21.8%, Underground 14.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Indie 1.1%
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 32% ★, Text-Based 23.7%, Retro 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Old School 7.5%
Explore the island of Formentera and uncover its stories and ancient legends.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.9%, Retro 20.3%, Old School 16.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Adventure 12.8%
Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.
Why similar: Typing 57.9% ★, Text-Based 35.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 32.9% ★, Text-Based 20.8%, Word Game 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Fantasy 8.2%
A short narrative-driven game that explores themes of isolation and nostalgia as player unravels suppressed memories through solving cryptograms.
Why similar: Typing 53.3% ★, Word Game 15.7%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 5.3%
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: Text-Based 31%, Typing 29.3% ★, Retro 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Adventure 4.2%
Enter a dystopian typing contest where speed, accuracy, and obedience are measured. Type carefully. Continue when instructed. Pay attention. GLORY TO THE HAND THAT NEVER SHAKES.
Why similar: Typing 40.7% ★, Text-Based 25%, Word Game 12.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 3.9%
Fluendora is a multiplayer and single-player word-puzzle. Prove to your friends you know some words (or learn some if you don't). Players can either compete for the highest score (up to 6 players) or enjoying a peaceful solo session.
Why similar: Typing 38.6% ★, Text-Based 23.7%, Word Game 14.4%, Logic 8.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
Do you know Mud? It was a popular multiplayer online game 20 years ago ~ It is only declining with the development of graphical games, and My Mud Game is to let everyone recall the past and even create games developed by their own games.
Why similar: Typing 31.6% ★, Text-Based 25.2%, Word Game 10.9%, Retro 10.5%, Fantasy 8.4%
Think you're clever? Prove it with an enigmatic AI, the ultimate master of riddles beyond imagination.
Why similar: Typing 32.1% ★, Text-Based 27%, Logic 11.5%, Word Game 8.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Old School 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Retro 10.7%, Fantasy 10.4%
Fortune & Glory is a text-parser action RPG about leaving home to become a hero! Decide who you are as you explore an ailing world in a detailed retro-inspired style. Gain help from your personalities and their internal dialogue to solve puzzles and fight monsters in a realtime battle system.
Why similar: Typing 46.7% ★, Old School 15.2%, Retro 13.7%, Point & Click 9.2%, Fantasy 9.2%
A pixelated puzzle game about pipes. Enjoy puzzles at various difficulties in four unique modes!
Why similar: Logic 29.8%, Old School 27.8%, Puzzle 18.5%, Retro 18.3%, Indie 4.3%
Puzzle-Solving Game Boy Adventure about an Orc inside a Mysterious Tower looking for his Wife
Why similar: Old School 24%, Retro 23.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Puzzle 14%, Fantasy 9.9%
A short, top-down puzzle adventure game set in a strange graveyard. Use the starlight ring to forge magical blocks to escape from the Second Nightmare. Explore, solve puzzles, and find your way out!
Why similar: Old School 17.7%, Underground 15.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Fantasy 12.2%
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 29.7%, Typing 19.8% ★, Mystery 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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 29.7% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Word Game 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
A text-based escape room horror with multiple endings. Trapped in an abandoned hospital, use classic text-adventure commands to explore, solve puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Will you find your way out?
Why similar: Text-Based 46.6%, Typing 27.6% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
