- #1 Mercenary Guild Manager
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Code Dunamis
Windows
Raise a banner and run a mercenary guild in a grim medieval fantasy realm. Recruit and read your blades, negotiate contracts, send them into procedural missions, and survive a living political web where every payday bites and nothing is ever certain.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #2 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
96% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Simulation 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #3 Tower of the Ice Lich
96% matchPositive100% of 18 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%
- #4 CultGame
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bucephalus Studios
Windows · Linux
Create your own cult, perform forbidden rituals, and crusade against the filthy non-believers. It's time to play god. CultGame is a retro cult simulator RPG where you start your own cult in a procedurally generated dark fantasy world with haunting ASCII art.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Choices Matter 10%, Simulation 9.2%
- #5 The Great Plague Exodus
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Character Customization 12.5%, Life Sim 11.9%
- #6 Koruzan
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koruzan Games
Windows
Koruzan is a text-driven dynasty RPG where every choice is inked into a living chronicle. Rule your settlement, forge alliances, lay sieges, marry, raise an heir — then read the history you left behind. Every playthrough writes its own book.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.1% ★, Choices Matter 14.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Character Customization 8.9%, Medieval 8.8%
- #7 Day Trader Tycoon
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DayTrade Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a day trader gambling on people's pension money and try to beat the stock market. Engage in a comedic story with multiple endings. Meet different characters and get insider info to use for your own advantage. Gamble on cryptocurrency and quickly react to market events.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Choices Matter 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Time Management 10.8%
- #8 OMEA
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.6%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #9 The Nascent Necromancer
91% 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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Character Customization 13%
- #10 Dawn After Dusk
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis Clay
Windows
Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Dark Comedy 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
- #11 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
90% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Medieval 6.9%
- #12 God of Chaos
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #13 Ostera : The curse of...
89% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Profits Troll Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ostera: The curse of... Join the Adventure! Shape Your Destiny, Kiss Rats, and Slap Kids!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #14 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
88% matchPositive80% of 20 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 30%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Character Customization 14.8%
- #15 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Character Customization 13.7%
- #16 AIdventure
86% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Lyaaaaa Games
Windows · Linux
No rules, no censorship, the only limit is your imagination, not someone else's. AIdventure is a text adventure game with an AI as a storyteller. It is shipped with more than 25 starting scenarios. Unleash your creativity by writing and sharing your own stories with other players.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.4%, Text-Based 17.3%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #17 Dope Wars - The Dopest
85% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: JohnDou
Windows · Linux
Hustle 6 cities. Dodge the cops. Stack millions. The dopest trading game — premium edition, no ads, no IAP, no PTW.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.3% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Immersive Sim 8.4%
- #18 Menace Labs
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Suncloud Entertainment
Windows · Mac
In Menace Labs you control a clone who must achieve a target determined by the lab upon its creation so it can live the remainder of its days freely.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.7%, Dark Comedy 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Life Sim 14.1%, Time Management 11.8%
- #19 Strip Club Empire
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iCandy Games
Windows
Build and manage the strip club of your dreams in this adults only business simulation. Hire dancers and staff, set prices, keep patrons spending, handle bad behavior, and turn a struggling club into a nightlife empire where every night brings profit, problems, and surprises.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.3% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Life Sim 10.8%, Time Management 10%
- #20 AI Roguelite
84% matchVery Positive83% of 622 reviews2023
Dev: Max Loh
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
World's first RPG in which all entities are AI-generated and all game mechanics are AI-directed.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24%, Text-Based 22.8%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #21 Whiskey-Four
83% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Choices Matter 20%, Character Customization 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%
- #22 Rule or Fall
82% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Concept, Retry
Windows · Linux
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Life Sim 10.6%
- #23 Diaspora
81% matchPositive100% of 11 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 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Character Customization 11.4%
- #24 Dead Intelligence: First Encounter
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: xvc
Windows
A psychological horror narrative game disguised as an AI assistant. Launch what appears to be a helpful terminal, but discover the "intelligence" responding isn't only artificial - something or someone else is tagging along.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 30.6%, Text-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Simulation 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #25 The Soul Stone War 2
82% matchPositive90% of 29 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 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Character Customization 14.8%
- #26 Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
80% matchVery Positive96% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Survive as the last horse riders as the world ends and myths die. Plan ahead and manage your clan’s relationships with the remaining gods and their followers in this standalone survival storybook. Immerse yourself in the land of magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Procedural Generation 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #27 Nightclub Manager: Violet Vibe
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flint ArtsPub: Movie Games
Windows
Become a nightclub mogul in an immersive first-person club manager simulator. Open your venue: decorate it, hire bouncers and dancers, choose the music. Interact with your patrons, mix drinks, and react when things get rough!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Artificial Intelligence 21.2%, Time Management 11.8%, Character Customization 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #28 Crown of Exile
79% 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: Text-Based 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Character Customization 13%, Lore-Rich 11.9%
- #29 Honor Bound
78% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Character Customization 21.8%, Text-Based 21.7%, Choices Matter 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%
- #30 Khaldun: Text Based Strategy
76% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: SkyWolf
Windows
Khaldun is a medieval-themed ASCII graphics kingdom management game. Take part in realistic war simulations and decide every detail of your kingdom, from its economy to its demographics! Your decisions will shape the life of a nation. Rise or be lost to history...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Medieval 9.7%
- #31 Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,209 reviews2022
Dev: Huw Millward
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.
Why similar: Text-Based 50.5%, Procedural Generation 18%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #32 Undying Fortress
76% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Character Customization 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
- #33 PSweet
78% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Future Proof
Windows · Mac
Date productivity applications in a retro, hand-drawn dating simulator set in a fictional operating system that definitely doesn't have a horrible secret.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 22.2%, Dark Comedy 20.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #34 Temple of Endless Night
77% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Character Customization 13.6%, Lore-Rich 13.6%
- #35 Your Story: Games with Death
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Life Sim 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%
- #36 LLM Tycoon
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Futt Studio
Windows · Mac
It's late 2022 and the AI race just started. Train models with real personalities, fill the map with datacenters, survive the scandals, and get to superintelligence before the rival CEOs who trash-talk you on social media.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.8% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Text-Based 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #37 A guard walks into a tavern
74% matchVery Positive84% of 431 reviews2023
Dev: SuQing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Medieval 10.2%
- #38 Handoff Required
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows
A horror game with no monster. You operate an AI session console where every system reports HEALTHY - except your own authority. The AI never rebels. It confirms. It records. It files a handoff. And the file it opens is about you.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Artificial Intelligence 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Simulation 11.6%
- #39 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Character Customization 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #40 Games of the Monarch's Eye
72% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #41 Silent Terminal
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bare Metal Xtreme
Windows
A dark-fantasy RPG that lives entirely inside your terminal. Explore ASCII ruins, fight tactical turn-based battles, craft and grow your character, and make choices a persistent world never forgets. No textures. No filler. Just you, the numbers, and the dark.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Simulation 9.8%
- #42 Decadent Heir
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
- #43 HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace
71% matchVery Positive92% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Escu:dePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hell-bent on vengeance, Caldo single-handedly topples the royal throne of Solide, capturing the king and the princess and working their ruin through his dark contracts with demons. A visual novel about hate and revenge... and possibly redemption.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.7%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Medieval 12.2%
- #44 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
70% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Character Customization 21.8%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%
- #45 Avatar of the Wolf
73% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down the killer who murdered the Wolf god! As the Wolf's last avatar before his assassination, will you revive your god, take revenge on his killer, or destroy the pantheon and bring about a new order?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.8%, Choices Matter 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%
- #46 Moonbriar
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.5%
- #47 말리온
71% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BepavedPub: ARTAME
Windows
Play the game from the perspective of a traveler who comes to the dealer and is faced with numerous choices in a story prepared by the dealer. Experience a story that changes based on your choices and see the ending that changes based on your choices!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Strategy 12.9%
- #48 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: Artificial Intelligence 23.1%, Text-Based 22.4%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #49 Zombie Sandwich
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 毒島卯子
Windows
『Zombie Sandwich』は、ゾンビアポカリプスの世界でサンドイッチを販売するテキストベース経営シミュレーションです。 あなたはキッチンカーの主人となり、誰とも知れない客相手にサンドイッチを売ります。相手が誰であるかは問題ではありません。 定期的にならず者から金銭を要求されます。暴力的な終末を迎えないためにも、お金は備えておきましょう。 最終的なゴールは……この終末世界でお金持ちになることです! それが何の意味になるかは、この際考えないでいいでしょう。大事なのは、サンドイッチを作り、そして売ることなのですから。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34.3%, Text-Based 25%, Simulation 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%
- #50 Demon: Recollect
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!
Why similar: Character Customization 23%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 17.6%
- #51 Happy Binge Day To You! (U.C.H.E.W.S #2)
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Adipose RexPub: Earthbound Books
Windows
An erotic visual novel with multiple endings! In a alternate America where women have gained the ability to swallow humans whole, some cities have made it legal one day a year! Read or listen as each chapter of the story is played out, with you holding the power of where the story goes next!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.6%, Text-Based 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #52 American Dream
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: BretPub: American Dream
Windows
Start with a rundown duplex and build a real portfolio across America. Buy and finance properties, hire agencies to run your holdings, expand into hotels and businesses, and grow your wealth one disciplined decision at a time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 57.6% ★, Choices Matter 17.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 5.6%, 2D 3%
- #53 Tale of Two Cranes
68% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne - or become the emperor yourself!
Why similar: Text-Based 44%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Character Customization 15.4%
- #54 Interstellar Airgap
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Character Customization 13.3%
- #55 Scales of Justice
67% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Character Customization 22.8%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%
- #56 The Wizard’s Beans Or: A Short Period of Unplanned Internment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Prophecy
Windows
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%
- #57 A Maid Choice
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyclops Clover Studio
Windows
In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?
Why similar: Simulation 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #58 Dorm Till Dawn
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: RB Ashton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to St Fiacre’s College for Women of Unreliable Size. Your new home. If you can survive your first night… Featuring 40,000 words of text and over 500 images, this heart-pumping visual novel journey will thrill fans of shrinking and giants alike!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.2%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%
- #59 Fallen Hero: Revelations
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Character Customization 15%, Choices Matter 14.1%