
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Indie, Singleplayer.

Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.

呪霊が見せる夢 Dreamscapes
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.

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A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.6%, Interactive Fiction 42.4%, Adventure 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 0.8%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.8%, Text-Based 43.2%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 1.7%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, RPG 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Fantasy 6.9%
Harness wind, earth, fire, and all the forces of nature to destroy your enemies! Will you stabilize the broken magic of the weather, or revel in its chaos?
Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 32%, RPG 13.6%, Fantasy 13.2%, Adventure 3.3%
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Text-Based 30.3%, RPG 15.3%, Fantasy 13.3%, Adventure 3.8%
The discovery of an old magic book turns your life upside down. Will you succeed in becoming a guild wizard—or will you travel a different path?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Fantasy 13.4%, RPG 8%, Adventure 3.1%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.8%, Text-Based 45.3%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 1%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.5%, Text-Based 44.7%, Adventure 9.9%
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 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, RPG 10.5%, Fantasy 8.6%
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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, RPG 8.9%, Fantasy 5.8%
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Text-Based 33.5%, RPG 14.3%, Fantasy 12.5%, Adventure 3.5%
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Text-Based 31.3%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 11%, Fantasy 10.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Text-Based 33.3%, RPG 14.7%, Fantasy 12%, Adventure 3.4%
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 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 33.4%, RPG 13.9%, Fantasy 11.9%, Adventure 3.3%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, RPG 12%, Adventure 10.2%, Fantasy 10.1%
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 29%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Dark Fantasy 21%, RPG 11.7%, Fantasy 8.3%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 33%, RPG 13.6%, Fantasy 10.6%, Adventure 5.9%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 37.5%, RPG 12.7%, Fantasy 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, RPG 14.4%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 2.3%
Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Text-Based 34%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, RPG 11.5%, Singleplayer 1%
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 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 34%, RPG 14.3%, Fantasy 12.1%, Adventure 3.4%
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 32.6%, RPG 13.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Text-Based 28.6%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, RPG 12.3%, Fantasy 8.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Text-Based 31.4%, Dark Fantasy 22.6%, RPG 13.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 35%, Interactive Fiction 33.6%, RPG 13.7%, Fantasy 12.5%, Adventure 3.2%
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 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 34.8%, RPG 13.2%, Fantasy 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 32%, Fantasy 12.1%, RPG 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43%, Text-Based 40.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 0.8%
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Text-Based 36.7%, RPG 11.3%, Fantasy 8.1%, Adventure 5.5%
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 45.2%, Interactive Fiction 42.7%, RPG 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 1.1%
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Fantasy 16.2%, Adventure 11%, RPG 9.8%
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: Text-Based 51.6%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, RPG 14.1%, Indie 1.9%
A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, RPG 9.5%, Adventure 6.8%
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 37.2%, Interactive Fiction 36.6%, RPG 11.6%, Fantasy 8%, Adventure 5%
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 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 34.3%, RPG 12.3%, Fantasy 8%, Adventure 6.2%
Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!
Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Dark Fantasy 21%, Fantasy 9.6%, RPG 8.5%
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, RPG 7.5%, Fantasy 6.1%
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Text-Based 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 39.5%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
《浊令》 是一款第一人称文字冒险游戏,融合视觉小说元素。玩家将沉浸于探索“宙与埃”世界观的互动故事,通过选择驱动叙事发展,解锁多样的剧情分支。体验引人入胜的对话、收集精美CG与成就,感受独特的情感旅程。
Why similar: Text-Based 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 38.7%, RPG 17.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 0.7%
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 12%, Indie 1.9%
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 28.4%, Dark Fantasy 26.3%, Fantasy 7.9%, RPG 6.6%
Learn the dark truth behind a gentle wyvern’s rampage, a cold-blooded murder, and a dragon-worshiping cult. Will you submit or defy the godlike creature?
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Fantasy 17.2%, RPG 14.1%, Adventure 13%
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 33.8%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 1.7%
It's the ultimate battle between werewolves and human supremacists, and your werewolf pack is caught in the middle of a four-way fight!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.3%, Text-Based 39.4%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, RPG 14.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 2%
The Nazis are scouring the globe for powerful occult artifacts. Can you beat them to the treasures and save the world from a thousand years of darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 33.9%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Fantasy 6.9%
Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 29.5%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 11%, Fantasy 9.4%
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 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Dark Fantasy 21.1%, Fantasy 10.2%, RPG 7.8%
Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Dark Fantasy 22%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 13%
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.8%, RPG 14.5%, Fantasy 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Text-Based 36.8%, RPG 13.1%, Fantasy 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2%
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.2%, Text-Based 38.7%, RPG 9.7%, Adventure 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Text-Based 34.1%, RPG 14.6%, Fantasy 10.9%, Adventure 3.3%
In Mystical Mushrooms you play as Cyne, a pink mushroom girl. You explore the hidden world Bhokniva which is infected with a mysterious disease. Its not deadly, but the people don't act normal anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Dark Fantasy 22.9%, RPG 16.5%, Adventure 11%, Fantasy 10.8%
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, Text-Based 37.6%, RPG 16.6%, Adventure 4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Fantasy 11%, RPG 7.3%
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.1%, Text-Based 39.9%, RPG 10.6%, Adventure 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, RPG 9%, Fantasy 8.5%, Adventure 5.6%