- #1 Ithaca
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
Ithaca is a narrative road-trip with RPG elements about environmental resistance. You play as Penelope, a young environmental rights lawyer, as she drives towards the most important decision she'll ever have to make.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, RPG 18.7%, CRPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #2 The Midnight Garden: Amy's Flower
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Monstrr
Windows
Children wake to whispers coming from their wardrobes, voices that call them from inside telling them to enter. Some even tell wild stories, all describing a place they call the “Midnight Garden”. A story driven rpg blending fairytale and nightmares.
Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 19.3%, Horror 4.3%
- #3 Robot's Fate: Alice
96% 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 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 10.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #4 D.N.A: Do Not Answer
95% matchMostly Negative31% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Well Of TalesPub: Well Of Tales
Windows
"D.N.A is a short first-person, story-driven horror game developed by a small idipendent studio. Players navigate an eerie, abandoned hospital, uncover clues, manage limited light sources, and face a dark presence. Featuring multiple endings, realistic graphics, and immersive sound design."
Why similar: CRPG 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 10.8%, Horror 5.6%
- #5 Alice Through the Fey Realm
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Mirrored CookiesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Alice Through the Fey Realm is an enchanting isometric narrative adventure that puts you into the shoes of Alice. A compelling adventure unfolds as you awaken in the mysterious Fey Realm and embark on a quest to discover the key to your journey home.
Why similar: CRPG 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 13.9%, Choices Matter 3.9%
- #6 Unrest
94% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
Why similar: CRPG 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, RPG 7.8%
- #7 Choose Your Own Alternative
93% 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: CRPG 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #8 After the Hero
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SmogGames
Windows
The Dark Lord is dead. The Hero left. Now you must govern the aftermath: refugees, broken roads, unemployed orcs, cursed land, noble outrage, and a budget that whimpers. A political management satire about cleaning up after destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, RPG 25.3%, Story Rich 3.1%, Atmospheric 2.3%
- #9 While We Wait Here
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #10 Imago Season
91% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Lunar FinchPub: Haunted Publishing Syndicate
Windows · Linux
A combat-less narrative RPG. Explore an alien city inhabited by human-insect hybrids. Roll dice, join a revolution, become a mutant yourself. The choices are yours, but so are the consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 31.9%, RPG 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #11 True Magician
90% 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 35.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 8.9%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #12 The Company
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Horror 5.8%
- #13 Now Hiring
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonMoon
Windows
Now Hiring is a top-down narrative adventure where you play a job seeker trapped in a scam syndicate. Across 21 days, your choices in dialogue battles and moral dilemmas will shape your fate, reveal human struggles, and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: CRPG 44.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, RPG 7.8%
- #14 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
89% matchVery Positive88% of 753 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #15 Saga · The Circle
87% 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 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, RPG 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #16 SIS and BRO: The Cyborg Siblings
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ajtoons
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help SIS and BRO escape the city (or not, it's up to you).
Why similar: CRPG 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 8.8%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #17 A Wise Use of Time
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 23%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #18 Atlantis Academy
84% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, RPG 23.4%, First-Person 7.5%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #19 Saturnine
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, RPG 26.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #20 Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Duel wizards, cast spells, find true love, and keep your academic scholarship, all while investigating the mysterious disappearances plaguing your campus!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, RPG 22.1%, First-Person 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #21 Charming Hearts
82% matchVery Positive88% of 590 reviews2024
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
"Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.
Why similar: CRPG 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, RPG 8.8%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #22 Absolute Adventure
85% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: NiFo
Windows
Absolute Adventure Nulla is a role playing game set in a different, yet similar, dimension. Its graphics and sound department are inspired by older games of the same genre. Your objective is to guide a wandering adventurer to its destiny: The future you'll forge during the course of the journey!
Why similar: CRPG 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, RPG 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #23 Sorcery! Part 3
82% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 20.9%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #24 RPG: Fire Keeper
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: CCY
Windows
Fire keeper, guard the spark, reap the fire. Read books, seek stories and truths. Communicate with people, offer help and healing. Make choices, face the dying gasp or sin.
Why similar: CRPG 43.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, RPG 26.3%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #25 Fallen Hero: Revelations
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, RPG 25.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #26 Fighting Fantasy Classics
81% matchVery Positive82% of 362 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, CRPG 16%, RPG 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #27 Grotto
79% matchVery Positive90% of 345 reviews2021
Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #28 Last Broadcast
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #29 Scandal Notes
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find glamor, glitz, gossip, and love in 1920s London! You and your friends are the talk of the town - but will a malicious journalist turn the tables?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, RPG 22.1%, First-Person 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #30 Keeper's Vigil
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, RPG 26.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #31 Soul Diagnosis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The J and J Show
Windows
Your patients are dying. The voices in your head are keeping score. Soul Diagnosis is a dialogue-rich isometric cRPG where you are haunted by your mistakes. Navigate a labyrinthine hospital conspiracy, engage in fisticuffs with inanimate objects, and leverage your fractured psyche to survive.
Why similar: CRPG 26.9%, RPG 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #32 67 Minutes in Heaven
76% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: One Flow ManPub: Treestyle Studios
Windows
Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Walking Simulator 25.5%, Horror 6.1%, First-Person 6%
- #33 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, RPG 26.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #34 Rotary Knights
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChoiceRealmsPub: Old Blue Chair
Windows · Linux
A text-based RPG spanning the entire arc of WWI aviation. Fly 37 historical aircraft, survive dogfights against the Red Baron, manage your aerodrome on the Western Front, and make choices that determine whether your pilot lives to see the Armistice.
Why similar: CRPG 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 18.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #35 Whispers From The Rift
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, RPG 13.8%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #36 OTHERS
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #37 缄默咖啡厅
75% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: plasmafall
Windows
Silence Coffee Shop is a JRPG game inspired by SCP and 规则类怪谈(creepy rule).In this game,you'll act as a regular customer,unveil the truth of Silence Coffee Shop behind it conflicting rules.Of cause,you are not the only one attracted by this abnormal shop...
Why similar: CRPG 40%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, RPG 24.1%, Horror 7.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #38 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, CRPG 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #39 Turncoat Chronicle
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, RPG 25.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #40 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, RPG 26.2%, Choices Matter 7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #41 Orientation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pippo Studio
Windows · Mac
This is my first time studying abroad! Where am I? Passion, study, and love will happen in this vast land!? Is this the life of an international student? " Welcome to Australia!
Why similar: CRPG 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, RPG 8.5%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #42 Welcome Home, Sweetie
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koro Pixel Studio
Windows
Experience a gruesome adventure in monochrome 4-color pixel art. Exit the castle and figure out what happened by investigating objects and fighting enemies - remember, you only have one life.
Why similar: CRPG 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, RPG 9.5%, Horror 7%
- #43 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, RPG 16.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #44 Witchcraft U
73% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, RPG 25.3%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #45 Mass of Consumption
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #46 The Nascent Necromancer
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #47 Demon: Recollect
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, RPG 19%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #48 Whiskey-Four
69% matchVery Positive93% of 109 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #49 Podnabu
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Game Sleep
Windows
You are a summoned hero in Podnabu, travelling the world, solving various puzzles and exterminating the undead on your way. At the same time trying to find out why you were summoned here and what the people of this world want from you.
Why similar: CRPG 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, First-Person 5.4%
- #50 Loop
70% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Lee chae young
Windows · Mac · Linux
One day, all of a sudden, Sora finds out that the elevator is connected to her room On her usual way to work. She tries to find a way to escape this endless Loop. Your choices will be a matter
Why similar: CRPG 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, RPG 23.7%, Realistic 5.5%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #51 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
68% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, RPG 26.6%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #52 Echoes in the Deep - A Fateforge Tale
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Adeliane
Windows
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 43.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #53 Pale Rider
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pal/Ri Productions
Windows
As a reality-destroying storm known as "The Pale" creeps across the world, you must prepare for a return journey into the heart of the storm. Make your recovery, plot your route, help those who have themselves been impacted by the storm, and descend into hell once again. You are a Pale Rider.
Why similar: CRPG 40.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 21.9%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
- #54 Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
69% 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.
Why similar: CRPG 42%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, RPG 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #55 House of the Golden Mask
66% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, RPG 26.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #56 The Farm of the Living
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, RPG 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Horror 5.7%
- #57 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
68% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Horror 9%, First-Person 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #58 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, RPG 16.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #59 The Soul Stone War 3
66% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, RPG 27.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #60 Twelve Floors Below.
67% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Three Buck Games
Windows
A claustrophobic horror game taking place in an elevator.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.9%