- #1 My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar
97% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Automata UKPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you are as likely to travel in a space shuttle as in a covered wagon.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, RPG 7.8%, Gambling 7.6% ★, Surreal 7.5%
- #2 Butter Side Down
96% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Kalle MacDonald
Windows · Linux
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Gambling 12.3% ★, Dark Humor 10.1%
- #3 Harm Other
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dennis Farrell
Windows
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Comedy 15.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #4 Castle of Terror
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, 1980s 8.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #5 Samurai of Hyuga
94% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, RPG 15.8%, Adventure 8.5%
- #6 Where Is My Pocket?
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MoldyBits
Windows · Mac
A voxel-powered comedy about clothes, pockets, and the people who need them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 14.2%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Comedy 7.1%
- #7 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
93% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Text-Based 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, RPG 18.1%, Adventure 9.8%
- #8 Welcome to Moreytown
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, RPG 15.8%, Adventure 10.8%
- #9 Molly the Werezompire
91% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment
Windows
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 22.8%, Comedy 14.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #10 ELISEISK 2074
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Indie Ninjas
Windows
The year is 2074. “Spark” organization wants to «establish order» in your hometown of Eliseysk. It’s time to answer the call (of justice) and join the resistance. Will you be the one to shoulder the burden of this mission, and persist in this cruel and dangerous world in order to shape its future?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, RPG 11.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #11 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
90% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10%
- #12 Eyes of Iyre
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D0Studios
Windows · Mac
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, RPG 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%
- #13 Guns of Infinity
89% matchVery Positive96% of 137 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Text-Based 24.4%, RPG 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #14 Hyrax In The Rocks
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The East Patch
Windows
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 21.7%, 1980s 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, RPG 16%, Adventure 9.4%
- #15 War of Bellrook
87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Plagen Shiki
Windows
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 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, RPG 22%, Text-Based 21.6%, Adventure 4%
- #16 Community College Hero: Fun and Games
86% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wonder how heroes-in-training spend their time between epic confrontations with dastardly villains? Join the students at Speck Community College as they enjoy a tabletop roleplay game, investigate a legendary small-town monster, and endure the embarrassments of Parents’ Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 19.8%, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 9.8%
- #17 Don't Wake Me Up
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re trapped in a malfunctioning virtual reality with no memories—except of every video game you’ve ever played. Jack into a wild dream in cyberspace.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 17.2%, Dark Humor 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #18 Choice of the Deathless
86% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.8%, Text-Based 33%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 13.8%
- #19 Midnight Saga: The Monster
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a quiet Halloween night turns into a thrilling adventure, make sure to grab a weapon, eat candy, wreck monsters or leave them for dead!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 16.3%, Dark Humor 14%
- #20 Relics 2: The Crusader's Tomb
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 17.5%, Action-Adventure 13.3%
- #21 The Golden Rose: Book One
82% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23%, RPG 16.5%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #22 Tower of the Ice Lich
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #23 Psy High
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 18.5%
- #24 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
81% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 18.3%, Lore-Rich 13.8%
- #25 An Imp and an Impostor
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 22%, RPG 18.9%, Adventure 11.2%
- #26 Roadwarden
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 32%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, RPG 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #27 Hadean Lands
81% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.3%, Text-Based 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 6.1%, Story Rich 0.6%
- #28 Saturnine
79% matchMixed69% of 26 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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23.7%, RPG 21.1%, Adventure 3.7%
- #29 A Mage Reborn
78% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 10.3%
- #30 The Soul Stone War 3
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Text-Based 23.9%, RPG 20.7%, Adventure 3.6%
- #31 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, RPG 15.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #32 群魔死欲之山
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moongo Studio
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a snowbound medical camp, battlefield nurse May clings to a mysterious letter—a final hope. Uncover hidden truths, test fragile bonds, and navigate a path toward a distant sanatorium. Will you find salvation, or something far darker?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 24.1%, Dark Humor 19%, RPG 14.5%, Exploration 11.2%
- #33 Sunset High
75% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.1%, Dark Humor 14.3%, RPG 7.8%
- #34 CLOSED HANDS
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Text-Based 27.3%, Adventure 13.1%
- #35 Vanakan
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Text-Based 23.7%, Adventure 12.3%, 2D 6%
- #36 Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure
76% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, RPG 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12%
- #37 Keeper's Vigil
74% matchNo user 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: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23.8%, RPG 21.1%, Adventure 3.5%
- #38 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23.8%, RPG 21.1%, Adventure 3.5%
- #39 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
73% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 18.9%, RPG 16.8%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
- #40 Run TavernQuest
71% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Silicon Sundial
Windows
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, 1980s 14.6%, Comedy 10.8%
- #41 Fallen Hero: Revelations
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Text-Based 24.6%, RPG 20.3%, Adventure 3.4%
- #42 (RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Senna Holste
Windows
(RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1 is a pixel, adventure and horror game. You have to choose the fate determined of characters they'll be alive or death, but there might be other things that could help you to have advantage...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #43 Turncoat Chronicle
72% matchMixed69% of 13 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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 20%, Adventure 3.4%
- #44 Adventure in Russia: Road to Harvetsky
73% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: NewCo Entertainment
Windows
The main character is the usual average schoolboy, who can be found on the street after the 7th lesson. But it's not so simple, because he has a dream inside of his head, a dream that you have to implement!
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Dark Humor 8.6%
- #45 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 14.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Exploration 8%
- #46 God of Chaos
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 21.9%, RPG 18.7%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
- #47 Quantum Witch
69% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: NikkiJay
Windows · Linux
A feud between old gods, a missing flock of faer, and every choice has consequences. Ren is in the middle of it all. What will her story be? You will decide in this narrative driven adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, RPG 11.7%, Comedy 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.3%
- #48 Buddy Simulator 1984
70% matchVery Positive93% of 4,239 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: 1980s 23.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #49 Into Oblivion
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 17.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%
- #50 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
69% 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: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Text-Based 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 3.6%
- #51 Ink and Intrigue
68% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, RPG 18%, Lore-Rich 11.9%
- #52 Demonstrate
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Liu Hui
Windows
This game is a nostalgic pixel-style racing game where players control their car using the ASDW keys.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, RPG 21%, 1980s 19%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Adventure 12.4%
- #53 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
70% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 9.1%
- #54 Oremus
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
Windows · Linux
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Adventure 6.3%
- #55 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, RPG 20.8%, Adventure 3.4%
- #56 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
66% 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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Text-Based 23.9%, RPG 20.9%, Adventure 3.6%
- #57 The Dark Egg Demo
66% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 18.8%, Surreal 8.9%, RPG 8.8%
- #58 iNERTiA
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VirtualSkunk
Windows
A surreal inde RPG about dissociation, recovery, and the friends (imaginary or not) who help us survive. Guide Juno through a new town, (re)build her connections, dig through the static and find out what it means to see the world in color again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 16.8%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Adventure 9.8%
- #59 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
68% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 16.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Adventure 7.7%
- #60 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
67% matchVery Positive92% of 366 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 17.9%, Adventure 9.4%