- #1 Eternal Affairs
97% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? An interactive, text-based magical romance novel.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #2 Roadwarden
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,109 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 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, RPG 12%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #3 A Mage Reborn
96% matchVery Positive88% of 106 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 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 10.7%
- #4 Taina's Cursed Legacy
95% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 9%, Adventure 6.4%
- #5 The Broken Crown
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PiperFox
Windows
The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Adventure 13.6%
- #6 Survivor Story: The Apocalypse
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Victorian Studio
Windows
Your goal in this text-based choice game is to help the protagonist survive until he uncovers the mysteries surrounding the city in order to reunite with his daughter, Susan.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Conspiracy 16.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Mystery 9.4%
- #7 Games of the Monarch's Eye
93% 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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
- #8 The Lighthouse of Black Salt
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Light Source
Windows
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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #9 Welcome to Victorville
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 7e
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 12.7%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #10 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
91% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Medieval 12.2%, Adventure 11.4%
- #11 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 11.9%, Magic 8.1%
- #12 Serania - Path of the Scion
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Medieval 8.9%, Mystery 7.7%
- #13 Path to Knighthood
89% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 18.9%, Medieval 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, RPG 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%
- #14 Samurai of Hyuga
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 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: Text-Based 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 22%, RPG 13.5%, Adventure 10%
- #15 Escape the Unknown: Awaken the Realm
87% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Investigation 8.7%, RPG 8.2%
- #16 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
86% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, RPG 7.8%, Magic 7.7%
- #17 God of Chaos
86% 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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, RPG 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%
- #18 Diaspora
85% matchNo user 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, RPG 15.5%, Lore-Rich 7.1%
- #19 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
84% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, RPG 12.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #20 Leas: City of the Sun
82% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, RPG 15.1%, Mystery 8.9%
- #21 Book of Coin
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Adventure 7.6%, RPG 7.2%
- #22 War of Bellrook
83% 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 24.7%, Text-Based 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, RPG 18.4%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #23 House of the Golden Mask
81% 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: Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 15.9%, Magic 8%
- #24 Oremus
82% 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 23.9%, Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Medieval 8.7%, Mystery 7.2%
- #25 Wizard Confidential
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, RPG 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #26 The Bone Dancer's Bane
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, RPG 13%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%
- #27 Ink and Intrigue
79% 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: Text-Based 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, RPG 14.3%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
- #28 Welcome to Moreytown
80% 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 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, RPG 13.7%, Adventure 12.8%
- #29 Eyes of Iyre
78% 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 20.5%, Text-Based 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, RPG 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9%
- #30 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
78% matchPositive88% 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 27%, Text-Based 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 16%, Adventure 11.8%
- #31 Witch's Last Curse
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
A dark medieval fantasy RPG of mystery and magic. As the last Apprentice of a dead Witch, you must break your Master's final curse before it destroys the town, or the town turns on you. Manage stats, coin, and NPC relationships across a handful of daily actions while fighting back the curse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, RPG 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #32 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
75% 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: Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 15.3%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #33 Choice of Alexandria
77% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 13.3%
- #34 The Sword of Rhivenia
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, RPG 14.7%, Medieval 9.5%
- #35 An Imp and an Impostor
74% matchPositive100% of 10 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: Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 15.8%, Adventure 12.8%
- #36 The Golden Rose: Book One
75% 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: Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, RPG 14%, Lore-Rich 7.6%
- #37 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
76% 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: Text-Based 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 9.5%, Medieval 6.2%
- #38 Atlantis Academy
74% 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: Text-Based 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, RPG 15.6%, Magic 7.9%
- #39 Tower of the Ice Lich
72% 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #40 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 18.1%, RPG 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
- #41 Guns of Infinity
73% matchVery Positive96% of 138 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 30.1%, Text-Based 27.8%, RPG 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Adventure 11.9%
- #42 The Soul Stone War 3
71% 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: Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, RPG 17.3%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #43 Lux, City of Secrets
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 13%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Mystery 6.1%
- #44 スマートフォン
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 8.7%
- #45 Legends of Murder Collection
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Softdisk PublishingPub: Ziggurat
Windows
When a murder is committed under mysterious and supernatural circumstances, the Inspector arrives on the scene, ready to interrogate witnesses, decipher riddles, and fend off attackers seeking their next victim. Ready your spyglass and sword as you take on these two murder mystery RPGs.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Conspiracy 15.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Investigation 9%
- #46 Keeper's Vigil
69% 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: Text-Based 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 17.6%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #47 Herald of the Mists
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, RPG 7.9%
- #48 Dissension
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disguised Games
Windows
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Text-Based 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Investigation 8.9%
- #49 A Blade for the Emperor
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #50 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
68% 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: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, RPG 17.8%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #51 Hadean Lands
70% matchPositive92% of 49 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: Text-Based 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 1.6%
- #52 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
68% 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: Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, RPG 14.1%, Adventure 12%
- #53 CLOSED HANDS
69% 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: Text-Based 30%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #54 Noblesse Oblige
68% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spark romance amid secrets in a crumbling mansion! What will you sacrifice for love? Can you trust your own heart?
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 16.5%, RPG 13.3%
- #55 VERUM
69% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: GILP Studio
Windows
VERUM: a thought-provoking game exploring ethical issues surrounding tech corporations and personal data usage. Embark on a journey through multiple side stories, gain diverse perspectives, and unlock multiple endings to uncover the full story. Simple yet immersive gameplay with captivating graphics
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Adventure 4%
- #56 Turncoat Chronicle
67% 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: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, RPG 16.7%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #57 Temple of Endless Night
67% 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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Lore-Rich 10%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #58 Wizardry Level C
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Magic 11.4%, RPG 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #59 THE WITCH'S GRIMOIRE
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ismail Mehdi Gunel
Windows
An atmospheric experience in the dark and eerie world of classic fairy tales, progressing solely through your choices. No complex mechanics; just sit back and focus on the story. Make the right decisions to avoid danger and try to survive the twisted endings of these tales.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Medieval 9.5%
- #60 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Investigation 7.9%, Mystery 7.6%