- #1 Fallen Hero: Rebirth
97% matchVery Positive96% of 467 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, RPG 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological, character-driven interactive novel that offers unparalleled depth in how your choices shape the protagonist's morality and future.
- #2 Citizen Sleeper
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Sci-fi 12.1%, RPG 8.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi narrative RPG features an android protagonist and focuses on the consequences of survival and choice in a decaying space station.
- #3 80 Days
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,032 reviews2015
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: An exceptional interactive adventure that emphasizes branching paths and resource management within a beautifully realized steampunk world.
- #4 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
94% matchVery Positive93% of 130,397 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Choices Matter 52.9%, RPG 22%, Story Rich 20.2%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for text-heavy, choice-driven RPGs where every internal and external dialogue choice fundamentally alters the narrative trajectory.
- #5 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
95% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.6%, Text-Based 34.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 9.3%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: An epic-scale narrative that excels at tracking long-term consequences and the impact of your leadership on a rebellion.
- #6 Guns of Infinity
94% 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 38.6%, Text-Based 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, RPG 9.9%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A military-focused interactive novel that provides a gritty, realistic experience with significant branching based on your tactical and social choices.
- #7 Ironheart
93% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pilot and customize a giant iron war mech in this alternate medieval history! The Papacy, Caliphate, and the Mongols are at war, and they all have mechs.
Why similar: Text-Based 55.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, RPG 17.7%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: Set in an alternate steampunk history, this title mirrors the robotics and invention themes found in Choice of Robots.
- #8 Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
91% matchVery Positive90% of 740 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 14.3%, RPG 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality interactive fiction title that offers deep world-building and complex character relationships within the World of Darkness.
- #9 Creatures Such as We
92% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, RPG 13.9%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A philosophical sci-fi interactive novel that explores the nature of games and human connection through deep, contemplative choices.
- #10 Suzerain
90% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 14.2%, RPG 5%
Why You'll Like It: A political simulation that forces you to navigate complex, high-stakes decisions where every choice has long-term consequences for your nation.
- #11 Sabres of Infinity
91% matchVery Positive94% of 188 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51.2%, Text-Based 31.3%, RPG 12%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in military strategy and narrative choice, focusing on the life and career of a soldier in a sprawling fantasy world.
- #12 Mecha Ace
89% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, RPG 12%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi interactive novel that focuses on mecha combat and the personal stakes of a pilot in a futuristic war.
- #13 A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
89% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.5%, Text-Based 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, RPG 9.5%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed interactive novel that balances mystery and character development with a strong, choice-based narrative.
- #14 Tin Star
88% matchVery Positive95% of 306 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Text-Based 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, RPG 9.6%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sprawling western interactive novel that offers immense depth in its branching story paths and character customization.
- #15 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%, LGBTQ+ 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim with deep narrative choices and sci-fi themes that allow you to shape the future of a colony over many years.
- #16 Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 405 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
Why similar: Text-Based 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, RPG 7%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic superhero interactive fiction title that explores the consequences of fame and morality in a world of powered individuals.
- #17 Champion of the Gods
86% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mythological interactive novel that provides significant player agency and explores the weight of divine intervention.
- #18 The Golden Rose: Book One
85% 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 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, RPG 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features rich world-building and complex character interactions that reward players for thoughtful, long-term decision-making.
- #19 Choice of Magics
84% matchVery Positive93% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
Why similar: Text-Based 48.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.9%, RPG 9.8%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-based interactive novel that offers deep world-building and allows you to experiment with different magical paths.
- #20 Long Live The Queen
82% matchVery Positive95% of 7,162 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.3%, Choices Matter 19.8%, RPG 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes strategy and narrative game where every choice is critical to the survival of your character and kingdom.
- #21 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 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: Text-Based 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A political intrigue-focused interactive novel that excels at branching relationship dynamics and social maneuvering.
- #22 Fields of Asphodel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, RPG 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern interactive fiction title that provides significant player agency and meaningful consequences within a mythological setting.
- #23 The Soul Stone War
83% matchMixed69% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, RPG 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-fantasy interactive novel with a strong focus on character-driven choices and emotional narrative arcs.
- #24 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
81% matchVery Positive84% of 3,471 reviews2019
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.7%, RPG 26.4%, Story Rich 24%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi game that relies heavily on text-based storytelling and difficult, choice-driven encounters in a gothic space setting.
- #25 Life of a Space Force Captain
81% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that allows you to define your career and moral standing through a series of high-stakes, choice-based missions.
- #26 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
80% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Why similar: Text-Based 50.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, RPG 12.3%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A superhero-themed interactive novel that focuses on personal growth and the impact of your choices on your peers.
- #27 Choice of the Deathless
79% matchVery Positive91% of 324 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: Text-Based 38.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, RPG 6.8%, Indie 3.1%
- #28 Arcadie: Second-Born
76% matchVery Positive95% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #29 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?
Why similar: Text-Based 43.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, RPG 14.7%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic fantasy RPG-style interactive novel that focuses on character stats and the long-term impact of your choices.
- #30 Choice of Alexandria
78% matchVery Positive95% of 79 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Text-Based 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, RPG 10.3%, Indie 5%
- #31 A Wise Use of Time
78% 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 28.1%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, RPG 8.5%
- #32 Psy High
77% 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 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 9.4%, Indie 4.5%
- #33 VERSUS: The Lost Ones
77% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, RPG 14.4%, Indie 6.1%
- #34 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
73% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, RPG 4.3%
- #35 Hollywood Visionary
76% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, RPG 13.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #36 Heroes Rise: HeroFall
75% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Would a hero like you assassinate the president? "Heroes Rise: HeroFall" concludes the epic "Heroes Rise" trilogy of interactive novels where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, RPG 12.4%, Indie 6.1%
- #37 SLAMMED!
75% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel, the greatest text-based pro-wrestling RPG in the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.1%, Text-Based 38.9%, RPG 14.8%, Indie 7.2%
- #38 Choice of the Pirate
73% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Text-Based 31.6%, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 11%, RPG 6%
- #39 Pendragon Rising
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 52.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, RPG 14%, Indie 6%
- #40 Fatehaven
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?
Why similar: Text-Based 41.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, RPG 15.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #41 Life of a Wizard
73% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, RPG 15.9%, Indie 7.1%
- #42 Always Sometimes Monsters
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30%, RPG 26.5%, Story Rich 14.8%, Indie 13%, LGBTQ+ 11%
- #43 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three
70% matchVery Positive81% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your decisions will shape who is friend or foe, who will share in your secrets, and just how your romance with a certain vampire will grow!
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, RPG 8.4%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #44 Creme de la Creme
71% matchVery Positive86% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?
Why similar: Text-Based 42.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.8%, RPG 15.7%, Indie 8%
- #45 Ratings War
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 63.6%, RPG 25.2%, Indie 11.2%
- #46 Heaven Will Be Mine
69% matchVery Positive92% of 797 reviews2018
Dev: Pillow Fight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Heaven Will Be Mine is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #47 Caves of Qud
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,599 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Choices Matter 39.9%, Sci-fi 26.8%, RPG 16.3%, Story Rich 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #48 The Hero of Kendrickstone
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 108 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, RPG 18.4%, Indie 8.5%
- #49 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
69% matchVery Positive92% of 370 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 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #50 Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 172 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 7.7%, RPG 7.3%
- #51 Heroes of Myth
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, RPG 7.6%, LGBTQ+ 4.9%
- #52 Zombie Exodus
70% matchVery Positive85% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.
Why similar: Text-Based 52.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.1%, RPG 8.6%, Indie 3.8%
- #53 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
68% 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 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 7.7%
- #54 Arcadia Fallen
66% matchVery Positive95% of 584 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.4%, Text-Based 27.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 6.2%, LGBTQ+ 6.1%
- #55 BatteryNote
64% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Robots 26.7%, Text-Based 13%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #56 Heart of the House
69% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Choices Matter 18.4%, RPG 9.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #57 Open Sorcery
67% matchVery Positive98% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, RPG 12.1%, Indie 7%
- #58 Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
68% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: Andrew G. Schneider
Windows · Mac
You are Robin Hood! Forge your destiny and fight to liberate Nottingham in this epic story-driven RPG blending interactive fiction, resource management, and base building set within a lushly-illustrated Sherwood Forest.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 4.9%
- #59 Winds of Change
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 592 reviews2019
Dev: Klace
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Choices Matter 26.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, RPG 5.5%
- #60 A Kiss from Death
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, RPG 9.7%, Story Rich 3.6%