- #1 OTHERS
97% matchPositive100% of 12 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 15.4%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #2 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 30,737 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 13%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #3 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAVE gamedev team
Windows
Narrative RPG inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or he won't. He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: CRPG 16.4%, Narrative 15.6% ★, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #4 Reflections of the void
95% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Echo Story Games
Windows
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.9%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #5 A Spaceship Accident
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: CRPG 16.3%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #6 Truth Scrapper
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14%, Dating Sim 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #7 这个CEO我当定了!
92% matchVery Positive84% of 547 reviews2025
Dev: 叁石肆两
Windows
《这个ceo我当定了!》跟随着主人公(林燃)的求职机遇,进入这职场之中的龙争虎斗。财富与名望,就在选择之间,抓住机遇,成就事业。在这暗斗之中,是为利益与虎谋皮?还是无畏恐惧向死而生?这职场ceo我当定了!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.9%, CRPG 12.8%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #8 The Peresmeshnik
93% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.1%
- #9 ESCAPE: Orphanage
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brotherhood Studios
Windows
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #10 Shepherd's Eye
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio AdaminaPub: Jflyer Games
Windows · Mac
Everyone has secrets at Found Sheep Farm, but it’s so much easier to pretend no one does! Will you pull the wool over your eyes, or will your pursuit of the truth make you the black sheep in this thrilling horror visual novel?
Why similar: Dating Sim 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #11 Nippon Island: The Flight
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meow Arts
Windows · Mac
Nippon Island is a first-person story adventure that begins on a flight to Japan. What starts as a peaceful trip slowly turns surreal. Reality shifts, memories stir... and somewhere, a cat begins to care. The journey is just beginning.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #12 ghostpia Season One
89% matchVery Positive94% of 923 reviews2023
Dev: ChosuidoPub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
Why similar: CRPG 13.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Dating Sim 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #13 Cannibal Court
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #14 Date Time❤️: Melissa❤️, Morris❤️, Anna❤️
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
DATE, FLIRT & SURVIVE in this Retro-Horror Adventure where you date characters based on REAL Computer VIRUSES. Explore and uncover dark secrets behind each character and make choices that will lead to a ❤️SMOOCH❤️ or your DOOM!
Why similar: Point & Click 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Horror 10.1%
- #15 Before They Catch Us
86% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 19% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #16 Tower of the Ice Lich
86% matchPositive100% of 17 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 18.7%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #17 Letters of Bernard Thorne
85% matchVery Positive98% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Korean Linguistics Lab
Windows
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 25.8% ★, Text-Based 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #18 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
87% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: CRPG 17.1%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #19 Tri City Monsters
84% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Dating Sim 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #20 Broad Daylight
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Vagus Truman
Windows
The day awaits. Whether it ends with you going to visit family, taking a breath in the park, or hiding inside your apartment, it all can be taken away without you having a say in the matter. Regardless of all the chances that life might provide, one truth persists: carpe diem.
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 7.4%, RPG 6.8%
- #21 While We Wait Here
82% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 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 17%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Horror 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #22 Flesh Blossom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Pearl Games
Windows
You are Doctor Parsnip Green, the first and last line of defense against a grotesquely beautiful epidemic. Make difficult choices as you investigate the disease’s origin, operate on patients, and fight to save those you love - all while managing your own dwindling sanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Point & Click 9.3%
- #23 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
83% match7 user reviews86% 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: Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Horror 9.8%
- #24 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #25 Room 337
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 16.6% ★, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #26 History of Dragosa
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #27 Upheaval
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Leone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 19.6% ★, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #28 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
78% matchVery Positive95% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Horror 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Dating Sim 10%
- #29 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Horror 9.5%
- #30 TOY BOX
77% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Point & Click 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #31 The Trial
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #32 Be Honest
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Psychological Horror 16%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #33 小夜怪奇物语
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: 漠然旅者
Windows
本游戏是一款呈现方式新颖的对话小说类文字游戏,具有百合与微恐怖要素。 游戏将根据你的选择具有不同的走向。 感受贴贴与恐怖交织的美妙体验吧!
Why similar: CRPG 18.3%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dating Sim 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #34 Worn Out
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Morimichi
Windows
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #35 规则怪谈:盛崖小区
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: ZHUYUAN Co.,Ltd
Windows
这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13%, Dating Sim 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #36 Lux, City of Secrets
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 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 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Lore-Rich 19%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 8%
- #37 True Magician
74% 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 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #38 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
73% matchVery Positive95% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #39 Temple of Endless Night
75% 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 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #40 Welcome To The Survey
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peanut Dev
Windows
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.6%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Choices Matter 11%
- #41 Mermaids are Seafood
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lyyycaena
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story where you work in a company that serves mermaids as seafood. Gamble your blood, chat with customers, trade ingredients, and create fake mermaids. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Dating Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 9%
- #42 Fatal Falls
72% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #43 Welcome, Dear Human
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiki CanPub: Ronkad
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sentient dating simulator is determined that you date monsters - starting with your sleep paralysis demon. Learn their language and earn their trust. Or sabotage it and watch it unravel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #44 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
71% 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 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.5%
- #45 Rootless
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Guardian Studios LLC
Windows
Guide Trask, a young seedling born into a cave-dwelling family that fears the outside world. Uncover the secrets of a mysterious tree and fight to save everyone trapped in their isolated home. Explore strange environments, absorb animal traits, and overcome dangers in this adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #46 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
70% matchVery Positive100% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #47 Your mom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macro-Ionic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join a mysterious internet cult in a visual novel that plays out like a real conversation happening within a chat app.
Why similar: Dating Sim 14.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #48 Defragmenting
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dating Sim 14.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Point & Click 12.8%
- #49 For Mother Matron
70% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac
A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #50 Devil on Your Shoulder
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Text-Based 16.9%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #51 Hotel Hermes
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 15.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #52 Arcadie: Second-Born
68% matchVery Positive95% of 385 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%
- #53 The Soul Stone War 2
69% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #54 Scarlet Hollow
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Narrative 13.8% ★, Dating Sim 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #55 Snooze: A Choice
66% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Meat
Windows
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Horror 11.7%, Mystery 7.8%
- #56 ANIMA : Dark Fairy Tale for Adults
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MUNAKI
Windows
In a psychological horror that delves behind the veil of a cruel fairy tale, you must gather fragments of the past to face the truth. Your choices may lead to salvation—or the most wretched of ruins.
Why similar: CRPG 25.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Horror 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #57 The Golden Rose: Book One
67% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #58 The Nascent Necromancer
67% matchMixed57% of 14 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: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #59 Escape from Irene
66% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: NanosquidTeam
Windows
Escape from Irene is a psychological thriller where you wake up in a mysterious place, with no memory, under the watchful eye of Irene. Explore the house, uncover its secrets, and try to escape without alerting Irene—because if she catches on, something terrible will happen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Dating Sim 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #60 Blood for Poppies
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%