- #1 The Iron and the Oath
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FFire Studio
Windows
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Dynamic Narration 9.7% ★
- #2 The Portal Pirate
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 19%, Dynamic Narration 10% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #3 OMEA
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dynamic Narration 13.7% ★, Choices Matter 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #4 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
95% matchVery Positive89% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Artificial Intelligence 12.7%, Dynamic Narration 12.5% ★, Nonlinear 10.3%
- #5 Tower of the Ice Lich
94% 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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #6 History of Dragosa
94% 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 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Choices Matter 12%
- #7 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
93% 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 21%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #8 Tome of Fates
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Grey Mount Studio
Windows · Linux
Adventure Gamebook: Dive into an interactive experience where you can create, play, and share your own unique stories. Use the intuitive story editor to craft narratives without coding, explore them solo or in co-op with friends, and share them on the Workshop for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Dynamic Narration 21.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #9 Scribe
91% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #10 Mistbound
90% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 12%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #11 Serania - Path of the Scion
91% 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 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #12 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #13 The Soul Stone War 2
89% matchPositive89% of 28 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: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Lore-Rich 17%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #14 AI Pals
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amped Horizon
Windows
Your stories await. Explore fantastical realms, brainstorm ideas, or create entire universes – all powered by AI right from your Desktop. AI Pals is a text-based sandbox for limitless roleplaying and more, free from subscriptions and fully offline. Grab or customize your own Pal today!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.3% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Artificial Intelligence 12%
- #15 La Dimensione Interna
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolyTrauma Studios
Windows
La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
- #16 Touhou: Fading Illusion
86% matchVery Positive91% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Indie Game Order
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Nonlinear 12.7%
- #17 墨心:波云诡船
85% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Nonlinear 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Word Game 10.2%
- #18 Lux, City of Secrets
86% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 22.8%, Lore-Rich 19%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #19 The Golden Rose: Book One
84% 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 22.9%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #20 Vanakan
84% 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 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #21 Dravora
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aveline Games
Windows
A narrative roguelite where you lead desperate people across a fractured dark fantasy continent. No combat screens — every choice is made in words and every consequence follows you. Your companions have their own reasons to leave. How you survive reveals who you are.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dynamic Narration 13.6% ★, Text-Based 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #22 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree — spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Nonlinear 11.5%
- #23 When Silence Fell
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maximilian Niebuhr
Windows
This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Nonlinear 12.6%
- #24 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.8%, Text-Based 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #25 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 13.8%, Nonlinear 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #26 7 Days in Dystopia
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #27 Circus Saboteur
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: No Sequels Cooperative
Windows
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Nonlinear 14%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #28 Into Oblivion
79% 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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, RPG 8.5%
- #29 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Nonlinear 10.9%
- #30 All (Too) Good Things
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 20.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
- #31 Fixer's Tale
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Nonlinear 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 10%
- #32 Get the Guy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Word Game 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%
- #33 God of Chaos
76% 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 21.5%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #34 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
75% 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 26.7%, Text-Based 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #35 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
76% 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 not... He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #36 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Word Game 15.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
- #37 Superheroes Inc: #VictoryLeague
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, RPG 9%
- #38 The Castle
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #39 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #40 Temple of Endless Night
73% 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 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #41 KORA
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月之小
Windows
In a city ruled by AI, a carefully staged abduction gives you a long-awaited chance for revenge. Every choice comes with a cost—what will you sacrifice?
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Text-Based 11%
- #42 Lucid Echoes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminal Game Studios
Windows
Enter a World of Your Dreams!This immersive first-person action-adventure transforms your dream journal entries into a narrative-rich playground. Create, Explore, and Unravel. Expect the unexpected in this ever-evolving dream world - beware though - you are not alone!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.4% ★, Nonlinear 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Artificial Intelligence 11.1%
- #43 Dream Enders RPG
73% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: C.A.Withey
Windows
A visual, interactive story with unique characters, consequential dialogue choices, and branching story paths set in the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13.6%
- #44 Ink and Intrigue
70% 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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #45 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
70% 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 20.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, RPG 8.6%
- #46 A Blade for the Emperor
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #47 Aunewyth
70% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #48 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
71% 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 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 8.5%
- #49 Way Walkers: University 2
71% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, RPG 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #50 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 21.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #51 The Nascent Necromancer
69% 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #52 Devil on Your Shoulder
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #53 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #54 Emily_
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Tetrabyte Games
Windows
Chat with a mysterious AI, uncover secret codes and find hidden files. Your choices may lead you to uncover different things, the only way to find the truth is through Emily and whatever was left inside the old computer. You need her help
Why similar: Word Game 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.3%
- #55 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, RPG 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #56 Saturnine
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 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 25.4%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, RPG 11.3%, Choices Matter 8%
- #57 Fallen Hero: Revelations
67% 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 24.3%, Text-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, RPG 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #58 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #59 Still Joking
66% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Brick Games
Windows · Mac
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Nonlinear 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%