60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Indie, Adventure.
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.
Hadean Lands
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.
Vanakan
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.
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Text-Based 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 2.2%
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 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 22.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Text-Based 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 3.6%
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 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 4%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Text-Based 35%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 4.3%
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 30.2%, Text-Based 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 4.1%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Text-Based 25.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Text-Based 37.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 2.1%
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 33.7%, Text-Based 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 4.1%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Text-Based 34.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
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 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 3.5%
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 37.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Indie 3.1%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 1.4%
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 1.5%
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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 25.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 2%
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 34.8%, Text-Based 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 1.5%
A funny, emotional text-based romance where your awkward crush meets accidental magic. Make branching choices, build relationships, and maybe ruin Valentine’s Day with a love potion that definitely shouldn’t have worked.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Text-Based 30.3%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
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 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
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 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Indie 4.6%
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 32%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 4%
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 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 4%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 32%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 1.4%
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 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Text-Based 26.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 1.8%
"The Last Will" is a 3D point-and-click adventure game played from the perspective of a grieving father whose son just passed away.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 18.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Adventure 28%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
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 31%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
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 33.8%, Text-Based 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Singleplayer 2%
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Text-Based 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 1.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Text-Based 25.3%, Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 4.9%
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Text-Based 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 1.6%
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 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 2.6%
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 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Ever wonder how heroes-in-training spend their time between epic confrontations with dastardly villains? Join the students at Speck Community College as they enjoy a tabletop roleplay game, investigate a legendary small-town monster, and endure the embarrassments of Parents’ Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Text-Based 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 1.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Text-Based 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 2%
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: Interactive Fiction 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Text-Based 26.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 1.3%
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Text-Based 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 1.5%
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 33.3%, Text-Based 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 1.6%
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.1%, Text-Based 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
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 43%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 5.6%
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Text-Based 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 2%
Love remembers you. Even if you’ve forgotten.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Singleplayer 2.4%
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Adventure 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38%, Text-Based 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.6%
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 36%, Text-Based 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 2.7%
Izumi, the demon girl you accidentally captured. A novel adventure game where you gradually connect hearts as you spend your days together with Izumi.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, Adventure 26.9%, Text-Based 26.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Text-Based 26.7%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 3.4%
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Text-Based 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Text-Based 20.2%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 6.3%
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Text-Based 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
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 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 1.5%
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 1.6%
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 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Text-Based 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 1.5%
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.1%, Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Indie 1.8%
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Text-Based 26.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 1.3%
