- #1 True Magician
97% 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: Nonlinear 12.5%, CRPG 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 9.9%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
- #2 Before They Catch Us
96% 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 15.3% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #3 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
96% 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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #4 The Will and Torment of El Brante
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 10.9%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #5 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
94% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #6 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: Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, CRPG 10.8%
- #7 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
93% matchPositive80% of 15 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: Nonlinear 19.1%, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #8 Serania - Path of the Scion
92% 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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Nonlinear 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #9 Dancing with Shadows: Prologue
91% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Glass Umbrella Inc.
Windows
Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is a 2D dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines. Guide three protagonists through an interlocked and inexorably connected storyline. There are no wrong answers, but your decisions have consequences.
Why similar: Nonlinear 13.7%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #10 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
91% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #11 Tower of the Ice Lich
90% 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 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #12 God of Chaos
89% 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 18.8%, Text-Based 18.3%, RPG 13.8%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #13 Into Oblivion
89% 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 18.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, RPG 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #14 Gold & Brown
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Lore-Rich 12%, Medieval 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #15 Chrongrid
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #16 The Iron and the Oath
86% 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: Nonlinear 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #17 OMEA
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.9%, RPG 9.7%
- #18 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
86% 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 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, RPG 11.6%, Magic 8.6%
- #19 Taina's Cursed Legacy
84% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #20 Moonbriar
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #21 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
83% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, RPG 8.1%
- #22 Keeper of the Labyrinth
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Athena Abbott
Windows · Mac
An interactive fiction game about identity and self-discovery. Decide your own path through the labyrinth's strange halls, and confront the terrors and mysteries within.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.5%, Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Magic 8%, Psychological 7.9%
- #23 Lux, City of Secrets
82% 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, RPG 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #24 Aunewyth
81% 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 28.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #25 The Sin Collector: Repentless
81% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, CRPG 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9%
- #26 The Secret of Darkwoods
80% matchVery Positive89% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Rap2h
Windows · Mac · Linux
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, RPG 14.9%, CRPG 14.1%, Nonlinear 13.5%
- #27 Fugue of Delights
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Enygmage
Windows
A daemonic, handcrafted visual novel where your choices shape erotic dreams, secrets, and ritual desires.
Why similar: Nonlinear 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #28 Choose Your Own Alternative
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Narrative 14% ★, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, CRPG 11.8%
- #29 Ink and Intrigue
78% 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 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, RPG 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #30 The Bone Dancer's Bane
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, RPG 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%
- #31 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Lovecraftian 20.1%, RPG 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #32 Decadent Heir
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #33 SUBURBIA INFINITUM
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aerealis
Windows
A dialogue sim about eternity and our minds.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Nonlinear 15%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #34 Innsmouth 22
76% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Raven Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 8.5%
- #35 Roadwarden
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, RPG 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #36 The Jewel of Monostructure
75% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #37 The Soul Stone War 2
75% 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: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, RPG 8.9%
- #38 Herald of the Mists
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
- #39 The Portal Pirate
73% 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: Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Psychological 9.9%
- #40 生物实验室:畸变实验记录
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EL
Windows
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #41 Tales of Anturia: Farathan
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sartorian
Windows
Explore, fight and discover the great conspiracy lingering in the shadows. In this third-person RPG. Pick one of three sides and enjoy the open world.
Why similar: Nonlinear 18.2%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%, CRPG 9.5%
- #42 Grave Knight
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, RPG 13.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 11%
- #43 The Golden Rose: Book One
72% 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 22.6%, Text-Based 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, RPG 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
- #44 History of Dragosa
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #45 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
70% 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 21.5%, Text-Based 20.9%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, RPG 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
- #46 With Good Intentions
71% matchMixed61% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, RPG 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #47 A Blade for the Emperor
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 18.5%, RPG 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.8%
- #48 Touhou: Fading Illusion
69% 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: Nonlinear 17.7%, Text-Based 15.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #49 Witchcraft U
71% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 20.9%, RPG 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Magic 9.2%
- #50 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
69% matchNo user 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: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #51 Wildwake
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Nonlinear 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #52 Omen Exitio: Plague
70% matchVery Positive85% of 626 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 6.7%
- #53 Scarlet Hollow
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,749 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Lovecraftian 17.1%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
- #54 Games of the Monarch's Eye
67% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #55 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
68% 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 19.8%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #56 Sub-Verge
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Narrative 23.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 9.2%, RPG 6.7%
- #57 Túatha Echoes: The Village
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Freki GamesPub: Heathen
Windows
Immerse yourself in the psychological horror of The Village, where whispers bend reality and ordinary life spirals into madness. Unravel the dark rise of one of Túatha's most infamous figures in this short story visual novel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.2%, Lore-Rich 18%, Text-Based 17.4%, Psychological 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #58 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
68% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Magic 8.8%
- #59 A talk beneath the tree
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RALWORKS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can a Mage live free, when Magic can only come from Demons? Sylvain thinks so, but when he flees the Alchemical Institute, his old friend Celeste stops him, afraid for his life. One conversation will set the course of their lives. Guide them through it. 27 endings: each a kinetic short story.
Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Lore-Rich 18%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #60 House of the Golden Mask
65% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 22.9%, RPG 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Magic 9.3%