- #1 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
97% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Text-Based 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.2%
- #2 With Good Intentions
96% 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: Dark Fantasy 11%, Tabletop 10.3%, Text-Based 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #3 말리온
96% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BepavedPub: ARTAME
Windows
Play the game from the perspective of a traveler who comes to the dealer and is faced with numerous choices in a story prepared by the dealer. Experience a story that changes based on your choices and see the ending that changes based on your choices!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Tabletop 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #4 The Reeve
95% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Medieval 14.3%, Management 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #5 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
94% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Tabletop 15.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #6 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 10.7%, Medieval 10.2%, Management 9.4%
- #7 Taina's Cursed Legacy
93% matchPositive82% of 33 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 10.8%, RPG 8%
- #8 Herald of the Mists
92% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #9 Your Story: Games with Death
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Medieval 10.8%
- #10 Grave Knight
91% 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 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #11 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
90% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Tabletop 15.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Medieval 8.5%
- #12 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #13 Epic Tavern
89% matchMixed58% of 345 reviews2017
Dev: Hyperkinetic StudiosPub: Epic Tavern Holdings
Windows
Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry
Why similar: Tabletop 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #14 Sky Caravan
88% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Management 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #15 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
87% 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: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12%
- #16 Roadwarden
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, RPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #17 Blue eclipse-Rindo blooming on the ring finger-
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PGB club
Windows
「Blue eclipse(Rindo blooming on the ring finger)」は吸血鬼とそれに対抗するハンター達を題材にした、シネマティックビジュアルノベルゲームです。吸血鬼と人間で成り立つ世界で刑事として働くアナタは、とある仕事をきっかけに自身の運命を歪めることになりました。物語進行中に現れる様々な状況での選択肢を選び、アナタを取り巻くキャラクター達とともに運命を見届けよう。
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.2%, RPG 9.4%
- #18 Freedom Tower
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fire Trail
Windows
Roleplaying set in a dystopian universe inspired by early twentieth-century wars and Ukrainian folklore. You are Orest, and you might be the last hope of your occupied land. Establish the truths about the world getting drained of its energy, meet captivating characters, and make your land free.
Why similar: Tabletop 19.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 7.5%
- #19 Serania - Path of the Scion
84% 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 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Medieval 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #20 The Sword of Rhivenia
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 18.3%, RPG 13%, Medieval 12.5%
- #21 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
84% 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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, RPG 11.8%
- #22 Moonbriar
82% 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 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Medieval 11.1%
- #23 Arderico's Journey
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Medieval 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #24 Before They Catch Us
81% 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: Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #25 The Trial
81% 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 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #26 Whispers From The Rift
80% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 12%
- #27 Adventurers Guild Receptionist
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio LITTE
Windows
Always wanted a fantasy world desk job?! Manage eccentric adventurers like a lazy witch, tsundere fairy & useless bard! Approve quests, keep them alive, pay off Elfie's crippling tax debt, and rake in gold for the Guild!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, RPG 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Management 8.3%
- #28 King of Dragon Pass
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Tabletop 11.2%, Text-Based 10.7%, Medieval 9.7%
- #29 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, RPG 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #30 Eyes of Iyre
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D0Studios
Windows · Mac
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 9.6%
- #31 Vanakan
76% 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 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #32 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
76% 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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #33 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
77% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.7%, Medieval 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, RPG 9.9%
- #34 A Wise Use of Time
78% matchVery Positive80% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Text-Based 18%, RPG 14%
- #35 Memories Of Zattera
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouGo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Medieval 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 9.5%
- #36 Tower of the Ice Lich
73% 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 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 11%
- #37 Sworn to the Depths
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faceless Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-driven dungeon crawler inspired by Ironsworn: Delve. Travel to a forbidden site full of treasure, roll dice, make choices, face danger, and find out the hard way why the site was forbidden in the first place! Or maybe you'll find the treasure. It could happen!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Tabletop 16.1%, RPG 11.5%
- #38 Into Oblivion
74% 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 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Text-Based 14.3%, RPG 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #39 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, RPG 11.5%
- #40 The Nascent Necromancer
73% 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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 15.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #41 Crown Gambit
70% matchVery Positive97% of 350 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITSPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Tabletop 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Medieval 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #42 The Noob Adventures: Fool For Love
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Ping Group
Windows · Linux
A visual novel set in the world of 'The Noob Adventures'. Meet and talk to your favourite characters in this nostalgic fan-fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Tabletop 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #43 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #44 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
73% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, RPG 12%, Text-Based 11.4%
- #45 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #46 The Fifth Horseman
72% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 18%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 12%
- #47 The Last Bastion
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Voidpeak Games
Windows
The Last Bastion is a survival-management game where you lead an army of defeated soldiers across a setting inspired by medieval India. Fight overwhelming forces, manage dwindling resources and make choices with devastating consequences in a bitter struggle for survival and salvation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 14.2%, Management 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #48 Sovereign Tower
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WILD WITSPub: Curve Games
Windows
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Medieval 15.2%, Management 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #49 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
70% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.7%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Simulation 10.2%, RPG 9.6%
- #50 Creepy Crypt Critters
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, RPG 8.8%
- #51 Zugzwang
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #52 Mass of Consumption
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #53 Emily is Away
68% matchVery Positive89% of 32,165 reviews2015
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #54 Aunewyth
69% 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 28.1%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, RPG 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #55 Hira Hira Hihiru
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 860 reviews2023
Dev: BA-KUPub: ANIPLEX.EXE
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Violent 11%
- #56 Samurai of Hyuga Book 5
68% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, RPG 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #57 貴方が狼カードデス!
67% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: toRipota
Windows
Accuse and execute the owner of the werewolf card. It's a 5-minute round of a repeated death game in the werewolf genre.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Violent 11.2%
- #58 God of Chaos
67% 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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, RPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%
- #59 Saturnine
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 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 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Text-Based 21.2%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #60 Pitchforks and Daggers
65% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Medieval 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%