- #1 Mainland
97% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2015
Dev: Vasily VoronkovPub: INSTEAD Community
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Text-Based 36.7%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 4.3%
- #2 The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
96% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #3 Kafka at the Station
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neji. Games
Windows · Mac
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 41.9%, Text-Based 39.6%, Adventure 18.5%
- #4 Thaumistry: In Charm's Way
95% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Bobbates LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #5 Hadean Lands
94% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 45.1%, Text-Based 41.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #6 CLOSED HANDS
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Text-Based 34.3%, Adventure 23.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #7 Too Different
93% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Adventure 22.3%, Casual 9%, Indie 1.7%
- #8 Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure
91% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Adventure 22.1%, Casual 9.7%, Indie 5.2%
- #9 Book of Coin
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.4%, Interactive Fiction 40.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Indie 0.8%
- #10 Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Jolt Country
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Text-Based 36.3%, Adventure 20.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #11 Zork Anthology
89% matchVery Positive95% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: InfocomPub: Activision
Windows
Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 53.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Adventure 21.2%
- #12 Open Sorcery
89% matchVery Positive98% of 358 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #13 A Mage Reborn
88% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Adventure 21.4%, Casual 8.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #14 Vanakan
87% 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 39.9%, Text-Based 33.4%, Adventure 25.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #15 Help Me Escape! The Puzzle Maker's Office
86% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Brahn GamesPub: Brahn Communications, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A Virtual Text Message Escape Room Adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 54.3%, Adventure 36.8%, Indie 8.9%
- #16 Welcome to Moreytown
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 45.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Adventure 24%, Indie 5.3%
- #17 Ironheart
85% matchPositive89% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pilot and customize a giant iron war mech in this alternate medieval history! The Papacy, Caliphate, and the Mongols are at war, and they all have mechs.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 5.8%
- #18 Samurai of Hyuga
84% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #19 Way Walkers: University
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Adventure 13%, Casual 11%, Indie 1.8%
- #20 An Imp and an Impostor
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36.7%, Text-Based 34.2%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #21 幸存者乐园
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: 幸存者乐园
Windows
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.9%, Text-Based 39.1%, Adventure 8.8%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #22 Way Walkers: University 2
83% 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 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Casual 10.2%, Indie 1.7%
- #23 The Soul Stone War
82% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Why similar: Text-Based 29%, Adventure 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #24 Relics 2: The Crusader's Tomb
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Text-Based 27.9%, Adventure 25.9%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #25 Scarlet Sails
80% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 41.8%, Text-Based 40.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #26 Anchorhead
79% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 36.8%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 4.7%
- #27 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
79% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.5%, Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Adventure 11.6%, Casual 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #28 New Witch in Town
78% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Text-Based 42%, Casual 12%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #29 Keeper of the Day and Night
77% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.2%, Text-Based 38.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Casual 6.4%, Indie 1.6%
- #30 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
77% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Text-Based 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #31 Harm Other
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dennis Farrell
Windows
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 42.6%, Interactive Fiction 33%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #32 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
76% matchMixed67% of 21 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 42.6%, Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Casual 7.6%, Indie 1.8%
- #33 Midnight Saga: The Monster
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a quiet Halloween night turns into a thrilling adventure, make sure to grab a weapon, eat candy, wreck monsters or leave them for dead!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Text-Based 30.9%, Adventure 24.1%, Casual 9.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #34 Community College Hero: All Things End
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The thrilling conclusion to your heroic journey! The Manipulator has destroyed the Speck campus, forcing you and your friends to flee the only home you’ve known. Can you survive the challenges of a new school while preparing for the ultimate showdown against the world’s most powerful villains?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.4%, Text-Based 33.2%, Adventure 14%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 1.8%
- #35 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
73% matchVery Positive92% of 366 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 43.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #36 Relics of the Lost Age
74% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Nazis are scouring the globe for powerful occult artifacts. Can you beat them to the treasures and save the world from a thousand years of darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Casual 7.2%, Indie 1.7%
- #37 Adventureland XL
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Clopas LLC
Windows
Adventureland XL is a single player Conversational Adventure™ game redux based on the original Adventureland game created in 1978 by Scott Adams. Carefully crafted for new and returning players alike, your task is to recover thirteen lost treasures in the vast realm of Adventureland.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 23.6%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #38 Lux, City of Secrets
73% 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 40.2%, Text-Based 39.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 6.3%, Indie 1.6%
- #39 Molly the Werezompire
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 41.4%, Text-Based 38.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #40 Message in a Melody
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 46.7%, Text-Based 39.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 2%
- #41 Red Bow: Strange Dream
70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Text-Based 25%, Adventure 24.2%, Casual 10.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #42 Silent Orbits
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlekPub: QuickNap
Windows
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.7%, Interactive Fiction 46.9%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #43 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
70% matchVery Positive98% of 222 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Casual 12.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #44 VERSUS: The Deathscapes
73% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a new threat emerges on planet Versus, you and your allies are forced to explore the dreaded Deathscapes to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Text-Based 29.3%, Adventure 23.5%, Casual 9.9%, Indie 2%
- #45 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
72% 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: Text-Based 41.2%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 4.8%
- #46 Samurai of Hyuga Book 4
71% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn.
Why similar: Text-Based 65.2%, Adventure 28%, Indie 6.8%
- #47 A Familiar Fairytale Dyslexic Text Based Adventure
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Alastair LowPub: Lowtek Games
Windows
A fantasy text based adventure from the eyes of a dyslexic.
Why similar: Text-Based 50%, Adventure 29.9%, Casual 13.1%, Indie 7%
- #48 Roadwarden
66% 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 52.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #49 Your Future Self
70% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.4%, Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #50 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
69% 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 33.2%, Text-Based 29.9%, Adventure 24%, Casual 9.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #51 Talon City: Death from Above
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re a clever owl lawyer out of your depth, searching for a missing client. With enemies at every turn, can you survive and save the day?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Text-Based 29.3%, Adventure 24.4%, Casual 10.1%, Indie 1.8%
- #52 Breacher Story
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Doubleton Game Studio
Windows
An interactive narrative in social engineering.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.5%, Text-Based 41.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #53 海伦的神迹
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Text-Based 25.2%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 2%
- #54 👑万千网友共修仙👑
68% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Ant Design Games
Windows
文字修仙游戏,成年人喜欢玩的游戏,简单,挂机,不累
Why similar: Text-Based 40.7%, Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 2%
- #55 Werewolves 2: Pack Mentality
67% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's a war between your werewolf pack and the Human Sovereignty Movement! Lead the pack to victory before extremists turn your packmates against each other.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Text-Based 29.8%, Adventure 22.5%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 4.6%
- #56 Werewolves 3: Evolution's End
65% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the ultimate battle between werewolves and human supremacists, and your werewolf pack is caught in the middle of a four-way fight!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.1%, Text-Based 41.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #57 The Lost Legends of Redwall™: Escape the Gloomer
66% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Soma Games
Windows · Mac
Lost Legends of Redwall: Escape the Gloomer is based on Mossflower, one of the NYT bestselling Redwall™ books by Brian Jacques, with over 35 million copies sold. Set in the caverns and catacombs of Kotir Castle, you guide Gillig the fledgling otter as you build your story.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.5%, Adventure 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #58 Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ozapell
Windows
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Casual 7.5%, Indie 3.8%
- #59 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
65% 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 45.3%, Text-Based 42.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Indie 2%