- #1 The Vellescian Gambit
97% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Vellescian Games
Windows
Play the role of a merchant's apprentice in this 1600s-inspired realistic setting full with trading companies and business ploys. A short (2-3h) but replayable visual novel/RPG with logistics and trading aspects, brought to life with beautiful baroque paintings and classical music.
Why similar: Time Management 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 15.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Historical 12.8%
- #2 Heart of Battle
96% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle for love as a gladiator in this epic romance of swords and sandals! Win glory, victory, a better life, your freedom - and spark a revolution!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Martial Arts 17.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, RPG 13.3%, Historical 11.8%
- #3 The Count of Monte Cristo
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Veil Studios
Windows
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Dynamic Narration 9.7% ★
- #4 Grave Knight
95% 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 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 13.6%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #5 Road To Wealth
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Konithir
Windows
Embark on a text-based RPG in a brutal fantasy world. Make choices, manage gear, and battle enemies through a non-linear story. Explore diverse landscapes with immersive art and sounds. Enjoy mini-games like dice and lockpicking. Survive or save often in this challenging game.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 14.8%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #6 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
94% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Historical 12.5%, Dynamic Narration 11.4% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #7 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Historical 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dynamic Narration 11% ★
- #8 Turncoat Chronicle
92% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, RPG 17.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Fantasy 7.2%
- #9 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, RPG 18.8%, Text-Based 15.2%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #10 The Music at the end of the World
91% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #11 The Soul Stone War 3
90% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, RPG 18.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #12 Belle-de-Nuit
89% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Win duels and hearts as a swordswoman at Paris's finest luxury brothel! Fight for the honor of ladies of the night in this game of swords and seductions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Swordplay 13.8% ★, RPG 13.6%, Historical 13.2%
- #13 Merchant's Odyssey
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlucky Dwarf
Windows
Step into the shoes of a young merchant on a journey where you'll trade goods, recruit a diverse array of mercenaries, engage in tactical combat, and make critical decisions that shape both your path and the unfolding story.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.3%, Time Management 15.6%, Dynamic Narration 13.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #14 ThroneBreaker : Iron Crown
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Kingdoms Games
Windows
A story-driven adventure filled with intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Every choice shapes your destiny in a kingdom torn by secrets and power. Rule with love or fear—your path to the throne is yours to decide.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, RPG 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #15 Kino
87% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Historical 13.3%, RPG 9.5%
- #16 House of the Golden Mask
85% 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 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, RPG 18.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #17 狂潮-Staggering Through The Dark
86% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Longxi Zhao
Windows
This is an AVG trying to tell a story about a city under British governance. In 1970s, newspapers were rife with exaggerated title and drama plots. Xu Dan, a fresh journalist accidentally ran into a collaboration of cops and mafia.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Historical 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, RPG 12.9%
- #18 Nobility Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sombrero Labs
Windows
“They say nobility doesn’t work” – I beg to differ. Especially when your peasants are slacking, the estate is crumbling, and the Swedes are ready to invade. Become a true Sarmatian lord in this humor-packed game set in 17th-century Poland!
Why similar: Swordplay 23.9% ★, Strategy RPG 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Medieval 13.4%, Historical 10.7%
- #19 Peter's Journey
84% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Historical 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #20 Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
84% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, RPG 14.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Swordplay 12.4% ★
- #21 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: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, RPG 16.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Medieval 10.4%
- #22 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
81% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Character Customization 13.4%, RPG 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #23 Coalescence
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #24 The Die Is Cast
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Odyssée
Windows
The Die Is Cast is an interactive fiction set in a medieval-fantasy universe. You will have to balance your skills and make the right decisions to survive the scenario and reach your goal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, RPG 9.4%
- #25 Fallen Hero: Revelations
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, RPG 18.9%, Text-Based 16%, Character Customization 9.1%
- #26 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
79% matchPositive81% of 16 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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 17.4%, RPG 11.5%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #27 Scales of Justice
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Character Customization 14%, RPG 12.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #28 Saturnine
78% 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 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, RPG 20%, Text-Based 16.1%, Character Customization 7.6%
- #29 Battlemage: Magic by Mail
80% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you defend your kingdom with forbidden magic, or backstab the crown? Win tournaments, kiss a prince/princess, or just seize power for yourself!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Swordplay 17.7% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, RPG 11%
- #30 To Be Altered: ACT 1
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13.4%
- #31 Taina's Cursed Legacy
77% 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 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, RPG 11.3%
- #32 An Imp and an Impostor
76% 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 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, RPG 18.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Character Customization 7.4%
- #33 Leas: City of the Sun
76% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 17.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #34 Kensei
78% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Bjorn The Fire
Windows
Kensei is a branching narrative RPG where you can influence events as a Samurai, a Ronin, or a Monk. Set in 1612 Japan, the game features a historical fiction based storyline which ends with the most famous duel of all time.
Why similar: Martial Arts 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Historical 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #35 Specters of the Deep
74% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb out of your tomb to avenge your own death in this haunted fantasy epic! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! It's an interactive epic fantasy novel, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 15.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Swordplay 13.6% ★
- #36 Siege of Treboulain
75% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, RPG 16.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Medieval 8.8%
- #37 The Nascent Necromancer
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 12.3%, Character Customization 8.9%
- #38 Whiskey-Four
72% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Character Customization 13%, RPG 12.4%
- #39 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
74% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, RPG 11.5%
- #40 Atlantis Academy
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, RPG 18.1%, Text-Based 15%, Character Customization 6.8%
- #41 Serania - Path of the Scion
73% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Medieval 10.3%
- #42 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 17.2%, RPG 12%, Character Customization 9.3%
- #43 Cold Bed on Route
71% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Time Management 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Text-Based 12.3%
- #44 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
72% 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 24.1%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Historical 8.3%
- #45 Whispers From The Rift
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, RPG 10.4%
- #46 True Magician
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Medieval 10.3%
- #47 Arderico's Journey
70% 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 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Medieval 11.4%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #48 Honor Bound
69% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Character Customization 14.6%, RPG 13.3%, Text-Based 12.7%
- #49 Brageskålen
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Historical 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #50 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #51 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Historical 14.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Dynamic Narration 11.5% ★
- #52 Dream Enders RPG
70% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: C.A.Withey
Windows
A visual, interactive story with unique characters, consequential dialogue choices, and branching story paths set in the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Immersive Sim 15%, Dynamic Narration 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #53 Temple of Endless Night
70% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Historical 16.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, RPG 9.3%
- #54 War of Bellrook
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Plagen Shiki
Windows
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 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, RPG 22.4%, Text-Based 15.8%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #55 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
67% 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 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 15.2%, RPG 10.2%
- #56 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
68% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Medieval 14.7%, RPG 12.9%
- #57 Scarseeker
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Road Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive-fiction RPG made in a gritty style inspired by classic heroic adventure stories, blending illustration and narrative-driven questing with the modern mechanics you've come to expect from an RPG. Experience an epic saga in a vast open world where choices matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Swordplay 16.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 11.1%, RPG 10.4%
- #58 With Good Intentions
67% 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: Martial Arts 20.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, RPG 10.2%
- #59 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, RPG 20%, Text-Based 16.4%, Character Customization 7.2%
- #60 Winterclaw
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Queen's Court
Windows
Winterclaw is an immersive dark fantasy sim with an in-depth companion. Discover the fire within and survive the cold.
Why similar: Time Management 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, RPG 10.9%