- #1 Very Unserious Game
97% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Le Clown de la ClassePub: Youplaboum!
Windows
Are you looking for a new job that will give meaning to your life? The Innovality family is ready to welcome you! Between smart innovation and spontaneous conference calls, grow into a valued team member in a cutting-edge startup!
Why similar: Parody 26.2% ★, Satire 16.5% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #2 Chief Emoji Officer
96% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Satire 27.5% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #3 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SC Games
Windows
You are Allan Martin, an occasionally suave British superspy armed with a licence to cause an international incident. Can you survive international assassins? Can you stop an evil mastermind's nefarious plans? Can you avoid contracting an STD?
Why similar: Parody 26.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Comedy 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #4 Negative Nancy
95% matchVery Positive94% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: FEEDPub: Effort Star
Windows · Mac
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.2%, Parody 19.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Comedy 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #5 MoonShot
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Joey ParrishPub: Chicken Noodle Soap
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%
- #6 Creatio Ex Nihilo III: Amor Dei
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Experience the meeting of the divine and mortal world as a forbidden love affair have unforseen consequences.
Why similar: Parody 26% ★, Satire 24.2% ★, Dark Comedy 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Comedy 9.7%
- #7 I'm in Love With Your Dead Grandmother
93% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: Kimulator's Films
Windows · Linux
Hello, I'm Noah. I'm 28 years old and still haven't got a single date in my life, I'm looking for a life coach who can help me figure out the hard choices in my day to day life, you know? I'm sad and single, I have some friends online, but that's it.
Why similar: Satire 26.2% ★, Parody 23.2% ★, Dark Comedy 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Comedy 9.9%
- #8 Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop
92% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: CoproTech Enterprise Solutions
Windows · Mac
Part visual novel, part WarioWare-inspired minigame collection, Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop is a modern workplace comedy that you can beat within a short session in your office bathroom stall. Multiple stories, multiple minigames, and multiple endings provide replayability.
Why similar: Satire 20.7% ★, Dark Comedy 20.2%, Parody 18.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #9 Dungeon of Departure
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quite adept
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Underground 14.9% ★, Text-Based 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #10 Overboard!
91% matchVery Positive90% of 661 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 11%
- #11 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
90% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: eNVy softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Why similar: Parody 31.4% ★, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, RPG 6.3%
- #12 Door Game Deluxe
89% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: Rusty Hinge
Windows
Door Game Deluxe is a (very) short, satirical RPG. An expansion of the original and the pinnacle of human artistic expression, this version offers original art and music on top of new endings.
Why similar: Satire 32% ★, Text-Based 17.3%, Comedy 15.6%, Parody 13.2% ★, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #13 Visual Novel: Requiem for Noodles
88% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Reanim GamesPub: STuNT
Windows
After being hit on the head with a stool, Dimon goes straight to Hell to find out where their now deceased buddy Seryoga hid the last pack of instant noodles.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 35.8%, Underground 20.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, RPG 7.6%, Multiple Endings 4.8%
- #14 Top Villain: Total Domination
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How would you conquer the world? In this text-based supervillain rpg, you can vanquish your nemesis, fight heroes and villains, and find yourself!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Satire 18.7% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Dark Comedy 16.7%, RPG 10.3%
- #15 Butter Side Down
86% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Kalle MacDonald
Windows · Linux
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
- #16 Confessional Simulator
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
You're the new priest at St. Augustine's. Sinners kneel on the other side of the screen and tell you everything. Forgive them and your Faith grows. Work the guilt and the donations roll in. Push it too far and the Bishop starts listening. A voiced dark comedy about other people's sins.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29%, Satire 27.3% ★, Comedy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #17 All (Too) Good Things
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #18 Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Amin Adukov
Windows
Cursed Choices and ConsequencesHorror Visual Novel Set in a haunted house, with multiple puzzles, paths, and endings.And great atmospheric music.Choices are forgiving and let you go back without replaying big chunks of the game.Reads like a book.Approximately 3 hours of content.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #19 Presidential Psychologist
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
You're not a real psychologist. He's not a sane president. Welcome to the most unhinged therapy session ever held in office.
Why similar: Parody 25.6% ★, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #20 Presidential Social Media Manager
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the most stressful job in politics making the President look sane online. Fix typos, fight trolls, and spin chaos into strategy. One wrong emoji could spark a crisis. A satirical management game where timing and damage control are your only lifelines.
Why similar: Parody 28.6% ★, Dark Comedy 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #21 Furry Shakespeare: Love's Lizards Lost
84% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
You've just landed in a new world, set to discover new mysteries and solve great conflicts. You're also a small reptile.
Why similar: Satire 29.6% ★, Parody 28.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Comedy 11.1%
- #22 Shipyard of Theseus
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Toraka Studios
Windows
A game about thinking about ships.
Why similar: Satire 39.1% ★, Parody 20.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Minimalist 9.1%, Hand-drawn 5%
- #23 Isekaing: from zero to zero.
82% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: ElvenNeko
Windows
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
Why similar: Satire 26.7% ★, Parody 25.7% ★, Dark Comedy 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Comedy 9.4%
- #24 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
81% 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 24.3%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #25 Are We in Love?
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretty Dark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Are We in Love?" is a dark, choice-driven visual novel that questions love and family. There are no butterflies in your stomach, only the harsh reality of a chemical sting in your nostrils and the acrid aftertaste of vodka. No common route. Fully branched story.
Why similar: Satire 23.6% ★, Dark Comedy 19%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #26 Class of '09
79% matchVery Positive95% of 8,827 reviews2021
Dev: SBN3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09!
Why similar: Satire 30.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Comedy 14%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #27 My Beeloved: A Bee Dating Sim
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fickle Sickle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fully voiced raunchy bee dating sim. Make choices, earn Buzzies, play minigames, laugh, cry, and unlock endings.
Why similar: Satire 26.7% ★, Parody 26.2% ★, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Comedy 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #28 Temple of Egmelitia
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Underground 24.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #29 The Sudden Attack Of A Welder
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barrel Head
Windows
Play As An Unnamed Guy And Solve The Mystery Of An Old Mansion While Being Haunted By A Welder! Discover An Epic Journey Through Many Exciting And Hard Levels!
Why similar: Parody 27.6% ★, Underground 25.9% ★, Mystery Dungeon 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Stylized 6.2%
- #30 Attorney Disbarment Adventure
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ambearth Games
Windows
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 23.1%, Satire 19.8% ★, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #31 How to Win: Season One
78% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Track
Windows
How to Win is an anarchic adventure/gaming experiment where players decide the rules. Whatever you decide, that’s what happens next in our story. No matter what chaos it creates. Play through all 5 chapters of Season 1, then send us your ideas for Season 2!
Why similar: Satire 21.8% ★, Parody 20.2% ★, Dark Comedy 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #32 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
76% 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 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #33 Do 11
77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 14.8%
- #34 Permaban
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UnrealByte
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 2007. You moderate a dying internet forum. Ban trolls, enforce contradictory rules, and try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Parody 25.5% ★, Satire 22% ★, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Comedy 10%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #35 SQUID'S MANSLAUGHTER
75% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Janson KumoriPub: GIRL'S GREENHOUSE
Windows
You will wander the earth as the most pathetic and sad organism in existence searching for meaning. At the end of the day though, there isn't any, you're just an empty husk with nothing to lose, might as well gamble your life away...
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34.5%, Satire 30% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, RPG 11.2%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #36 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
75% 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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #37 Saturnine
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 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 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 21.7%, RPG 15.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #38 tERRORbane: an INTRODUCTION, mostly
74% matchVery Positive95% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: BitNine StudioPub: WhisperGames
Windows
tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!
Why similar: Satire 27.1% ★, Parody 24.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Comedy 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #39 Angel Wings: Endless Night
73% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: RumR Design
Windows
Trapped in a haunted mansion with only your wits and an unlikely ally at your side, what will it take to survive this endless nightmare?
Why similar: Parody 28% ★, Dark Comedy 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #40 University of Progress
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blossom
Windows · Mac
A fully-voiced, choice-driven visual novel taking place in 2016. Play as a cynical college student as he causes chaos for everyone unfortunate enough to meet him.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Parody 15.8% ★, Satire 15% ★, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #41 Don Quijote
73% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Rubén Prende
Windows · Linux
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Satire 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #42 Fallen Hero: Revelations
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 8%
- #43 TOY BOX
71% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #44 Going Your Own Way - Episode One
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Heavenshire Stories
Windows · Mac · Linux
Going Your Own Way is a visual novel that allows you to make choices that will help a young man trying to understand his place in the world while dealing with the recent ending of a long-term relationship, the challenges of modern dating, and a toxic workplace.
Why similar: Parody 21.6% ★, Satire 20% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Comedy 11.9%
- #45 Woke Quest
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rabbit Leap Studios
Windows
Woke Quest is a satirical turn-based RPG that humorously critiques real-life events, people, and gaming clichés. Four unsuspecting individuals are suddenly pulled from their reality into a vibrant realm of magic and mythical creatures. Solve the mystery of a deep conspiracy.
Why similar: Satire 31.2% ★, Parody 26.5% ★, Dark Comedy 22.7%, Comedy 9%, RPG 7.5%
- #46 Tower of the Ice Lich
71% 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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Dark Comedy 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
- #47 Apology Video
69% matchVery Positive100% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Ethan BowerPub: Pictures of Horses
Windows · Mac · Linux
An FMV Choose-Your-Own-Adventure that'll leave you wanting to like and subscribe!
Why similar: Satire 36.5% ★, Parody 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Comedy 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #48 Feeding The Velociraptors
70% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: workHate Inc
Windows
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #49 Lisa: The Lost Memories
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Manja Studio
Windows
Lisa The Lost Memories is a visual novel game where you help Lisa regain her memories. You'll choose your own path and unlock multiple endings. CONQUER THE MEMORY DUNGEON!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 38%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 6%
- #50 The Wapple Hous
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cheddar Teeth
Windows
Wander around a nonsensical world just beyond the LAND OF THE LIVING! A world of waffles, death, and choices that just might bring everyone HOME...
Why similar: Parody 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Dark Comedy 16.9%, Comedy 11.2%
- #51 DEI Manager Simulator
68% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Facetious Labs
Windows
Ruin a game studio with the power of performative DEI. In this linear satirical experience, the studio IS going to crash—that’s the point. Your choices just decide the flavor of the disaster. Can you boost your optics score enough to fail upwards before the inevitable collapse?
Why similar: Satire 34.7% ★, Parody 21.9% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Comedy 11.6%
- #52 Astrologaster
69% matchVery Positive95% of 529 reviews2019
Dev: Nyamyam
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Dark Comedy 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Comedy 12.1%
- #53 Endless Roll
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hermit Hollow
Windows
Your dice are your health in this endless survival roguelite. Pick a lane, manage wounds and corruption, draft omens, climb the leaderboard, and push for one more floor.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 24.2%, Underground 20.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #54 Class of '09: The Flip Side
67% matchMixed57% of 3,431 reviews2024
Dev: SBN3Pub: Wrath Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The final chapter of the Class of '09 VN series... this time from a different perspective! Join Nicole's best friend Jecka as you help her navigate the pitfalls of post-grad life! See what 2009 was truly like in this fully voiced interactive sitcom!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Satire 18.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Comedy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #55 The Nascent Necromancer
68% matchMixed60% of 15 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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, RPG 9.7%
- #56 Keeper's Vigil
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Text-Based 22.5%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #57 Game Over - A Musical RPG??
67% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Jake Houston
Windows
An adventure RPG with rhythm based combat encounters, zany characters, moral conundrums and platforming elements? Oh sorry I didn't know this was a question. Yes.
Why similar: Satire 30.4% ★, Parody 29.4% ★, Comedy 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #58 Windrush Tales
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #59 Turncoat Chronicle
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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: Text-Based 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #60 HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Worthing & Moncrieff
Windows · Mac
HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer is a puzzle-driven adventure game set in a retro sci-fi universe. When the Endeavor stumbles into universe-shaking trouble, can you harness the power of the bureaucracy to rein in your crew’s worst impulses and survive to the next episode?
Why similar: Parody 23.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%