- #1 Just One Line
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 131 reviews2018
Dev: JOL Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Just One Line is a fantasy RPG gamebook-like indie game heavily focused on choices and their consequences in which you may compete with other players in an interactive leaderboard. Create different Adventurers and embark on epic quests, unlocking new content for your next playthroughs or create and share your own adventures with the...
Why similar: Dwarves 30.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #2 Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
96% 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: Dragons 24.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 15%, RPG 12.8%
- #3 Specters of the Deep
96% matchPositive86% of 29 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: Dragons 25.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, RPG 13.4%
- #4 The Dragon and the Djinn
95% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You hold a djinn in a bottle. Make a wish! Will you slay the dragon, or overthrow the emir? Or will you free the djinn, and accept the consequences?
Why similar: Dragons 25.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, RPG 8.3%
- #5 Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel
94% 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 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #6 Saturnine
93% matchMixed69% of 26 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 19.3%, RPG 18.6%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #7 Secret Agent Allan Martin in ... Phoenix Erupting
94% 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 26.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #8 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
92% 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 29.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #9 Monster F****r II: Dragon
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lascivity
Windows
Set out to lay a fearsome dragon in this short, text-based, erotic interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Dragons 21.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, RPG 7.9%
- #10 Fallen Hero: Revelations
91% 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 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #11 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
90% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, RPG 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #12 Lisa: The Lost Memories
89% 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 37.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 8.3%, Choices Matter 6%
- #13 Turncoat Chronicle
88% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 20.9%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #14 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, RPG 14.7%, Choices Matter 13%
- #15 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 19.6%, RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #16 Keeper's Vigil
86% matchNo user 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 19.6%, RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #17 Elf in Chains
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aedian Glair
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heroes to slaves…to heroes again? Your own sexy adventure! Otome, Yaoi & Hentai NSFW RPG game inspired by D&D, LOTR & Visual Novels
Why similar: Elves 43.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #18 The Nascent Necromancer
85% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 21.1%, Choices Matter 12%, RPG 11.7%
- #19 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
84% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Patsui Games
Windows
Defend your dungeon against a bunch of impolite humans in this humorous tower/lane defense game. Summon monsters, change tactics on the fly & skip funny dialogue to defeat waves and waves of the most generic heroes mankind has ever seen!
Why similar: Elves 55.7% ★, Dwarves 26.6% ★, Mystery Dungeon 17.7%
- #20 Charlotte: Dragon Slayer
84% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Succubella GamesPub: Angel And Demons
Windows
A short, well balanced roguelike RPG that revolves around Norse mythology. Fighting dragons, demons. Customizing characters. Collecting treasures. Discovering strange events.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 28.8%, Dragons 17.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #21 Aunewyth
83% 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 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #22 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
82% 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 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%, RPG 11.4%
- #23 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
82% 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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 18%, RPG 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #24 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #25 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
81% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 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 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 14.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #26 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 19.8%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #27 All (Too) Good Things
79% 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 27%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #28 A Wise Use of Time
80% 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 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, RPG 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%
- #29 Crypt of the Shadow King
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: James Zampa
Windows · Mac · Linux
A terminal RPG for 1-4 players built on 5E rules. Build a party from 12 classes and races, fight through 100+ rooms of cursed crypts and the Shadowfell, cast 146 spells, and face a villain who won't stay dead. Grid combat, narrated audio, and a three-act campaign dark enough to earn its name.
Why similar: Elves 31.1% ★, Dwarves 24.9% ★, Dragons 18.9% ★, Text-Based 9%, RPG 7.1%
- #30 Whiskey-Four
77% matchVery Positive93% of 106 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, RPG 11.9%
- #31 Witchcraft U
78% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 18.8%, RPG 18%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #32 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
76% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 19.7%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #33 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #34 House of the Golden Mask
75% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 20.2%, RPG 18.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #35 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
77% 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 27.3%, Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, RPG 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #36 Bloodwood Dungeon
75% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, RPG 17.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Minimalist 6.6%
- #37 Scarlet Sails
74% 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 25%, Text-Based 22.6%, RPG 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 12%
- #38 The Soul Stone War 3
73% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, RPG 19.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #39 Journey to the Rift
73% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Project Linkativity
Windows · Linux
Uncover the secrets of a mysterious dungeon in this text-based adventure, where every adventure is different! Monsters, puzzles, and strange secrets await within, in this quest where the only limit is your imagination!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, RPG 10%
- #40 Amnesiac Adventurer
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: RoundTable Games Studio
Windows
Our brave adventurer is almost at the end of his heroic journey, but realizes that his memories have been jumbled! Now filled with questions and doubts, he must recall what happened in the past, and remember why he was here in the first place!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 35.7%, Dragons 22.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #41 Fields of Asphodel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 10.7%
- #42 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 17.8%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #43 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, RPG 12.9%
- #44 Honor Bound
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.8%, RPG 13%
- #45 World War II Armored Recon
70% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 21.3%, RPG 17.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #46 Greymarsh
71% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 19.8%, RPG 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #47 The Golden Rose: Book One
71% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 20.7%, RPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #48 Tower of the Ice Lich
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 19.9%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #49 After the Storm
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Text-Based 21.5%, RPG 10.8%, Choices Matter 8%
- #50 Leas: City of the Sun
68% matchPositive100% of 37 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 21.1%, RPG 18%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #51 Dungeon of Departure
69% 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 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, RPG 10.1%
- #52 DnD Adventure: Demon's Choice
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Another StudioPub: Delight Games
Windows
You're Azizella, Binder of Souls, and you have just escaped the Abyss. Now, a free demon, you seek to outwit the fiends that hunt you as you plot your own rise to ultimate power.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, RPG 7.3%
- #53 Endless RPG: Random Map Generator for D&D 2024 and 5e
70% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Nations Software
Windows
Endless RPG is a random map generator for Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) 2024 and 5e featuring a fog-of-war discovery system for players to explore without a dedicated dungeon master and uncover encounters, traps, treasure, and other surprises as they explore.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 27.3%, Dragons 15.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #54 Dawn of Heroes
67% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Text-Based 22.7%, RPG 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #55 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
67% 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 26.3%, Text-Based 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, RPG 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #56 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 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, RPG 15.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #57 HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer
68% 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 21.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #58 Message in a Melody
67% 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 27.9%, Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #59 Samurai of Hyuga
68% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 16.6%, Adventure 5.2%
- #60 Vogvhathos
66% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Why similar: Dragons 22.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%