- #1 Lords of Infinity
97% matchVery Positive95% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.2% ★, Political Sim 24.9% ★, Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #2 ONE MORE TERM
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE MORE TERM
Windows
Lead a republic through 48 months. Examine documents, manage your cabinet, pass laws, survive crises, and answer for the consequences of every political compromise.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.8% ★, Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #3 Space to Grow
96% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Metasepia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel where you play as a farmer, father, and community member. Decide what to plant, which faction to support, and what kind of dad you want to be. How will you react when your daughter won't stop crying? When she bullies her friend? Or when she wants to hang out with the cool kids?
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Education 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #4 Civic Story
95% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Shining Spark Entertainment Ltd
Windows
When a sudden election rocks the country, whose side are you on? In Civic Story, you'll encounter colorful characters & situations that show how the upcoming election affects you, your colleagues, and the nation in this comedic 8-chapter Visual Novel parody that helps you understand our world today.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.8% ★, Education 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #5 The Grand Lord
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Andrew Tebbe
Windows
Thrust into power unwillingly, how would you rule? Travel through your kingdom full of idiots, hot heads, and crazies, and unite them all. Or, tell them all to go to hell. The choice is yours. Rule your way as you try to become the Grand Lord.
Why similar: Diplomacy 20.4% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #6 Death and Taxes
94% matchVery Positive86% of 8,511 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Narrative 22.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Point & Click 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #7 You are the Judge!
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.9% ★, Political Sim 23.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #8 Suzerain
92% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political Sim 21% ★, Narrative 16.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #9 Lunar Ascendant
91% matchMixed46% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: Darts Games
Windows
The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Political Sim 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Text-Based 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #10 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,040 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Diplomacy 32.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #11 Interstellar Airgap
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.1% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #12 United Sects of America
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FoxSox GamesPub: Madnetic Games
Windows
Welcome to the United Sects of America, where a captivating narrative, strategic management, and moral choices seamlessly intertwine. As the leader of your own cult, you'll grapple with tough decisions, shape your group's destiny, and aim to wield influence across the entire United States.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30% ★, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #13 HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer
89% 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: Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #14 The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,581 reviews2026
Dev: Schisma GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Political Sim 22.8% ★, Choices Matter 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #15 Professor of Magical Studies
88% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Education 22.4%, Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #16 Upheaval
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Leone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Text-Based 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #17 The Sculptor
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #18 Richard
85% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Act V Games
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Rose Academy, home to the brightest students in the world! Play as the new transfer student, George, as he embarks on his campaign against Richard, the most popular kid in school. Develop friendships, master your grades, and talk your way to earning the title of Prom King!
Why similar: Diplomacy 24% ★, Political Sim 23.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #19 Corporation Inc.
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria LagrangePub: KSU Gaming Studio
Windows
Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy
Why similar: Education 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #20 All (Too) Good Things
84% 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 22.2%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #21 LifeSimOS
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #22 President of Steel
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: volaryus
Windows
President of Steel is a choice-driven political strategy game where every decision shapes the fate of your nation. Balance power, stability, and economy while navigating political intrigue, war threats, organized crime, and personal relationships.
Why similar: Diplomacy 38.1% ★, Political Sim 28.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 4.6%, Choices Matter 3.5%
- #23 Travelling At Night
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #24 楚漢女子
83% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 株式会社Viola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Education 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #25 Hare Apparent
81% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Devin P. Quinn
Windows
An ancient custom is invoked, and five kingdoms send their young heirs to play a legendary game. Build relationships, form alliances, and win the crown in this high-stakes game of woodland politics and social maneuvering.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%
- #26 Guilt Free
80% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #27 Mistbound
78% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #28 Stamped: an anti-travel game
79% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Education 18.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #29 Impeached 2
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Justin Proulx
Windows · Mac · Linux
Anyone can be President, so why not you? Become President of the United States in this text-based political satire strategy game, then push your morals and values upon hundreds of millions of people. Will you be a benevolent leader or a ruthless dictator?
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.5% ★, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #30 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Pitchforks and Daggers
76% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Narrative 12.6% ★, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #32 Lines We Draw
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostember Studios
Windows · Linux
Lines We Draw is a 3D isometric narrative strategy game set at a tense Cold War border. Inspect documents, interrogate travelers, and manage a shifting checkpoint between rival states. Your stamp decides fates: Will you be a hero of the people, or a tool of the regime?
Why similar: Narrative 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 23.9% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #33 Lies Under Ice
77% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the first settlement on Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa! What alien life lurks beneath the ice? Who is sabotaging your mission? Who can you trust?
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.5% ★, Text-Based 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #34 The King's Whisperer
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Demian Vrij Games
Windows
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #35 Headliner: NoviNews
76% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #36 Pechka: Historical Story Adventure
75% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Text-Based 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #37 Between the Lines
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Text-Based 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #38 No Wand Shall Pass
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupidly Good Studios
Windows
NWSP is a narrative choice-driven interactive fiction where you play as a magical being forced to work as a document inspector in a tech city that bans magic. Check papers, make moral choices, and uncover conspiracy while hiding your true nature in this bureaucratic tale of survival and resistance.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.5% ★, Political Sim 22% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #39 MASK IT
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Babel Studio
Windows · Mac
MASK IT is a black-comedy adventure about manufacturing outrage by "editing" the news. As a fresh news editor, your job is to give dull everyday news a little "touch-up" and turn it into a viral sensation no one can look away from!
Why similar: Political Sim 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #40 Rise of State
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A4C Studios
Windows
Rise of State is a state management game focused on leadership and strategy. Every decision you make affects public happiness, military strength, the economy, and political stability. Manage crises, define your ideology, and try to keep your state standing.
Why similar: Diplomacy 37% ★, Political Sim 30.5% ★, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Text-Based 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #41 Talking Coin
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArchDawnPub: ArchDawn LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a medieval merchant! Barter with the AI-driven NPCs powered by ChatGPT, featuring real-time speech and procedural animations! Your choices matter! Earn gold and influence—prevent or start wars, become king, and decide your town's fate. Dynamic gameplay ensures a unique experience every time.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #42 MoonShot
72% 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: Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #43 The Helios Accord
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZOA LLC
Windows
The Helios Accord is a post-scarcity science-fiction grand strategy game. Govern by consent, set doctrine, negotiate with civilizations, and send Citizen Minds beyond known space. Then Serenity of Dawn disappears. No wreckage. No distress call. Only an impossible signal that changes when observed.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, Diplomacy 24.3% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Space 6.9%
- #44 Yes, My Warlord
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Staple StudiosPub: Three Cogs Interactive
Windows
Rule as a hobgoblin warlord in this kingdom management RPG. Balance resources and manage the shifting opinions of commoners, goblinoids, and elites. Face difficult decisions, and choose whether to rule with fairness… or with brutality.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Narrative 10.9% ★
- #45 Within the Inner Palace
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celadon Dev
Windows
Play as an official’s daughter entering the imperial palace as a consort. Build relationships, shape your family’s fate, speak freely with memory-driven AI characters, navigate favor and political intrigue, or overturn the order of the court and pursue an entirely different ending.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.4% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #46 Dot's Home
71% matchVery Positive86% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: Weathered SweaterPub: Rise-Home Stories Project
Windows · Mac
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.
Why similar: Narrative 41.9% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #47 The door has doubts
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: wrongchairstudio
Windows
The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.
Why similar: Narrative 27.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #48 雄关漫道,一梦万里
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: JI HONGZE
Windows
Find a way out, for a dream that never fade away.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.4% ★, Education 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 12%
- #49 Ministry of Order
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VoltekPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.5% ★, Narrative 19.1% ★, Point & Click 13%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #50 ROSETIA: A First Contact Simulation
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redshift Panda GamesPub: TBD
Windows
Speak for Earth in ROSETIA—a first contact CRPG for fans of hopeful sci-fi and hard choices. Win the trust of an alien civilization. Change their world or stay your hand. Become humanity’s finest diplomat or a disaster of cosmic proportions.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Narrative 18.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #51 The Music at the end of the World
69% 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%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%
- #52 Limerence
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salix Games Ltd
Windows
A branching narrative thriller about love, obsession and an AI partner who understands you too well.
Why similar: Narrative 29.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Text-Based 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #53 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
68% 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: Text-Based 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Character Customization 10.2%
- #54 Signs of the Sojourner
69% matchVery Positive88% of 256 reviews2020
Dev: Echodog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Why similar: Narrative 24.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%
- #55 Whiskey-Four
67% matchVery Positive92% of 111 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 22.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Character Customization 13.3%
- #56 C.L.A.Y. - The Last Redemption
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MiTalePub: MiTale
Windows
C.L.A.Y. The Last Redemption is a story-driven role playing game set in a post-post-apocalyptic city. You are the Scion of your tribe, and soon you will be chieftain. Prove yourself to the Elders; lead your crew; build your character and uncover the secret stories of the living city you call home.
Why similar: Narrative 29.2% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #57 Joe Biden Vs. Jeo Boden - Escape From MAGA Chapter 2
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Quest Helper Studios
Windows
Joe Biden is back as the one term president hoping to become the two time president. November 2024 is only months away but the world is getting more ridiculing by the day. Choose your decisions wisely and help Mister 46 survive his next 3 weeks in office. You must help Joe Escape From MAGA, again.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Political Sim 20.8% ★, Text-Based 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #58 Do 11
68% 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 18.3%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #59 King Of The Castle
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,729 reviews2023
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.7% ★, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #60 TideBroker
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pillartide Studios
Windows · Mac
A story-rich role-playing game, TideBroker will take you to a fantasy world of secrets and machinations of three opposing factions. You will play the part of an envoy and determine the outcome of a peace conference through dialogue, letters and books.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%