
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
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Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!

House of Forgotten Souls
Explore a shifting mansion built from real handmade, scanned miniatures. As a mysterious black cat, solve puzzles, help strange inhabitants recover memories, and unlock hidden paths in this atmospheric, non-combat puzzle adventure.

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Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Explore a shifting mansion built from real handmade, scanned miniatures. As a mysterious black cat, solve puzzles, help strange inhabitants recover memories, and unlock hidden paths in this atmospheric, non-combat puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 12%, RPG 8.6%, Puzzle 8%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 16.2%, RPG 14.7%, Text-Based 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 21.1%, RPG 17.4%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Casual 9.6%
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 21.9%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, RPG 14.5%, Magic 5.5%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Text-Based 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Fantasy 9.2%, RPG 8.3%
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, RPG 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 19%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%
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: Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Medieval 8%, Investigation 7.6%
In this first-person horror-lite game, investigate your way through different locales such as the theatre, forests, and urban areas. Solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what happened at the community theatre.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Adventure 7.2%
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 23.2%, RPG 16.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Casual 9.5%
Enter a magical world filled with legendary Fairy Tale characters. Become the greatest wizard. Help a young witch break an evil curse and save the Fairy Tale kingdoms!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Magic 9%
Conquered Dread is a First Person survival horror game where the player is a young man who is trying to save his friend from a cave. Choose your path to explore places full of paranormal events and notes written by victims.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Exploration 8%, Dark Fantasy 7%
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 10.6%
Play as Mona, a modern-day witch who has the ability to “enter” crime scenes through photographs. She uses her ability to help the police with supernatural cases. But what happens when, one day, a case becomes personal and the murderer gets too close?
Why similar: Puzzle 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Stylized 10.2%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 23.2%, RPG 18.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Casual 10.6%
Dead Spell is an open-world fantasy RPG focused on exploration, magic, progression, and adventure. Explore, craft powerful magical spells, complete epic quests, adventure into dangerous dungeons, battle bosses, and discover rare items!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.6%, RPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Stylized 8.4%, Casual 8%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 21.4%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%
Cherry's Dungeon is a one-handed adult adventure where you must satisfy the desires of dominant women to descend deeper. Puzzles, battles, dialogue trees, choices, and 50+ illustrated encounters await.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
The story of a merchant house in a world on the mend. Their leader sifts through the ashes of history for lost secrets. Embark on expeditions to support the house and search for lost artifacts. A mix of visual novel and RPG mechanics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, RPG 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Lore-Rich 9%
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Investigation 24.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
Alpa is a narrative adventure game blending atmospheric exploration, emotional storytelling, and puzzle-solving across the journey of three intertwined souls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Stylized 9.8%, Exploration 9.1%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.8%, RPG 17.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 9%
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 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, RPG 16.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
《Falling Light》is a suspenseful game with Chinese horror. In a remote small village, there stands an evil Buddha statue. To do research for her studies in folkloristics, college student Ruan Qing arrives in this distant village, only to find herself entangled in a series of deadly mysteries...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 16.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Puzzle 11%
You've escaped certain death by leaping through a mysterious portal. But, now you're trapped in a strange dungeon full of puzzles that you'll need to solve in order to get home!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.7%, RPG 13.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Medieval 12.9%, RPG 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.1%
Every story ever written has an alternate world that coexists with ours. When a large number of parallel universes are suddenly destroyed, Billie Beetleneck sets off on his hardest case yet in this interactive visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Investigation 17.6%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Magic 6.9%
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Stylized 7.9%
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 19.4%, RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Investigation 10.3%
Bereaved by the war, the heroine had been into sleep for three hundred years. After awakening, she lost her memory. What will happen in the new story? The fate of the heroine is in your hand...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 19.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Adventure 11.7%
You go to sleep one night, only to wake up in an unfamiliar cave-like place! Try to escape the strange cave and get back to "reality" in this horror/puzzle adventure game, but beware, for you... are... not... alone....
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Dungeon Crawler 29.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 8.1%
Learn the dark truth behind a gentle wyvern’s rampage, a cold-blooded murder, and a dragon-worshiping cult. Will you submit or defy the godlike creature?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 19.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Medieval 15.3%, Adventure 12.8%
“Another Red Riding Hood Story” is a hybrid Dungeon Crawler and Visual Novel, told through an urban horror narrative reminiscent of Junji Ito’s storytelling style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, RPG 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
“The Lucky Stray Cat” is a hybrid Dungeon Crawler and Visual Novel, told through an urban horror narrative reminiscent of Junji Ito’s storytelling style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Investigation 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Puzzle 9.7%
“Heroines Paradox” is a hybrid Dungeon Crawler and Visual Novel, told through an urban horror narrative reminiscent of Junji Ito’s storytelling style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
The Spirit is a simple Action RPG with elements of old school dungeon crawlers. Creatures and Demons are entering through the Rift. The people of the realm need you, but so does your family.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Demons 8.7%, Stylized 8.6%, Magic 8%
A more casual simulation game, you can simulate some operations at home (still planning), you can also play games at home (some small games, there are two, a more complete and a framework only (update)). An exploration game, a survival game (update).
Why similar: RPG 20.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 11%
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
Auraile’ah: Under Cilathis is a single player third-person action exploration game where you play as a Slime that absorbs essence to heal and empower bound gems - your safeguard against permanent death - as you explore through subterranean labyrinths to uncover the source of an impending threat.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, RPG 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Exploration 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Stylized 7.2%
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 19%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 9.9%
Leviathan receives an order from the Fortress: infiltrate Pandemonium and eliminate Wrath, the ruthless traitor. Prove yourself, sea dragon. (Short adventure RPG / visual novel)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Demons 9.4%
A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.7%, RPG 16.6%, Lore-Rich 16%, Text-Based 12.7%
Cursed to repair the inner organs of The Chasm, you fight to uncover the secrets of your existence and end a self-devouring cycle of Apathy. Apathema is a grunge fantasy turn-based RPG, inspired by God Husk, Baroque, and King's Field.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.9%, RPG 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Exploration 9.1%
《影视界》是一款兼具视觉小说、冒险、探索、悬疑和剧情元素的独特游戏体验。在这个神秘的世界中,每个场景都有多个NPC实时演绎剧情,而玩家需要精明地选择观察哪一部分剧情。通过掌握有限的信息或不断重复游玩,以不同视角审视事件,玩家将逐渐理解每个角色的行为轨迹和动机,最终破解一切的谜团。 在《影视界》中,您将扮演局外人的角色,以上帝视角观察并影响这个充满悬念和挑战的世界。选择不同的视角会对剧情有着不同的理解。准备好挑战自己的观察力、推理能力,探索这个引人入胜的冒险世界,揭示隐藏在每个角色之间的秘密,解开这个充满谜团的世界的终极真相。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Puzzle 9.1%
Relive the 64-bit era in this action-adventure where classic exploration meets modern combat. Brave lethal dungeons, solve environmental puzzles, and defeat mythic bosses in a world of low-poly aesthetics and high-intensity gameplay.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Stylized 10.3%, Demons 9.2%, Exploration 8.3%
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 15.7%, RPG 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
ORKASTLE: The JRPG where forgiving monsters means losing your friends.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Magic 8.4%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Puzzle 8.4%
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Visual Novel 14%
You are a witch's apprentice in a small town plagued by a witch hunt. After a devastating event has shaken your life, you must now try to survive on your own in this world where magic is outlawed. Will you manage to make friends and see the end of the witch hunt, or will it be your end?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 14.1%, Mystery 8.1%
'Ruadine' is a single player dungeon-crawling adventure with a unique combat system. The game features a branching world to explore, mysterious monsters to defeat, and an atmospheric soundtrack.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.2%, RPG 14.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Magic 7.5%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 8.1%
You will play a hexfinder in the employ of Queen Charlotte’s Anglican Church, tasked with seeking out the witches and warlocks (colloquially known as hexcrafters) who threaten her fair nation. A story-rich, text-based RPG, Hexfinder is a supernatural alt-historical adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Investigation 10.5%, RPG 9.6%
As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Lore-Rich 12%, RPG 10.7%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Stylized 11.5%, Adventure 7.2%
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, RPG 18%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%
Dungeon Shifters is an action RPG set in a world broken by a magic comet. Explore ancient dungeons, uncover lost secrets, and battle deadly ememies in third-person combat. Choose your adventurer and shape your fate in the depths.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9%