Games Like Fighting Fantasy Classics

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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, RPG 11.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for digital gamebook adaptations, featuring a brilliant map-based navigation system and deep RPG mechanics.

An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Fantasy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the epic journey with an innovative time-travel mechanic that expands the scope of the original gamebook experience.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Tabletop 14.8%, Fantasy 9.6%, RPG 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct adaptation of the iconic Fighting Fantasy book that brings the dungeon to life with 3D visuals and tactical combat.

For Sommerlund and the Kai! Lone Wolf is back with an exclusive storyline, stunning graphics and a deep combat system. Make meaningful choices and carve your own path.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, RPG 24.5%, Fantasy 15%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful and highly polished adaptation of the beloved Lone Wolf gamebook series with a unique combat system.

Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, CRPG 11.7%, Tabletop 11%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world gamebook experience that allows for true non-linear exploration and character progression.

An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.2%, RPG 34.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The grand finale of the series offers a complex, dungeon-crawling experience that perfectly captures the tension of classic fantasy adventures.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 14%, RPG 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, narrative-driven RPG where every choice you make fundamentally alters the life and destiny of your character.

Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.9%, Text-Based 21.9%, RPG 19.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential Choice of Games title that offers a gripping military narrative with significant branching paths.

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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration and player choice, capturing the atmospheric tension of a dangerous fantasy world.

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.2%, Text-Based 22.9%, RPG 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to Sabres of Infinity, providing a continuation of your character's journey with even more complex political and tactical choices.

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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An expansive interactive fantasy novel that focuses heavily on world-building and intricate character relationships.

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 30.1%, Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 14.4%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded interactive fiction series that blends Japanese folklore with intense, choice-driven character development.

Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, RPG 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of strategy and interactive storytelling that requires managing a clan through generations of choices.

Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 18.8%, RPG 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A royal fantasy epic that forces players to navigate court intrigue and the consequences of their lineage.

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, RPG 16.5%, Indie 7.4%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic interactive fiction title that allows players to master various magical disciplines through branching narrative paths.

Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 14.1%, Fantasy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional and choice-heavy narrative that explores themes of power, sacrifice, and redemption in a fantasy setting.

Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

Why similar: RPG 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-fantasy adventure that balances epic stakes with personal character growth and meaningful choices.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 26%, Choices Matter 15.5%, RPG 12.1%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, text-based RPG that focuses entirely on the consequences of your choices in a fantasy world.

The Forgotten Realms Archive - Collection One allows you to journey through the set of adventures: the Eye of the Beholder trilogy, a collection of first-person, real-time role-playing games.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Tabletop 17.3%, Fantasy 12.9%, RPG 12.3%, Text-Based 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the foundational Dungeons & Dragons experience that inspired many of the mechanics found in modern gamebooks.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Choices Matter 34.3%, Story Rich 19.1%, Fantasy 18.5%, RPG 13.4%, Character Customization 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedural storytelling that feels like a tabletop campaign, where your choices permanently shape the lives of your heroes.

Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 27.9%, RPG 24.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, classic-style interactive fiction RPG that focuses on a traditional hero's journey.

Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 40.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, RPG 24.8%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retelling of the Arthurian legend that puts the player in control of the destiny of Britain through difficult choices.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Tabletop 18.9%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, it captures the essence of text-based choice-driven RPGs with a focus on character narrative and survival.

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choices Matter 18.4%, RPG 11.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy game where your choices over years of life on an alien planet determine the fate of your colony.

A digital adaption of the iconic Deathtrap Dungeon trilogy of books by Ian Livingstone. Play as a novice adventurer and rise up through the ranks in this epic tale of deadly traps, fearsome monsters and devious adversaries.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.1%, Fantasy 16.6%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A faithful digital recreation of the classic Fighting Fantasy dungeon-crawling experience.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Story Rich 37.5%, RPG 32.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric text-heavy RPG where exploration and survival are driven by the choices you make in a mysterious world.

YOU are the hero in House of Hell! Can you escape from the Earl of Drumer's malevolent mansion in Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.7%, RPG 28%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone digital version of the classic horror-themed Fighting Fantasy gamebook.

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in interactive fiction that brings the World of Darkness to life through deep, choice-based roleplaying.

Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.4%, Text-Based 25.7%, RPG 20.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: An educational and narrative-driven interactive fiction title that explores the history and philosophy of ancient Alexandria.

A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.

Why similar: Adventure 61.5%, Fantasy 10.9%, RPG 10.8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Character Customization 3.6%

YOU are the hero in Forest of Doom! Explore the sinister Darkwood Forest in the digital Fighting Fantasy Standalone version of Ian Livingstone's classic RPG gamebook!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 58.4%, RPG 26.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 23%, RPG 18.3%, CRPG 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 8%

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Tabletop 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%

YOU are the hero in Starship Traveller! Captain a futuristic Starship in Steve Jackson's classic sci-fi RPG gamebook!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.7%, RPG 26.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Indie 9%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Fantasy 11%, RPG 10.6%

Join the retro RPG world of Paperos - become a Knight of Pen and Paper in the newly revamped "Free Edition"!

Why similar: RPG 76.7%, Indie 23.3%

Create a custom character, and be whoever you want to be! Enjoy traversing strange worlds, and mastering action command combat as you fight strange and odd and weird enemies and bosses! Remember, this is your adventure!

Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Fantasy 16.6%, Adventure 16%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Singleplayer 7.5%

Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, RPG 9.5%

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Text-Based 25.4%, RPG 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Adventure 6.3%

You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 18.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Fantasy 9.3%

Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.8%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Fantasy 20.6%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 3.4%

Experience the beginning of a grand adventure in Outcast Tales: The First Journey. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!

Why similar: Choices Matter 39.5%, RPG 29.5%, Adventure 13%, Indie 8.5%, Action 5%

A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 20.4%, Choices Matter 12%, RPG 9.3%

Are you ready to take on dark winding dungeons crawling with magic and monsters? Prepare yourself for a remastered classic dungeon crawler, full of exploration, combat, and endless opportunities.

Why similar: RPG 28.5%, Choices Matter 27.5%, Fantasy 24.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Character Customization 8.3%

Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.

Why similar: RPG 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 10.9%, Character Customization 5.6%

Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...

Why similar: RPG 49.2%, Fantasy 17.8%, CRPG 12.6%, Indie 10.3%, Old School 7.9%

Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, RPG 10.4%

Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.6%, RPG 33.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 9.8%

Roam freely through a huge open world full with dangers, ancient secrets and adventure. An old-school action-RPG with a challenging environment, tough choices and a unique setting. Explore, fight, make friends and enemies... and above all, Roleplay!

Why similar: RPG 42.8%, Fantasy 16.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Indie 8.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 8.1%

At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.

Why similar: RPG 30%, CRPG 17.4%, Old School 11.4%, Fantasy 11%, Story Rich 9.9%

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!

Why similar: RPG 23.1%, Fantasy 22.3%, CRPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Adventure 10.4%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, RPG 10.7%, Fantasy 9.7%

Host immersive tabletop campaigns in a world imagined entirely by you! Build from the ground up with The RPG Engine, an intuitive virtual tabletop that lets you create unparalleled roleplaying environments for your party to get lost in.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Tabletop 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, RPG 10.3%, Story Rich 6.6%

Create your own adventure with Kenji who wants to be a samurai and is trained for it. But beware, you might go out on your own way in this path, it is entirely up to your choices. Can someone else’s desire of revenge lead your purpose and choices? Or, does he decide that?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Text-Based 16.6%, Fighting 14.9% ★, Choices Matter 13.2%, RPG 11.4%

Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, RPG 12%, Choices Matter 11.6%

A fully text-based single-player RPG inspired by classic MUDs. Explore magical portal realms, build your character through flexible class progression, hunt powerful loot, craft and enhance equipment, and create your own adventures through the Portal Workshop.

Why similar: Text-Based 49.3%, RPG 35.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Action 1.8%

Tales of Yore is a light-weight 2D MMORPG featuring all your RPG tropes in one casual package. Explore, complete quests and slay evil monsters to write your Tale. Alternatively make yourself a nice purple hat and show off. The choice is yours!

Why similar: CRPG 29.6%, Choices Matter 26.3%, RPG 18.5%, Fantasy 17.5%, Character Customization 8.1%

Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!

Why similar: Text-Based 53%, RPG 16.7%, Old School 13.5%, CRPG 10.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%