
A narrative survival horror where every choice matters. Explore, gather resources, face or avoid creatures, and try to survive a night where every decision can change your fate.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Indie.

A narrative survival horror where every choice matters. Explore, gather resources, face or avoid creatures, and try to survive a night where every decision can change your fate.

Mainland
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.

Kafka at the Station
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.8%, Text-Based 35.9%, Adventure 22.3%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.4%, Text-Based 37.2%, Adventure 19.4%
You are shopping on a major online store when strange listings gradually begin to appear. The more you look into them, the more clearly the whole picture of a crime comes into view…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Text-Based 29.4%, Horror 19.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.2%, Text-Based 39.8%, Adventure 12%
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.9%, Text-Based 32.8%, Adventure 25.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 34%, Adventure 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Horror 13.5%, Singleplayer 1%
The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Text-Based 32.6%, Adventure 26.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Text-Based 28.7%, Adventure 23.1%, Horror 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Text-Based 31.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Horror 16%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.6%, Text-Based 34.1%, Adventure 21.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
A crown upon your head, danger all around. Rule, marry, scheme, raise heirs, wage wars, fulfill prophecies, and survive the waking Wyrm. An interactive text-based dark fantasy novel, 850,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Text-Based 36.1%, Adventure 13%, Horror 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.8%, Text-Based 40.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 50.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Adventure 22.3%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Adventure 28%, Singleplayer 1.7%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Text-Based 29.2%, Horror 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Adventure 7.7%
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 37.2%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Adventure 26.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
文字修仙游戏,成年人喜欢玩的游戏,简单,挂机,不累
Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Adventure 25.2%, Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%
Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Adventure 24.8%, Text-Based 19.7%, Horror 16.2%, Singleplayer 1%
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Adventure 23.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Horror 12.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 45.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Adventure 26.8%
Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.4%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 19%, Text-Based 17.1%
horrher - a creepy exploration mystery game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.2%, Adventure 32.3%, Horror 17.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
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: Text-Based 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Adventure 27.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
String Tyrant is a survival horror game where you must look, think, hide, and if necessary, fight your way out of a mysterious mansion filled with monsters and traps.
Why similar: Adventure 35.8%, Text-Based 30.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Horror 14.5%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Text-Based 27.9%, Horror 18.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Text-Based 32.7%, Adventure 27.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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: Text-Based 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Adventure 21.8%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 36.8%, Adventure 25.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 44.6%, Text-Based 39%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Dungeon King is a turn-based adventure puzzle. Player should smash all enemies on tile based map avoiding traps and plan his moves ahead.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 44.8%, Adventure 34%, Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Singleplayer 2%
A Virtual Text Message Escape Room Adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 56.9%, Adventure 43.1%
A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.2%, Adventure 28.1%, Text-Based 27.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 41%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Adventure 22.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Horror 19.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
I excitedly opened the 250-yuan inflatable doll, only to find a real girl inside! "Can you speak? Do you remember anything?" I had to stay with her till she regained her memory to clear my name.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.2%, Adventure 28.9%, Text-Based 28.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38%, Adventure 24.2%, Text-Based 24%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
When a quiet Halloween night turns into a thrilling adventure, make sure to grab a weapon, eat candy, wreck monsters or leave them for dead!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Text-Based 29.4%, Adventure 25.7%, Horror 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
In a parallel universe text-based dialogue adventure game, a brand-new Three Kingdoms era is constructed. Players can freely choose to play as classic warriors, and each dialogue choice will lead to distinct and surprising events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52%, Text-Based 45.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43%, Text-Based 36.1%, Adventure 19%, Singleplayer 1.9%
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Text-Based 34.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Text-Based 27.7%, Adventure 22.5%, Horror 13.2%, Singleplayer 2%
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Features hassle-free inventory management and a battle system that combines dice rolls with meaningful decisions and preparation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Singleplayer 1%
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: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Text-Based 38.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Horror 6.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
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: Text-Based 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Adventure 29.4%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Adventure 20.8%, Horror 10.5%
It's a war between your werewolf pack and the Human Sovereignty Movement! Lead the pack to victory before extremists turn your packmates against each other.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Text-Based 28.2%, Adventure 24%, Horror 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Text-Based 28.8%, Adventure 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 50%, Text-Based 38.1%, Adventure 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Text-Based 41%, Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Horror 20.9%
This is a jacked-up Rogue-like game where you explore a dark and twisting dungeon. You are seeking ever-more powerful loot to fight the ever more terrifying monsters of the deep. Because the game is turn-based, you can take your time and think about your actions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.3%, Turn-Based Combat 22.2%, Text-Based 21.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Text-Based 28.9%, Horror 15.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A text-based space survival game inspired by The Oregon Trail. Lead your family 100 light-years across deep space to a distant colony. Every choice matters. Not everyone makes it. Some things out there are worse than death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Text-Based 26.8%, Adventure 24.6%, Horror 10.5%
A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Text-Based 32.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Horror 4.8%
Try again, as many times as it takes, to change the ending. You might be able to save everyone you couldn’t before. • Indie horror game • Playtime: approx. 2 hours • Graphics, dialogue, and the feel of the world change with each playthrough • Contains heavy themes
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, Text-Based 26.8%, Horror 17.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 1%