- #1 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
97% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Tabletop 19.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Conversation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #2 말리온
96% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BepavedPub: ARTAME
Windows
Play the game from the perspective of a traveler who comes to the dealer and is faced with numerous choices in a story prepared by the dealer. Experience a story that changes based on your choices and see the ending that changes based on your choices!
Why similar: Tabletop 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #3 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, RPG 9.6%
- #4 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
95% 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: Text-Based 27%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #5 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
94% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Tabletop 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 10.1%, RPG 9.5%
- #6 Decadent Heir
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Tabletop 19.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 7.5%
- #7 Alcyone: The Last City
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Conversation 10.1%, Dystopian 8.4%
- #8 Exercise your Demons
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: BoopDood
Windows
Step into the world of Exercise your Demons, a 2d narrative adventure inspired by Irish fairies and folklore. Meet and befriend 5 locals while you work towards settling into the small fictional town called Inishsióg in County Galway, Ireland.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Mythology 17.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #9 King of Dragon Pass
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mythology 13.2%, Tabletop 13%, RPG 9.6%
- #10 Roadwarden
90% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #11 Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
91% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 15.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #12 Sandara: City of a Thousand Eclipses
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Malosi
Windows
Use your cards to roleplay in a harsh world where your home is slowly sinking into the sands. Enter the city of Sandara and build your deck, make allies, enhance your abilities, and manage your resources before the eclipse ends your life.
Why similar: Tabletop 12.8%, Conversation 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dystopian 10.4%
- #13 Vanakan
88% 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: Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #14 Recluses
89% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
Windows
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #15 7 Days in Dystopia
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dystopian 11.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #16 Too Different
86% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%
- #17 Raptors of SouthEdge
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: SouthEdge Studios
Windows
A Post-Apocalyptic Gamebook by SouthEdge Studios.
Why similar: Tabletop 21.6%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Conversation 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #18 Open Sorcery
85% matchVery Positive98% of 357 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 32.3%, RPG 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Adventure 9%
- #19 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Story Rich 10%, RPG 7.7%
- #20 Silent Orbits
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlekPub: QuickNap
Windows
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 12.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #21 Scarlet Sails
83% 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: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 5.2%
- #22 幸存者乐园
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: 幸存者乐园
Windows
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 26%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #23 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
82% 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: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 16.3%, RPG 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #24 Fate of the Storm Gods
81% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Harness wind, earth, fire, and all the forces of nature to destroy your enemies! Will you stabilize the broken magic of the weather, or revel in its chaos?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 19.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #25 180 Files: The Aegis Project
81% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #26 Hostil
80% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Point & Click 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #27 Saturnine
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 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: Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 20.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #28 Aunewyth
79% 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 35.7%, Choices Matter 19.3%, RPG 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #29 A Wise Use of Time
79% 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: Text-Based 23.9%, Choices Matter 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #30 Yogoe Hunter
77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
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 26%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Point & Click 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #31 The Trial
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 7.1%
- #32 Taina's Cursed Legacy
76% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
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: Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, RPG 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #33 A Blade for the Emperor
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, RPG 16.4%, Dystopian 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #34 Scribe
76% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Point & Click 9.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #35 An Imp and an Impostor
75% 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: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 18.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Adventure 10.2%
- #36 All (Too) Good Things
75% 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: Text-Based 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Conversation 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #37 The Nascent Necromancer
74% 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: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choices Matter 17.3%, RPG 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #38 Universe Has No Favorites
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Point & Click 14.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Conversation 8.5%
- #39 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
73% matchPositive81% of 16 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 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, RPG 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #40 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: Text-Based 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 20.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #41 Keeper of the Day and Night
74% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 15%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #42 Fallen Hero: Revelations
72% 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: Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 19.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #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 27.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choices Matter 19.3%, RPG 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.4%
- #44 Mistbound
70% matchPositive92% of 12 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: Choices Matter 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Conversation 13.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #45 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 5.8%, Visual Novel 5.4%
- #46 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
70% 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: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choices Matter 18.7%, RPG 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #47 Message in a Melody
69% 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: Text-Based 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.1%
- #48 Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure
71% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, RPG 18.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #49 The Fifth Horseman
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Indie 7.2%
- #50 Sky Caravan
69% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, RPG 10%, Point & Click 7.9%
- #51 Windrush Tales
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #52 The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
70% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Point & Click 10.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #53 Samurai of Hyuga Book 5
68% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 21.7%, RPG 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Adventure 9.5%
- #54 Turncoat Chronicle
68% 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: Text-Based 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, RPG 19.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #55 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
68% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 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: Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 15.5%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #56 Serania - Path of the Scion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #57 Fields of Asphodel
66% 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: Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choices Matter 17.3%, RPG 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #58 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
67% 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: Text-Based 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 20.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #59 The Golden Rose: Book One
66% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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: Text-Based 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #60 Tequila Moonrise
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Swan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Conversation 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Story Rich 10.9%