- #1 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
97% matchVery Positive95% of 511 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 18.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, 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 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Text-Based 13%, RPG 10.1%
- #3 IMMRAMA: Voyages of the Otherworlds
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tech Duinnin LLC
Windows
A story-driven RPG you play with text or voice. No jargon, use your own words and the game understands. A hand-written world of myth responds. Real dice, factions, and consequences underneath; a complete, cinematic voyage you can actually finish. Every word human-authored. AI only does the telling.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Tabletop 10%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Mythology 9.6%
- #4 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
95% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 16%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #5 Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
94% matchVery Positive86% of 247 reviews2026
Dev: ジギタリス出版Pub: 15 Industry
Windows
Once you open this book, you are no longer just a reader. A "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — handcrafted over six years by a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. 100% handmade, from the first page to the last.
Why similar: Tabletop 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #6 Isentroth
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Schedule 3 Wizards
Windows · Linux
Swear an oath and walk into the Isenmarch — a cold Norse frontier that does not explain itself. A Machine Game Master narrates your saga, answers the choices you make, and rolls the dice at your side. No two sagas are alike. What breaks first — your isen, or your troth?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, RPG 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Tabletop 11.9%
- #7 ROSETIA: A First Contact RPG
93% 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: Tabletop 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #8 Vanakan
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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 23%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Mythology 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #9 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
92% 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 26.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, RPG 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #10 Fighting Fantasy Classics
91% matchVery Positive82% of 371 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Tabletop 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, RPG 9.8%
- #11 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
90% 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 19.7%, Tabletop 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 10.2%, RPG 9.7%
- #12 Decadent Heir
89% 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 19.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, RPG 7.7%
- #13 Alcyone: The Last City
89% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
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 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Dystopian 8.4%
- #14 Exercise your Demons
87% 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 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Mythology 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #15 King of Dragon Pass
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 571 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mythology 13.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Tabletop 12.9%, RPG 9.8%
- #16 Roadwarden
86% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, RPG 14.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #17 Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
86% matchVery Positive96% of 53 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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #18 Roll Value
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: = tale(JK, 3)
Windows
Your choices reveal what you value. Guide three adventurers through a kingdom in crisis, deciding whom to protect as its population and army decline. Character traits and dice shape the outcome, while every decision builds a five-principle value profile revealed at the end of your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Tabletop 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #19 Sandara: City of a Thousand Eclipses
84% 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: Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Tabletop 12.7%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Dystopian 10.4%
- #20 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
84% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: eNVy softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Why similar: Tabletop 23.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, RPG 8.5%
- #21 Recluses
83% matchPositive93% of 15 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 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 9.8%
- #22 Odysseus: Homecoming
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luca Games
Windows
Become Odysseus, the king who brought down Troy, and survive the cursed voyage home. Every choice is remembered, and every death becomes a clue for your next attempt. A narrative survival adventure with no hidden dice — where even your first instincts are woven into the song.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Mythology 16.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Story Rich 11%
- #23 Mistbound
81% matchPositive90% of 21 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 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #24 Too Different
82% 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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 17.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Adventure 10.6%
- #25 The Cloudvale Protocol
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antidawn Studio
Windows
A story-rich, tabletop-inspired game about hope for a better future, the power to shape it, and the hard choices that follow. Save a wounded utopia built to benefit all, while trying to keep a stranded boy alive. As the stakes rise, your choices will decide the fate of more than one world.
Why similar: Tabletop 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 10.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #26 Open Sorcery
80% matchVery Positive98% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 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 32.9%, RPG 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Adventure 9.3%
- #27 Chronicles of Humanity
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #28 Scribe
78% matchPositive89% 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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #29 Will Die Alone
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Point & Click 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dystopian 10.3%
- #30 Scarlet Sails
77% 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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 15.3%, Adventure 5.4%
- #31 Diaspora
75% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
- #32 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 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 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #33 ORM QUEST
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wex Gurbley Corporation
Windows · Mac
Explore the fantasy world of Orm and build a life within it. Take on quests, duel its inhabitants, farm, fish, cook, craft and trade as you develop your character. An 80s-style text RPG with typed commands, clickable actions and illustrated locations.
Why similar: Text-Based 29%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, RPG 14.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9%
- #34 幸存者乐园
77% 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 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, RPG 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #35 Citizen Sleeper
75% matchVery Positive92% of 10,638 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Tabletop 16.7%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Dystopian 9.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
- #36 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,726 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Tabletop 17.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Dystopian 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
- #37 Fate of the Storm Gods
76% 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 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 20%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #38 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
73% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dystopian 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #39 EVER
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bada O Studio
Windows
Awaken into the quiet ruins of a world left behind in EVER, a narrative text adventure. Piece together lost memories, use protocols to uncover hidden choices. No more orders. What kind of robot will you be?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 7.6%
- #40 The Wake of the Wyrm
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choices Matter 15.1%, RPG 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%
- #41 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
72% 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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choices Matter 17.8%, RPG 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #42 Saturnine
71% matchMixed70% of 27 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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 21.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #43 A Blade for the Emperor
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, RPG 16.8%, Dystopian 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
- #44 Yogoe Hunter
71% 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 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #45 A Wise Use of Time
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 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 23.6%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #46 Taina's Cursed Legacy
70% matchPositive83% of 35 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%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, RPG 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #47 Epic Tavern
72% matchMixed58% of 347 reviews2017
Dev: Hyperkinetic StudiosPub: Epic Tavern Holdings
Windows
Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry
Why similar: Tabletop 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #48 The Trial
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, RPG 7.3%
- #49 An Imp and an Impostor
69% matchPositive100% of 10 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, RPG 19%, Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #50 Aunewyth
70% 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 35.2%, Choices Matter 18.9%, RPG 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #51 All (Too) Good Things
69% 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%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #52 Universe Has No Favorites
69% matchPositive100% of 10 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 14.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%
- #53 The Nascent Necromancer
68% matchMixed60% of 15 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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choices Matter 17%, RPG 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%
- #54 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
67% matchPositive81% of 21 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 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, RPG 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #55 LifeSimOS
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #56 Keeper of the Day and Night
68% matchPositive97% of 37 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 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, RPG 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #57 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
68% matchVery Positive84% of 375 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #58 Fallen Hero: Revelations
67% 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%, RPG 19.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #59 The Soul Stone War 3
66% 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 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 20.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #60 No Truce With The Groceries
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: High Tower Games
Windows · Linux
Can you shop for groceries? In 🗽America🗽? In this economy? No Truce With The Groceries is a Disco-lite narrative point-and-click adventure that seeks answers to these questions and more.
Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Text-Based 10.2%