- #1 文字遊戯(日本語版)
97% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Team9Pub: Flyhigh Works
Windows · Mac
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Noir 10.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Dragons 10.5% ★, JRPG 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #2 Word Game: Episode 0
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,566 reviews2021
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Minimalist 14.5%, Noir 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, JRPG 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #3 Word Game
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,384 reviews2022
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Noir 13%, Dragons 12.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, JRPG 11.5%, Minimalist 10.1%
- #4 Homicipher: Demo
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #5 The Dark Egg Demo
94% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
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: Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Minimalist 13.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #6 Word Game World
93% matchMixed67% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac
「探索」世界,「創造」世界,只要你會中文,就能主宰這個世界。在《文字遊戲》的經典機制上,帶來全新的探索與創造體驗。你可以遊玩主線故事、挑戰跨界聯名內容,還能動手自製關卡,一起「敲」出專屬於你的文字世界吧!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Noir 20.7%, Minimalist 20%, Puzzle 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #7 汉字大冒险
92% matchVery Positive90% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: InsVolcStudio
Windows · Mac
汉字大冒险是一款以汉字组合为玩法的解密游戏。汉字与汉字间的合成,迸发出无限可能!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Minimalist 23.8%, Text-Based 18.6%, Indie 13.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #8 文字獄
91% matchVery Positive90% of 324 reviews2019
Dev: Jia-Ho Jian
Windows · Mac · Linux
The protagonist is trapped inside a prison, please help the protagonist to escape this place by making sentences and unravel the secrets of this prison.
Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%
- #9 Bird Game
88% matchVery Positive96% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Black Jacket
Windows
Bird Game is an abstract, exploration-based RPG with unique, stylized visuals and puzzle mechanics
Why similar: JRPG 16.9%, RPG 16.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Puzzle 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%
- #10 Myths of Rules
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,037 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.9%, Story Rich 19.7%, Text-Based 19.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Stylized 8.8%
- #11 Ord.
90% matchVery Positive93% of 279 reviews2019
Dev: Mujo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Ord. tells stories three words at a time.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.3%, Minimalist 25.1%, RPG 14.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #12 奇天烈相談ダイヤル
87% matchVery Positive83% of 338 reviews2024
Dev: 法螺会
Windows · Mac
矛盾を見つけ、相談者の悩みを解決する怪異判定アドベンチャー
Why similar: Text-Based 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Indie 4.2%
- #13 Just One Line
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 131 reviews2018
Dev: JOL Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Text-Based 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, RPG 14.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #14 Roadwarden
84% matchVery Positive94% of 5,066 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 34.9%, RPG 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #15 WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
86% matchVery Positive92% of 5,467 reviews2017
Dev: WMY Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 16%, Puzzle 15.6%, RPG 15.6%, Exploration 10.2%
- #16 梦蝶
84% matchVery Positive93% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风,以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶,来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”,为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿,开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解,重新拆解组合,变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”,重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Minimalist 22.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Stylized 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%
- #17 Tell Me Everything
86% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, RPG 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%, Noir 9.4%
- #18 Choice of Magics
85% matchVery Positive93% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, RPG 16.8%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #19 Lost:Antinomy
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,075 reviews2024
Dev: IMaiIna
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!
Why similar: JRPG 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Minimalist 20.7%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 6.3%
- #20 无尽的冒险
81% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 水月suigetsu
Windows
Endless Adventure is an idle looting RPG. Freely assign stats, craft gear with materials, defeat mighty monsters for resources, grow stronger, and save the world.
Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Text-Based 26.2%, Minimalist 22.1%, Adventure 12.3%, 2D 4.8%
- #21 SELF
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 278 reviews2020
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Indie 27.7%, Story Rich 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #22 Nodes Escape
81% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2023
Dev: 夜喵
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.1%, Minimalist 21.8%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 5.3%
- #23 UNMEMORY
82% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Text-Based 24.1%, Minimalist 20%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #24 Dungeon Mori
78% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: FilthyDrawingsPub: Updog Software
Windows
Explore Dungeons, find loot, customize your character and face monsters! A Dungeon Crawling adventure featuring a choice based exploration and visual character customization!
Why similar: JRPG 26.1%, Dragons 24.5% ★, Text-Based 20.9%, RPG 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #25 Mohism: Battle of Words
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 608 reviews2023
Dev: 玄镜工作室Pub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Story Rich 31.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Indie 8.1%
- #26 空匣子 Empty Box
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: 硕大的脚趾
Windows
Empty Box is a 2D narrative choice game set in a city of humans and beastfolk. As a poor unemployed journalist, you accept an invitation from a hyena to start an investigation. Like Reigns, your binary choices affect four stats. Keep balance to uncover the hidden truth and the real culprit.
Why similar: RPG 56.6%, Story Rich 23.6%, 2D 11.8%, Indie 8%
- #27 REWIND
76% matchVery Positive92% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Damian_Zhao
Windows
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.4%, Puzzle 28%, RPG 24.2%, Stylized 6%, Indie 4.4%
- #28 CaseCracker3
74% matchVery Positive88% of 383 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Minimalist 21.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Story Rich 13%, RPG 11.2%
- #29 The Aquarium does not dance
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,105 reviews2024
Dev: 橙々Pub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
This is a horror adventure game where a girl, devoted to her best friend, searches for her companion in an aquarium that has transformed into a world of horror. While evading the deformed entities known as "Creepies," the player must unravel the mysteries concealed within the aquarium.
Why similar: RPG 43%, JRPG 29.2%, Adventure 17.3%, 2D 10.4%
- #30 侠隐行录:困境疑云Wuxia archive: Crisis escape
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 208 reviews2018
Dev: Adventurer's TavernPub: Gamera Game
Windows
Wuxia archive: Crisis escape is a text adventure puzzle game. The player will play a knight who is trapped in an unknown dungeon, get clues with other trapped characters, use the props in the scene to solve the puzzle and get out of danger.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.1%, Indie 30.9%, Adventure 29.9%
- #31 Seek Etyliv
79% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Rokas
Windows · Mac · Linux
A puzzle game where every move counts, confined in a three by three grid you move about. A dungeon crawling poem reader, exploring just how far I could ever lead her.
Why similar: Minimalist 28.2%, RPG 23.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Indie 10.5%
- #32 Word Play
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,013 reviews2025
Dev: Game Maker's Toolkit
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spell words, pick perks, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it?
Why similar: Text-Based 85%, 2D 15%
- #33 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
73% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Text-Based 20.8%, RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #34 Sabres of Infinity
77% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.6%, Text-Based 23.5%, RPG 20.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 8.6%
- #35 Nobody Nowhere
72% matchVery Positive94% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: JRPG 23.7%, Text-Based 20.6%, Story Rich 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, RPG 9.4%
- #36 散歩するキーボード使い
76% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Sato Fumiya
Windows
Yes, you will be "Typing Hero".
Why similar: RPG 87.1%, Indie 12.9%
- #37 Ghostwriter Workshop
71% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: 秘密結社マテンロウ計画Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.7%, Pixel Graphics 29%, Adventure 13.8%, 2D 6.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #38 少侠的江湖
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
《少侠的江湖》是一款角色扮演类武侠单机文字游戏,喜欢文字游戏的玩家放心尝试,可在游戏中体验一段波澜壮阔的侠客历程。拥有8-10小时的线性游戏体验,可以跟随主线完成任务,拜师学艺,或者独闯江湖,探索世界,获取秘籍,修炼神功,一切由你自己选择。
Why similar: RPG 35.9%, Story Rich 32.3%, Exploration 19%, 2D 12.8%
- #39 Lingo
73% matchVery Positive94% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Brenton Wildes
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.4%, Minimalist 26%, Exploration 14.7%, Indie 11.8%, Stylized 7.5%
- #40 流言侦探
75% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Puzzle 39.6%, Indie 24.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 8.8%
- #41 unWorded
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Bento StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
unWorded is an innovative Narrative Puzzle Game where everything is built from letters. Use your imagination to create objects by assembling letters together and discover the story of a writer hospitalized after a serious accident...
Why similar: Adventure 50.3%, Indie 49.7%
- #42 Detective Worden
70% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Domestic Black CatPub: Studio Amateur
Windows · Mac
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 55.5%, Puzzle 37.1%, Indie 7.5%
- #43 饲养染的30 DAYS
67% matchVery Positive99% of 325 reviews2026
Dev: 繁星相位制作组
Windows · Mac
A story, a wish Everything seems to be nothing unusualBut realizing a wish always comes at a cost. The visual novel 『饲养染的30DAYS』will present you with a 'normal' ending. Find your 'puzzle' in story .
Why similar: RPG 72.2%, 2D 15.3%, Indie 12.5%
- #44 Tomb of the Bloodletter
68% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Ethan's SecretionsPub: indie.io
Windows
Tomb of the Bloodletter is a strategic word roguelike where your keyboard becomes your arsenal. Use your wit to unleash deadly words through tactical combinations of your letters to defeat the denizens of this dingy tomb and claim the Bloodletter for yourself...
Why similar: Text-Based 45.1%, Puzzle 27.1%, RPG 16.6%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 3%
- #45 Interrogation Simulator
71% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Text-Based 25.5%, Puzzle 14.9%, RPG 12.7%, Story Rich 12%
- #46 Hymer 2000
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,075 reviews2025
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Story Rich 15.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, RPG 11.5%
- #47 Leximan
69% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Knights of BorriaPub: Marvelous Europe
Windows
Craft spells by combining floating fragments of words in Leximan, a whimsical adventure that uses creative wordplay to summon countless weird and wonderful solutions to puzzles. Alongside an awkward assembly of basement-wizards, save Academy Elementinia and become the hero nobody asked for!
Why similar: Puzzle 21%, Story Rich 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Magic 14.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #48 non-binary
69% matchVery Positive94% of 298 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.3%, Story Rich 20.1%, Minimalist 19.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%, 2D 7%
- #49 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
70% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Story Rich 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #50 An Assassin in Orlandes
73% matchVery Positive82% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, RPG 35%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 13%
- #51 飛天歷險2025(Dream Of Mirror Online)
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENTPub: Hong Kong GameStar Limited
Windows
經典《軒轅劍》網絡版2,2025年再次出發!故事背景發生在「崑崙鏡」所創造的神器世界發生異變,除了引人入勝的劇情外,遊戲方式多元創新,禦劍飛行自由自在,一人可兼所有職業,無論是群體冒險或是單人歷險都能夠輕鬆實現。令人想要一探究竟的劇情,歷險過程精彩刺激,玩家選定角色後可和劇情角色互動演出,豐富的情感表達搭配快節奏的劇情變化,譜出動人心弦故事。
Why similar: RPG 46%, Story Rich 27.3%, Exploration 26.8%
- #52 Misty Judgment
64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,487 reviews2025
Dev: 次元边界
Windows
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
Why similar: Story Rich 39.8%, RPG 32.9%, Indie 15.5%, Adventure 11.7%
- #53 HANGMAN
67% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Poxet
Windows
A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.
Why similar: Minimalist 52.4%, Puzzle 23.1%, Stylized 9.7%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 4.9%
- #54 A Mage Reborn
69% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, RPG 19%, Adventure 9.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #55 Letters - a written adventure
68% matchVery Positive91% of 290 reviews2022
Dev: 5am Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
Why similar: Story Rich 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Puzzle 19.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 9%
- #56 Spellspire
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 101 reviews2017
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Spellspire is a thrilling mashup of word game and action role playing game. Pick letters from a grid to spell words and shoot them from your wand as spells. The longer the word, the bigger the blast! Can you make it to the top of the Spellspire?
Why similar: Dragons 45.4% ★, RPG 25.1%, Magic 9.8%, Indie 8.2%, 2D 7.5%
- #57 纸上的魔法使
63% matchVery Positive89% of 228 reviews2026
Dev: UGUISUKAGURAPub: TamaMako Gaming
Windows
莺神乐的知名作品,在Steam中高清化上架! 与书本坠入爱河,畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Text-Based 24.3%, RPG 12.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Magic 8.7%
- #58 Epigraph
66% matchVery Positive89% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
Why similar: Text-Based 44.2%, Puzzle 39.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 7.1%