- #1 Decadent Heir
97% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Tabletop 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Text-Based 9%
- #2 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, RPG 9.6%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #3 Epic Tavern
96% 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 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, RPG 14.4%
- #5 A Wise Use of Time
94% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 18.8%, RPG 16.4%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #6 Fighting Fantasy Classics
94% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.8 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Tabletop 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #7 Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
92% matchVery Positive86% of 219 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Tabletop 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 9.6%, RPG 9%
- #8 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
93% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 13.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #9 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
91% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 13.6%
- #10 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
91% 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 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #11 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
90% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 16.9%, Simulation 12.1%, RPG 11.5%
- #12 Saturnine
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, RPG 20%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #13 Samurai of Hyuga
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 15.9%, Adventure 6.5%
- #14 Freedom Tower
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fire Trail
Windows
Roleplaying set in a dystopian universe inspired by early twentieth-century wars and Ukrainian folklore. You are Orest, and you might be the last hope of your occupied land. Establish the truths about the world getting drained of its energy, meet captivating characters, and make your land free.
Why similar: Tabletop 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, RPG 10%
- #15 The Soul Stone War 3
87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 19.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #16 Popular Kids
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peter Newing
Windows
Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Text-Based 10.7%, Adventure 6.7%
- #17 Vigil: A Knight Story
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A Story Interactive
Windows · Linux
A fully voiced branching medieval RPG of over 800,000 words. Swear the oath, ride to a dying kingdom's war, and answer for every choice. When you fall, you are not reloaded, you are marked. Four origins, twelve chapters, and an ending that weighs what your oath was worth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, RPG 17.5%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 12.1%
- #18 Fallen Hero: Revelations
85% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, RPG 18.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #19 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
84% matchPositive80% of 20 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 11.8%
- #20 Diaspora
83% matchPositive100% of 11 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, RPG 18.3%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choices Matter 10%
- #21 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
84% matchPositive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 18.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #22 Isentroth
82% 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: RPG 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Tabletop 12.4%
- #23 An Imp and an Impostor
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 18.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #24 King of Dragon Pass
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 566 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Tabletop 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%, RPG 10.3%
- #25 Keeper's Vigil
80% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 20.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #26 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 20.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #27 Turncoat Chronicle
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 19.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #28 The Golden Rose: Book One
78% matchVery Positive90% of 161 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 16.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #29 Choice of Alexandria
79% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.3%, RPG 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, Adventure 8.7%
- #30 Guns of Infinity
78% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38%, RPG 18.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #31 Sorcery! Part 3
77% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, RPG 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Adventure 6.6%
- #32 The Nascent Necromancer
76% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPG 12.7%
- #33 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Tabletop 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 13%, RPG 10.7%
- #34 Choice of Robots
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choices Matter 16.9%, RPG 6.9%
- #35 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
73% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 19.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #36 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
75% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 36%, Text-Based 18.5%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Adventure 7.2%
- #37 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
74% 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 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #38 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, RPG 12.3%
- #39 Choice of the Cat
75% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, RPG 16.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #40 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 20.1%, Text-Based 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #41 Whiskey-Four
71% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, RPG 12.9%
- #42 Choice of the Pirate
73% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.6%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, RPG 11.8%
- #43 Heart of the House
73% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choices Matter 19%, RPG 17.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #44 The Sword of Rhivenia
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 17.8%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #45 House of the Golden Mask
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 19.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #46 Welcome to Moreytown
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #47 Academagia: The Making of Mages
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 290 reviews2017
Dev: Black Chicken Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Academagia, the greatest of the ancient schools for wizards. Build the legend of your mage with thousands of options, emergent storytelling and endless replayability. The definitive version of the magical life simulator is at last on Steam!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, RPG 18.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 13.9%
- #48 Rule or Fall
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Concept, Retry
Windows · Linux
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 11.4%
- #49 Scarlet Sails
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.2%, RPG 16%
- #50 Choice of the Deathless
70% matchVery Positive91% of 324 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.6%, Text-Based 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 14.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #51 War of Bellrook
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: PlagenShiki
Windows
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, RPG 23.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 3.1%
- #52 Atlantis Academy
69% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, RPG 19.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #53 Saga of the North Wind
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The gods chose you to lead your tribe on a deadly pilgrimage to the North! When future generations recite your saga, will they sing of glory or downfall?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, RPG 20.8%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 8.5%
- #54 Fields of Asphodel
66% matchVery Positive86% of 78 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, RPG 11.5%
- #55 With Good Intentions
67% matchMixed59% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Tabletop 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, RPG 10.5%
- #56 The Soul Stone War
68% matchMixed69% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #57 Whispers From The Rift
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 10.9%
- #58 Leas: City of the Sun
66% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 19.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #59 Witchcraft U
67% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, RPG 19.8%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 9.9%