Games Like 雄关漫道，一梦万里

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Political Sim 47% ★, Wargame 34.6%, Historical 11.2%, Story Rich 3.1%, 2D 2.5%

When a sudden election rocks the country, whose side are you on? In Civic Story, you'll encounter colorful characters & situations that show how the upcoming election affects you, your colleagues, and the nation in this comedic 8-chapter Visual Novel parody that helps you understand our world today.

Why similar: Political Sim 32.8% ★, Education 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Political 8.3% ★

Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Why similar: Education 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, RPG 8.4%

In this short character-focused narrative experience you are a monarch of a small medieval kingdom and must name your successor before it is too late

Why similar: Political Sim 46.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Multiple Endings 5.7%, Story Rich 4.5%

Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy

Why similar: Education 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 12.5%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

This is a BETA VERSION of the Sagger game - historical simulator that will give you control over all Israel resources to face the Yom Kippur War. With the help of your advisor and knowledge, you will acquire, make the crucial decisions that will lead the state of Israel to Victory or Defeat.

Why similar: Political Sim 24.8% ★, Education 22.1%, Wargame 16.2%, Historical 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

This grim interactive novel takes you directly into a period full of dread and peril - the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Historical 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Education 15.1%, Text-Based 13%

The complete American Revolutionary War from July 1775 to April 1783, with all units, weapons and events included on a two week turn base. The most complete strategy game made on this conflict. Fight for your ideals, and take command of America!

Why similar: Political Sim 42.4% ★, Wargame 31.2%, Historical 12.6%, Multiple Endings 4.5%, 2D 3.6%

Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.4% ★, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, RPG 9.6%

Ghosts over the Water: Changing the Tides of Japan's Future is an engaging strategy-based, multi-route historical visual novel. It is designed by a team of four undergraduate students associated with University of Texas, Austin's Japan Lab and Epoch Games Initiative.

Why similar: Education 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Historical 13.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, RPG 9.5%

The Imjin War relates the story of one of the toughest conflict in the end of the 16th century, depicting the invasion of the Joseon kingdom of Korea by the Japanese, from 1592 to 1598.

Why similar: Political Sim 44.4% ★, Wargame 32%, Historical 13.3%, 2D 3.8%, Story Rich 3.4%

In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Historical 19.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 6%

A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.

Why similar: Political Sim 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Historical 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Welcome aboard EOS-503! As a professional DATA Agent, it's up to YOU to help the community resolve interpersonal disputes, navigate delicate political situations, and persuade fellow space travelers of new and different solutions to their problems. The future of humanity depends on it!

Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Education 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%

Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.

Why similar: Education 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, RPG 7.6%

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Political Sim 31.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Political 9.5% ★

Rule as a hobgoblin warlord in this kingdom management RPG. Balance resources and manage the shifting opinions of commoners, goblinoids, and elites. Face difficult decisions, and choose whether to rule with fairness… or with brutality.

Why similar: Political Sim 40.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 5.7%

Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!

Why similar: Historical 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Education 17%, Multiple Endings 6%

Throne of Decisions is a medieval card-based strategy game where every choice shapes the future. As King, you must maintain the balance of power by approving or rejecting the petitions of your subjects. Determine the fate of your people and lead your kingdom to glory or ruin.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Historical 13.8%, Multiple Endings 6.1%, Political 4.8% ★

Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!

Why similar: Historical 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Better Than Us is a sci-fi narrative game about secrets, deception, and what happens when a few people hoard most of the world's wealth. By maintaining a complex web of lies, you'll convince the freakishly ultra-rich you belong among them long enough to take what they treasure most: their stuff.

Why similar: Political Sim 33.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Historical 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Philosophical 7.5%

A Three Kingdoms Simulator ARPG Game

Why similar: Political Sim 43% ★, Wargame 26.1%, Historical 22.3%, War 3.5%, 2D 3.2%

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Why similar: Political Sim 61.2% ★, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Anime 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%, RPG 4.3%

Follow the new worker of the disinformation agency day by day. Decide how to oppose news and people through the use of fake scandals and redirections. Ensure a win for your employers - or find some conscience after all.

Why similar: Political Sim 45.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Education 9.6%, Text-Based 9.6%, RPG 8.6%

Can your magic amulet save your Jewish village from destruction? Uncover the truth and forge alliances with soldiers, bandits, anarchists, and demons!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Historical 14.5%, RPG 13.4%

In this story-rich interstellar political drama, ascend as humanity's next leader. Rebuild a broken empire in a war-torn galaxy through might, diplomacy, or espionage. Every choice has a consequence. What will you choose, Your Eminence?

Why similar: Political Sim 49% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, RPG 9.6%, Text-Based 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

You are the ruler of a democratic independent state of Belarus. Unfortunately, you receive troubled news. An act of aggression is planned against your country. You need to do everything in your power to stop it.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Historical 13%, Text-Based 11.4%, Multiple Endings 5.2%

Battle for love as a gladiator in this epic romance of swords and sandals! Win glory, victory, a better life, your freedom - and spark a revolution!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Historical 16.1%, RPG 14.5%

You are a double agent between a break-off religious sect and an inquisition within a holy city. Gather intelligence from both sides, solve their puzzles, navigate between dark-truths, and collect insights to write reports that give you the power to shape an inevitable conflict to come...

Why similar: Political Sim 50.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, RPG 7.6%, Multiple Endings 5.2%

A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, RPG 12.3%, Text-Based 8.5%

Warsaw: Paris of the North is a Choose Your Own Adventure Game, built on text, graphics with plenty of choices that develop the main character’s features and direct him to a variety of plots. Set in 1930’s Warsaw.

Why similar: Education 25%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Historical 13.8%, Political 9.7% ★

Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Historical 17.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

你本是一个996打工人，机缘巧合之下得到了体验皇帝生活的机会。不料穿越到1627年，当上了大明末代皇帝，这开局也太惨了吧！此时距离清军入关还有17年，你能带领大明朝顺利渡过难关吗？别躺平呀，能拯救大明的只有你。在这款皇帝模拟器中，你需要制衡国库、军事、民众和官僚，才能活下去。

Why similar: Political Sim 36.8% ★, Historical 17.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

A political sim RPG space opera with 4X elements, inspired by Suzerain and Stellaris. Become the first president of a fallen empire, choose any ideology, and expand into the stars. Your decisions shape the nation and the galaxy. Follow any ideology, be the leader you want in Pax Astra!

Why similar: Political Sim 39.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Political 12.2% ★, Multiple Endings 6.4%

The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Historical 20.7%, Text-Based 17.9%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

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: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 19.5%, RPG 17.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Text-Based 20%, RPG 18.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

MINISTRY OF TRUTH: 1984 is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. Big Brother is watching you! This game is inspired by George Orwell’s classic novel.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Political 11.5% ★, Multiple Endings 6.4%

Play as a feline judge in an anthro animal society. Navigate dictatorship, democracy, anarchy. Court rulings spark rebellions, shift power, ignite revolutions. Every choice reshapes the world.

Why similar: Political Sim 43.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Philosophical 8.6%, RPG 8.4%, Anime 6.3%

What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.

Why similar: Political Sim 33.5% ★, Historical 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 10%

This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.

Why similar: Political Sim 39.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, RPG 7.9%

A singleplayer, story game where you can make decisions and read your way through history.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Historical 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 12.8%, Text-Based 10.5%

A relaxing puzzle game about changing voting district lines in order to rig elections, an action called Gerrymandering.

Why similar: Political Sim 49.7% ★, Political 14.9% ★, Historical 11.6%, Education 7.8%, Relaxing 5.8%

Check in to your hotel, and check out the ghosts! Sexy specters await you - but can you fix up the hotel in style so that the living guests will find luxury, too?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 18.2%, RPG 16.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

Jena, GDR. Assel, Michael, and Hanna live in the same neighbourhood and fight against state surveillance. Can they bring about the necessary changes, or will they have to flee? Help them find their way! [Only available in German!]

Why similar: Education 26.2%, Historical 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Political 7.4% ★

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%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 20.5%, RPG 18%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, RPG 16.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Sail forth to a land of gods and giants! Wield your sword, words, and magic to take your place among Iceland’s chieftains and forge your legacy of honor.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 20.7%, Historical 16.8%, RPG 16.4%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

Ishmael is a short multimedia-enhanced hypertext story about perpetual cycles of displacement and violence as seen through the lens of a child. Takes about 15 minutes to read/play through.

Why similar: Political Sim 32.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 13.2%, Political 9.3% ★

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 39.2%, Text-Based 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%, RPG 12.8%

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: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Text-Based 20.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, 2D 5.8%

You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

Why similar: Political Sim 48.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Historical 13.6%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 5%

Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.

Why similar: Education 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Female Protagonist 9%, Text-Based 8.4%

Manage your fantasy city, balance resources, and navigate the demands of different factions. Unlock new characters to join your city and help maintain order. Earn new cosmetics to customize the look of your lord. But beware the dangers that plague your little city at night.

Why similar: Political Sim 39% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 11.5%, RPG 5.8%

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: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Set in a student-run academy, Shirou Asami of the newspaper club infiltrates the student council election. Gather information, conduct interviews, and publish articles to influence the outcome. A stylish school politics adventure in beautiful pixel art.

Why similar: Political Sim 48.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Political 10.5% ★, Multiple Endings 4.7%

Take a 3D interactive test to calculate your sympathy-type. According to CYBIL, the A.I. who built Adventures in Morality, differences in sympathy-types is the cause and solution to all human conflict. Hear CYBIL's story and discover your sympathy-type in Adventures in Morality.

Why similar: Political Sim 33.9% ★, Education 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Political 7.4% ★

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: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Text-Based 20.1%, RPG 19.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%