- #1 Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Asterism Games
Windows
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
Why similar: World War II 31% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 10.1%, Historical 9.8%
- #2 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Alternate History 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Historical 10.8%, Conversation 9.3%
- #3 Letters from the War
96% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Etrurian Games
Windows
Modern reimagining of text adventure games with a new gameplay and multiple endings. Censor letters coming from soldiers at the front and make the history of your nation.
Why similar: World War II 33.4% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Historical 9.7%
- #4 Storm the Swan - And the Power of FRIENDSHIP and IMAGINATION
95% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: CatTrigger
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! But there's something lurking in the woods, with DARK SECRETS you'll need to uncover!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Point & Click 12.5%, Investigation 10.4%
- #5 Pararecords
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 6th Sense GamesPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
As a counselor in a mysterious facility, you are to examine children with strange powers and fill in their "Paranormal Records". In this story-based, choice-driven game, you will have to pry open your subjects' minds... but what you find inside them could prove dangerous.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Point & Click 19%, Conversation 16%, Investigation 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #6 Morth
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Crawlspace Studios
Windows
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Investigation 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Point & Click 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Conversation 10%
- #7 Defragmenting
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Text-Based 10%
- #8 Quadrivium - Paths of History
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Quadrivium Game
Windows
In an innovative 2.5D puzzle game, the Quadrivium Project will transport you into a simulation where you will relive the past while solving puzzles and correcting the errors that threaten the world's historical memory.
Why similar: Hidden Object 14.7%, Historical 14.3%, Point & Click 13.3%, Alternate History 11.8%, Narration 11.6%
- #9 The Sin Collector: Repentless
91% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Narration 11.1%
- #10 The Terrible Persistence of Memory
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pixels and Pins Studio
Windows
When you wake from a deep sleep, the first thing the goblin doctor asks is "What's your name?" The problem is: you don't know. Retrace your steps. Find what you've lost. Piece together who you are from the strange and incredible things you can do
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Hidden Object 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Point & Click 14%
- #11 Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow
90% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Alternate History 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Historical 12%, Lore-Rich 11.9%
- #12 Hexfinder
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You will play a hexfinder in the employ of Queen Charlotte’s Anglican Church, tasked with seeking out the witches and warlocks (colloquially known as hexcrafters) who threaten her fair nation. A story-rich, text-based RPG, Hexfinder is a supernatural alt-historical adventure!
Why similar: Alternate History 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Investigation 11.1%
- #13 ROTRDS - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon and Snake
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: haatcci
Windows · Mac
ROTRDS is a visual novel RPG inspired by traditional Korean mythology. Only half of the Twelve Zodiac guardians remain with fragmented memories. Gigi has less than a week to gather all the Oksae seals and save the world.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #14 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
88% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Hidden Object 18.5%, Point & Click 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Narration 11.6%
- #15 AIdventure
87% matchMixed56% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Lyaaaaa Games
Windows · Linux
No rules, no censorship, the only limit is your imagination, not someone else's. AIdventure is a text adventure game with an AI as a storyteller. It is shipped with more than 25 starting scenarios. Unleash your creativity by writing and sharing your own stories with other players.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Historical 10.6%
- #16 The Island of Crossed Destinies
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Tigers
Windows
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Investigation 17.1%, Historical 14.6%, Conversation 13.3%, Narration 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #17 Aeonic
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
In Aeonic you experience the greatest events in different parts of the planet and beyond in the most important epochs of civilization throughout the whole history from the beginning to nowadays and to the possible futures.
Why similar: Alternate History 37.3%, Historical 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, 2D 3%
- #18 The Dark Prophecy
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Start Warp
Windows · Mac
The Dark Prophecy is a 2D pixel-art Point&Click adventure inspired by the best retro games of the 90s. Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #19 The Lost Land Of Bahía Blanca
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Libromancy Studios
Windows
In this visual novel with light RPG elements, you’ll come out of exile to walk into the bloody belly of a vampiric regime once more in search of a past that still haunts you. Embark on a journey inspired by the horrors of the last Argentine civil-military dictatorship.
Why similar: Alternate History 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark Humor 11%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
- #20 Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents
84% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Historical 16.4%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Investigation 10.5%
- #21 Fatal Falls
82% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Hidden Object 15.6%, Point & Click 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #22 Temple of Endless Night
83% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Historical 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #23 Interrogation Simulator
82% matchVery Positive95% of 60 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 15.7%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Point & Click 11.8%
- #24 Vested
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paper Wasp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Found a tech startup in 1990 and see if you can survive the dot-com bubble. Navigate 48 quarters of hype, hubris, and hostile board meetings across 19 possible endings. It's Oregon Trail meets Silicon Valley.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Management 12.2%, Historical 11.4%
- #25 Travelling At Night
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travelling At Night is a dialogue-driven choices-matter CRPG. In the myth-scarred Europe of a very alternate Cold War, a hollow man with a shattering secret forges new goals to fill the emptiness inside. Choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: World War II 20.9% ★, Alternate History 17.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
- #26 Ephemera
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Ashley Moore
Windows
Guide your character through it all, from their birth to their last breath. Make sure they remember you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Management 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #27 Nostalgici Anonimi
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Hufu Interactive StorytellingPub: Fondazione MITE
Windows · Mac
Nostalgici Anonimi is a short visual novel set in a dystopian program to heal from feeling emotions. Choose your path, interact with the android therapist and the teenagers recovering from the nostalgia disease. Discover a card game to unveil your emotions and find hidden clues to find the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #28 A Spaceship Accident
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Lore-Rich 12.4%
- #29 Attentat 1942
79% matchVery Positive93% of 479 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 27.4% ★, Investigation 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Historical 12.8%, Hidden Object 10.6%
- #30 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 515 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: World War II 35.3% ★, Historical 15.8%, Narration 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Conversation 10.1%
- #31 Addy
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Sofia Gyger
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's hard to focus on schoolwork when she's missing.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Lore-Rich 13.2%
- #32 The Night Fisherman
77% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Alternate History 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 11%, Conversation 10.8%
- #33 JOGO FINDA
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FODA! Corp.Pub: Cia A DitaCuja
Windows
In the game FINDA, you control the character The Survivor. Trapped in a bunker, you'll need to manage limited resources while revisiting their memories, battling loneliness and fear, and trying to understand what life after the apocalypse still holds.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #34 Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
78% matchMixed55% of 389 reviews2009
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%
- #35 Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
74% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Wispfire
Windows · Mac · Linux
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%
- #36 Upper Morkezela: A Weird Game
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tempurra Games
Windows
Discover the mysterious city of Upper Morkezela, where gods go to die. As an apprentice to the priest of the fungal cult, your task will be to discover what lies behind the mysterious distress signal sent from the city.
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Point & Click 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13%, Conversation 10.3%
- #37 Harlot's Diary
75% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
In a ruthless world where you've lost everything, only desperate measures remain. Fight to survive as a sex worker and reach the top, avoiding deceit, murderers, and abuse on your path to success.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 14%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Management 12.3%
- #38 The Pilgrimage
73% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Conversation 11.4%
- #39 Nothing To Declare
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Flying Squirrel Games
Windows · Mac
As a guardian of the customs realm, you hold sway over the comings and goings of travelers, packages, and cargo containers alike. Do you possess the mettle to tackle such a formidable responsibility?
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Point & Click 20.3%, Conversation 16.1%, Management 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%
- #40 Death off the Cuff
74% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Conversation 13.3%
- #41 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
73% matchMixed70% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Hot Chill
Windows
Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Point & Click 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Narration 14%
- #42 Survivor Story: The Apocalypse
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Victorian Studio
Windows
Your goal in this text-based choice game is to help the protagonist survive until he uncovers the mysteries surrounding the city in order to reunite with his daughter, Susan.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Point & Click 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%
- #43 LIMB.INC
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STARDOM Games
Windows
LIMB.INC is a signal-like horror job simulator where you read the lives of lost souls and match their files to the objects that defined them. Interpret clues, make decisions, customize your desk, and survive the day in the worst job in the underworld.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.1%, Management 14.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Conversation 10.5%
- #44 Into the Harmony
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
Into the Harmony is a psychological quest set in a post-apocalyptic world after an AI uprising. Awakening with amnesia, Sophia must piece together her forgotten past to uncover a secret that ties her own fate to the destiny of humanity.
Why similar: Alternate History 20.9%, Hidden Object 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #45 The Play's the Thing
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?
Why similar: Alternate History 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Historical 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%
- #46 Report on the Death of Robert Evergreen
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Local RagPub: The Local Rag
Windows
A retro audio-based narrative game about the power of the news. Robert Evergreen is dead! The public adored him, but what was he like in private? Listen to interviews with Robert’s friends and family, decide what kind of article you’d like your paper to print, and watch the story unfold.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #47 After the Storm
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #48 The Sea of Death
70% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Hoit Studio
Windows
The Sea of Death is a mystery puzzle adventure in which the story revolves around the people and experiences that the protagonist, who has lost his memory due to an accident, meets in the process of regaining his memory.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Conversation 12%
- #49 Stamped: an anti-travel game
70% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dark Humor 15%, Point & Click 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #50 SideEye High
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fundamental Studios
Windows
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Dark Humor 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Narration 13.2%
- #51 Omen Exitio: Hunger
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Conversation 14.6%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #52 Weirdo
67% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: CASCHA GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #53 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
69% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Point & Click 14.8%, Hidden Object 14.7%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%
- #54 Creepy Support
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Squirrel Melting
Windows
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Investigation 21%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #55 Monitor State
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artur Pukhavoi
Windows
You are an operator in a dystopia world, watch and punish citizens. Experience a deep narrative with moral dilemmas. Obey, resist or find another path.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Point & Click 19.3%, Lore-Rich 16%, Text-Based 12.2%, Alternate History 11%
- #56 Repella Fella
66% matchVery Positive98% of 454 reviews2023
Dev: MisadventurousPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Repella Fella is an interactive, point and click, choose your own adventure. This cinematic tale is set in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic Australia. Alternate between 3 intertwining stories. Replay the game multiple times to attempt different solutions and achieve every possible ending.
Why similar: Alternate History 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Point & Click 16.4%, Narration 13%
- #57 Welcome Home, Sweetie
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koro Pixel Studio
Windows
Experience a gruesome adventure in monochrome 4-color pixel art. Exit the castle and figure out what happened by investigating objects and fighting enemies - remember, you only have one life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hidden Object 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Conversation 11.3%
- #58 Death Trick: Double Blind
66% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, Historical 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
- #59 Scary Stories
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #60 La Dimensione Interna
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolyTrauma Studios
Windows
La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Conversation 13%, Choices Matter 12.2%