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  1. #1 e-River Cabin Journal
    97% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2016
    Dev: Wilderness Journal Games
    Windows

    A real-time (with casual option) Diary Driven PC Game. Simulating homesteading and survival in your own Log Cabin, deep in the Alaskan Wilderness.

    Why similar: Text-Based 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 4.5%

  2. #2 Thaumistry: In Charm's Way
    96% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2017
    Dev: Bobbates LLC.
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.

    Why similar: Text-Based 39%, Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 10.1%

  3. #3 CLOSED HANDS
    96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: PASSENGER
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Text-Based 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 2.2%

  4. #4 Mainland
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2015
    Dev: Vasily VoronkovPub: INSTEAD Community
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.1%, Text-Based 39.1%, Adventure 9%, Indie 5.8%

  5. #5 The Broken Crown
    94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: PiperFox
    Windows

    The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Text-Based 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 2.2%

  6. #6 Samurai of Hyuga
    93% 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: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Text-Based 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 5.1%

  7. #7 Psy High
    92% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

    Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Indie 5.9%

  8. #8 Choice of the Deathless
    91% 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: Text-Based 42.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Indie 4.3%

  9. #9 Welcome to Moreytown
    91% 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: Text-Based 39%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 5.8%

  10. #10 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
    90% 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: Text-Based 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 6%

  11. #11 Molly the Werezompire
    89% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
    Windows

    Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Text-Based 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Adventure 5.8%

  12. #12 Choice of Alexandria
    89% 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: Text-Based 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 6.2%

  13. #13 スマートフォン
    87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: OwataStudio
    Windows

    見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Text-Based 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 1.9%

  14. #14 Love Potions Suck: A Text Romance
    86% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Grumpo Games
    Windows

    A funny, emotional text-based romance where your awkward crush meets accidental magic. Make branching choices, build relationships, and maybe ruin Valentine’s Day with a love potion that definitely shouldn’t have worked.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Text-Based 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Indie 2.3%

  15. #15 Popular Kids
    88% 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: Interactive Fiction 42.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Text-Based 21.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Story Rich 2.4%

  16. #16 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
    85% 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: Interactive Fiction 40.2%, Text-Based 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 2.7%, Indie 2%

  17. #17 Kafka at the Station
    86% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Neji. Games
    Windows · Mac

    I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 49.8%, Text-Based 42.1%, Adventure 8.1%

  18. #18 Guns of Infinity
    84% 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: Text-Based 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 6.1%

  19. #19 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!

    Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 5%

  20. #20 Choice of Robots
    82% 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: Text-Based 39.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Indie 2.7%, Story Rich 1.9%

  21. #21 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
    83% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?

    Why similar: Text-Based 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 5.6%

  22. #22 A Mage Reborn
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 106 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: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Text-Based 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 2%

  23. #23 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
    81% 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 42.1%, Text-Based 37.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Indie 2.1%

  24. #24 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
    81% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.

    Why similar: Text-Based 37%, Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Adventure 4.2%, Indie 1.9%

  25. #25 The Peresmeshnik
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2020
    Dev: Sean Arnold
    Windows

    It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

    Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 3.9%, Story Rich 2.8%

  26. #26 War of Bellrook
    79% 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: Interactive Fiction 41%, Text-Based 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Adventure 3.4%, Indie 2.5%

  27. #27 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 370 reviews2018
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

    Why similar: Text-Based 38%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 5.7%

  28. #28 Anchorhead
    78% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2018
    Dev: Michael Gentry
    Windows · Mac

    You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Text-Based 38.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 5.9%, Puzzle 3.7%

  29. #29 After the Storm
    80% 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: Interactive Fiction 40.9%, Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 2.6%, Indie 2%

  30. #30 The Soul Stone War 3
    77% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 3%, Indie 2.2%

  31. #31 Diaspora
    76% 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: Interactive Fiction 38.8%, Text-Based 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Adventure 2.7%, Indie 1.9%

  32. #32 Saturnine
    77% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Text-Based 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Adventure 3.1%, Indie 2.3%

  33. #33 Roadwarden
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,150 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 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 46.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 3.5%

  34. #34 An Imp and an Impostor
    75% 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: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Text-Based 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 2.2%

  35. #35 Depression Quest
    76% matchMixed62% of 3,936 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 77.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 53.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Text-Based 15.2%, Indie 6.9%, Story Rich 0.6%

  36. #36 Turncoat Chronicle
    74% 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: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Text-Based 35.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 2.8%, Indie 2.1%

  37. #37 Keeper's Vigil
    73% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.3%, Text-Based 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 2.9%, Indie 2.2%

  38. #38 Message in a Melody
    73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.1%, Text-Based 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Adventure 3.1%, Indie 2.3%

  39. #39 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
    75% 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 43.7%, Text-Based 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Indie 2.1%

  40. #40 The Nascent Necromancer
    72% 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: Interactive Fiction 38%, Text-Based 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 2.8%

  41. #41 Oremus
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
    Windows · Linux

    This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Text-Based 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 2.9%

  42. #42 The Golden Rose: Book One
    69% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Text-Based 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Story Rich 2.2%, Indie 2.2%

  43. #43 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
    69% 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: Interactive Fiction 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 21.3%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 3.8%

  44. #44 Scarlet Sails
    70% 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 42.8%, Text-Based 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 5%, Indie 2.1%

  45. #45 Fallen Hero: Revelations
    72% 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: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Text-Based 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Adventure 2.9%, Indie 2.3%

  46. #46 Werewolves 3: Evolution's End
    68% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2024
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It's the ultimate battle between werewolves and human supremacists, and your werewolf pack is caught in the middle of a four-way fight!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.9%, Text-Based 36.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 2.9%, Indie 2.2%

  47. #47 Breacher Story
    70% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: Doubleton Game Studio
    Windows

    An interactive narrative in social engineering.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.9%, Text-Based 36.3%, Indie 16.1%, Story Rich 3.6%

  48. #48 Harm Other
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dennis Farrell
    Windows

    The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other

    Why similar: Text-Based 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 2%

  49. #49 The Laws of Probability
    66% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2026
    Dev: Unspoken
    Windows

    You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Text-Based 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 1.8%

  50. #50 Vanakan
    68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Erik Khachatryan
    Windows

    Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Text-Based 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 3.8%, Story Rich 3.3%

  51. #51 House of the Golden Mask
    67% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.2%, Text-Based 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 2.9%, Indie 2.2%

  52. #52 All (Too) Good Things
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: YOWPY games
    Windows

    Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Text-Based 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Story Rich 2.2%

  53. #53 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
    67% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 3%, Indie 2.2%

  54. #54 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
    71% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.7%, Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 3%, Indie 2.2%

  55. #55 A Wise Use of Time
    69% 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: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Text-Based 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Indie 6.2%

  56. #56 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: Interactive Fiction 38.6%, Text-Based 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Adventure 2.7%, Indie 2%

  57. #57 MysteryOS
    67% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: Clermont Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Text-Based 23.3%, Puzzle 4.8%, Adventure 4.2%

  58. #58 Glow Box
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
    Windows · Mac

    A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Text-Based 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 2.2%

  59. #59 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
    66% 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: Interactive Fiction 39.3%, Text-Based 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 2.9%, Indie 2.1%

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