
An ancient custom is invoked, and five kingdoms send their young heirs to play a legendary game. Build relationships, form alliances, and win the crown in this high-stakes game of woodland politics and social maneuvering.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, RPG, Choose Your Own Adventure.

An ancient custom is invoked, and five kingdoms send their young heirs to play a legendary game. Build relationships, form alliances, and win the crown in this high-stakes game of woodland politics and social maneuvering.

The Golden Rose: Book One
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?

Interstellar Airgap
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
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 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 17.7%, RPG 14.2%, Casual 8.2%
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
Why similar: Diplomacy 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Political 11.1% ★
Lead the first settlement on Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa! What alien life lurks beneath the ice? Who is sabotaging your mission? Who can you trust?
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 16.5%, Political 12.8% ★, RPG 9.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 18.7%, RPG 16.4%, Casual 9.5%
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: Diplomacy 27.6% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, RPG 11%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 12.1%, RPG 6.4%
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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, RPG 21.3%, Text-Based 18.7%, Fantasy 6.7%
Dynasty is a singleplayer social deduction roguelike in which you must rule your kingdom through your untrustworthy advisors. Earn your advisors loyalty and grant them the power to administrate, but beware: the more power you grant them, the more they may use that power against you.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Minimalist 12.4%, Political 9.7% ★
In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, RPG 15.7%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, RPG 17.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Minimalist 14.2%
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, RPG 12.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
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 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 20.1%, RPG 20%, Fantasy 5.9%
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 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 21.4%, RPG 18.8%, Fantasy 5.8%
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 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 20.6%, RPG 19.9%, Fantasy 6.2%
Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 18.9%, RPG 16.7%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 17.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%
Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, RPG 10.6%
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 16.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
Illustrated text-based RPG featuring a unique magic system. Develop skills, tend relations. Navigate complex social structures. Explore themes of identity and allegiance.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Political 14.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Text-Based 12.3%
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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, RPG 19.4%, Fantasy 5.9%
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Casual 9.8%
Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 18%, RPG 16.6%, Lore-Rich 11%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Text-Based 18.9%, RPG 10.2%, Minimalist 9.3%
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 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Text-Based 21.2%, RPG 21.1%, Choices Matter 4.7%
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 20%, Minimalist 12.2%, RPG 10.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 19.3%, RPG 18.7%, Fantasy 5%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 22%, RPG 16.8%, Casual 9.1%
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Text-Based 20.3%, RPG 14.9%, Fantasy 5.9%
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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 21.3%, RPG 18.8%, Fantasy 6.2%
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 19.1%, RPG 18.2%, Lore-Rich 11.6%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 21.7%, RPG 19%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Casual 10.6%
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 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Text-Based 21.3%, RPG 20.3%, Choices Matter 5%
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 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 22.4%, RPG 15.7%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Casual 5.9%
They have magic and fangs. You have red tape! When vampires, werewolves, wizards, and demons clash, you must mediate. Save your city, or sell your soul?
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, RPG 17.7%, Lore-Rich 13.8%
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 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 23.5%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 6.1%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 11.7%, Casual 8.6%
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 35.3%, Text-Based 31%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 14.4%, Indie 0.7%
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 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 20.2%, RPG 19.4%, Fantasy 5.3%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 20%, Minimalist 11.4%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Features hassle-free inventory management and a battle system that combines dice rolls with meaningful decisions and preparation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, RPG 17.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Minimalist 14.4%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Text-Based 24.2%, Casual 9%, RPG 7.5%
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 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Text-Based 22%, 2D 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Text-Based 19.7%, RPG 12.6%, Casual 5.7%
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 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 19.3%, Indie 0.9%
Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 18.5%, RPG 16.2%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
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 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 16%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 6.4%
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 25.8%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, RPG 13.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
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 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Text-Based 21.4%, RPG 21%, Choices Matter 4.4%
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 30.1%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, RPG 10.6%
Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 15.9%, RPG 15.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%
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 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 4.3%
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 31.1%, Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, RPG 17.9%, Indie 0.9%
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 17.3%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 22.9%, RPG 19.8%, Choices Matter 5.1%
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: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Political 12.1% ★
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 27.7%, Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Text-Based 20.7%, RPG 20.3%, Choices Matter 4.6%