
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, Text-Based, Adventure.

In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!

In Silence Waits
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.

Buddy Simulator 1984
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Typing 21.9% ★, Text-Based 12.2%, Horror 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Retro 14%, Horror 13.6%, Typing 12.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Typing 20.8% ★, Horror 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Retro 10.8%
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. Interface with the terminal, type system commands, and channel his responses through impossible ethical dilemmas. Your principles are on trial as every choice is recorded to determine your final profile.
Why similar: Typing 22% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 17.1%, Horror 10.7%, Retro 9.3%
Build a fire hot enough to reduce her bones to ash. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Horror 26.7%, Retro 22.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.2%
The main character is the usual average schoolboy, who can be found on the street after the 7th lesson. But it's not so simple, because he has a dream inside of his head, a dream that you have to implement!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 22.5%, Horror 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
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 42.5%, Text-Based 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Adventure 5.7%, Atmospheric 3.8%
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Typing 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 18%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Retro 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Casual 8.1%
_전언:(_message:)은 심리적 공포 요소가 포함된 텍스트 어드벤처 게임입니다. 달에 잔류하여 지구에 있는 본부와 통신을 하는 사이, 당신은 점점 이상한 낌새를 눈치채기 시작합니다...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 22.9%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.6%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.3%, Text-Based 39.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Casual 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Typing 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Retro 14%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
No Exit is a small chapter based indie horror game. You'll have to face challenging enemies, and perhaps make some allies, as you try to escape the crooked dimension you're trapped in.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21%, Horror 17.1%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Retro 12.2%, First-Person 9.9%
Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.
Why similar: Typing 36.3% ★, Text-Based 27.8%, Horror 19.6%, First-Person 7.4%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Horror 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Retro 7.8%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Text-Based 28%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Story Rich 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
The Sixth Sorrow is a short, narrative-driven horror game where your choices impact the story. To what lengths can a mother's love drive her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 9.1%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Retro 11.8%, Thriller 8.2%
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Typing 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Retro 9.3%, Casual 5.4%
Ellie, your new girlfriend, doesn't seem to get along well with your circle of friends. Find out what is going wrong after one of your best friends suddenly doesn't answer his phone anymore in this pixel-art, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Horror 10.8%
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure set in the “Deep Realm,” an otherworld connected to a natural history museum. Experience a unique atmosphere where quiet intellectual spaces intertwine with unsettling phenomena.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Horror 20.4%, Retro 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
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 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Thriller 6.2%
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 30% ★, Text-Based 24.3%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Thriller 6.7%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Text-Based 27.4%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Retro 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.3%, Text-Based 40.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 3.2%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Text-Based 29.7%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Casual 8.8%, Sci-fi 4%
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 32.6%, Text-Based 30.6%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Casual 8.1%, Story Rich 4.5%
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 19.2%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 30.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 21.9%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Story Rich 5.1%
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 23.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Retro 9.5%, Story Rich 6.8%
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 20.2%, Horror 14.8%, Typing 14.1% ★, Psychological Horror 12.1%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Text-Based 33.3%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Casual 9.4%, Story Rich 4.9%
FoMO is an experimental first-person horror with unpredictable mazes, a suffocating atmosphere, and a decaying retro look. No weapons, only escape, paranoia, and choices that accelerate the horror.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Retro 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Horror 9.3%
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 15.1%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Horror 13.7%, Typing 13.6% ★
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.2%, Typing 19.2% ★, Retro 12.6%, Lore-Rich 8.5%
You finally get home from a stressful day. It's late so you decide to go to sleep, but first, you watch a few shorts. Nothings out of the ordinary until... you come across a live stream of someone lying in a bed on their phone.... It's you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Retro 19.6%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%
Read through the letter and greet the morning, exorcising the powerful curse contained in the letter. Whether the letter created the curse or the curse created the letter, no one knows. ......
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Horror 21.6%, Casual 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Text-Based 23.7%, Adventure 5.7%, Sci-fi 3.6%
You must organize a funeral in a remote location while witnessing strange events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Horror 17%, Thriller 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.8%, Text-Based 41.2%, Adventure 3.8%, Story Rich 2.3%, Indie 1.9%
“Signed Mary”, a psychological horror visual novel, in which not your choices of action will determine the story’s end, but the choices of how to perceive your reality.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
A journalist is trapped in a terrifying technological box of illusions where he is on a journey to discover the truth behind his family's darkest secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Retro 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9%
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 35.7%, Text-Based 31.1%, Lore-Rich 19.4%, Casual 4.9%, Story Rich 4.1%
A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Horror 19.2%, Retro 18.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Thriller 8.2%
A short 90s bureaucratic horror game where you process impossible tax forms for the living, the dead, and the unborn.
Why similar: Typing 31.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Thriller 8.8%, Horror 8.7%
Dive into the 'Sacrifices', a narrative-driven adventure game where you unravel the poignant tale of a child's reality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Text-Based 24.1%, Horror 9.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Text-Based 29.5%, Lore-Rich 20.1%, Drama 4.8%, Adventure 3.7%
You must complete a lunar mission only with the other person on the radio. When you realize that you were not sufficiently informed about the place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Story Rich 6.7%
Yukari Niijima, a girl leading a mundane life, finds herself plagued by nightly nightmares filled with puzzles, keys, and eerie creatures, disrupting her usual routine of work and subway rides.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 19.8%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Retro 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 25.1%, Retro 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 20.3%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Horror 17.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 6.4%
An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Retro 6.9%
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Text-Based 27.3%, Retro 17.2%, Horror 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 26.2%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.5%, First-Person 4%
"Laser Tag Massacre" is a narrative-driven horror game inspired by 80s slasher movies, with a PS1-style aesthetic. On Halloween night, five friends throw a party in an abandoned arcade deep in rural Campinas, Brazil. What begins as a fun game of laser tag quickly spirals into their worst nightmare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Horror 16.8%, Retro 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%