60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Text-Based, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, 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%, Horror 11%, Lore-Rich 10%
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 16.3%, Retro 14.3%, Horror 13.7%, Typing 12.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Typing 22% ★, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 11%, Retro 8.9%
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 20.7% ★, Horror 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11%, Retro 10.9%
A psychological horror you never see — you read it. Blind and deaf, you sense an arctic station through a neural implant: text, smell, touch. Quarantine rules say only one person may leave their cabin at a time. You are out. Five bodies are found by morning.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Horror 12.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Text-Based 16%, Typing 12.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.9%
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 23.9%, Text-Based 22.8%, Horror 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
Welcome to the Anomaly Helpline, Operator! You are responsible for handling incoming calls from civilians experiencing an anomaly! Using the catalogue, identify the anomaly and work out the correct items to dispatch as a care package. Succeed and you will be rewarded. Fail, and you will be punished.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, First-Person 8.8%
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Typing 17.9% ★, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 4.7%
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 21.6%, Retro 6.2%, Story Rich 3.6%
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 42.6%, Text-Based 35.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Adventure 5.9%, 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 18.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Horror 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
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%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Retro 9.5%, 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 22.6%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, First-Person 7.7%
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 26.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Retro 14.1%, 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 20.5%, Horror 17.3%, Action-Adventure 13%, 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%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Horror 18.8%, 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 36.2% ★, Text-Based 27.4%, Horror 19.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Action-Adventure 5.1%
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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Thriller 6%
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 30.4%, Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Retro 11.8%, Thriller 8.2%
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 21.3%, Horror 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Retro 8.2%
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 31.2%, Horror 20.5%, Retro 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Story Rich 4.8%
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 21.3%, Horror 15.8%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Thriller 9.6%
A short interpretive narrative about building a fire hot enough to reduce her bones to ash. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Why similar: Retro 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%
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 29.1%, Typing 24.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Retro 9.5%, Casual 5.4%
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 26.1%, Retro 18.9%, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
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 29.9% ★, Text-Based 24%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Thriller 6.7%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 22.9%, Typing 19.1% ★, Retro 12.7%, Lore-Rich 8.3%
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 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Story Rich 5.2%
Behind the warm aroma of a late-night plate of Mie Nyemek, a dark secret lurks in the shadows. Clock into your convenience store cashier shift, whip up orders at a roadside stall, and help Ogik discover where his parents suddenly vanished after a massive argument. Play for FREE now!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Horror 14.4%, Retro 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
The air is poison. A liminal city is buried in toxic fog. Try to salvage what remains. Get her out.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Retro 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
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 29.9%, Text-Based 27.2%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Retro 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.5%, Text-Based 40.3%, Adventure 8%, Indie 3.2%
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 23.8%, Retro 16.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Horror 9.5%
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 26%, Text-Based 19%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Text-Based 29.4%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Casual 8.8%, Sci-fi 4.1%
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 26.1%, Text-Based 23.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Retro 9.6%, Adventure 6.9%
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 32.8%, Text-Based 30.3%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Casual 8.2%, Story Rich 4.6%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
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 32.9%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Casual 9.4%, Story Rich 4.9%
On a rainy night, three ghost stories are told in an old-fashioned café. As a writer for an occult magazine, you listen to three people recount their experiences. A psychological horror visual novel that slowly builds a sense of dread—Kyofu Yawa: Second Night.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Thriller 7%
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 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14%, Horror 13.9%, Typing 13.6% ★
"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 26.1%, Text-Based 23.9%, Retro 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
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 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 23.4%, Adventure 5.9%, Sci-fi 3.7%
"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 21.5%, Horror 16.5%, Retro 16%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
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 35.2%, Horror 21.8%, Casual 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
You must organize a funeral in a remote location while witnessing strange events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Horror 17.1%, Thriller 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Typing 22.2% ★, Text-Based 20.5%, Retro 15%, Horror 7.9%
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 51.1%, Text-Based 40.8%, Adventure 3.9%, Story Rich 2.4%, Indie 1.9%
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%, Horror 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Retro 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9%
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 24.4%, Horror 19.4%, Retro 19.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Thriller 8.1%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 15%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
A short 90s bureaucratic horror game where you process impossible tax forms for the living, the dead, and the unborn.
Why similar: Typing 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 8.8%, Thriller 8.8%
You are hurtling through space aboard an industrial freighter. The crew already had their hands full with failing systems. But now there is a new threat on board. Something is hunting you. TERMINAL PANIC is a survival-horror "interactive fiction" text adventure RPG with '80s terminal aesthetics.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Typing 19.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Retro 13.9%, Sci-fi 6.2%
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 36%, Text-Based 30.9%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Casual 5%, Story Rich 4.2%
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 25.5%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
“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%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
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 18.5%, Retro 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Thriller 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%
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 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Retro 7%
