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Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn.

Why similar: Text-Based 57%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 18.2%

A text only dating simulator, created using BBC Basic for Windows!

Why similar: Text-Based 64.5%, Indie 35.5%

You're a unicorn in an alien planet. Now what?

Why similar: Text-Based 53.7%, Indie 26.2%, Adventure 20%

Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?

Why similar: Text-Based 44.7%, Adventure 30.7%, Indie 24.6%

Romance is as easy as one, two...three lovers! Find love and ascend to new heights in your new home of Boulder, Colorado.

Why similar: Text-Based 50.4%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 20.4%

Defend Napoleon's heir in this steampunk alternate history game of political maneuvering, airship adventure, and romantic intrigue! Will you bring liberty to France, or plunge Europe into bloody war?

Why similar: Text-Based 45.7%, Adventure 31.4%, Indie 22.9%

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 40.2%, Adventure 34.5%, Indie 25.3%

Outfly, outshoot, and outwit your enemies as an outlaw cyborg on the run! You're a cyborg copy of Ypsilanti Rowe, the interstellar outlaw, whose enemies (and exes) are gunning for you. Can you upgrade your brain and pull one last heist?

Why similar: Text-Based 45.2%, Adventure 31%, Indie 23.8%

Jest your way from obscurity to royal acclaim as the King’s pet, beloved by all! As a talented young court fool with dreams of fame, scrabble with other young jesters to secure prestigious positions in the courts of Brenton's nobility.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.6%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 24.1%

원작 동화 '잭과 콩나무' 를 모티브로 한 게임. 전쟁으로 황폐해진 마을에 살고 있는 잭은, 어느 날 한 마녀로부터 알 수 없는 콩을 받는다. 다음 날, 잭은 마당에 자란 콩나무 줄기를 타고 올라가게 되는데.. 잭은 그곳에서 신비로운 콩나무 성을 탐험하게 된다.

Why similar: Adventure 48.2%, Indie 34%, Text-Based 17.8%

Create a mortal race to worship you and grow your strength. Guide them in their daily lives and help them grow. The power you collect will grow your mind and body. Dabble in the affairs of other gods or seek to destroy them and steal their power.

Why similar: Text-Based 43%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 24.7%

Become a road warrior in the arid plains! Take the role of a Highway Marshall, in a bid to enforce the rule of civilization on a post-apocalyptic world. Will you prevent the sacking of the last remaining cities, rule over them as a Warlord, or attempt to seek a better future for humanity?

Why similar: Text-Based 43.8%, Adventure 33.1%, Indie 23.1%

The Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, and Mothman are aliens, sentenced to prison on Earth by the Pan-Galactic Prisons Bureau. As the Yeti's parole officer, you must defend the galaxy from these convicts, unravel their criminal conspiracy, and bring them to justice!

Why similar: Text-Based 43.3%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 23.9%

Become the greatest hero or villain that the world has ever seen! Balance the challenges of a normal life, while fighting evil... or wreak havoc yourself.

Why similar: Text-Based 43.3%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 23.9%

Saddle up and defend the town of Willow Creek from nefarious outlaws and city slickers! It all starts when a rancher's daughter goes missing, and it ends at the showdown at Willow Creek, where greed, lust, science and Mother Nature will face off at high noon.

Why similar: Text-Based 43.3%, Adventure 32.7%, Indie 23.9%

Battle heroes, wizards, and rival dragons in your insatiable thirst for gold and infamy. Start by dominating a local tribe of goblins, then usurp the kingdom, defending and expanding your despotic regime to annex neighboring kingdoms, incinerating the peasants in their thatched-roof cottages.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.8%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 24%

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...

Why similar: Text-Based 49.2%, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 22.4%

Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

A fantasy text based adventure from the eyes of a dyslexic.

Why similar: Text-Based 49.1%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 21.1%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 52%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 18.7%

The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination led text adventure.

Why similar: Text-Based 39.4%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 24.7%

Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.

Why similar: Text-Based 43.1%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 23.5%

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Text-Based 55.4%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 20.9%

Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

What can be done most with rambling adventurer? What if add some luck and passion? ''A Wanderer's Adventure'' is exactly a story designed to present you with the most entertaining way of countless events and results that can happen to a wanderer.

Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Text-Based 36.3%, Indie 26.9%

Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

What to do when you are alone?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Help Hei to find their path to the sacred tree! A point-and-click adventure game with lots of puzzles and a unique artistic style.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

You’ve decided to take the risk and purchase a run down house in the middle of a spooky forest near a dungeon overrun with monsters.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

NOW OUT OF EARLY ACCESS! Cloudborn is a truly immersive VR exploration/adventure game, an incredible audio-visual experience that will move you into a world of awe and wonder. Explore the remnants of a lost civilization to uncover a hidden fate. Are you ready to ascend?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Chapter I is the first episode in an all new fantasy adventure series by Orrery Games and BlipHaus Design.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Grimsfield is a short point & click story game. You take on the role of a deadbeat beatnik poet who lives in an absurdist market town somewhere in the north of England.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

An immersive VR adventure in a fantastic world.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

This game is about the journey of a dragon, beginning right from the start: Popping out of the egg! As a baby dragon, you will encounter many obstacles and difficulties, but as you get more experienced, your dragon gets too! It will learn new abilities, evolve and grow up as you progress!

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Lit the Torch is challenging puzzle platformer with a twist! Players control a Night Watch as they light torches and navigate through a shattered timeline. The twist is that player's can burn a portal into a different time to navigate to new altars and burn a path through obstacles in their time to existing altars.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Explore a mysterious space from the fevered dreams of musician Hot Sugar and discover over 80 unique melodies in this synesthetic adventure on the HTC Vive

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長，並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」，使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機，雨中，客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容，開始了你的罪──

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

In this rage worthy game help Keeli, a goddess of technology, find her redemption after falling from grace. Face 8 challenging levels, 3 bosses, and confront your own corruption. Includes Steam Achievements as well as in game side challenges and an amazing soundtrack. Formatted for Keyboard or Controller use.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Explore the holy mountain and use equipment and cards to defeat the enemy to discover the value of your existence

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Welcome to Agony. Inspired by the Resident Evil of old, the golden age of NES gaming and the Castlevania series, you play a local hero with a dog! Forced by your village to enter the crumbling castle filled with trickery, magic and monsters! Can you defeat The Vampire and live to see another dawn?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Catsby works in Happy Technology. He helps people to become happy. One day, he signed a big contract with Steven to make his master Doctor Philip become happy again. Unfortunately, during the task, he was turned into a cat. But he still has to finish his task, so here his "Cat Adventure" goes...

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

◇２時間程度のホラーノベルアドベンチャー◇ 悪夢からは逃げられない。日向ヨウは夢を見た。中学生のころのなつかしい思い出だ。しかし、ヨウにはそのころの記憶がなかった。なぜ記憶がないのか。なぜ、今になって思い出したのか。 ヨウはかつての面影をもとめてなつかしの校舎へ向かう。

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

If you answer that unknown number, you’re screwed... Are you willing to risk everything … ?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

A thrilling murder mystery in space. Someone is out to kill you. Is it your friend and colleague or is there someone else hiding on the moonbase?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Is it a dream, or is everything really happening? The player will plunge into a strange world, where everything depends only on what decision he makes while in a particular situation. Will he save himself or will he save all the captives of this world?

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Pirates of First Star is a puzzle adventure game where you'll have to explore and battle to solve the great mystery of the First Star treasure.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

Use your wits and a bit of mischief to solve puzzles in four classic, lighthearted adventure games! Explore, interact with your environment and solve puzzles in this bundle of four old-school adventure games: "Quiet, Please!", "Quiet Christmas", "Vacation Vexation" and "Candy, Please!".

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%