- #1 Serania - Path of the Scion
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #2 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Text-Based 12.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #3 Roadwarden
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, RPG 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #4 Grave Knight
95% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 11.2%
- #5 Taina's Cursed Legacy
94% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #6 Moonbriar
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #7 Arderico's Journey
93% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #8 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
92% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Medieval 10.8%, RPG 9.4%
- #9 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #10 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #11 Your Story: Games with Death
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #12 The Nascent Necromancer
89% matchMixed57% of 14 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: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 9.3%
- #13 Aunewyth
89% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, RPG 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #14 Tower of the Ice Lich
87% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
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: Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #15 The Sword of Rhivenia
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 19.6%, RPG 13%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #16 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #17 Whispers From The Rift
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #18 Whispers of Gold
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 7.6%
- #19 Decadent Heir
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #20 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
84% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, RPG 11.6%
- #21 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
83% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #22 Turncoat Chronicle
82% matchMixed69% of 13 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: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, RPG 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #23 Leas: City of the Sun
81% matchPositive100% of 35 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: Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, RPG 14%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #24 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #25 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
82% 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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, RPG 12.3%
- #26 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
80% 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 21.9%, Text-Based 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #27 Vanakan
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Text-Based 21.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Adventure 6.9%
- #28 The Trial
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGamesPub: Pale Blue Dot
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #29 The Soul Stone War 3
78% 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 22.5%, Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #30 An Imp and an Impostor
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 21%, Text-Based 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #31 Before They Catch Us
76% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #32 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #33 Samurai of Hyuga Book 5
77% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, RPG 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #34 The Sin Collector: Repentless
76% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #35 Creepy Crypt Critters
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 8.7%
- #36 House of the Golden Mask
74% 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 21.7%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #37 The Golden Rose: Book One
75% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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 22%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, RPG 13%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #38 Isle of Maligree
74% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #39 With Good Intentions
73% matchMixed61% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Text-Based 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #40 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
72% matchPositive81% of 16 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 25.1%, Text-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 9.6%
- #41 The Lighthouse of Black Salt
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Light Source
Windows
A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #42 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #43 Dark Sanctum
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling journey in this text-based RPG, where every decision shapes your fate. Dive into a richly woven narrative filled with mystery and intrigue, where each step forward brings you closer to uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Inventory Management 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #44 Saturnine
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 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 23.2%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, RPG 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #45 The Fifth Horseman
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, RPG 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #46 Eyes of Iyre
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D0Studios
Windows · Mac
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 10%
- #47 God of Chaos
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.5%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
- #48 Atlantis Academy
70% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.5%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #49 A Wise Use of Time
71% matchVery Positive80% of 121 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Text-Based 20%, RPG 14.6%
- #50 All (Too) Good Things
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 20.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #51 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
69% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Detective 11.2%
- #52 History of Dragosa
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
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 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 12%, RPG 10.8%
- #53 Siege of Treboulain
68% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, RPG 13.9%, Medieval 7.4%
- #54 Fallen Hero: Revelations
68% 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 22.7%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #55 Pitchforks and Daggers
66% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Medieval 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #56 Bloodwood Dungeon
67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
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 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, RPG 14.6%, Old School 6.9%
- #57 ShadowLess Light
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncommon Role
Windows · Linux
A visual novel with RPG elements set in a Cyberpunk dystopia where you play a detective tasked with solving a smorgasbord of cases.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 11.5%, Detective 10.7%
- #58 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 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 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 11.9%
- #59 The Reeve
66% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Medieval 12.4%
- #60 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
65% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 16.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%