Games Like Heroes Rise: HeroFall

They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!

Why similar: Text-Based 31.9%, RPG 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply complex and gritty take on the superhero genre that mirrors the internal conflict and moral ambiguity found in the Heroes Rise series.

So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.

Why similar: Text-Based 38.1%, RPG 31.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel to Rebirth, it continues the intense character-driven narrative and high-stakes decision-making that fans of the genre crave.

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, RPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.4%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the essential starting point of the trilogy, establishing the core mechanics and world-building that define the HeroFall experience.

The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, RPG 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The second installment in the trilogy bridges the gap between the origin story and the final confrontation, maintaining the series' signature style.

Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, RPG 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Indie 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a grounded, humorous, and character-focused look at a world of superheroes that feels like a natural companion to the Heroes Rise universe.

Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 12.3%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of interactive fiction that emphasizes how your choices influence the long-term evolution of technology and society.

America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!

Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, Indie 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the same universe as the Heroes Rise trilogy, this title offers a fresh perspective on the media-driven superhero culture.

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: RPG 29.8%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Indie 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique superpower mechanic that forces players to think strategically about how they use their abilities to change the narrative outcome.

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

Why similar: RPG 27.3%, Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Indie 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a massive, branching narrative where your leadership and moral decisions dictate the success of a revolution.

Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?

Why similar: RPG 37%, Text-Based 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Indie 16%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a classic fantasy epic experience with deep RPG mechanics and a heavy emphasis on character development.

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: RPG 48.4%, Text-Based 31.7%, Indie 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for extensive customization of your superhero powers and moral alignment, directly appealing to the choices-matter philosophy of the seed game.

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: Text-Based 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, RPG 24.8%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique blend of legal drama and supernatural fantasy, showcasing the versatility of the interactive fiction format.

Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?

Why similar: RPG 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 23%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly acclaimed military-themed interactive novel that features intense decision-making and a rich, immersive setting.

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 35.8%, RPG 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a vast, open-ended narrative where your mastery of magic and moral choices define the fate of the world.

Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!

Why similar: RPG 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Text-Based 19.1%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends superhero themes with a compelling mystery, requiring players to make difficult choices that shape their protagonist's identity.

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: RPG 32.2%, Text-Based 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to Sabres of Infinity, it continues the high-stakes narrative and provides even more complex choices for the player to navigate.

Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, RPG 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a mythological fantasy experience where your choices determine your relationship with the gods and your ultimate destiny.

Congratulations! We are delighted to welcome you to the Grand Academy for Future Villains, the world's finest evil preparatory school, where unimaginable power begins with a world-class education!

Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a fun, satirical take on the superhero/supervillain trope that rewards creative decision-making.

Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.

Why similar: RPG 36%, Text-Based 35.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A reimagining of Arthurian legend that allows players to define the personality and rule of their own version of King Arthur.

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

Why similar: RPG 37%, Text-Based 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Indie 14%

Why You'll Like It: It introduces a unique sci-fi setting with complex social dynamics and significant choices that shape the protagonist's journey.

Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, RPG 19.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on mystery and LGBTQ themes, providing a character-driven narrative that feels intimate and impactful.

Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.

Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Indie 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This western-themed interactive novel is renowned for its length, depth, and the sheer number of meaningful choices available to the player.

It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.7%, RPG 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-focused interactive novel that emphasizes resource management and difficult moral dilemmas.

Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel, the greatest text-based pro-wrestling RPG in the world!

Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Text-Based 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Indie 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique sports-themed interactive novel that captures the drama and pageantry of professional wrestling through text-based storytelling.

Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.

Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the career-building aspects of interactive fiction, allowing players to navigate the complexities of the film industry.

Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!

Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Text-Based 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Indie 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a fast-paced, action-oriented narrative that blends sci-fi combat with personal character development.

Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, RPG 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%

As the CEO of a corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder, you'll harness dark magic and travel through time to inflate your stock prices!

Why similar: Text-Based 39.4%, RPG 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Indie 14.1%

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 35.7%, RPG 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Indie 13.7%

Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?

Why similar: RPG 34.6%, Text-Based 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Indie 15%

As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.

Why similar: RPG 42.3%, Text-Based 24.7%, Indie 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%

Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.

Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%

Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?

Why similar: RPG 39%, Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Indie 16.1%

Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

Why similar: RPG 54.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Indie 19.4%

Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?

Why similar: RPG 36.8%, Text-Based 25%, Indie 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 9%

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: RPG 33.5%, Text-Based 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 5.2%

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: RPG 31.1%, Text-Based 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Indie 13.5%

Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

Why similar: RPG 39.3%, Text-Based 20.6%, Indie 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%

The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.5%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Story Rich 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Indie 7.5%

As a criminal mastermind, choose a lair, rob a bank, hire a minion, and steal the world's largest ball of aluminum foil! Or, destroy the world. FINE.

Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, RPG 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Indie 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.

Why similar: RPG 32.1%, Text-Based 29.9%, Indie 16.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Become Atom Eve and take control of your own path as one of the most powerful superheroes in the Invincible universe! Unravel a mystery and balance the dangers and responsibilities of being a superhero with the relatable challenges of everyday life.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Choices Matter 22.9%, Story Rich 16.3%

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, LGBTQ+ 20.9%, RPG 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 14%

MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.7%, Text-Based 29.4%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 8.6%

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 27.9%, RPG 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Indie 11.3%

Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.

Why similar: RPG 39.4%, Text-Based 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Indie 15.5%

You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by your broken memories. Reclaim and compile your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.

Why similar: RPG 26.5%, Text-Based 25.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Indie 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.

Why similar: Text-Based 37.2%, RPG 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Indie 12.7%

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 57.8%, Choices Matter 24.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Female Protagonist 3%

Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?

Why similar: RPG 38.2%, Text-Based 27.2%, Indie 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%

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: RPG 31.3%, Text-Based 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 6%

Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 17.8%, RPG 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.3%

This interactive adventure features no specific hero. YOU are the one who decides who makes it out alive - or not. Your actions determine the outcome of the story. In total there are 9 playable heroes and more than 50 different paths all featuring intense dialogues and thrilling events.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, RPG 21.8%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%

In this sequel to the award-winning roleplay visual novel, Arcadia Fallen, you play as a senior student at the Seven Winds Academy. Choose from three different magical disciplines, and let your choices shape the personality of your character as you navigate school life during a time of great change.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Text-Based 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%

Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

Why similar: Choices Matter 41.4%, Story Rich 25.2%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Indie 14.6%

Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?

Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, RPG 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 7%

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, RPG 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 10%

You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.

Why similar: RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Story Rich 12.2%

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.

Why similar: RPG 34.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 13.8%, Indie 1.6%