
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
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LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.

Roadwarden
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.

Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
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 35.5%, RPG 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, RPG 26%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Adventure 16.9%, Mystery 6.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 34.3%, RPG 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 4.4%
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Why similar: 1980s 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Retro 10.5%, RPG 10%
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Why similar: Text-Based 39.9%, RPG 34.9%, Adventure 21%, Indie 4.3%
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Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, RPG 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 2.3%
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Why similar: Text-Based 46.1%, RPG 30.6%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 4.1%
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Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Text-Based 33.8%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 4.7%
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Why similar: Text-Based 36.5%, RPG 35.9%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 4.9%
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Why similar: RPG 37%, Text-Based 35.8%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 5%
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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: 1980s 25%, Text-Based 19.1%, Retro 16.5%, RPG 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
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Why similar: RPG 37.4%, Text-Based 32.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 5.1%
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Why similar: RPG 39.6%, Text-Based 31.9%, Adventure 23.6%, Indie 4.9%
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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 36.3%, RPG 35.7%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 5.3%
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: RPG 38.3%, Text-Based 33.7%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 5.2%
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Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, RPG 13.2%, Adventure 10.8%
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: Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Retro 16.1%, RPG 13.1%, 1980s 10.6%
Swords and Bones 2 is an action-platform game with RPG features, inspired by 80s and 90s classics! Fight through levels filled with monsters, avoid traps and collect power-ups & trophies in this new epic second chapter!
Why similar: RPG 30.2%, 1980s 18.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Retro 12.3%, Old School 6.8%
舞台は東京から伊勢志摩へ…… ファミコン風アドベンチャーゲームの完全新作!
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, 1980s 18.1%, Retro 16%, Adventure 9.4%, Old School 9.1%
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, RPG 25.4%, Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Indie 3.6%
Cast spells, pass your exams, and save the world! You’ll compete for glory in the sky sailing tourney, find love, and steer the fate of magic itself.
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Adventure 24.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Indie 5.3%
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Why similar: Text-Based 34%, RPG 32.2%, Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Indie 4.1%
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Why similar: RPG 30.2%, Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Adventure 19%, Indie 1.3%
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Why similar: RPG 36.2%, Adventure 24.6%, Retro 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Indie 5.3%
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, RPG 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 3.8%
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Why similar: Text-Based 32.6%, RPG 26.7%, Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Retro 9.4%
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: Text-Based 33.9%, RPG 27%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 3.5%
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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 30.9%, 1980s 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%
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Why similar: Text-Based 33.6%, RPG 26.6%, Retro 19.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 4.2%
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Why similar: Text-Based 40.7%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Adventure 21.7%, Indie 4.1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Retro 15.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Old School 9.1%, Logic 8.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 34.2%, RPG 33%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Adventure 6%, Story Rich 2.4%
This game is a nostalgic pixel-style racing game where players control their car using the ASDW keys.
Why similar: RPG 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, 1980s 21.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Story Rich 2.3%
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Why similar: RPG 36%, Text-Based 24.1%, Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Indie 4.4%
Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself.
Why similar: RPG 31.9%, Text-Based 31.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Indie 3.9%
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Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Text-Based 26.2%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 5.5%
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Why similar: RPG 48.5%, Adventure 28.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Indie 6.1%
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Why similar: RPG 37.7%, Text-Based 36.1%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 4.7%
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Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, RPG 28%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 3.5%
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Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, RPG 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 3.7%
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Why similar: RPG 37.1%, Text-Based 29%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 1.5%
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Why similar: RPG 39.4%, Text-Based 33%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 5.1%
Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.7%, RPG 36.1%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 4.5%
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Why similar: RPG 38.8%, Text-Based 34.1%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 4.8%
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Why similar: Text-Based 31.4%, RPG 29%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Retro 12.1%, Adventure 5.1%
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Why similar: 1980s 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 17.1%, Retro 16.2%, Adventure 10.3%
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: Text-Based 33.4%, RPG 30.4%, Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Indie 3.9%
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Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, RPG 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Mystery 7.9%, Adventure 5.5%
In a world ruled by a single shade of green, color is the ultimate taboo—and the ultimate truth. Explore, restore, and then choose: Will you maintain the illusion of order, or embrace the chaos of color?
Why similar: RPG 22.5%, Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, 1980s 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
Why similar: RPG 37.7%, Text-Based 34.8%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 4.9%
A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!
Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Text-Based 34.1%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 5%
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Why similar: RPG 38%, Text-Based 35%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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: RPG 30.2%, Text-Based 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Old School 7.7%
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Why similar: 1980s 29.7%, Retro 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%