- #1 Whispers From The Rift
97% 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 26%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 10.9%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #2 Into Oblivion
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 8%
- #3 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
96% 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 26%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #4 Coalescence
95% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Noir 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 10.9%
- #5 Grave Knight
94% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 9%
- #6 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
94% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, RPG 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #7 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
93% 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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, RPG 14.8%, Noir 14.4%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #8 Memories Of Zattera
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouGo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 6.9%
- #9 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
91% 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 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, RPG 16.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #10 X.E.H.A. Rogue
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Lore-Rich 7.1%
- #11 A Wise Use of Time
91% 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 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, RPG 20.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #12 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
89% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Choices Matter 6%
- #13 The Golden Rose: Book One
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, RPG 18.4%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #14 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Noir 11.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #15 The Fifth Horseman
88% 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: RPG 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 10%
- #16 Eyes of Iyre
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 15%, RPG 14.3%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #17 Taina's Cursed Legacy
84% 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 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, RPG 13.3%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #18 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, RPG 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #19 Five Biggest Accomplishments
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Noir 18%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #20 Telvoikai
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, RPG 11.8%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #21 Tower of the Ice Lich
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #22 Samurai of Hyuga Book 5
83% 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 23.5%, RPG 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #23 Saturnine
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, RPG 24.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #24 Alcyone: The Last City
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 9.3%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #25 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, RPG 17.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #26 The Soul Stone War 3
79% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, RPG 23.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #27 StarStruck
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Visual Novel 16.9%, RPG 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #28 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #29 Fallen Hero: Revelations
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, RPG 23.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #30 Follow the Black Kitten
78% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Total
Windows
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, RPG 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
- #31 Manludo 2
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Accelerated Xebec LLC
Windows
EN: Awake on an alien space-station, shape your journey through decisions, crafting your own interstellar adventure. EO: Vekiĝu en ekstertera kosmostacio, formu vian vojaĝon per decidoj, kaj vivu vian propran interstelan aventuron.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, RPG 27.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #32 All (Too) Good Things
76% 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 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #33 FORTUNE the FATED
77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
To unlock ancient spells needed to defend the galaxy, can you navigate fantasy quests, noir cases, heroic competitions, dystopian worlds & space heists?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Noir 19.7%, RPG 18.3%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #34 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
75% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, RPG 24.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #35 Message in a Melody
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, RPG 14.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #36 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
73% matchVery Positive95% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Noir 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #37 Choice of Robots
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 8.1%
- #38 Sword of Shandar
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #39 Adventurers Guild Receptionist
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio LITTE
Windows
Always wanted a fantasy world desk job?! Manage eccentric adventurers like a lazy witch, tsundere fairy & useless bard! Approve quests, keep them alive, pay off Elfie's crippling tax debt, and rake in gold for the Guild!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 22%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #40 Samurai of Hyuga
74% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35%, Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 20.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Adventure 3.4%
- #41 Turncoat Chronicle
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, RPG 23.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #42 Serania - Path of the Scion
72% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #43 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, RPG 21.8%, Text-Based 11.9%, Lore-Rich 10.2%
- #44 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
73% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, RPG 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 3.9%
- #45 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zeros
Windows
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #46 Mass of Consumption
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 9%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #47 The Trial
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #48 War of Bellrook
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Plagen Shiki
Windows
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, RPG 26.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Adventure 1.5%
- #49 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.3%, RPG 14.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #50 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
70% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #51 The Sword of Rhivenia
69% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, RPG 21.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #52 Roadwarden
67% 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: RPG 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #53 Your Story: Games with Death
68% 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 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #54 Pasajeros
69% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #55 To Be Altered: ACT 1
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SKELLYBED Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Noir 12.7%
- #56 The Vigilante Diaries
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Out of the Blue Games
Windows
The Vigilante Diaries is a narrative-driven role-playing game where you assume the role of a masked vigilante. Experience his life journey through his diaries spanning years, navigate the changes within his hideout, and make every decision that shapes his destiny.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, RPG 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #57 HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
67% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Touched by GracePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Noir 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, RPG 8.3%
- #58 An Imp and an Impostor
66% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, RPG 22.8%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #59 God of Chaos
67% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, RPG 21.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
- #60 Shadows of Betrayal
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 6.9%