- #1 Opus Scriba
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joeden's Quest
Windows
OPUS SCRIBA sends you on a hero’s journey through a magical world filled with unknown dangers, countless riches and an opportunity to become legend. Make choices to decide your fate or roll the dice and leave it to luck. Share your story with your friends and together you may just survive journey.
Why similar: Typing 31.2% ★, Word Game 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #2 1001 Nights
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ada Eden
Windows · Mac
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 33.4% ★, Word Game 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
- #3 Shuffled Words
96% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Victor Corradi
Windows
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 51.2% ★, Word Game 28.9%, Text-Based 19.9%
- #4 Text Adventure
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Joey Pawelko Games
Windows · Mac
Look at art, listen to jazz, and immerse yourself in the world of Joey Pawelko's Text Adventure.
Why similar: Typing 31.6% ★, Music 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #5 God of Word
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: Mega Dwarf
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
God of Word is an exciting twist on classic word & typing games, fusing together multiple game modes with the enchanting setting of Greek Mythology to create the ultimate word game for PC and Mac!
Why similar: Typing 43% ★, Word Game 28.1%, Mythology 18.2%, Puzzle 5.6%, RPG 5.1%
- #6 Radiotext
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radiotext is an interactive story set in the near future, where communication without intrusion requires radio-waves. Dive into a cryptographic radio-net in this text-based rpg, where you need to think carefully before typing your answers.
Why similar: Typing 29.8% ★, Cyberpunk 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #7 S-mail
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S-mail制作组Pub: OFF LAB
Windows · Mac
After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.
Why similar: Typing 25.7% ★, Word Game 21%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #8 Hysteria in Howlsbend
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 38.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 13.5%, RPG 9.9%
- #9 7 Days to End with You
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,158 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 29.7% ★, Word Game 19.5%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #10 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,767 reviews2023
Dev: Summerfall StudiosPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
Why similar: Music 20.2%, Mythology 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #11 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
90% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Typing 22.1% ★, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #12 Canal Street Goblin
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Boat Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Mythology 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 11%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #13 Gaze Into Fate
89% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: IKOUYOPub: IKOU GmbH
Windows
A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?
Why similar: Typing 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #14 Duckscape
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reece Williams
Windows
Walk along your keyboard to spell out a swirly story. In Duckscape you will need to contort your fingers to move around your keyboard in this oddly controlled game. Unlock levels, game modes and modifiers, and an endless mode. Spell out a quaint tale of friendship in the modern age.
Why similar: Typing 53.4% ★, Word Game 28.6%, Text-Based 11%, Story Rich 4.6%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #15 Hellscape
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Dawson Matthews
Windows
Hellscape is a "Based-Text" Adventure game. Similar to Text-Based games from the 80's, with a lighthearted twist, and way more balls jokes than ever necessary.
Why similar: Typing 31.1% ★, Word Game 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, RPG 9.2%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #16 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 31.9%, Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 7%
- #17 Soulfused
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Confoxing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 39.9% ★, Text-Based 21.7%, Word Game 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #18 Typing Fireworks
84% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: YakiOnigiri
Windows
Typing Fireworks is a casual game where your fingers run across the keyboard to set off fireworks! You can only move to adjacent keys, escape the danger zone before the fuse burns out, and look up to enjoy the dazzling display when the fireworks bloom!
Why similar: Typing 54.5% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Word Game 15%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #19 Tell Me Everything
85% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 27.3%, Typing 26.3% ★, Text-Based 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #20 Exercise your Demons
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: BoopDood
Windows
Step into the world of Exercise your Demons, a 2d narrative adventure inspired by Irish fairies and folklore. Meet and befriend 5 locals while you work towards settling into the small fictional town called Inishsióg in County Galway, Ireland.
Why similar: Mythology 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #21 Andromeda Acolytes
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wade ClarkePub: Heiress Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 42.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 18.2%, Puzzle 7.6%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #22 Homicipher: Demo
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Typing 26.2% ★, Word Game 19.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #23 MetaGraph
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: SergioK
Windows
Puzzle adventure MetaGraph, a captivating desktop environment game where you'll uncover secrets and solve puzzles.Immerse yourself in a cyberpunk world, using your intellect and tools to solve problems that defy norms. Dive into a mind-bending experience that mirrors your desktop!
Why similar: Typing 41% ★, Word Game 27.7%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Puzzle 8.1%, Colorful 5.1%
- #24 Nick's Text Adventure
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: GXPlay
Windows
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can hurt you, and enemies mock your choices. Nothing is fair, nothing is explained, and the game remembers.
Why similar: Typing 26.5% ★, Text-Based 20.4%, Word Game 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #25 Taina's Cursed Legacy
81% 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: Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, RPG 7.5%
- #26 Train of Thoughts
79% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Sivue
Windows
Train of Thoughts is a 3-5 player party game where the goal is to be as funny as possible. You do this by filling in part of a sentence. The catch, your answer now becomes the subject of the next sentence. After 5 sentences, vote for the best answers and prove you can become a standup comedian!
Why similar: Typing 37.9% ★, Word Game 24.4%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 4%
- #27 Dyping Escape
77% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2026
Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Typing 37.4% ★, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #28 Voxabular P.I: Penny's First Case
80% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Tilt Studios, inc.
Windows
Learn Spanish by playing, not by studying! Practice languages by solving mysteries in this mix of the classic text adventure and point-and-click genres.
Why similar: Typing 37.7% ★, Word Game 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #29 No Crime
78% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: 豆包工作室Pub: 豆包工作室
Windows
The story takes place in South East Asia. Start from a drug case, follow private detective Sui Feng to discover a mysterious complexion full of conspiracy, overcome his intermittent amnesia, and avenge for his love…Can you find out the real culprit through fragments of memories?
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
- #30 Hadean Lands
79% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 4.7%, Adventure 4%
- #31 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 7.6%
- #32 King of Dragon Pass
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Mythology 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #33 Train Your Fingers - Lab
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jan KutaPub: Self published
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your speed, cast powerful spells! Master both spells and keyboard skills in a story-driven game where every word brings you closer to magical mastery.
Why similar: Typing 59.9% ★, Word Game 11.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Fantasy 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #34 Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: GameClicks
Windows
Embark on a journey into the heart of an old-school text adventure game that beckons you into a world veiled in shadow and mystique. Here, your wits are your greatest weapon, and your keyboard, the tool to wield it.
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Text-Based 22.2%, Word Game 9.6%, Fantasy 9.1%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #35 Facettes
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OtterWays
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the story of Facettes as you play as a woman discovering her homosexuality and overcoming her identity crisis. This self-questioning protagonist channels her introspection in her RPG inspired fantasy world: Facettes.
Why similar: Mythology 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Immersive Sim 10%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #36 Kupala
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Marianna Petrova
Windows
“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...
Why similar: Mythology 27%, Word Game 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #37 Living In Infinity
73% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: 三岔路工作室Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Living In Infinity is a puzzle adventure focused on switching between parallel realities and using various items to solve mysteries. Play as Lin Meizhen, a 17-year-old high school student who eats a suspicious mushroom at home—only to find her familiar surroundings beginning to twist and distort.
Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Mythology 14%, Cyberpunk 9.4%
- #38 Orbi's chronicles
75% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: IMPERIAL DYNAMICS
Windows
Orbi's chronicles is an alternative RPG-looter where the battle system is based on word creation.Μodify your weapons with chips, progress as you level up and gain special skills which can be used on your created words. Disarm deadly traps or activate ancient alien shrines through mini games.
Why similar: Typing 33.3% ★, Word Game 30.2%, Cyberpunk 12.9%, RPG 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
- #39 NO WAY OUT:Prison
72% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Co's Studios
Windows
10 days until execution. Every choice could save you — or prove you deserve it. Escape or die.
Why similar: Typing 40.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Text-Based 11.1%, Adventure 5.2%
- #40 War of Bellrook
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, RPG 14.9%, Fantasy 10.6%
- #41 Homicipher
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Typing 26.1% ★, Word Game 20.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #42 PataNoir
74% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Typing 19.5% ★, Word Game 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #43 Book of Decisions
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SayrGames
Windows
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 54.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #44 Hidden Words
73% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
Hidden Words is an interactive word guessing game that can be played with your Twitch chat! Your viewers will try to find the hidden words in a picture by just typing to your chat. There is also a solo game mode to challange yourself.
Why similar: Typing 45.2% ★, Word Game 30.8%, Puzzle 9%, Text-Based 8.6%, Colorful 6.4%
- #45 A Mage Reborn
71% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, RPG 11.2%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #46 Knell of St. Godhrkar
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,530 reviews2021
Dev: 二律背反Pub: 旅人计划
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Word Game 27.8%, Text-Based 18.7%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #47 Hardwired
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lostbyte
Windows · Linux
Enter the terminal and jack into a retro-cyberpunk world. Hardwired is a hacker simulation where you explore networks, uncover secrets, and manipulate systems through command-line interfaces. Discover hidden logs, tap into surveillance feeds, and unravel story a set in a fractured dystopia.
Why similar: Typing 32.1% ★, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Stylized 7.1%
- #48 Crossword City Chronicles
71% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Trailblazer Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Why similar: Typing 30.9% ★, Word Game 25.5%, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #49 Typing Ritual
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Fridiculous
Windows · Mac
Typing Ritual is a first-person psychological horror game where players perform a summoning ritual by typing ancient texts. As the ritual progresses, the environment changes, and tension builds. Mistakes have consequences, and time is limited.
Why similar: Typing 34.2% ★, Word Game 20.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #50 Seaside Picnic
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 12.7%, RPG 10.4%
- #51 CLOSED HANDS
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Text-Based 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #52 Typing Stars
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris KarpyszynPub: fxb games studio
Windows
Typing Stars is a relaxing, typing speed and skill based game set in space. Improve your typing dexterity, race against the clock and beat your friends scores.
Why similar: Typing 41.4% ★, Word Game 25.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Colorful 3.9%
- #53 Anachronism\>
69% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 42.6% ★, Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 3%
- #54 nick¹s recursive videogame⁴ about deciphering word¹⁶ puzzle⁷⁹s to discover your identity²⁵ and redefine the universe³¹⁸!
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nick OueijanPub: Strafe Studios
Windows · Mac
A recursive word game for (mostly) clever people! Use your imagination to define things that define things that define things...in an unpredictable reality where there are NO wrong answers & your mistakes pile up (and up and up)! Playful, lighthearted, and charmingly offbeat.
Why similar: Word Game 34.6%, Typing 30.3% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Text-Based 9.2%, Stylized 7%
- #55 Universe Has No Favorites
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 9%
- #56 HyakuTyping
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hyakuren Soft
Windows
HyakuTyping is a typing software with a Roman alphabet input only theme based on the Hyakunin Isshu poems. You can play by looking at the display from the top and typing the lower verse, or by looking at the card with the lower verse and typing the first two characters of the upper verse.
Why similar: Typing 71.3% ★, Word Game 21.7%, Fantasy 7.1%
- #57 Roadwarden
66% 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 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, RPG 10.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #58 CaseCracker2
66% matchVery Positive91% of 761 reviews2024
Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Jia huasheng ,the policeman of Chicheng police station, got disappeared without any trace after leaving a letter which illustrates the police station to start the CaseCracker system version 2.0.
Why similar: Typing 32.3% ★, Word Game 22%, Text-Based 16%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #59 Listen, Think, Meow!
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: FromElsewhere
Windows
Listen, Think, Meow! is an audiobook with missing words. If you can't find the word then its time to start meowing for the hint. Oh and if you are struggling you might need a "meow".
Why similar: Typing 36.2% ★, Word Game 29.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #60 小夜怪奇物语
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: 漠然旅者
Windows
本游戏是一款呈现方式新颖的对话小说类文字游戏,具有百合与微恐怖要素。 游戏将根据你的选择具有不同的走向。 感受贴贴与恐怖交织的美妙体验吧!
Why similar: Word Game 29.9%, Text-Based 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%