- #1 Submarine Terror
97% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Sungame Studio
Windows
A sinister entity lurks in the depths. Descend into the abyss and extract knowledge about it.
Why similar: Submarine 46.9% ★, Underwater 27.2% ★, Sailing 19.6% ★, Multiple Endings 5%, Adventure 1.2%
- #2 The King's Whisperer
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demian Vrij Games
Windows
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Text-Based 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #3 Burn Depth
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luke Van Zandt
Windows
Burn Depth is an tense, underwater, horror exploration game. Find a path through a dangerous and unexplored area of the ocean filled with menacing creatures. Manage your vessel's resources, survive the dive, and uncover the mysteries beneath the sea floor.
Why similar: Submarine 38.4% ★, Underwater 28.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Lore-Rich 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #4 After the Storm
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #5 All (Too) Good Things
94% 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: Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #6 Tower of the Ice Lich
94% matchPositive100% of 19 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 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #7 Alcyone: The Last City
93% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Artifice
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: Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #8 Whispering Memories
92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Text-Based 13.8%, Incremental 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
- #9 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: Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #10 Depth-Bound
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Minusc
Windows
🌊 A physics-based underwater 2D platformer. 🚀 Propel yourself out of the water, chain trajectories, and dive always more deeply. 📸 Photograph strange creatures and follow an expedition whose outcome remains uncertain.
Why similar: Submarine 45.4% ★, Underwater 33.9% ★, Sailing 13.4% ★, Adventure 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #11 Journey of Destiny(dependent origination)
90% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Cai JiahePub: Changle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Conspiracy 14.1% ★, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #12 Aquarift
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloxStudios
Windows
Survive in a harsh underwater environment filled with mysterious and aggressive fauna. Gather resources, build bases, and craft equipment to explore an underwater alien world! Swim through interconnected biomes in a metroidvania style.
Why similar: Submarine 55% ★, Underwater 35.8% ★, Adventure 3.5%, 2D 3%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #13 THE TEMPLE
89% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: TAO
Windows
The Temple is an interactive visual novel game adapted from the short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft. The game is being developed by a single person.
Why similar: Submarine 30.9% ★, Underwater 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, RPG 9%
- #14 The Keytox Project
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitRot Studios
Windows
The Keytox Project follows Anthony as he attempts to turn his life around. He takes a job at a government program, going to space, with his partner, Will. Their job is to hunt down alien lifeforms to ensure the safety of humanity. But what they find outside of Earth is far deeper than planned.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
- #15 Thalassophobia
87% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: NGreenDev
Windows
As a cataclysmic event rocks the planet, you find yourself in an old, decrepit submarine tasked with only one goal: survive. Manage the internal systems to keep yourself alive and fend off undersea horrors as they attempt to cut your journey short.
Why similar: Submarine 62.3% ★, Underwater 37.7% ★
- #16 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
86% 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 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%
- #17 Gold & Brown
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #18 Dungeon of Departure
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quite adept
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
- #19 水彩画は水底に沈む
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: takonoko
Windows
Watercolors Sink Beneath the Surface is a nostalgic pixel-art point-and-click adventure set on Narumi Island, where only an abandoned high school stands. Years later, two girls return to complete a watercolor inspired by their school memories, gathering ideas from the remnants of the past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
- #20 キズツケ kizutsuke
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 852話
Windows
To escape, you must hurt someone. KIZUTSUKE is a psychological suspense visual novel about four young men trapped together. Read their conversations, make difficult choices, and discover four endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #21 LifeSimOS
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #22 The Iron and the Oath
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: FFire Studio
Windows
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Political Sim 13.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #23 Into Oblivion
82% 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 18%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, RPG 11.6%
- #24 Sunken Seeker
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Reckonment Studio
Windows
Sunken Seeker is a short, first-person underwater horror experience. Forced to pilot a decaying submersible, you have 7 days to pay off a massive debt. Navigate pitch-black waters, scan for salvage beyond your headlights, and survive the shift before the Director cuts your life support.
Why similar: Submarine 55.3% ★, Underwater 41.1% ★, Adventure 3.6%
- #25 The Dust of the Violet Crystals
80% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 10%
- #26 VERUM
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: GILP Studio
Windows
VERUM: a thought-provoking game exploring ethical issues surrounding tech corporations and personal data usage. Embark on a journey through multiple side stories, gain diverse perspectives, and unlock multiple endings to uncover the full story. Simple yet immersive gameplay with captivating graphics
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%
- #27 Abyssal Rust
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inmersionbit
Windows
Navigate an open-world ocean in a rusted submarine with monstrous creatures lurking in the depths. Collect artifacts, upgrade your submarine and descend into even deeper waters. If you didn’t fear the deep sea before, now you will.
Why similar: Submarine 47.5% ★, Underwater 40.7% ★, Sailing 9.3% ★, Adventure 2.5%
- #28 Diaspora
78% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, RPG 13.4%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #29 Presidential Shaman
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #30 Archives of Disorder - Pasture Without Light
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vison
Windows
Twelve years after humanity went blind in one second, survivors live by gentle rules in Haven Seven. Rations always arrive. Names on the list quietly disappear, and sound engineer Elias Ward finds the list has been altered. A narrative adventure about sight, memory and choice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #31 The Fifth Horseman
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 19.3%, RPG 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #32 Thoughtless
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #33 Love in a Time of Earthquakes
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, RPG 12%
- #34 Scrap Diver
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: BricchiLab
Windows
A minimalist 3d incremental clicker about cleaning a dam with a submarine. Dive Deep. Scrap Hard. Get Paid.
Why similar: Submarine 37.4% ★, Underwater 33.5% ★, Incremental 19%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Adventure 3.4%
- #35 DEEP BLUE CONTACT
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIKADO WORKS
Windows
Turn your focus time into a deep-sea expedition. Set a timer, settle into a quiet research vessel, and collect marine-life records as you work or study. Discover real underwater footage, revisit your creature archive, and take a peaceful crew rest before your next dive.
Why similar: Submarine 45.7% ★, Underwater 35% ★, Idler 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 2.1%, 2D 1.8%
- #36 Chronicles of Humanity
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #37 Roadwarden
74% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, RPG 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #38 Project Dark
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.
Why similar: Submarine 31.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Underwater 13.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #39 Eclipse Below
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: CactusBall
Windows
A co-op submarine piloting horror game with asymmetrical elements where your survival is dependent on the effectiveness of communication between your crew and the efficient management of resources left behind by the old world.
Why similar: Submarine 40.5% ★, Sailing 26.6% ★, Underwater 18.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, RPG 4.3%
- #40 Shark's Treasures Adventure
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sublimedia
Windows
Plunge into danger! Dodge sharks, claim treasures, and survive the deep seas!
Why similar: Submarine 40% ★, Underwater 28.5% ★, Sailing 26.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 3.2%, 2D 1.9%
- #41 Blue Sign
70% matchVery Positive96% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: Blue AnemoiaPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
In the fictional port city of Rissebra, you work as a marine insurance underwriter. Review the documents brought to your desk by shipowners, and uncover the risks hidden in their vessels, routes, and cargo. The decision to approve or reject each insurance contract rests entirely on your judgment.
Why similar: Sailing 45.8% ★, Text-Based 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #42 Do 11
73% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 12%
- #43 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
71% 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: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%
- #44 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
72% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #45 ARTDINK GAME LOG: Aquanaut's Holiday
70% match2 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: ARTDINK
Windows
The deep-sea exploration adventure that captivated countless players is back. What you discover in this underwater world brimming with freedom and challenges is entirely up to you. Follow your curiosity and make the most of your day off.
Why similar: Submarine 47.1% ★, Underwater 36.5% ★, Idler 16.5%
- #46 Hushroot
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BATAREX
Windows
You are a nameless cultist. An otherworldly entity has awakened, seeking to unite all into a single mind. Roll dice to craft amalgams. Control the awakening or suppression of the creature within characters. Uncover the world's history and face the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Idler 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #47 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
71% matchPositive81% of 21 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: Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #48 20,000 Miles Under the Sea
72% matchMostly Negative39% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: CreaTeam
Windows
Become a fearless underwater explorer and reach the bottom of The Mariana Trench to win 20,000* REAL DOLLARS!
Why similar: Submarine 50.8% ★, Underwater 36.4% ★, Idler 12.8%
- #49 Within the Inner Palace
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celadon Dev
Windows
Play as an official’s daughter entering the imperial palace as a consort. Build relationships, shape your family’s fate, speak freely with memory-driven AI characters, navigate favor and political intrigue, or overturn the order of the court and pursue an entirely different ending.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.9% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #50 Rusted Sea
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Meerkatapult Games
Windows
The surface is dead. The war is lost. As a Rusted Retaliator, you must survive the post-apocalyptic ocean of 1963. Pilot submersibles, feed scrap to the Replicator, and mine Nukelium to earn Pressure Points from HQ. Buy better gear, fight the SeaBots, and reclaim the deep.
Why similar: Submarine 40.3% ★, Underwater 33.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, RPG 4.6%, Adventure 2.9%
- #51 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #52 The Wake of the Wyrm
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A crown upon your head, danger all around. Rule, marry, scheme, raise heirs, wage wars, fulfill prophecies, and survive the waking Wyrm. An interactive text-based dark fantasy novel, 850,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #53 Dere-chat
70% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Sleepy_Fox_Interactive
Windows · Linux
An Interactive Visual Novel with 35 story branches, 150 unique lines of dialogue, unlockable skins and many wholesome vibes! Dere-chan is always kind, happy, and energetic so whatever happens she'll always be there with kindness and support!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Incremental 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%
- #54 The Abyss Below
66% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Broken RelayPub: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.
Why similar: Submarine 55% ★, Underwater 42% ★, Adventure 3%
- #55 Pitchforks and Daggers
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #56 The Nascent Necromancer
68% matchMixed60% of 15 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 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #57 Lords of Infinity
67% matchVery Positive95% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.2% ★, Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #58 The Sin Collector: Repentless
67% 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 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #59 Rouge Patrol
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlark
Windows
A war that outlived the soldiers who fought it. Enemies inherited by a generation not grown. You will lead your precocious unit into this unending conflict and find out if the bonds of friendship can withstand the tides of war. Overflowing with black humour, you'll laugh till you cry...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #60 Voice of the Ocean
65% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Pablo Mata GámezPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows
Voice of the Ocean is a single-player adventure about a lost world, and the echoes of a forgotten past. Use your voice to sing ancient melodies and explore a world lost beneath the waves. Dive into the depths to uncover the power within your song and learn why you may be the last of your kind.
Why similar: Submarine 50.5% ★, Underwater 27% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Adventure 3.1%