
A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.
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A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.

Oremus
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.

Exploring Friscott
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Narration 20.8%, Adventure 5.3%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Narration 7.2%
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 36.7%, Text-Based 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Puzzle 3%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Narration 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Point & Click 11.6%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Narration 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Minimalist 6%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Exploration 6.7%
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 31.9%, Text-Based 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
The Die Is Cast is an interactive fiction set in a medieval-fantasy universe. You will have to balance your skills and make the right decisions to survive the scenario and reach your goal.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Narration 18.6%, Exploration 6.1%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Point & Click 11%, Adventure 5.5%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Narration 22.6%, Moddable 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 15.8%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Text-Based 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Adventure 12%, 2D 3.6%
Have you ever wanted to make choices that matter and you like cyberpunk? Delete the memories of humans in "Nice to NO you" - a dystopian dialogue game where you decide the fate of individuals and the world.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Narration 17.9%, Casual 4.8%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.4%, Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Adventure 11%, Casual 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 18.2%, Point & Click 14.8%, Adventure 10.6%
Welcome, future hero! Perciflette is a narrative adventure with a simple goal : Find the way out. Explore, move forward with caution, and make the right choices…or start over!
Why similar: Narration 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Adventure 11.4%
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Narration 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 9.8%
A funny, emotional text-based romance where your awkward crush meets accidental magic. Make branching choices, build relationships, and maybe ruin Valentine’s Day with a love potion that definitely shouldn’t have worked.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Casual 7%, Indie 0.4%
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 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 0.9%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 30.2%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 39.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 1%
Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Casual 7%, Adventure 5.3%
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Narration 19%, Point & Click 11.1%
Welcome to Hakuba school! Live a student life in Hakuba and solve the mysteries surrounding the school and your past...
Why similar: Narration 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Point & Click 11.9%
Transparent is a narrative game where every choice shapes Clara’s existence. On the eve of her 30th birthday, she revisits key moments of her life. Will her decisions anchor her to reality or make her fade away? Explore memories, face dilemmas, and discover multiple endings
Why similar: Narration 28.8%, Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Casual 3.7%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Point & Click 10.2%, Casual 9.4%
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 42.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Indie 0.7%
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 7.5%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Narration 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Philosophical 6.8%
Dive into the shadows of this fairytale-like narrative experience with Birdie, making choices and helping her find freedom and light in the darkness. Love isn't always what it seems.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Narration 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 10.3%
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Why similar: Moddable 40.4% ★, Level Editor 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Adventure 5.1%, 2D 1.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Minimalist 9.3%, Adventure 8.2%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.8%, Interactive Fiction 42.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 1.1%
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Minimalist 7.6%, Old School 6.5%
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 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 1%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Narration 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Point & Click 11.4%
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 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Exploration 6.1%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Narration 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 11.1%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Narration 7.3%, Puzzle 5.7%
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Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Narration 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 12.6%
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Puzzle 7.9%, Adventure 6%
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Text-Based 27.8%, Narration 17.1%, Minimalist 10%, Puzzle 7.9%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35%, Text-Based 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 1%
Newly hired for a revitalization program, work against a ticking clock and navigate a skeptical boss, a lousy friend, and discrimination while making hiring decisions. Interactive narrative with timed decisions Critical thinking Prosocial Empathy
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Narration 14.5%, Casual 8.4%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Narration 25.1%, Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Point & Click 9%
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 45.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Indie 1.1%
Finding Brenda - Episode 1 is the first part of the episodic 3D point-and-click adventure. You slip into the role of Harold! One day he finds out that his wife Brenda wasn't just going to the supermarket - she was kidnapped! The human rebels are on the rise!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Narration 20.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Adventure 6.8%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 22.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Text-Based 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 0.4%
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Narration 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Old School 3.9%
All Whispering Tome is a reading adventure game about exploring stories. The hidden stories in the game are unfold while you read multiple seamingly unrelated stories. May you discover what the All Whispering Tome, whispers to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Narration 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Minimalist 6.9%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Minimalist 6.1%, Adventure 4.9%
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Narration 7.1%, Casual 5%
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 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 0.9%
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Features hassle-free inventory management and a battle system that combines dice rolls with meaningful decisions and preparation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Minimalist 9.1%
Play as an AI interacting with users.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Philosophical 6.2%, Minimalist 6.1%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Narration 14.5%, Puzzle 6.1%
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 33.9%, Text-Based 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Adventure 4.6%, Casual 3.5%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Narration 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Philosophical 8.1%
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Point & Click 13.7%, Level Editor 12.3%