- #1 God of Chaos
97% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shatter civilization and avenge your pantheon as the world‘s last surviving god! Will you liberate humanity from tyranny, or let the world burn? A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%
- #2 Decadent Heir
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Management 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #3 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Choices Matter 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, RPG 9%
- #4 The Golden Rose: Book One
95% matchVery Positive90% of 163 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: Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, RPG 13.4%
- #5 Diaspora
94% 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.6%
- #6 Guildmaster Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lohkforged Studios
Windows
Build a legendary adventurers' guild and shape the heroes within it. Recruit unique adventurers, develop their classes and specialisations, equip them with powerful loot, send them on dangerous expeditions, and guide their stories as success, injury and corruption reshape who they become.
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Management 14.3%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Simulation 9.2%
- #7 A Blade for the Emperor
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, RPG 13.6%
- #8 Games of the Monarch's Eye
92% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.6%, Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%
- #9 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
91% match3 user reviews25% of 4 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: Lore-Rich 21.9%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, RPG 15.1%
- #10 Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
91% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Lore-Rich 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, RPG 12.9%
- #11 Tower of the Ice Lich
90% 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: Lore-Rich 23%, Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #12 The Bone Dancer's Bane
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Lore-Rich 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%
- #13 A Court of Seven Crowns
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate a web of intrigue and assassination to make peace among warring fae! The fate of their realms and yours is in your hands! A text-based interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Lore-Rich 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, RPG 14.9%
- #14 Ink and Intrigue
88% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 14.6%
- #15 Rule or Fall
86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Bad Concept, Retry
Windows · Linux
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Management 10.8%
- #16 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #17 Moonbriar
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #18 The Wake of the Wyrm
85% 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 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #19 The Nascent Necromancer
84% 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 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, RPG 11.1%
- #20 Lux, City of Secrets
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Lore-Rich 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #21 The Soul Stone War 2
83% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.4%, Text-Based 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #22 To Reign in Hell
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hell’s throne is empty. Will you seize it? Command demons, forge dark bargains, shape the future of the afterlife—or watch it burn as chaos reigns. A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel, 630,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, RPG 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 16%
- #23 Temple of Endless Night
82% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.1%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #24 Forbidden Magic
81% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.
Why similar: Text-Based 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 14.6%
- #25 Superheroes Inc: #VictoryLeague
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.2%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 15.1%
- #26 Wizard Confidential
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, RPG 13%, Lore-Rich 13%
- #27 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
80% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Simulation 11.2%, RPG 10.8%
- #28 The Reeve
79% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Management 16.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
- #29 Weavers of Life
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Judgement of EdenPub: Judgement of Eden Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story of two brothers who must navigate the Fantasy World of Forvos after being reborn and reshaped by a powerful Rune Weaver. Will you, the Hand of Fate, be able to guide them to safety? To riches? To death? I who led the willing and dragged along the reluctant relinquish my control to you.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #30 Sky Caravan
77% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Management 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
- #31 The Soul Stone War 3
76% 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: Text-Based 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #32 A Wise Use of Time
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 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: Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, RPG 16.4%
- #33 Roadwarden
75% 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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, RPG 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #34 말리온
76% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BepavedPub: ARTAME
Windows
Play the game from the perspective of a traveler who comes to the dealer and is faced with numerous choices in a story prepared by the dealer. Experience a story that changes based on your choices and see the ending that changes based on your choices!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, RPG 10.9%
- #35 Way Walkers: University 2
77% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Lore-Rich 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, RPG 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #36 Love in a Time of Earthquakes
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, RPG 15.4%
- #37 The Sword of Rhivenia
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 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: Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #38 Turncoat Chronicle
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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: Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #39 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,040 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Management 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
- #40 Keeper's Vigil
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, RPG 18.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #41 History of Dragosa
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.1%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 13.6%
- #42 Way Walkers: University
74% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, RPG 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #43 Gold & Brown
72% 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: Lore-Rich 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #44 Firelore: Short Tales
71% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Lucas Molina
Windows · Mac
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.4%, Text-Based 19%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #45 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
71% 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: Text-Based 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #46 Before They Catch Us
69% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #47 With Good Intentions
71% matchMixed59% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Management 10.7%
- #48 CultGame
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bucephalus Studios
Windows · Linux
Create your own cult, perform forbidden rituals, and crusade against the filthy non-believers. It's time to play god. CultGame is a retro cult simulator RPG where you start your own cult in a procedurally generated dark fantasy world with haunting ASCII art.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Management 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, RPG 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #49 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
70% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 15%
- #50 Herald of the Mists
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%
- #51 Isentroth
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Schedule 3 Wizards
Windows · Linux
Swear an oath and walk into the Isenmarch — a cold Norse frontier that does not explain itself. A Machine Game Master narrates your saga, answers the choices you make, and rolls the dice at your side. No two sagas are alike. What breaks first — your isen, or your troth?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, RPG 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14%
- #52 Bloodweight
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: adarkfable
Windows · Mac · Linux
100 generations. one ledger. one heir at a time. you are the bloodline itself, guiding your lineage through the ages. you spend each life; the Soul Teller writes what it was. when your line ends, you read the chronicle of yourself. how will YOUR dynasty fall?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #53 Saturnine
67% matchMixed70% of 27 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: Text-Based 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 19.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #54 Interstellar Airgap
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 11%
- #55 House of the Golden Mask
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #56 Escape from Death
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #57 Book of Coin
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Dark Fantasy 24.4%, RPG 8.2%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #58 Kardiya: The Winds of Fate
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.2%, Text-Based 21.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #59 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
66% 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 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, RPG 11.5%
- #60 Witch's Last Curse
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 12.4%