- #1 God of Chaos
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, RPG 13.6%
- #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 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Management 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #3 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 12,515 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 15.8%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, RPG 9%
- #4 The Golden Rose: Book One
95% matchVery Positive90% of 161 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 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, RPG 13.3%
- #5 Diaspora
94% matchPositive100% of 10 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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, RPG 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.9%
- #6 A Blade for the Emperor
94% 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 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, RPG 13.4%
- #7 Games of the Monarch's Eye
93% 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 18.7%, Text-Based 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%
- #8 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
92% 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 22.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, RPG 15%
- #9 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 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, RPG 12.7%
- #10 Tower of the Ice Lich
91% matchPositive100% of 18 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 23.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #11 The Bone Dancer's Bane
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%
- #12 Ink and Intrigue
89% 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 21.9%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 14.5%
- #13 Rule or Fall
88% 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 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Management 11%
- #14 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
89% 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #15 Moonbriar
87% 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 21.1%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #16 Lux, City of Secrets
86% 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 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #17 The Nascent Necromancer
86% 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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.7%, RPG 11%
- #18 The Soul Stone War 2
85% matchPositive90% of 29 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 22.6%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #19 Superheroes Inc: #VictoryLeague
84% 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 22.4%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 15%
- #20 Temple of Endless Night
84% 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 20.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #21 Forbidden Magic
83% 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%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 14.5%
- #22 Wizard Confidential
82% 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%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, RPG 12.9%
- #23 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
82% 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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Simulation 11.4%, RPG 10.7%
- #24 The Reeve
81% matchVery Positive87% of 52 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 16.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #25 Sky Caravan
80% 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 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%
- #26 The Soul Stone War 3
79% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #27 A Wise Use of Time
81% 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 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, RPG 16.3%
- #28 Roadwarden
78% matchVery Positive94% of 5,139 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, RPG 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #29 말리온
78% 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 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, RPG 10.8%
- #30 Way Walkers: University 2
79% 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 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #31 The Sword of Rhivenia
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #32 History of Dragosa
76% 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 19.2%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 13.7%
- #33 Way Walkers: University
77% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Lore-Rich 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #34 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
75% 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 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Management 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
- #35 Keeper's Vigil
74% 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 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #36 Turncoat Chronicle
76% 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #37 Gold & Brown
75% 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 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #38 Firelore: Short Tales
73% matchPositive93% of 15 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 24.6%, Text-Based 19%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #39 With Good Intentions
74% 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 18.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Management 10.9%
- #40 Before They Catch Us
72% 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 16.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%
- #41 CultGame
73% 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 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, RPG 9.2%
- #42 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
73% 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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 18.8%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #43 Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress
72% 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 20.1%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, RPG 14.9%
- #44 Herald of the Mists
71% 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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%
- #45 Bloodweight
70% 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 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #46 Isentroth
71% matchNo user reviews
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 23.7%, RPG 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14%
- #47 Interstellar Airgap
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 21.7%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 11%
- #48 Saturnine
69% 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 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, RPG 19.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #49 Escape from Death
70% 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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #50 Book of Coin
70% 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 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Dark Fantasy 24.5%, RPG 8.1%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #51 House of the Golden Mask
68% 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 26%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #52 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
68% 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 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, RPG 11.6%
- #53 Devil on Your Shoulder
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.1%, Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #54 Witch's Last Curse
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
In a village slowly being consumed by a supernatural curse, you are a witch’s apprentice charged with breaking it. Explore the town, uncover forbidden ingredients, earn the trust of its troubled inhabitants, and complete the ritual before the thorns claim everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 19%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.4%, RPG 12.3%
- #55 Epic Tavern
69% matchMixed58% of 347 reviews2017
Dev: Hyperkinetic StudiosPub: Epic Tavern Holdings
Windows
Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Management 16%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #56 Undying Fortress
66% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Choices Matter 18.6%, RPG 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%
- #57 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
67% matchPositive80% of 20 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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, RPG 11.4%
- #58 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 16.3%, RPG 14%
- #59 X.E.H.A. Rogue
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, RPG 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #60 Aunewyth
67% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.6%, Choices Matter 19.1%, RPG 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%