- #1 Upheaval
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Leone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 13.9% ★, RPG 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Open World 9%
- #2 Hessian Landing
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schulenburg Software
Windows · Linux
A hand-crafted open-world Adventure RPG set in a sci-fi colony. Explore, take on quests, fight hostile creatures in real time, and shape a branching mystery through dialogue choices. The Maroon heroine signals the Frog People with a vital tongue gesture — bridging worlds on the edge of the unknown.
Why similar: Open World 24.7%, RPG 23.4%, Narrative 10.8% ★, Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #3 Fork in the Road
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pigeon in the Booth
Windows · Mac
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #4 Blind Frontiers
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLIND BEND STUDIO
Windows
Embark on an RPG-survival road trip adventure with Niuma, a unique and singular character on a quest to uncover The Eldorado. Navigate through a post-war world marked by limited resources. Explore cities, interact with locals, and manage resources while confronting your stigmas to survive.
Why similar: RPG 25.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Narrative 13.7% ★, Isometric 12.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #5 Sable
94% matchVery Positive86% of 6,278 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
Why similar: Open World 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10%, RPG 9.1%
- #6 Taina's Cursed Legacy
93% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #7 The Fifth Horseman
94% 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: RPG 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #8 Kodoktale
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rigelriv
Windows
Play as Tobo, a frog who dreams of seeing the world beyond his village. The only way out is to be chosen by the Gods, yet they haven’t appeared in a very long time.
Why similar: RPG 27%, Adventure 17%, Isometric 12.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Open World 8.3%
- #9 Whispers of Gold
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #10 Creepy Crypt Critters
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Adventure 8.7%
- #11 Rouge Patrol
90% 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: Choices Matter 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Time Management 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, RPG 11.1%
- #12 Too Small To Matter
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #13 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
89% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #14 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, RPG 21%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #15 Selling Sunlight
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cantastorie
Windows
The Sun has taken your face. You are going to buy it back. A gentle, combatless RPG about being a wandering merchant.
Why similar: Open World 17.2%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, RPG 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
- #16 Sorcery! Part 3
86% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, RPG 23.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #17 The Fisherman and the Sea
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
The world of No-Lens has drowned and with it went the land, people, and stories that came before. Many ages have passed since then and people have found little reason to explore the sea. Take control of the Fisherman and explore this drowned world and restore the joy of adventure across the seas…
Why similar: RPG 34.6%, Adventure 21.7%, Open World 17.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #18 SAI: Immediate Assistance Service
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ando Ido Studio
Windows
An RPG about work-life balance in a Latin American inspired cyberpunk world.
Why similar: RPG 27.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Narrative 8.3% ★, Exploration 7.7%
- #19 Enelia: Dawn of Madness
84% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indra Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, RPG 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #20 BlackThorne Keep
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Limiar Studios
Windows
BlackThorne Keep is a Story Rich Dark Fantasy Action RPG set in a grim medieval world with a twist: in this world, the medieval age reached the Americas. Come explore this new world in the guise of Athos BlackThorne, a man cursed by time itself.
Why similar: Open World 20.2%, RPG 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #21 The Siege of Jeomdo
83% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #22 A Vessel of Frustration
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Micki
Windows
You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #23 iNERTiA
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VirtualSkunk
Windows
A surreal inde RPG about dissociation, recovery, and the friends (imaginary or not) who help us survive. Guide Juno through a new town, (re)build her connections, dig through the static and find out what it means to see the world in color again.
Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #24 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
81% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, RPG 22.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Adventure 11.5%
- #25 Broke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure
79% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Forward Instinct
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simple choice-driven roguelike RPG, set in the desert. You're a line man that's stolen the company truck, in search of enlightenment. Roll your dice, and get into trouble.
Why similar: Narrative 17% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, RPG 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #26 Blackout: The Darkest Night
81% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: MiniChimera Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #27 Wild Island Quest
80% matchMixed53% of 345 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%
- #28 80 Days
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,023 reviews2015
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #29 Marginalia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worn Spine Studio
Windows
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Narrative 22.5% ★, Choices Matter 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Adventure 9.7%
- #30 Ludoria
79% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Eminent Softworks
Windows
Immersive universe, where base building, monster taming, and exploration are beautifully combined together.
Why similar: RPG 35.9%, Open World 35.2%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 6.6%
- #31 Isle of Maligree
77% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, RPG 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #32 El Remedio de Aldorf
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Breakover Interactive
Windows
Un librojuego digital donde deberás tomar decisiones que determinarán el final de tu aventura. Toma decisiones y consigue objetos para resolver el puzle, conseguir el remedio y encontrar el mejor final posible.
Why similar: RPG 42%, Adventure 23.9%, Open World 7.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%, Indie 7.4%
- #33 Life as a Lich
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!
Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #34 EULA
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoEater
Windows · Linux
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, Choices Matter 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #35 Peter's Journey
75% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, RPG 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #36 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
73% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 26%, RPG 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #37 Surface Doctrine: Crater
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SystemlessThinking
Windows
Immerse yourself in the life of Crater — a unique world whose origins remain an unfathomable mystery to its inhabitants. Explore the fates of entire communities and delve into the minds of individuals as you seek the truth amidst the turmoil and unrest of a fading world.
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #38 An Imp and an Impostor
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: RPG 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #39 Grave Knight
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #40 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
75% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: RPG 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 19%, Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #41 C.L.A.Y. - The Last Redemption
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MiTalePub: MiTale
Windows
C.L.A.Y. The Last Redemption is a story-driven role playing game set in a post-post-apocalyptic city. You are the Scion of your tribe, and soon you will be chieftain. Prove yourself to the Elders; lead your crew; build your character and uncover the secret stories of the living city you call home.
Why similar: Narrative 16.5% ★, Open World 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, RPG 9.3%
- #42 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.7%, RPG 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #43 Monster Loves You Too!
71% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Dejobaan Games
Windows · Mac
Live the life of a Monster within a society of fantastic creatures. Hunt for food, make friends and allies, and battle your own instincts in order to rise above your humble origins in the sequel to the best-selling Monster Loves You!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 17.5%, RPG 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Adventure 10%
- #44 SAADINE
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KELP! Studios
Windows
What happens to a fish who can't swim? SAADINE is a surreal, whimsical, adventure RPG as a fish stuck in a corporate job. Explore magical worlds, meet different creatures, and remember— you always have a choice in who you are.
Why similar: Narrative 20.2% ★, RPG 18.1%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #45 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #46 Firebird
70% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Ludogram
Windows · Mac
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Narrative 16.4% ★, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #47 Little Frontier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vedad
Windows · Mac
Little Frontier is a story-driven open-world adventure set in the fading days of the American frontier. You play the role of a trapper caught between the last breath of the wilderness and the slow advance of civilization. Hunt, fish, and explore a vast untamed, dangerous land...
Why similar: Open World 18.6%, RPG 15.1%, Isometric 12.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Adventure 9%
- #48 Follow the Black Kitten
70% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Total
Windows
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?
Why similar: RPG 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #49 Harap Alb
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Firestarter
Windows
Inspired by the most famous Romanian fairy tale "Povestea lui Harap Alb", Eastern European folklore and the "Punch-Out!!" game series, a retro RPG that would probably make the original author Ion Creangă spin in his grave.
Why similar: RPG 31.1%, Adventure 19.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Stylized 8.4%
- #50 Curse of the Green Sea
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Waiiki
Windows · Mac
Set sail across a dark and dangerous sea, visiting islands and cutting through dense fog to explore the uncharted. The further out you go the better the rewards, but the greater the risk...
Why similar: RPG 28.4%, Open World 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Exploration 8.3%
- #51 Disastory
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Godspear Games
Windows · Mac
An illustrated choice-driven roleplaying adventure where coffee machines find love and teenage girls steal eyeballs!? Explore a vibrant world with absurd stories and characters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, RPG 15%, Open World 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #52 Your Story: Games with Death
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, RPG 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #53 Zugzwang
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: RPG 20.1%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #54 Surreality Check
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Absurdity Interactive
Windows
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: RPG 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #55 永恒地牢与刹那之恋
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zeros
Windows
《永恒地牢与刹那之恋》是基于AI实时推演的动态叙事AVG。在这个视觉小说内,输入你独一无二的选择生成新的世界线与游戏CG。
Why similar: RPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
- #56 Ormus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Vice
Windows
Explore ruins, temples, and hidden worlds in Ormus, a single-player story-driven fantasy RPG. Solve word-based puzzles, read symbols, fight through quests, and make choices that reveal secrets and shape how the world responds.
Why similar: RPG 29.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Narrative 13% ★, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #57 FRONTIERS
69% matchMostly Negative25% of 330 reviews2020
Dev: AAD Productions
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 19%
FRONTIERS blends the feel of first-person RPG classics like Daggerfall with the relaxing tempo and simplicity of a point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: RPG 36.8%, Open World 32.2%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 6.6%, Indie 5.7%
- #58 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
65% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #59 Insects Awaken
64% matchVery Positive90% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: RPG 20.2%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #60 Bunker 2322
67% matchMixed56% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
A visual novel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Find out what happened to humanity, traveling through the deserted world in search of the main character's family.
Why similar: RPG 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%