60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Adventure, Retro, Pixel Graphics.
In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you are as likely to travel in a space shuttle as in a covered wagon.
Pimania
In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.
Buck Trucker in Rowdy Business
Buck Trucker must gamble and sweet-talk his way through The Golden Palm Casino, Las Vegas, to save an orphanage back home—or succumb to Sin City's many temptations in this choice-driven story featuring mini-games, multiple endings, and a cast of outlandish characters.
In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Surreal 22%, Retro 14.2%, Comedy 9.6%, Puzzle 9%
Buck Trucker must gamble and sweet-talk his way through The Golden Palm Casino, Las Vegas, to save an orphanage back home—or succumb to Sin City's many temptations in this choice-driven story featuring mini-games, multiple endings, and a cast of outlandish characters.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, RPG 7.8%, Gambling 7.6% ★, Surreal 7.5%
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
Why similar: Nostalgia 36.1% ★, Funny 9.4%, Retro 9.1%, Comedy 8.8%, Mystery 7.8%
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Nostalgia 38% ★, Retro 12.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 7.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.
Why similar: Nostalgia 43.5% ★, Funny 10.9%, Comedy 10.2%, Retro 8.9%, Puzzle 6.8%
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Retro 16.3%, RPG 14.3%, 1980s 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Retro 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, RPG 7.8%
A classic point & click adventure game full of nostalgic allusions, pixelish puzzles and chiptunish music.
Why similar: Nostalgia 41% ★, Retro 13.9%, Funny 10.5%, 1980s 9.3%, Comedy 7.5%
A Nostalgic Point-and-click adventure game where humor meets the heart! Inspired by the great classics. Click your way through the world, talk to, look at, open, use. All 9 verbs are there just for you.
Why similar: Nostalgia 50.6% ★, Comedy 9.7%, Funny 9.3%, Puzzle 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Possessing innate magical ability, you embark on a quest to reunite the legendary rings and defeat the dark overlord in The Rings of Zilfin, a fantasy game straight from 1980s.
Why similar: Nostalgia 52% ★, RPG 15.1%, Retro 14%, 1980s 11.8%, Exploration 6.6%
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Surreal 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Randall is your typical nerdy kid living a normal, unexciting life in the 80s. Secretly in love with the most popular girl in school and bullied by the soccer team gang. Until one day, he meets you — a divine entity who can change everything!
Why similar: Nostalgia 44.3% ★, Retro 12.6%, Comedy 11.8%, 1980s 10.9%, Funny 8.1%
Every day, tens of thousands of dreams are born, destroyed and reborn
Why similar: Nostalgia 74.7% ★, 1980s 11.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Adventure 2.2%, 2D 0.7%
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Nostalgia 47.9% ★, Surreal 16.8%, Retro 11.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Relive 1980s nostalgia in this anthology of three short classic adventure games! Your settings: a backyard with a mysterious hole, a cave with ancient petroglyphs, and a spaceship with an unusual shape.
Why similar: Nostalgia 39.7% ★, Text-Based 14.9%, Funny 8.2%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 6.7%
In this surreal game, released in 1984 for home computers by Artic Computing, dodge dangerous enemies and collect gold across 40 fiendishly difficult levels. Levels include such bizarre environments as the Pit of Eternal Slime, the inside of a neutron accelerator, and the desolate wastes of Pithor.
Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Retro 27%, Puzzle 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, 1980s 9.3%
Embark on a journey with four mischievous imps trapped in a single body. This adventure platformer lets you explore charming levels, where you must unlock all four characters, solve various puzzles, and often backtrack to discover new paths - and hidden secrets, if you're into that…
Why similar: Nostalgia 33.8% ★, Retro 17.8%, Funny 10.6%, Puzzle 10%, Comedy 9.4%
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Retro 15.9%, Comedy 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, 1980s 9.4%
Dear Agony Aunt is a nostalgic email simulator set in 2006. Offer the right advice to a diverse cast of characters to land a job as a professional agony aunt!
Why similar: Nostalgia 48.4% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Retro 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Funny 5.7%
Mona and Froderick are back in this gorgeous supernatural comedy point-and-click adventure, born from a marriage between the golden age of the genre and the modern era – and boasting all the best genes from both!
Why similar: Nostalgia 50.7% ★, Comedy 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Retro 7.7%, Funny 7%
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Surreal 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Comedy 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Funny 8.6%
You guide Lenny and Donga in their epic quest to save the human race from the evil Sluggees. It's the groundbreaking point-and-click adventure puzzle game sequel to Lenny Loosejocks Goes Walkabout in all its pixelated glory - exactly like you remember playing when you got home from school in 1998.
Why similar: Nostalgia 45.5% ★, Funny 9.6%, Comedy 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Nostalgia 25.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, RPG 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
You Are Not a Banana is set in everyday life and has a sprinkle of imagination and humor. The audiovisuals (free OST included) seek to evoke nostalgia for the 80s and 90s. This short form experimental game unfolds as a sequence of thought provoking events and surprises.
Why similar: Nostalgia 30.8% ★, Surreal 18.2%, Retro 11.9%, Funny 11.3%, Exploration 9.7%
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 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Retro 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Funny 9.7%
Join Champy, the useless vampire, in this charming 2D point-and-click adventure with hand-drawn environments and funny puzzles. Embark on an adventure amongst a cult of vampire hunters, a giant octopus and zombie animals. Will Champy find a way to save Dracula before it's too late?
Why similar: Nostalgia 54.1% ★, Comedy 11.9%, Funny 6%, Puzzle 6%, Exploration 5.2%
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 45.4%, RPG 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
A short narrative deduction game set in the overly litigious bowels of Hell. A simple text-based investigative game about asking the right questions of the right people. When surrounded by pathological liars always remember, the detail's in the devils. A simple text-based investigative game.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, Surreal 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Funny 12.8%, Puzzle 11.4%
Join a boy named Timothy and his alien friend Gus on a journey of self discovery as they explore the colorful world of Fragment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Retro 12.5%, 1980s 10.5%
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
Why similar: Nostalgia 51.8% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Surreal 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%, Mystery 6.9%
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Surreal 22.5%, Retro 14.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Exploration 10.2%
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
Why similar: Nostalgia 37.2% ★, Retro 19.1%, Funny 10.9%, 1980s 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Retro 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Aboard the adventure is a humorous adventure game in which you will be part of the team of the daring Captain Quinn, with the objective of defeating the sinister Professor Weaver in a race to get several ancient and mysterious artifacts that can change the destiny of the world.
Why similar: Nostalgia 42% ★, Retro 12.4%, Comedy 9.8%, Funny 9.8%, Puzzle 7.2%
All That Time is a psychological horror experience where you explore unstable dreamlike memories, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover fragmented lives inside a collapsing liminal system.
Why similar: Nostalgia 53.6% ★, Surreal 13.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Mystery 7.3%
In this bizarre game from 1983, fight the unrelenting attacks of the Dentorium Kamikazium (deadly bacteria that assault the teeth) with your toothbrush and Imagico toothpaste, which contains a supply of the only substance known to combat the DKs: the newly developed chemical DKX 11.
Why similar: Surreal 33.5%, Retro 29%, Funny 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 1980s 9.6%
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 33.8%, Surreal 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 9.8%
A nostalgic metroidvania from the good old days back in 19XX. Take on the role of Sean, a young boy who ventures into the fictional city of Arostia to repay his father's debt. Rescue your 3 friends from imprisonment, defeat strong enemies, all while getting your debt paid in time!
Why similar: Nostalgia 58.4% ★, Retro 10.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 1980s 6%
舞台は東京から伊勢志摩へ…… ファミコン風アドベンチャーゲームの完全新作！
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Retro 18.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, 1980s 9.1%
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 26.7%, Comedy 11.7%, Funny 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Retro 11%
The Owl Quest is an unpretentious little pixel art point'n click adventure game that aims to immerse the player in the atmosphere of the first adventure games of the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Nostalgia 38% ★, Retro 19.5%, Funny 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Exploration 7.2%
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.5%, Surreal 18.7%, Retro 17.5%, Mystery 10.3%, Funny 7.4%
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 50.2%, RPG 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%
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 45.8%, RPG 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Adventure 8.5%
What begins as a simple funeral wake spirals into something far more sinister. As the Wan Siblings, explore their childhood home and uncover a dark plot, all the while surviving the malice of the tragic denizens trapped therein.
Why similar: Nostalgia 43.1% ★, Surreal 17.7%, Comedy 9.7%, Mystery 9.4%, 1980s 9%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Comedy 11.7%, Retro 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Funny 9%
The Dungeon Experience is a comedy first-person adventure about a low-level mudcrab chasing his dream of helping YOU experience the true bliss of Financial Freedom*
Why similar: Surreal 22.6%, Funny 15%, Comedy 14.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Surreal 16.1%, Retro 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, RPG 10.2%, Exploration 10.2%
Saturday Morning RPG is an episodic JRPG set in world heavily inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture.
Why similar: Nostalgia 37.2% ★, RPG 24.2%, Comedy 11.4%, 1980s 9.3%, Retro 7.7%
Take on the role of Gilbert 'Grumpy' Gumphrey, veteran store detective, in this classic game from 1985. Perform various tasks, from rescuing children, to putting out fires, to getting the boss a nice cup of tea, but be careful - fail to manage your time correctly and you could get the sack!
Why similar: Retro 27.8%, Surreal 18.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Funny 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%
Dome RPG is a game about a boy who once woke up in a strange world. Explore a mysterious world with unique visuals, interesting characters and lots of mysteries to uncover!
Why similar: Surreal 18.5%, Retro 17.7%, RPG 11.7%, 1980s 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
You begin in a theme park forgotten to the world for over a decade. What you uncover will take you further down, below the surface, to man-made horrors you can comprehend. Point and click horror game about nostalgia.
Why similar: Nostalgia 36.6% ★, Text-Based 27.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Colorful 5.2%
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 40.5%, RPG 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 7%
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Nostalgia 40.3% ★, Surreal 23.6%, Retro 18%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 4.4%
The adventure-quest game with hot bullet hells bosses. Every month Sonya gets to the lighthouse to eat the moon and continue the cycle. And each cycle was similar to the previous one. But she will remember the last one for a long time.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Retro 14.1%, Funny 13.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
“Oh, brave hero—please fix the bugs in this RPG!” It’s a little weird and quirky, but it’s a story that will stay with you. A little fantasy of laughter and tears — a story for the grown-up heart.
Why similar: Surreal 20%, Comedy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Funny 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.4%, RPG 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%
In this surreal platformer from 1984, explore the Weird World and its bizzare denizens to find the 10 hidden bowls of pudding and reveal the secret exit - but watch out! Mrs Pud Pud isn't too happy about you stealing her pudding, and her kiss is deadly!
Why similar: Surreal 34.1%, Retro 29.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 1980s 9.2%
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 51.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, RPG 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
