60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Text-Based, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer.
Mykyta Pylypovych, PhD, has a little secret, an inner voice guiding him through difficult situations. Use classic parser commands or advise Mykyta with a natural language, to aid his perilous research activities and, maybe, to save the whole free world!
Mainland
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Hadean Lands
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.4%, Text-Based 39%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 2.8%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.4%, Text-Based 40.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Puzzle 5%, Indie 1.7%
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Adventure 20.7%, Comedy 10.3%, Indie 4.2%
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Typing 10.6% ★, Puzzle 7.5%
A guided ARG that spans across dimensions. Decipher cryptography, search digital footprints, and retrace scientist Jessie's journey to uncover what happened to her and her assistant.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Puzzle 12%, Science 9.9%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.9%, Text-Based 41.1%, Adventure 14%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Text-Based 33.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Comedy 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Typing 15.7% ★, Comedy 11.8%, Adventure 8.1%
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Text-Based 26.5%, Typing 22.6% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 7.4%
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.4%, Text-Based 36.4%, Adventure 18.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 1.3%
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 44.1%, Comedy 12.4%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 10.7%, Retro 9.6%
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 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Comedy 18%, Adventure 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Enter a locked network through one surviving terminal. Read conflicting records, question witnesses, and use recovered programs to uncover why an autonomous machine refused its orders. A retro terminal mystery in four acts, with six endings shaped by your decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 29.5%, Typing 23.7% ★, Adventure 9.4%, Retro 5.3%
Relive 1980s nostalgia in this classic adventure game. Cascadia Quest sends the player on an epic adventure though forests, mountains and mysterious lairs, on a mission of escape and retribution!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Science 16.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Comedy 10.1%
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.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Nostalgia 14.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Retro 9%, Puzzle 9%
A perfectly normal text adventure. Explore 141 rooms, solve bizarre puzzles, collect questionable objects, and discover multiple endings in a world of dark humor and increasingly unreliable guidance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Text-Based 27%, Typing 18.9% ★, Adventure 10.3%, Comedy 9.4%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Exploration 6.4%, Indie 3.7%
The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, Text-Based 36.3%, Adventure 19.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 1.3%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Text-Based 33.3%, Comedy 16%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 26.6%, Typing 18% ★, Adventure 13.8%, Comedy 9%
In the kingdom of Bruneva, an unlikely hero embarks on a magical mission full of humor. With eccentric characters, comedic challenges, and witty dialogues, "The Adventures of Bruneva" guarantees laughter at every turn.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47%, Adventure 22.2%, Comedy 16.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Text-Based 29.1%, Comedy 14.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Adventure 8.4%
Adventureland XL is a single player Conversational Adventure™ game redux based on the original Adventureland game created in 1978 by Scott Adams. Carefully crafted for new and returning players alike, your task is to recover thirteen lost treasures in the vast realm of Adventureland.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 18.5%, Old School 8.3%, Puzzle 6%
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.6%, Text-Based 35.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Unleash your inner math genius! Our cutting-edge game combines Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry, making learning a thrilling adventure. Solve practical problems, cement your understanding, and kickstart your science and engineering journey. Ready to level up? Play now!
Why similar: Science 32%, Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8%
A dark gamebook-inspired RPG where your choices, luck, and blade decide what the sea keeps. Climb a cursed lighthouse and uncover the name buried beneath the bell.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Supernatural 14.4%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Adventure 10%
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.3%, Text-Based 36.9%, Comedy 10.1%, Satire 6.2% ★, Adventure 5.2%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.5%, Interactive Fiction 43%, Adventure 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 0.5%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Text-Based 22.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Historical 8.2%
Çimen Adventures: Story Teller!, A Journey Full of Your Imagination! Create hilarious stories with Cem and Fazlı, solve imaginative puzzles, and explore adventures filled with pranks and clever challenges!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Puzzle 17.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Comedy 11.2%
A narrative survival horror where every choice matters. Explore, gather resources, face or avoid creatures, and try to survive a night where every decision can change your fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.3%, Text-Based 37.1%, Adventure 19.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
In a parallel universe text-based dialogue adventure game, a brand-new Three Kingdoms era is constructed. Players can freely choose to play as classic warriors, and each dialogue choice will lead to distinct and surprising events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.9%, Text-Based 43.5%, Historical 6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Typing 16.1% ★, Adventure 11.9%, Retro 5.8%
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 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Adventure 15.3%, Retro 10.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
A text-based cosmic horror adventure game
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Text-Based 27.4%, Historical 15.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 8.2%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 27.2%, Typing 20.1% ★, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 6.5%
An interactive fiction game about identity and self-discovery. Decide your own path through the labyrinth's strange halls, and confront the terrors and mysteries within.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Nonlinear 19.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 5.9%
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Typing 17.4% ★, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Old School 13.7%, Historical 10.9%, Cozy 9.7%
Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 56%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Adventure 16.1%
Explore the fantasy world of Orm and build a life within it. Take on quests, duel its inhabitants, farm, fish, cook, craft and trade as you develop your character. An 80s-style text RPG with typed commands, clickable actions and illustrated locations.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Comedy 12.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 6.3%
You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Science 17.7%, Historical 11%, Comedy 7.1%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Text-Based 36.1%, Supernatural 14.3%, Nonlinear 7.6%, Adventure 3.1%
Embark on a journey into the heart of an old-school text adventure game that beckons you into a world veiled in shadow and mystique. Here, your wits are your greatest weapon, and your keyboard, the tool to wield it.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Typing 15.6% ★, Old School 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Retro 9.1%
Explore a gothic, macabre environment and find objects of symbolic significance, in this text-based adventure game inspired by "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. Interact by typing your intentions in text, in an authentically written story that goes Beyond where the original one ends.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Historical 19.5%, Puzzle 16.3%, Old School 13.9%
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.9%, Text-Based 23.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 7.9%
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 36.2%, Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Adventure 18.2%, Exploration 6.1%, Indie 3.6%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Text-Based 31.9%, Typing 12.7% ★, Retro 10.2%, Adventure 5.5%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Text-Based 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Typing 8.5% ★, Adventure 8.3%
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.7%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Text-Based 34.4%, Historical 14.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Retro 3.4%
Ignite the spark of inspiration while writing tales in a cozy environment where readers become part of the creative process. Follow stories as they're being written, interact with other authors, shape worlds through your ideas, earn reputation, unlock unique abilities, and get rewarded for your aid.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Text-Based 33.4%, Typing 14.4% ★, Cozy 11.9%, Indie 1.4%
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Text-Based 33.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 7%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Old School 14.2%, Typing 12.8% ★, Retro 8.1%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Text-Based 27.7%, Supernatural 16.3%, Typing 13.3% ★, Retro 3.7%
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Text-Based 37.4%, Supernatural 11.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Text-Based 32.8%, Historical 14.7%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 8.3%
Awaken into the quiet ruins of a world left behind in EVER, a narrative text adventure. Piece together lost memories, use protocols to uncover hidden choices. No more orders. What kind of robot will you be?
Why similar: Text-Based 41.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Typing 11% ★, Exploration 4.8%
