- #1 Universe Has No Favorites
97% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 15%, Text-Based 14.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #2 Exploring Friscott
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Point & Click 16.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #3 Hotel Hermes
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Text-Based 10.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #4 Hadean Lands
94% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Text-Based 23.6%, Puzzle 4.7%, Adventure 4.1%
- #5 We Were Here Before
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Exploration 9%
- #6 CLOSED HANDS
93% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #7 Vanakan
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Text-Based 17.4%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 4.4%
- #8 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 19%, Point & Click 13.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #9 Escape from Norwood
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Singular Works
Windows · Mac
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 16.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #10 The Change Architect
90% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Point & Click 15.6%, Adventure 4.9%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #11 Pact of the Black Tide
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dunlin Productions
Windows
A narrative point-and-click adventure game blending puzzles and wit. Explore, interact with a cast of colorful characters, combine items, and manipulate reality through an integrated magic system. Humor, adventure, and discovery await to bring you into new and unexpected worlds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.3%, Point & Click 25.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 10.2%, 2D 5.2%
- #12 Message: Read at Your Own Risk
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: im a human
Windows
a weird console message appears on your screen should you check it out or shut down the pc the choices are yours but be careful your choices will shift everything
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Text-Based 11.5%, Strategy 10.5%
- #13 The Wizard’s Beans Or: A Short Period of Unplanned Internment
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Prophecy
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 4.8%
- #14 Awakewood
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Point & Click 18.1%, Text-Based 7.5%, Adventure 7%
- #15 말리온
86% 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 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 9.1%
- #16 Victoria: La Primera
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Tannhauser Estudio
Windows
Immerse yourself in the world of the nao Victoria, a ship with its own spirit and personality that historically sailed around the world for the first time. Explore mysterious places by point-and-click and face challenges that will test your wits.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Point & Click 19.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 7.5%
- #17 Penrose
85% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 18.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #18 Goetia 2
84% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: MoeityPub: Forever Entertainment
Windows
Explore a dark & unknown Venice in this point-and-click adventure. Your goal? Find a way to reunite your soul & body. Gather information & solve puzzles in your spectral form to make your way into this world despite the shenanigans of a troublesome demon!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Point & Click 16.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #19 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 14%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 6.8%
- #20 MoriA.I.RTy
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Point & Click 18.9%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 8.3%
- #21 Onder
83% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Volt
Windows
Alone and underground.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Strategy 10%, Adventure 6.3%
- #22 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
82% 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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Text-Based 9.2%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #23 Defragmenting
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 12%, Simulation 7.6%
- #24 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
80% matchMixed44% of 18 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: Interactive Fiction 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Text-Based 22%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #25 Samurai of Hyuga
81% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 21.9%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 3.1%
- #26 The Gate
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 8%, 2D 5.3%
- #27 N.E.R.D
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Forever Entertainment S.A
Windows
N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Point & Click 18.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 7.8%
- #28 The Source
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Mystery 7.1%
- #29 Choice of the Deathless
78% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 48.9%, Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Indie 2.5%
- #30 Molly the Werezompire
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.1%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #31 Hostil
77% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 20.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Adventure 7%
- #32 The Dark Egg Demo
76% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 14.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #33 KaRu
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Mirror Studio
Windows · Linux
- Search for clues to progress the story. - Make choices to help your partner. - Collect bits and pieces to reveal secrets and lore bits. - Use your visions to see what he is feeling at the moment. - Don't drown in your own regrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Point & Click 17.7%, Story Rich 4.8%, 2D 4.1%
- #34 The Fortuneteller
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Baursaq Studio
Windows
Take up the mantle, read the fates, control them, use them. You are The Fortuneteller. You are to be the best of the best. Use the tools given to take what is rightfully yours, vengeance.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #35 The Peresmeshnik
75% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 21.6%, Story Rich 5.8%, Adventure 3.6%
- #36 Oremus
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
Windows · Linux
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 4.7%, 2D 4.6%
- #37 Temple of Egmelitia
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 3.9%
- #38 Disturbed
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,860 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Point & Click 12.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #39 Wherever You Get Your Podcasts
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew Linder
Windows
A podcast simulator horror game with cozy vibes. Become a podcast editor, repair audio files, and find the hosts of the podcast Spooky Sacramento before the hard drive dies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #40 The Trial
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Story Rich 6.1%, Puzzle 6%
- #41 The Princess and the Porcupine
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Point & Click 18.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 7%
- #42 ViruStream
70% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: ShiroNoPanda
Windows
One day, the game distribution site “ViruStream” was infected by a virus caused by hackers! Solve the riddles that the hacker gives you and remove the virus! Inspired by a certain experiential escape game, this is a puzzle-solving game with a time limit of 60 minutes!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 12.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #43 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Point & Click 14.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #44 Yogoe Hunter
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, Point & Click 11.7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #45 Retention
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 708 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #46 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
71% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 47.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 5.8%
- #47 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
70% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 15.8%, Point & Click 15%, Exploration 8.3%
- #48 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 20.6%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 3.5%
- #49 Crazy Localization
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 顾名不思义
Windows
Crazy Localization is an exploration-based interactive story adventure game themed around game localization. In a game world gradually descending into chaos, Fanfan wields her localization expertise as a weapon to set things right!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Point & Click 17.6%, Exploration 14.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Puzzle 11%
- #50 Love Potions Suck: A Text Romance
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Grumpo Games
Windows
A funny, emotional text-based romance where your awkward crush meets accidental magic. Make branching choices, build relationships, and maybe ruin Valentine’s Day with a love potion that definitely shouldn’t have worked.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.4%, Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Text-Based 22.3%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #51 Guns of Infinity
69% matchVery Positive96% of 137 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.8%, Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 3.5%
- #52 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 18.2%, Story Rich 5.9%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #53 Choice of Robots
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 24.7%, Sci-fi 4.7%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #54 Where the City Ends
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M. P. Studio
Windows
A melancholic atmospheric game about energy management, introversion, and finding peace in an overwhelming modern city. Every decision costs energy. Nature helps you survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 8.4%
- #55 Camille and Laura
66% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Point & Click 21.3%, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 4.5%
- #56 Dear Edmund
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind The Grease
Windows
As the new Street Overseer, every decision you make in this dystopian choice game carries weight. Enforce the rules, help the desperate, or exploit the people’s suffering for personal gain. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #57 Disturbed: Beyond Aramor
69% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' themed sequel to the free-to-play 'Disturbed'. Your journey begins with Gabriel, a depressed soul who has been banished away on Greyrock Island. Discover an unfolding world as you wander to fulfill the desires of your heart.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Point & Click 17.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #58 Recluses
68% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
Windows
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 8.6%
- #59 Scribe
65% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Point & Click 12.9%, Simulation 7.3%