- #1 Universe Has No Favorites
97% matchPositive100% of 10 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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 15%, Text-Based 13.9%, 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 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Text-Based 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #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 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Point & Click 16.5%, Text-Based 10.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #4 We Were Here Before
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 12.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Exploration 9%
- #5 Hadean Lands
94% matchPositive92% of 49 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Text-Based 23.4%, Puzzle 4.8%, Adventure 4.1%
- #6 スマートフォン
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Adventure 7.7%, Mystery 4.1%
- #7 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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 18.8%, Point & Click 13.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #8 CLOSED HANDS
92% 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 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Text-Based 19.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #9 Amanda the Adventurer 2
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,552 reviews2024
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Point & Click 16.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #10 Popular Kids
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peter Newing
Windows
Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Adventure 6.7%, Story Rich 5%
- #11 Escape from Norwood
89% 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 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 16.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #12 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 38.4%, Point & Click 25.6%, Text-Based 15.6%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #13 Charon 卡戎
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shurei Studio
Windows
A point-and-click narrative puzzle game with a delicate art style and soothing pace. In this Underworld at the end of all things, guide souls who lost their memories and speech safely across the Styx. Luckily, our protagonist is about to face the most restless bunch of them all...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #14 Message: Read at Your Own Risk
87% 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 21.4%, Simulation 14.7%, Text-Based 11.3%, Strategy 10.4%
- #15 The Wizard’s Beans Or: A Short Period of Unplanned Internment
86% 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 22.6%, Text-Based 15.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 4.8%
- #16 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 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 11.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #17 Awakewood
85% 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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Point & Click 18.1%, Text-Based 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #18 Penrose
84% matchPositive85% of 34 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 18.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 6.8%
- #19 Victoria: La Primera
83% 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 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 19.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 7.6%
- #20 Goetia 2
84% matchMixed54% of 35 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%, Point & Click 16.2%, Puzzle 9.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #21 ViruStream
81% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Point & Click 12%, Text-Based 11.3%, Exploration 10.3%
- #22 Welcome to Victorville
80% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 7e
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Exploration 12%, Text-Based 10.1%, 2D 4%
- #23 Onder
82% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Volt
Windows
Alone and underground.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.3%, Puzzle 18.2%, Exploration 16%, Strategy 9.8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #24 MoriA.I.RTy
81% 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Exploration 8.3%
- #25 The Broken Crown
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PiperFox
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 32%, Text-Based 20.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #26 Samurai of Hyuga
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 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 42.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 20.8%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 3%
- #27 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
79% 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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Text-Based 9.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #28 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Text-Based 21.8%, Simulation 15.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #29 Defragmenting
78% 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 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Simulation 7.7%
- #30 The Gate
77% 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 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%, 2D 5.2%
- #31 Federal Cadet
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LeeRanger Studio
Windows
Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Simulation 16.4%, Exploration 11%, Stylized 5.2%
- #32 Will Die Alone
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 13.8%, Simulation 8.7%
- #33 A Maid Choice
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyclops Clover Studio
Windows
In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #34 Choice of the Deathless
77% matchVery Positive91% of 324 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 49.1%, Text-Based 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Indie 2.5%
- #35 Glow Box
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows · Mac
A 60-minute adventure where all you do is glow.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Text-Based 14.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #36 Molly the Werezompire
74% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
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 43.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Text-Based 19.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 The Dark Egg Demo
73% matchVery Positive96% of 228 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 20.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #38 Hostil
75% 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: Point & Click 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #39 KaRu
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 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 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Point & Click 17.8%, Story Rich 4.8%, Adventure 4%
- #40 3100: Far from Earth
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Jason Nguyen
Windows · Mac
Stranded far from Earth in the year 3100, repair your ship, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover what waits beyond the stars in a hand-drawn sci-fi point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Point & Click 21.2%, Puzzle 12%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #41 The Peresmeshnik
73% matchVery Positive93% of 110 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 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Story Rich 5.9%, Adventure 3.7%
- #42 Disturbed
72% matchVery Positive92% of 1,871 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Point & Click 12.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #43 Blightened: Relic Keeper
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xombis
Windows
Inspect cursed relics. Question unreliable visitors. Find the Seven Powers. Feed what you can, return what you must, destroy what should never leave. Keep the Archive alive for one more day.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Simulation 15.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #44 The Trial
71% 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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 16%, Puzzle 6.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #45 Temple of Egmelitia
70% 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 37%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 4%
- #46 The Princess and the Porcupine
70% 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 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Point & Click 18.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 7.1%
- #47 Oremus
69% 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 38.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 18.1%, Adventure 4.8%, 2D 4.6%
- #48 Dawn After Dusk
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Alexis Clay
Windows
Asylum simulator. An interactive fiction about schizophrenia and finding meaning after near-death, with Disco Elysium-style mechanics.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 19.6%, Point & Click 11.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #49 Among Us Story: On Guard
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Point & Click 15.5%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #50 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
70% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 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 48.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Story Rich 6.4%, Adventure 5.8%
- #51 Retention
71% 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 20.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #52 DreamNet
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Danik Studios
Windows
Rediscover the internet of the 2000s in DreamNet, a free to play Frutiger Aero exploration game. Dive into nostalgic worlds, uncover the story, and revisit the beauty of the old internet.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Point & Click 7.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #53 Vanakan
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 19.7%, Story Rich 6.7%, 2D 4.7%
- #54 Yogoe Hunter
67% 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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Text-Based 19.4%, Point & Click 11.7%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #55 Crazy Localization
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Misnomer
Windows · Mac
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 32.9%, Point & Click 17.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #56 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
68% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 15.7%, Point & Click 15%, Exploration 8.3%
- #57 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
69% matchPositive88% 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 43.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 20.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 3.5%
- #58 N.E.R.D
66% 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 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Point & Click 18.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 6.4%
- #59 Kluber's Adventure
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sundin Games
Windows
Kluber's Adventure. Finally, your choices matter... Unless Kluber has better plans. Welcome to an absurdist narrative experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 7.2%