- #1 Life of a Space Force Captain
97% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Space 10.2%, RPG 10%
- #2 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #3 FULE
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Null Reality
Windows · Mac
Embark on an Interstellar Odyssey! Captain your own starship amidst a network of bustling transit stations, ferrying passengers of diverse species. Upgrade your vessel, navigate volatile interspecies relations, and avert cosmic chaos in this thrilling sci-fi saga!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%, RPG 8%
- #4 Message in a Melody
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #5 CyberHive
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Space 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #6 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, RPG 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #7 Dragon of Steelthorne
93% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule a mighty city, fight battles and go on adventures as the Ardent or Ardessa of the city of Lake Steelthorne. Find love, power, and a secret that could change the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Resource Management 13.4%, RPG 10.7%
- #8 The Nascent Necromancer
92% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 11.1%
- #9 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
91% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 10.7%
- #10 Saturnine
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, RPG 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #11 The Fermi Paradox
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 996 reviews2021
Dev: Anomaly Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #12 Silent Earth
89% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #13 Sky Caravan
89% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, RPG 8.8%
- #14 Fallen Hero: Revelations
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, RPG 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%
- #15 Suborbital
87% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Pat Traynor
Windows
A sci-fi survival game with a twist. Set in a sub-orbit of a black hole, collect materials and scavenge wrecks in order to repair your damaged ship. However, time is not on your side.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.9%, Resource Management 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Space 8.3%, Sci-fi 8%
- #16 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.5%, RPG 11%
- #17 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
86% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, RPG 9.1%
- #18 An Imp and an Impostor
85% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, RPG 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #19 Scarlet Sails
84% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Choices Matter 18%, Text-Based 15.2%, RPG 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #20 Whiskey-Four
83% matchVery Positive93% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, RPG 11.3%
- #21 A Wise Use of Time
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, RPG 16.5%, Text-Based 12.6%
- #22 Space Court
82% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Uphill Promise
Windows
As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #23 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
82% 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: Choices Matter 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 16.2%, RPG 14.6%
- #24 Honor Bound
79% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choices Matter 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, RPG 12.2%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #25 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, RPG 13.5%
- #26 Turncoat Chronicle
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, RPG 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #27 The Fifth Horseman
81% 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 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #28 Keeper's Vigil
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, RPG 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #29 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, RPG 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #30 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 22%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Text-Based 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #31 Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors—but who will capture your unbeating heart?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choices Matter 18.7%, RPG 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #32 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
75% matchVery Positive80% of 4,324 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #33 Demon: Recollect
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, RPG 13%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #34 Into Oblivion
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, RPG 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #35 Vanakan
76% 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: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Adventure 11.4%
- #36 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, RPG 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #37 The Siege of Jeomdo
74% matchPositive100% of 23 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: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Resource Management 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, RPG 11.9%
- #38 Warp Gate Galactic
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ben Wesorick
Windows
Validate credentials, provide travel, and catch baddies while maintaining your warp gate station on the dangerous fringe of the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Resource Management 12.2%, Space 9.7%
- #39 The Gate
73% 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: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Adventure 12.9%
- #40 Fields of Asphodel
73% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 10.4%
- #41 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, RPG 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #42 Aunewyth
73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.2%, Text-Based 19.5%, RPG 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #43 Destination Gemini
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hubert CachatPub: HC
Windows
You are a space archaeologist searching for ancient and powerful artifacts. After a lifetime spent chasing myths and legends, you finally uncover clues leading to the mysterious Gemini region. Aboard your old but trusted ship, you set course for the adventure of a lifetime.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Adventure 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Space 6%
- #44 The Reeve
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Resource Management 11%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #45 House of the Golden Mask
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, RPG 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #46 Dead in Antares
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 192 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 22%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, RPG 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #47 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
69% matchVery Positive89% of 9,719 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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, RPG 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #48 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 753 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 16.3%, RPG 14.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #49 Choice of Robots
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 18%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #50 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
69% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, RPG 12.4%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #51 Professor of Magical Studies
70% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, RPG 10.3%
- #52 Scales of Justice
68% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, RPG 12.8%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #53 The Soul Stone War 3
68% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, RPG 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #54 Too Different
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, RPG 17.8%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Adventure 11.4%
- #55 Werewolves 3: Evolution's End
67% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the ultimate battle between werewolves and human supremacists, and your werewolf pack is caught in the middle of a four-way fight!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Text-Based 16%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #56 After the Storm
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, RPG 10.8%
- #57 Life as a Lich
67% 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 19.3%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 11.7%
- #58 World War II Armored Recon
66% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, RPG 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%
- #59 These Thieving Hearts
67% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
A wealthy benefactor. A master lockpick. A magical bodyguard. A trusted ally. A skillful rival. All of them are out to steal priceless treasures. Which one of them will steal your heart?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Choices Matter 17.3%, RPG 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #60 Atlantis Academy
67% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, RPG 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%