- #1 Keystone Library
97% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows · Linux
An expandable library of RPG stories and mini-games. Enter a living library where every book is a new adventure. Solve puzzles, complete quests, battle foes, and restore the library to its former glory using a unique keyword-based interface.
Why similar: Typing 27.6% ★, Word Game 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #2 Voxabular P.I: Penny's First Case
96% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Tilt Studios, inc.
Windows
Learn Spanish by playing, not by studying! Practice languages by solving mysteries in this mix of the classic text adventure and point-and-click genres.
Why similar: Typing 30.3% ★, Word Game 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #3 Hysteria in Howlsbend
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 33.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, RPG 10.6%
- #4 The Sojourning Wise Woman's Final Quest
95% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Orscat
Windows
Play as a wise woman, help your neighbors, and they will help you in return. Fight alongside your closest friend to deal with the beasts threatening the village. Uncover the secrets of magic through your journey, and you might even have a chance to confront your inner demons.
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #5 Anachronism\>
94% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 34.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #6 Terranova
94% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Terranova
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.
Why similar: Typing 33.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #7 夏日重奏
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 俺们寻思工作室
Windows · Mac
夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.
Why similar: Word Game 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #8 7 Days to End with You
92% matchVery Positive88% of 3,265 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 26.9% ★, Word Game 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Text-Based 10.2%
- #9 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
91% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Typing 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #10 Homicipher
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,997 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Typing 21.5% ★, Word Game 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #11 Get the Guy
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.
Why similar: Word Game 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #12 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
89% matchVery Positive89% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Typing 28.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #13 Grave Knight
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 11.4%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #14 Terror Diversion
88% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: FatCoke
Windows
This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.
Why similar: Word Game 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #15 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
87% 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 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Text-Based 19.5%, Character Customization 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #16 Homicipher: Demo
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Typing 23.8% ★, Word Game 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #17 1001 Nights
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ada Eden
Windows · Mac
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 33.9% ★, Word Game 21%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #18 Soulfused
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Confoxing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 37.5% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Word Game 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, RPG 6.3%
- #19 Shuffled Words
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Victor Corradi
Windows
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 51.7% ★, Word Game 32.1%, Text-Based 16.2%
- #20 Siege of Treboulain
84% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Action RPG 14.1%, RPG 12.2%
- #21 Whiskey-Four
82% matchVery Positive93% of 106 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Character Customization 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #22 S-mail
81% matchVery Positive92% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: S-mail制作组Pub: OFF LAB
Windows · Mac
After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.
Why similar: Typing 25.7% ★, Word Game 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #23 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 16.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #24 Fallen Hero: Revelations
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, RPG 13.9%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #25 朕不想死!
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 四方格工作室
Windows
Late Ming collapse—you carry a ruler’s secret in a world of blades and famine. Card combat drives battles and plot branches; AI persuasion challenges key figures, and skill cards help you win. Minigames change what comes next. Raise attributes and destiny, explore for events, items.
Why similar: Typing 28.3% ★, Word Game 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #26 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ByDesignK
Windows
Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #27 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
79% 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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #28 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
79% 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 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #29 定风波·宁州
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 12%, RPG 9%
- #30 Nick's Text Adventure
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: GXPlay
Windows
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can hurt you, and enemies mock your choices. Nothing is fair, nothing is explained, and the game remembers.
Why similar: Typing 24.8% ★, Word Game 21%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #31 Taina's Cursed Legacy
76% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 8.4%
- #32 Turncoat Chronicle
78% matchMixed69% of 13 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 19.4%, RPG 13.8%, Character Customization 7%
- #33 All (Too) Good Things
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #34 Saturnine
75% matchMixed69% of 26 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 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 18.5%, RPG 15%, Character Customization 7.1%
- #35 The Nascent Necromancer
76% matchMixed57% of 14 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 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, RPG 9.1%
- #36 Honor Bound
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, Character Customization 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #37 Between the Lines
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Typing 29.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #38 Serania - Path of the Scion
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #39 Keeper's Vigil
73% matchNo user 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 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #40 Whispers From The Rift
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #41 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
73% 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 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 18.4%, RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #42 Neverland永无乡
72% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 34.2%, Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 5.9%
- #43 Everburning Dark 长夜余烬
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Immortal Isle Studio
Windows
Everburning Dark blends 2048-style roguelike merge combat, unlimited AI-driven storytelling, and companion AI bonding. Build with relics and skills, talk freely to reshape each run, and uncover the folk-horror truth of a dying dynasty.
Why similar: Typing 33.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 10.5%, Roguelike 10%
- #44 Keyboard Soldier
71% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Rogisimo
Windows
A fast-paced action-survival game where you fend off hordes of zombies by typing words, level up to unlock powerful items, and strategize to survive as long as possible in an ever-challenging environment.
Why similar: Typing 40.4% ★, Word Game 29.8%, Roguelike 13%, RPG 7.9%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #45 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Character Customization 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #46 Mass of Consumption
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #47 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Action RPG 14%, Text-Based 13.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #48 Aliya: Timelink
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,995 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Word Game 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #49 Demon: Recollect
70% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Character Customization 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #50 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 18.6%, RPG 14.4%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #51 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
70% 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 26.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Character Customization 10.7%
- #52 Train of Thoughts
69% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Sivue
Windows
Train of Thoughts is a 3-5 player party game where the goal is to be as funny as possible. You do this by filling in part of a sentence. The catch, your answer now becomes the subject of the next sentence. After 5 sentences, vote for the best answers and prove you can become a standup comedian!
Why similar: Typing 35.8% ★, Word Game 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #53 迷子公路
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零旗
Windows
《BanGDream! It’s MyGo!!!!!》的末世公路AU同人游戏,ansy cp向视觉小说。
Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, RPG 13%, Text-Based 10%
- #54 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
69% 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, RPG 10.6%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #55 Scales of Justice
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Character Customization 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #56 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
66% matchVery Positive85% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Typing 21.6% ★, Text-Based 18%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #57 House of the Golden Mask
66% 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 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 18.9%, RPG 14.4%, Character Customization 6.6%
- #58 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
This is a sci-fi adventure visual novel game primarily driven by dialogue choices. In humanity’s pursuit of happiness, people collectively fell into deep sleep, with dreams becoming a source of energy, leaving the world in ruins. The story begins with a “fortunate” amnesiac who awakens.
Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #59 灰烬溪AshCreek
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, RPG 9.3%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #60 花母·序
67% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, RPG 9%, Exploration 8.1%