- #1 Chrongrid
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Word Game 13.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
- #2 墨心:波云诡船
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,395 reviews2020
Dev: 1001 Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
Why similar: Investigation 14.3%, Word Game 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #3 7 Days to End with You
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,433 reviews2022
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Word Game 17.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #4 Gata Guressi
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Elliot George Mann
Windows
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Word Game 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #5 Across Kiloparsecs
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Investigation 9.7%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #6 Hidden Clause
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AUVMUJICA
Windows
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Lore-Rich 8.9%
- #7 HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Worthing & Moncrieff
Windows · Mac
HRO: Adventures of a Humanoid Resources Officer is a puzzle-driven adventure game set in a retro sci-fi universe. When the Endeavor stumbles into universe-shaking trouble, can you harness the power of the bureaucracy to rein in your crew’s worst impulses and survive to the next episode?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #8 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Text-Based 9%
- #9 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
91% 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 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #10 Get the Guy
91% 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #11 Death off the Cuff
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%
- #12 Glow Box
89% 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 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Futuristic 12.7%
- #13 Faultline.Exe
88% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jason BannPub: VibeAxis
Windows
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Text-Based 13%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #14 Tell Me Everything
89% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 25.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Text-Based 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Logic 9.4%
- #15 Station 21
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daze Gallery
Windows
What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #16 Do 11
87% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #17 Welcome to Victorville
84% 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 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Lore-Rich 12%, Text-Based 9.3%, Investigation 8.9%
- #18 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
85% 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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #19 Silent Earth
86% 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 21.4%, Text-Based 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Futuristic 11.5%
- #20 Aliya: Timelink
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,562 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Space 12.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #21 Emily_
84% match9 user reviews100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tetrabyte Games
Windows
Chat with a mysterious AI, uncover secret codes and find hidden files. Your choices may lead you to uncover different things, the only way to find the truth is through Emily and whatever was left inside the old computer. You need her help
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #22 寒いから鍋食いたいね女苑ちゃんと!!
82% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: ISY
Windows
一文字だけ入力してしりとり形式で具材を決め、おいしい鍋や妙な鍋を作って色んな反応を楽しむ闇鍋シミュレーション!
Why similar: Word Game 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #23 Novel Simulator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 二树
Windows
Novel Simulator is an interactive fiction game blending writing and roleplaying. As both author and protagonist, you explore worlds and unlock "cheats" to craft stories across cultivation, sci-fi, wuxia, and urban settings through dynamic choice-driven gameplay.
Why similar: Word Game 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #24 My Wet Leto Comic
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Fusen Studio
Windows
一个欢乐气氛的悬疑文字冒险类游戏。你将不断在十位不同身份的角色间切换视点来推进故事的发展并达成各种各样的结局。这是由一个个平凡而又独特的个人故事所拼出的新的物语,或许里面也有着你的故事……?
Why similar: Word Game 26.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #25 All (Too) Good Things
81% 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 23%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #26 Fixer's Tale
80% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Emblem Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #27 DEAR SUSPECT
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Word Game 19.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Mystery 8.9%
- #28 The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JasperMarie
Windows
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #29 LifeSimOS
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #30 CHERI BLANC : Mystery Shelter
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO WILLS
Windows
9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Investigation 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Logic 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #31 我感染HIV了吗
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 硬石工作室
Windows
A word game, does not support the handle, the operation is the mouse and keyboard space. It can be said that it is very simple. The theme of obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis is a large text dialogue, which is more depressing. Please be careful if you don't like it.
Why similar: Word Game 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Logic 9.2%
- #32 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
Game IntroductionThis is a visual novel game with a sci-fi adventure theme, primarily based on dialogue options. In all cities, humanity has fallen into an unawakable dream, and you are one of the few "lucky" ones who remain awake.
Why similar: Word Game 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #33 XVTM
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #34 Interdimensional Gas Station
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hadi ChaabanPub: Twin Dragon Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience a sci-fi narrative where you run a gas station on a drifting asteroid in the infinite void. Service increasingly complex alien ships, upgrade and expand your gas station's operations, and shape the fate of the galactic stage through your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9%
- #35 Uberich: Advent Sinners
74% matchVery Positive83% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
- #36 Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 阳瑞
Windows · Mac
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #37 Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 忘机工作室Pub: Sisosinc
Windows
Like strawberries? If they went extinct, how would we find their taste again? This fundamentalist suspense & sci-fi visual novel lets you step into the shoes of an Ocular to unravel a series of conspiracies woven from tech ethics and human nature in a near-future world that could arrive anytime.
Why similar: Word Game 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Mystery 8.9%
- #38 Choose Your Own Alternative
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Investigation 9.9%
- #39 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
73% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11%, Investigation 10.4%
- #40 23:61
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 月食图书室
Windows
"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.
Why similar: Word Game 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #41 MysteryOS
71% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 12.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Simulation 8.9%
- #42 STAMPED
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #43 The Pilgrimage
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #44 Sarawak
72% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #45 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%
- #46 First Moon of Mercury
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games by Stitch
Windows
First Moon of Mercury is a hopeful puzzle thriller set in a near future of political upheaval. Solve puzzle boxes, assemble a space station, and protect the mission from saboteurs.
Why similar: Space 16.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Lore-Rich 11.4%
- #47 Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow
71% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Logic 8.4%
- #48 LIQUID
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: AutomaticGrasshopperPub: East2West Games
Windows
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #49 NODE ZERO
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Static State
Windows
Investigate system failures, trace corrupted infrastructure, and keep the node alive before stability reaches zero. NODE ZERO is an interface-driven psychological horror game where something inside the system is learning how you work.
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Puzzle 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Mystery 7.4%
- #50 Jurnal Risa: Dark Destiny
68% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Happiness
Windows
Witness the resurrection of the foretold nemesis of the Jurnal Risa family, which was never revealed before. Unveil its dark destiny within this horror-adventure game. This is all about family. Tale of Jurnal Risa, as recounted to me by Risa herself.
Why similar: Investigation 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #51 Circus Saboteur
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: No Sequels Cooperative
Windows
A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #52 Frequency Dissonance
68% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: brin
Windows
Uncover all of the endings by listening to the radio frequencies while solving puzzles on a mysterious space outpost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Space 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #53 ComicKingdom
66% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: HippoCube
Windows
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
- #54 Interrogation Simulator
67% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Investigation 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #55 Oddware
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Previously Pluto
Windows
Oddware is a science fiction visual novel about androids in space. You play as an android who meets other androids each with a distinct personalities. Your choices with the other androids will not only shape their personalities, but your own as well. Solve puzzles, mysteries, and your own origins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #56 Case Sealed
66% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Mergen Games
Windows
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Logic 12.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #57 Mistbound
65% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #58 Chatting ChurroBun
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #59 Arclight of City
67% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Arrebol studio
Windows · Mac
in the future, the crime rate of the city was high. The increase in the rate of crime had brought huge costs to the prison and the discipline system, and a large number of criminals would commit crimes again not long after they were released.Until someone proposed the "prison city"
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Futuristic 11%