- #1 80 Days
97% matchVery Positive90% of 2,032 reviews2015
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #2 Across the Grooves
96% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2020
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Beautiful 12.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #3 Pentiment
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,748 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Story Rich 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%
- #4 Attentat 1942
96% matchVery Positive93% of 504 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 38.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Story Rich 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #5 Roadwarden
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,150 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #6 Headliner: NoviNews
94% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #7 The Red Strings Club
93% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.7%, Choices Matter 27.7%, Story Rich 22.1%, Visual Novel 6.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #8 Sinking The Boats
91% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 33.4% ★, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #9 The 39 Steps
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,612 reviews2013
Dev: The Story MechanicsPub: The Secret Experiment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Indie 8.3%, Thriller 5.3%
- #10 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,087 reviews2016
Dev: iNK Stories
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10%
- #11 Insects Awaken
89% matchVery Positive89% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: HelloMeow
Windows · Mac
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #12 Mothmen 1966
90% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Thriller 11.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #13 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
89% matchVery Positive98% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Why similar: World War II 35.7% ★, Choices Matter 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #14 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
87% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 12.3%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #15 Seers Isle
88% matchVery Positive92% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #16 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
85% matchVery Positive95% of 552 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: World War II 41.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #17 Amarantus
86% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%
- #18 A Wise Use of Time
86% 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 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 9.2%
- #19 Suzerain
83% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10%
- #20 Overboard!
84% matchVery Positive90% of 672 reviews2021
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #21 Card Shark
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,222 reviews2022
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Story Rich 22.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 9%, RPG 7.6%
- #22 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
82% matchVery Positive81% of 483 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Story Rich 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 11%
- #23 Wheels of Aurelia
84% matchMixed49% of 203 reviews2016
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Adventure 11%
- #24 Emily is Away Too
81% matchVery Positive93% of 6,228 reviews2017
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.1%, Text-Based 17.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #25 Save Koch
82% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Wooden Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #26 Heaven's Vault
80% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #27 Lern Island Letters
78% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: River and Oak
Windows
You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 20%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Thriller 11.7%
- #28 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
79% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Thriller 17.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #29 Artifact Adventure Gaiden
79% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: bluffmanPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Experience the Game Boy-like design and 2D open world of this retro JRPG. The choices you make are all up to you, and they may end up providing invaluable help in the future, when disaster strikes... Embark on an adventure in which you sew the threads of your own future.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.2%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Indie 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #30 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
77% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 17.2%, Thriller 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #31 Elsinore
77% matchVery Positive96% of 377 reviews2019
Dev: Golden Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #32 Unusual Findings
76% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2022
Dev: Epic Llama GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.5%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Story Rich 18.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #33 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
75% matchVery Positive90% of 15,558 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Choices Matter 76%, Story Rich 4.9%, Interactive Fiction 4.8%, Great Soundtrack 3.4%, Mystery 2.9%
- #34 A Perfect Day
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 16.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #35 Blues and Bullets
78% matchMixed62% of 1,375 reviews2015
Dev: A Crowd of Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #36 Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,242 reviews2019
Dev: Yak & Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!
Why similar: Story Rich 35.6%, Mystery 27.3%, Adventure 17%, Retro 13%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #37 The Banner Saga
74% matchVery Positive89% of 15,944 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Story Rich 17.9%, RPG 12%, Adventure 8%
- #38 STAY
76% matchMixed68% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #39 Dear Devere
73% matchVery Positive96% of 346 reviews2020
Dev: Jasmine Osler
Windows · Mac · Linux
A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence.
Why similar: Beautiful 22.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Indie 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #40 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #41 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,689 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #42 Underchoice
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Story Rich 17.1%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Indie 5.9%
- #43 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,287 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Story Rich 16.4%, Thriller 13.6%, Mystery 7.8%
- #44 Eternal Threads
71% matchVery Positive86% of 894 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Story Rich 12%, Thriller 11.5%
- #45 Reigns
72% matchVery Positive87% of 8,124 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Choices Matter 43.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Indie 6%, RPG 5.9%, Adventure 5.8%
- #46 A Place for the Unwilling
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Adventure 11.5%
- #47 Bahnsen Knights
69% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Thriller 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 11%
- #48 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
67% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #49 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
68% matchVery Positive94% of 9,441 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #50 Best Month Ever!
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Warsaw Film School Video Game & Film Production StudioPub: Klabater
Windows
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Mystery 9.7%
- #51 Foretales
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,180 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%
- #52 Sky Caravan
69% 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: Choices Matter 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 13%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #53 Lost Horizon
71% matchVery Positive91% of 554 reviews2010
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Story Rich 21.7%, Retro 6%, 2D 3.5%
- #54 Heading Out
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 703 reviews2024
Dev: Serious SimPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Story Rich 15.2%
- #55 Road 96 🛣️
67% matchVery Positive92% of 26,081 reviews2021
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Story Rich 16.1%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%
- #56 Last Day of June
68% matchVery Positive87% of 4,695 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Beautiful 19.5% ★, Story Rich 18.3%, Adventure 9.4%
- #57 The Narcotic Operation
65% matchVery Positive88% of 519 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #58 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,773 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Story Rich 15.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Thriller 8%
- #59 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,194 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: World War II 23.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 15.2%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 9%
- #60 Island Off Outer Darkness
65% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Zugerujk
Windows
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Story Rich 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, RPG 9.8%