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  1. #1 80 Days
    97% matchVery Positive90% of 2,023 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: Choices Matter 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

  2. #2 Attentat 1942
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 488 reviews2017
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 38.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

  3. #3 Pentiment
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
    Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 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 18.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%

  4. #4 Across the Grooves
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 132 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%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Beautiful 12.1%

  5. #5 Roadwarden
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 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 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 8.7%

  6. #6 Seers Isle
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 198 reviews2018
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Beautiful 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%

  7. #7 Heaven's Vault
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 2,425 reviews2019
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 8.3%

  8. #8 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,715 reviews2018
    Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 7%

  9. #9 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
    91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,086 reviews2016
    Dev: iNK Stories
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 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 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Story Rich 13%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%

  10. #10 Emily is Away Too
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 6,176 reviews2017
    Dev: Kyle Seeley
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.3 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 24.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Visual Novel 8.1%

  11. #11 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
    89% matchVery Positive98% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 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 35.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  12. #12 The Red Strings Club
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 reviews2018
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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%, Choices Matter 28.1%, Story Rich 22.2%, Visual Novel 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%

  13. #13 Wheels of Aurelia
    91% matchMixed50% of 200 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 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Adventure 10.7%

  14. #14 Insects Awaken
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 458 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 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

  15. #15 Mothmen 1966
    88% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
    Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Thriller 11.1%, Story Rich 10%

  16. #16 Sinking The Boats
    85% 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 33.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

  17. #17 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 528 reviews2022
    Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    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 41.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

  18. #18 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
    86% matchVery Positive80% of 4,401 reviews2013
    Dev: Cardboard Computer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.6%, Story Rich 19.7%, Beautiful 17.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 9.5%

  19. #19 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 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 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, Text-Based 11.7%

  20. #20 Amarantus
    84% matchVery Positive80% of 81 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 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%

  21. #21 Dear Devere
    83% matchVery Positive96% of 333 reviews2020
    Dev: Jasmine Osler
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence.

    Why similar: Beautiful 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 23.2%, Indie 15.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Story Rich 13.3%

  22. #22 Elsinore
    82% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2019
    Dev: Golden Glitch
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 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 25.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.7%

  23. #23 Eternal Threads
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 856 reviews2022
    Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Story Rich 12%, Thriller 11.5%

  24. #24 Unusual Findings
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 561 reviews2022
    Dev: Epic Llama GamesPub: ESDigital Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 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 32.8%, Multiple Endings 23.9%, Story Rich 18.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Adventure 9%

  25. #25 A Perfect Day
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,812 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 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 8%

  26. #26 The 39 Steps
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,610 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 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Indie 8.5%, Thriller 5.4%

  27. #27 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 472 reviews2022
    Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 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 28.3%, Story Rich 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Mystery 15.2%, Adventure 10.9%

  28. #28 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,382 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 9%

  29. #29 OneShot
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
    Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.8%, Story Rich 21.1%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Indie 5.3%

  30. #30 Lern Island Letters
    76% matchVery Positive95% of 64 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 21.1%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Thriller 11.6%

  31. #31 Artifact Adventure Gaiden
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 54 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: RPG 18%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Indie 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

  32. #32 Last Day of June
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 4,658 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 22.7%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Beautiful 18.9%, Story Rich 18.6%, Adventure 9.3%

  33. #33 Lost Horizon
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 548 reviews2010
    Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 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 35.6%, Great Soundtrack 32.7%, Story Rich 22%, Retro 6%, 2D 3.6%

  34. #34 Letters - a written adventure
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 288 reviews2022
    Dev: 5am Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 36.1%, Multiple Endings 23.8%, Story Rich 20.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 5.7%

  35. #35 Foretales
    75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,142 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 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%

  36. #36 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 688 reviews2020
    Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.6%, Story Rich 22%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 10.4%

  37. #37 Best Month Ever!
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 206 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 24%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, Mystery 9.6%

  38. #38 Signs of the Sojourner
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2020
    Dev: Echodog Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%

  39. #39 11-11 Memories Retold
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
    Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.

    Why similar: Story Rich 36.2%, Great Soundtrack 30.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%

  40. #40 Overboard!
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 652 reviews2021
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%

  41. #41 Blues and Bullets
    75% matchMixed62% of 1,374 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 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

  42. #42 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 9,191 reviews2021
    Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Story Rich 11.4%

  43. #43 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 349 reviews2019
    Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Story Rich 10.9%

  44. #44 The Golden Rose: Book One
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, RPG 8.8%

  45. #45 The Sin Collector: Repentless
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
    Dev: Sylen Studio
    Windows

    THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Story Rich 10.1%

  46. #46 The Use of Life
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 756 reviews2025
    Dev: だらねこげーむず/Daraneko GamesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Story Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, RPG 7.3%

  47. #47 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,651 reviews2023
    Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.1 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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 11.4%

  48. #48 Survive the Blackout
    73% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
    Dev: Baby Bison Games
    Windows

    Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 10.5%

  49. #49 TR-49
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 1,062 reviews2026
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    Why similar: World War II 45%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Story Rich 18.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 4.3%

  50. #50 We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2023
    Dev: Act Zero
    Windows

    ‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Story Rich 11.3%

  51. #51 The Longest Road on Earth
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 631 reviews2021
    Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.6%, Story Rich 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 6.6%

  52. #52 Undying Symphony
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 191 reviews2024
    Dev: Siberian Koala
    Windows

    «Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history

    Why similar: World War II 53.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 13%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Visual Novel 4.8%

  53. #53 Wanderlust: Travel Stories
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2019
    Dev: Different Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

  54. #54 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
    69% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Story Rich 22%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Adventure 9%

  55. #55 The Banner Saga
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 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 27.2%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Story Rich 17.9%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 7.8%

  56. #56 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,254 reviews2014
    Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.7%, Story Rich 33.2%, Adventure 17%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  57. #57 Old Skies
    64% matchVery Positive93% of 988 reviews2025
    Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Mystery 15.5%, 2D 7.6%, Retro 7.4%

  58. #58 BatteryNote
    63% matchVery Positive100% of 203 reviews2025
    Dev: 72studioPub: room6
    Windows · Mac

    BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Story Rich 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  59. #59 Tides of Tomorrow 🌊
    63% matchVery Positive89% of 534 reviews2026
    Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Choices Matter 26.4%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Story Rich 17.4%, Adventure 8%

  60. #60 Sky Caravan
    67% 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 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Story Rich 7.5%

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