
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Text-Based, Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction.

A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.

Stranded 2
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!

Space Bear
Space Bear is a multi-choice text adventure typing game! Sort of. I mean, there isn't many actual choices, and the typing is more "mashing"...
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 27.9% ★, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 14.5%, 1980s 9%
Space Bear is a multi-choice text adventure typing game! Sort of. I mean, there isn't many actual choices, and the typing is more "mashing"...
Why similar: Typing 41.5% ★, Text-Based 31.7%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 9.5%, Casual 2.9%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Casual 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Text-Based 43%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Casual 7.9%, Indie 4.1%
When you wake up in a dungeon full of peculiar smell, someone tells you: you must find a way to escape from this dungeon, and be careful, you are not alone……
Why similar: Text-Based 36.9%, Typing 25.6% ★, Mystery 11.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Adventure 6.8%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Adventure 14%, Mystery 12.9%, Casual 11.9%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.1%, Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 8.9%
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Typing 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 13%, 1980s 10.6%, Mystery 9.8%
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: Text-Based 29.3%, Typing 18.9% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Typing 31.6% ★, Text-Based 24%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Casual 6.1%
The legendary Okhotsk Disappearance... is coming back.
Why similar: Mystery 20.4%, 1980s 19.3%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Adventure 14.5%
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Typing 34.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 17.3%, 1980s 14.6%, Retro 8.2%
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Casual 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
A text-based escape room horror with multiple endings. Trapped in an abandoned hospital, use classic text-adventure commands to explore, solve puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Will you find your way out?
Why similar: Text-Based 42.2%, Typing 22.2% ★, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Casual 6.2%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, discover and deduce redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Typing 24.2% ★, Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 6.9%
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.9%, 1980s 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 10.2%
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. Interface with the terminal, type system commands, and channel his responses through impossible ethical dilemmas. Your principles are on trial as every choice is recorded to determine your final profile.
Why similar: Typing 32.5% ★, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Investigation 10.4%
Crack the case of the missing video store employee in this 3D point and click mystery game by solving escape room puzzles, combing the computer database, and stocking shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Typing 26.8% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Mystery 19.2%, Investigation 18%, Adventure 6.9%
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 38.6% ★, Text-Based 27.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
The Nazis are scouring the globe for powerful occult artifacts. Can you beat them to the treasures and save the world from a thousand years of darkness?
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 8%
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Mystery 17%, Typing 12.8% ★, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
Embark on a journey into the heart of an old-school text adventure game that beckons you into a world veiled in shadow and mystique. Here, your wits are your greatest weapon, and your keyboard, the tool to wield it.
Why similar: Typing 30.7% ★, Text-Based 29%, Mystery 14.6%, Retro 8.4%, Adventure 7.4%
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Typing 22.9% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Casual 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Typing 16.8% ★, Mystery 12.9%, Investigation 9.5%
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Typing 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Retro 9.3%, Casual 5.4%
『表示画像変更可能タイピング』は問題をクリアした際に表示される画像をユーザーが任意の画像ファイルに差し替えることができるタイピング練習ゲームです。
Why similar: Typing 56.9% ★, Text-Based 26.5%, Casual 10.2%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Text-Based 20.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 11%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 39.3% ★, Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Mystery 10.8%, Adventure 5.4%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Casual 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Typing 18.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 10.7%
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 17.4%, Adventure 8.3%, 1980s 8%
The Storyteller is an indie game developed by a single person, where one player becomes the storyteller narrating mysterious tales, while others attempt to unravel unexpected solutions. A multiplayer experience blending suspense and questionable humor.
Why similar: Typing 25.9% ★, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 17.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 39%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 14.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Typing 20.2% ★, 1980s 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Retro 10.2%
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Text-Based 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Casual 7.2%
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Text-Based 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Investigation 10.2%, Casual 6.8%
In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.
Why similar: Typing 30.7% ★, Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Typing 25.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, 1980s 15.4%, Retro 7.5%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Mystery 17%, Investigation 12.7%, Adventure 9.5%
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 36.2% ★, Text-Based 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Indie 3.4%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Text-Based 48.1%, Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 5.7%
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 38.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 20.4%, Investigation 8.7%, Mystery 6.9%
CozyTyper is a relaxing game where you can enjoy a cozy atmosphere while you spend your time improving your typing accuracy and speed, without the pressure of a ticking clock. Take your touch typing to the next level with calm practice and muscle memory training! Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Why similar: Typing 54.2% ★, Text-Based 22.1%, Casual 12.5%, Retro 6.9%, Indie 3.2%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Mystery 20.4%, Investigation 18.5%, Casual 7.5%
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 38.6% ★, Text-Based 30%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Multiple Endings 7%, Casual 2.4%
Why similar: Typing 30.9% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Indie 9.7%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Text-Based 48.5%, Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Adventure 14.8%
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: Typing 25.5% ★, Text-Based 23%, Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 15.9%, Adventure 6.5%
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 40.2% ★, Text-Based 22%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Retro 5.1%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Text-Based 40.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 5.1%
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 12%, 1980s 11.5%
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization! Ask questions, give advice and watch the consequences of your choices... multiple endings in each story ;-)
Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Investigation 19.6%, Multiple Endings 15%, Mystery 8.5%
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Casual 13%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Adventure 8.6%
A Virtual Text Message Escape Room Adventure!
Why similar: Text-Based 57.7%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 16.7%
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 50%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 6.1%
Typing Stars is a relaxing, typing speed and skill based game set in space. Improve your typing dexterity, race against the clock and beat your friends scores.
Why similar: Typing 38.3% ★, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, 1980s 9.8%, Retro 7.4%
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 51.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 17.1%, Casual 5.2%, Adventure 3.5%