- #1 Rune Log
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Carlo Freiria
Windows
Decode a runic cipher, then decide what it truly means. A quiet, occult detective word game: solve each scripture letter by letter, then type your own conclusion to answer a villager's question about a death, a fraud, a haunting, or an old secret.
Why similar: Language Learning 26.6% ★, Typing 19.6% ★, Word Game 15.5%, Detective 9.4%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #2 Gata Guressi
96% matchNo user reviews2026
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 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Typing 14.4% ★, Detective 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #3 Chants of Sennaar
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 32,187 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Word Game 28.5%, Puzzle 15.2%, Point & Click 11.5%, Language Learning 11.4% ★, Detective 8.8%
- #4 Tell Me Everything
96% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 28.4%, Typing 17.1% ★, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 8.7%, Mystery 7.4%
- #5 CaseCracker3
94% matchVery Positive88% of 383 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Typing 20.7% ★, Detective 11.8%, Point & Click 8.8%, Text-Based 8.2%
- #6 7 Days to End with You
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,345 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 21.9%, Typing 20.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Text-Based 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
- #7 CaseCracker2
92% matchVery Positive91% of 808 reviews2024
Dev: BlackRobePub: NPC Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Typing 21.2% ★, Detective 11.9%, Text-Based 9%, Point & Click 7.7%
- #8 Influent Language Learning Game
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,689 reviews2014
Dev: Rob HowlandPub: Three Flip Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Influent is a Language Learning Game focused on rapid vocabulary acquisition in a 3D world featuring over 400 nouns, adjectives, and verbs with native pronunciations in 23 languages! Players have complete freedom to choose which words they want to learn without any need for pencils or books!
Why similar: Language Learning 39.7% ★, Word Game 19.9%, Typing 16.2% ★, Point & Click 7.2%, Stylized 5.3%
- #9 Treasure at Thornhill Academy
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birdy Interactive
Windows
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
Why similar: Typing 27.5% ★, Detective 14.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Mystery 7.8%
- #10 Turlock Holmes
91% matchVery Positive80% of 962 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Detective 15.5%, Point & Click 8.7%, Mystery 8.2%
- #11 Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG
90% matchMixed58% of 131 reviews2021
Dev: 30 Parallel
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Discover a new language with Terra Alia – a unique language learning experience where you can embark on a thrilling RPG adventure in the world full of magic and mysteries!
Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Typing 21.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Point & Click 8.5%, Stylized 5.3%
- #12 Crossword City Chronicles
89% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Trailblazer Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Why similar: Word Game 27%, Typing 20.4% ★, Detective 11.5%, Text-Based 10%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
- #13 Homicipher: Demo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 22%, Typing 18.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
- #14 我感染HIV了吗
89% 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 28.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #15 False Testimony
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Mystery 9.2%
- #16 Cthulhu Round Table 克苏鲁圆桌
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiangsu Guangyu Software Studio
Windows
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 36.6%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #17 Mistbound
85% matchPositive88% of 17 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 20.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #18 Andromeda Acolytes
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wade ClarkePub: Heiress Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 32.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #19 speak of my sin
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sagros
Windows
Speak of My Sin is a word reasoning game - players are supposed to find the truth of the cases, restore the story in a number of interrelated cases and finally detect the identification of “me”, speaking out “my” sin.
Why similar: Word Game 26.7%, Typing 16.3% ★, Detective 14.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Point & Click 10%
- #20 Action Study Runner
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: GUAVACOM LLC
Windows · Linux
Create your own custom study material, and put yourself to the test! Action Study Runner is a time-based, dual-choice learning game, designed for those looking for an alternative method of study.
Why similar: Word Game 32.9%, Typing 29.6% ★, Language Learning 26.6% ★, Stylized 7.1%, 3D 2.9%
- #21 Tape Detective
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Art Studio
Windows
Tape Detective is a text-based mystery puzzle game. Use cassette tapes to play back fragments of recorded conversations, challenge witness testimonies, uncover the truth behind a mysterious cold case, and bring every suspect to justice.
Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Detective 17.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #22 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 38.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #23 Wax Heads
79% matchVery Positive97% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Patattie GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.6%, Stylized 11.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Detective 10.4%, Text-Based 9%
- #24 Mens Rea
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mens Rea DeveloperPub: Mens Rea Publisher
Windows · Linux
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 28.2%, Detective 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 10%
- #25 Opus Scriba
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joeden's Quest
Windows
OPUS SCRIBA sends you on a hero’s journey through a magical world filled with unknown dangers, countless riches and an opportunity to become legend. Make choices to decide your fate or roll the dice and leave it to luck. Share your story with your friends and together you may just survive journey.
Why similar: Typing 28.9% ★, Word Game 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #26 Beware of the Cartographer!
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tohu Bohu Games
Windows
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Point & Click 13.4%, Detective 13%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #27 Voxabular P.I: Penny's First Case
81% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Tilt Studios, inc.
Windows
Learn Spanish by playing, not by studying! Practice languages by solving mysteries in this mix of the classic text adventure and point-and-click genres.
Why similar: Typing 27.8% ★, Word Game 26%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Detective 8.9%
- #28 Homicipher
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,136 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 22.8%, Typing 18.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 8%
- #29 Nodes Escape
78% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2023
Dev: 夜喵
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.
Why similar: Word Game 45%, Detective 15.4%, Text-Based 14.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 6.8%
- #30 江华号
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: 知音动漫Pub: IndieArk
Windows
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Why similar: Word Game 29.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
- #31 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Word Game 30.6%, Detective 13.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #32 Unreachable
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 颜文字Pub: KAOMOJI ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
An urgent message from home, a choice with an impossible price tag. In a 20-minute high-stakes dialogue, you must dismantle a "perfect" engineer's facade. Faced with $100,000 and a family tragedy, will you help him preserve his costly "American Dream," or force him to face the half-packed suitcase?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Detective 15.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Typing 10.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #33 流言侦探
77% matchVery Positive82% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: WoodenWolf
Windows
《流言侦探》是一款诡异,烧脑,悬疑推理剧情游戏,在游戏的体验中,玩家自主找出线索,并利用线索,和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法,玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者,玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相,找出隐藏的凶手。
Why similar: Word Game 43%, Detective 14.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #34 Couch Detective
74% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Gamtropy
Windows · Mac
Couch Detective is a text-based deduction game hosted by AI. Ask questions to uncover bizarre yet logical truths. You can also feed the AI your ideas to generate new puzzles and share them with friends.
Why similar: Typing 26.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Detective 14.3%, Word Game 13.4%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #35 Misnomers by Nick Oueijan
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nick OueijanPub: Strafe Studios
Windows · Mac
A recursive word game for (mostly) clever people! Use your imagination to define things that define things that define things...in an unpredictable reality where there are NO wrong answers & your mistakes pile up (and up and up)! Playful, lighthearted, and charmingly offbeat.
Why similar: Word Game 39.6%, Typing 21.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 6.9%
- #36 WonderLang Polyglot
73% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: bair games
Windows · Mac
Learn languages through immersive quests, interactive dialogues, and spaced repetition combats. Help a young hero lift a magical curse by mastering a new language. Customize your learning experience and explore a vibrant world filled with unique characters. Start your journey to fluency today!
Why similar: Language Learning 42.9% ★, Word Game 21%, Typing 20.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%, Exploration 4.7%
- #37 Reports from Vera Cruz
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Monkey Suits
Windows
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Mystery 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #38 PataNoir
76% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
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: Word Game 22.1%, Typing 14.3% ★, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Detective 9.3%
- #39 Eloquence
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Multiverse Narratives
Windows
Collect, repeat, and shape your own sentences in this award-winning narrative Metroidbrainia! Speak in a universal symbol language to save an island. Explore a vibrant and non-violent world inhabited by charming islanders and uncover the volcano’s mystery.
Why similar: Word Game 31.1%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Detective 9.6%, Stylized 7.7%
- #40 Slacking Off Company: Workplace Survival
72% 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 28.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #41 Wordfright
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Silvercity Sharks
Windows
A reimagining of the classic 'Hangman' game turned into a horrific thrill ride...
Why similar: Word Game 33.9%, Typing 31.3% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #42 23:61
72% 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 38.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Mystery 6.4%
- #43 Typers Combat
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Esoteric Games
Windows
Type to fight. Every keystroke deals damage. Battle through campaigns, compete in ranked online PvP, challenge friends, and customize your ASCII warrior. 7 game modes, ELO rankings, global leaderboards, and 50+ unlockable portraits. Your keyboard is your weapon.
Why similar: Language Learning 34.2% ★, Typing 29.6% ★, Word Game 19.2%, Text-Based 8.1%, Difficult 7.5%
- #44 Major's Heart
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Detective 15.2%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #45 My New Computer
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Alan Munirji
Windows
A short, experimental indie game where you figure out who you can trust while home alone. Point, click and chat as you investigate on your new computer in this puzzle mystery.
Why similar: Typing 16.6% ★, Detective 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #46 推理小说的关键一定会出现两次
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReDeer
Windows
《推理小说的关键一定会出现两次》是一部以日常推理为核心的视觉小说。日常混沌纷乱,而“侦探”独具慧眼。带上你的好奇心吧,去和推理协会一同调查、思考,最终解开一个个轻松却不失有趣的日常之谜。
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Detective 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Point & Click 10%
- #47 鬼轉身
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: TwoTwo Studio
Windows
In the nightmare, you keep cycling through In the nightmare, you keep cycling through loops, each one marking a new beginning. Every character has their own purpose, and your choices will affect their outcomes. Can you uncover the truth of the story and dig up the buried mysteries?
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Detective 15.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #48 吾光笔记0受孕
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
《吾光笔记0受孕》将以覆灭与新生为主题,拓展延伸吾光笔记的世界观,为您讲述这个世界最初与最后的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 45%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 8.2%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #49 OKU
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Irox GamesPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Without art, our world is fading. As the lone apprentice to a vanished haiku master, you venture out into Japanese landscapes and capture their beauty in poetry to restore forgotten paths. Explore your legacy, meet other travelers on this meditative journey, and learn to appreciate art and nature.
Why similar: Language Learning 33.5% ★, Word Game 30.2%, Stylized 7.4%, Mystery 6.8%, Exploration 5.8%
- #50 Get the Guy
68% 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 32%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #51 The Wreck
68% matchVery Positive88% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Mystery 8.6%
- #52 The Last Reunion
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Detective 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #53 Shuffled Words
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Victor Corradi
Windows
Shuffled Words is a casual word guessing game!
Why similar: Typing 44.2% ★, Word Game 40%, Text-Based 14.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 大侦探之勃艮第古堡
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 知行合一
Windows
欢迎来到温泉岛,我是您的私人向导。您听说过……勃艮第古堡吗?那里是欲望与邪恶滋生的黑暗角落,那里有超出认知的生物和违反人性的生存规则。准确说,那里是另一个世界,由贪婪,欲念构成的炼狱……最后,请您一定要警惕每一个出现在勃艮第古堡里的人。祝您旅途愉快。
Why similar: Word Game 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 11.5%, Puzzle 8%, Stylized 7.9%
- #55 Noun Town Language Learning
65% matchVery Positive85% of 724 reviews2026
Dev: SUPER HYPER MEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Learn 1,000+ words and phrases in 12 languages - including Japanese & Spanish - with no subscription and no ads. Explore a colorful open world, beat vocab mini-games, and speak to NPCs using real speech recognition. Language learning that actually sticks, and actually feels like a game.
Why similar: Language Learning 48.7% ★, Word Game 26.4%, Point & Click 10%, Puzzle 6.6%, Stylized 5.2%
- #56 Case #1472
67% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Broken at Release Game Studio
Windows
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.3%, Typing 27.3% ★, Detective 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #57 Never Gives Up Her Dead
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 44.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Puzzle 9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #58 CaseCracker
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,398 reviews2022
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Why similar: Word Game 28.1%, Typing 23.6% ★, Detective 14.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Puzzle 7.3%