Games Like Psy High

Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, RPG 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly mirrors the blend of supernatural mystery and character-focused romance found in Psy High.

You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.

Why similar: RPG 74.1%, Indie 25.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar school-based setting where you balance magical studies with social life and dating.

Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?

Why similar: Text-Based 35.8%, RPG 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Indie 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the social hierarchy and school-life simulation aspects that make the high school experience in Psy High so engaging.

Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.5%, Text-Based 39.5%, RPG 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel-style interactive fiction features a supernatural plot with deep character relationships and romance.

Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.

Why similar: Text-Based 44.4%, RPG 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Indie 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the teen-focused superhero/power-user theme while maintaining a lighthearted and humorous tone.

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, RPG 14.9%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a rich, choice-heavy narrative with a strong emphasis on romance and interpersonal character dynamics.

Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.

Why similar: Text-Based 57%, RPG 29.1%, Indie 14%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling supernatural mystery set in a small town that captures the investigative spirit of the seed game.

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Why similar: Text-Based 38.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, RPG 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic supernatural RPG that emphasizes the consequences of your choices in a magical world.

When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?

Why similar: Text-Based 41.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, RPG 23%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery that balances atmospheric storytelling with deep, meaningful romance options.

Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.

Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 20%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive fiction title features a strong focus on LGBTQ characters and complex, choice-driven relationships.

Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

Why similar: RPG 29%, Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines epic supernatural stakes with a heavy focus on character bonds and romantic subplots.

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Why similar: Text-Based 36%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, RPG 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the journey of a young person discovering their powers, which aligns well with the teen-hero theme.

Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.

Why similar: Text-Based 38%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the LGBTQ-friendly narrative style and choice-driven gameplay found in many of the best interactive fiction games.

Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?

Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, RPG 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Indie 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure-focused RPG offers a classic choose-your-own-adventure experience with a touch of magic.

Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.

Why similar: Text-Based 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, RPG 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on player agency and choices that matter, set within a mythological framework.

Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 40.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 9.2%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded interactive fiction title that allows for significant narrative branching and character development.

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, RPG 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-quality mystery narrative where your choices significantly impact the outcome and your relationships.

A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!

Why similar: Text-Based 35%, RPG 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Indie 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy mystery provides a classic interactive fiction experience with a focus on investigation and character interaction.

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

Why similar: Text-Based 40.8%, RPG 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an inclusive narrative experience with a focus on supernatural abilities and character-driven choices.

Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!

Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, RPG 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Indie 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, choice-driven narrative that balances action with personal character development.

Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?

Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 23%, RPG 17.2%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a romantic, choice-heavy narrative that allows players to shape their own destiny in a supernatural setting.

They have magic and fangs. You have red tape! When vampires, werewolves, wizards, and demons clash, you must mediate. Save your city, or sell your soul?

Why similar: Text-Based 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, RPG 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: This urban fantasy setting provides a unique supernatural mystery experience with plenty of room for player choice.

Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel, the greatest text-based pro-wrestling RPG in the world!

Why similar: Text-Based 33.6%, RPG 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Indie 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the unique, character-focused storytelling style of the genre while exploring a different subculture.

Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 22.2%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a protagonist discovering supernatural powers, mirroring the core premise of Psy High.

It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.

Why similar: Text-Based 49.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, RPG 18.1%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: While the setting is different, it shares the same high-stakes, choice-heavy structure found in the best interactive fiction.

Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?

Why similar: Text-Based 47.6%, RPG 35%, Indie 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted and humorous interactive fiction game that focuses on social maneuvering and clever choices.

Rule over a secret society of vampires in a game full of political intrigue, occult powers, and conflicting loyalties. Will you play or be played?

Why similar: Text-Based 43.6%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, RPG 24.8%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a supernatural narrative with strong romance elements that fans of the genre will appreciate.

What doesn't kill you...kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. Can you do what's right in a world where vice is a virtue?

Why similar: RPG 70.8%, Indie 29.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty but engaging mystery that utilizes the same text-based choice mechanics to drive the narrative forward.

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 33.4%, RPG 25.5%, Indie 4.2%

Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?

Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, RPG 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Indie 5.2%

The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.

Why similar: Text-Based 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, RPG 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Indie 8.3%

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: Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, RPG 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Indie 8.6%

Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.4%, RPG 45.4%, Indie 6.2%

Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 73.9%, Indie 26.1%

Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.

Why similar: Text-Based 48.4%, RPG 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Indie 9.3%

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Text-Based 44.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, RPG 20%, Indie 11.1%

As the CEO of a corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder, you'll harness dark magic and travel through time to inflate your stock prices!

Why similar: Text-Based 49%, RPG 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Indie 10.2%

Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.

Why similar: RPG 44.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 38%, Indie 17.5%

Winning Love by Daylight is a Visual Novel that puts you directly amongst the action as a High School student who slowly uncovers the secret that several of their classmates are actually magical girl super heroes!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.7%, RPG 42.3%

Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!

Why similar: RPG 73.7%, Indie 26.3%

A mysterious force of power transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 100%

Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.

Why similar: RPG 29.3%, Text-Based 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Indie 12.4%

Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?

Why similar: Text-Based 37.7%, RPG 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Indie 12.1%

The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51.1%, Interactive Fiction 48.9%

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: Text-Based 35.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 18.6%, Indie 2.2%

Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?

Why similar: Text-Based 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, RPG 25.9%, Indie 11.2%

Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 85.2%, Indie 14.8%

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, RPG 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Indie 8.9%

You and your friends were teenage sidekicks of the world's greatest heroes. But now, the heroes are missing. It's your turn to kick @#$ and save the world!

Why similar: Text-Based 41.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, RPG 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Indie 3.5%

Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90's teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%

Your decisions will shape who is friend or foe, who will share in your secrets, and just how your romance with a certain vampire will grow!

Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, RPG 19.5%, Indie 3%

BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.9%, RPG 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Indie 13.5%

Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 53.4%, Interactive Fiction 46.6%

You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.

Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, RPG 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Indie 8.4%

Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

Why similar: Text-Based 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, RPG 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Indie 5.9%

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 61%, Choose Your Own Adventure 39%

Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?

Why similar: Text-Based 53.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 46.9%

Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.

Why similar: Indie 100%

SoulSet is a mystery/romance visual novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with five other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust?

Why similar: Indie 100%