
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Text-Based.

More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.

The Trial
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Vanakan
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Adventure 12.6%
Yukari Niijima, a girl leading a mundane life, finds herself plagued by nightly nightmares filled with puzzles, keys, and eerie creatures, disrupting her usual routine of work and subway rides.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 10.3%
Outwit, Outplay, Outcast.
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Indie 17.7%, Story Rich 12.8%
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 9%
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Adventure 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Text-Based 9.9%
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Adventure 12.7%
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 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Text-Based 12%, Adventure 11.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Text-Based 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.1%
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 11.1%
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 18.4%, Adventure 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Indie 12%
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 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 12.1%
Dandelion is a psychological horror adventure game focused on exploration. Navigate through a cute town and get to know others, even if the world you live in doesn't make sense. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Story Rich 15.8%, Indie 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
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: Psychological Horror 21.6%, Text-Based 15%, Story Rich 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Retro 8.3%
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 9.7%
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Adventure 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Indie 5.3%
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Indie 12.4%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Story Rich 10.8%
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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 6.5%
Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 11.7%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Text-Based 31.8%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 13.2%
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
Clara, a teenager struggling with psychological issues, is visited one night by a mysterious entity through her TV. As she falls asleep, She begins her perilous adventure in her dreams. Will she be able to discover the truth? Or will she continue to dream for eternity?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Story Rich 10.1%
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Retro 8.2%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Indie 11.7%
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 11.6%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 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 28%, Adventure 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Indie 14.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
The year is 2074. “Spark” organization wants to «establish order» in your hometown of Eliseysk. It’s time to answer the call (of justice) and join the resistance. Will you be the one to shoulder the burden of this mission, and persist in this cruel and dangerous world in order to shape its future?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Text-Based 15%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 7.7%
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 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Adventure 8.8%
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 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 12.1%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%
With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 20.7%, Indie 11.5%
It always rains, they call it The Haze. Ghosts haunt every alley, every gray corner of the city. Lady of Bones is a visual novel that explores the darkest depths of existence where Maya will discover the horrible secrets of her mother's legacy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Text-Based 11.6%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 8%
Roleplaying set in a dystopian universe inspired by early twentieth-century wars and Ukrainian folklore. You are Orest, and you might be the last hope of your occupied land. Establish the truths about the world getting drained of its energy, meet captivating characters, and make your land free.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 9.3%
Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 12.8%
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Exploration 9.4%
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 21.8%, Adventure 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%
Impersonate your identical twin as the Swashbuckler, masked champion of justice! You have two weeks to rescue the REAL Swashbuckler and marry the mayor before superpowered criminals take over the city.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Choices Matter 22%, Adventure 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Indie 14.1%
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Text-Based 22.2%, Adventure 11%, Indie 5.8%
Play the game from the perspective of a traveler who comes to the dealer and is faced with numerous choices in a story prepared by the dealer. Experience a story that changes based on your choices and see the ending that changes based on your choices!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Text-Based 14.1%, Adventure 8.8%
The gods chose you to lead your tribe on a deadly pilgrimage to the North! When future generations recite your saga, will they sing of glory or downfall?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Adventure 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Indie 14.1%
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Text-Based 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Choices Matter 15%, Adventure 6.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 12.9%
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Adventure 18.2%, Indie 12.8%
Your small town is slowly becoming corrupted by a mysterious evil, In a dream you get a premonition of your own death. How do you avoid an unknown fate? Spend your final moments wisely in this choice-based psychological horror visual novel game.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Exploration 8%
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Adventure 8%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure set in the “Deep Realm,” an otherworld connected to a natural history museum. Experience a unique atmosphere where quiet intellectual spaces intertwine with unsettling phenomena.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Text-Based 25.5%, Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Indie 12.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Text-Based 32.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%