- #1 Your Story: Games with Death
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Life Sim 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #2 The Reeve
96% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Medieval 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Management 10.3%
- #3 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive88% of 12,070 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 12%, RPG 9.5%
- #4 The Sword of Rhivenia
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, RPG 14.8%, Medieval 10.7%
- #5 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
94% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Medieval 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, RPG 11%
- #6 Aunewyth
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Choices Matter 16.6%, RPG 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #7 The Great Plague Exodus
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #8 Saturnine
91% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 18.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #9 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
92% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, RPG 14.4%
- #10 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
91% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 10.8%
- #11 Vanakan
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #12 A Wise Use of Time
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, RPG 16.4%
- #13 Fallen Hero: Revelations
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #14 The Nascent Necromancer
88% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 11.4%
- #15 Grave Knight
87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #16 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPG 11.1%
- #17 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
86% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, RPG 11%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #18 Decadent Heir
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Medieval 11.8%
- #19 The Fifth Horseman
85% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #20 Diaspora
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 18.5%, RPG 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #21 Whiskey-Four
82% matchVery Positive93% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Text-Based 15.8%, RPG 11.6%
- #22 Turncoat Chronicle
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19.7%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #23 Keeper's Vigil
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, RPG 18.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #24 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, RPG 19%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #25 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, RPG 13.7%
- #26 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, RPG 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #27 The Golden Rose: Book One
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 18.7%, RPG 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #28 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
78% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 18.7%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #29 History of Dragosa
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, RPG 12.5%
- #30 Yes, Your Grace
78% matchVery Positive87% of 14,103 reviews2020
Dev: Brave At NightPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Why similar: Turn-Based 13.4%, Life Sim 13.3%, Medieval 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #31 An Imp and an Impostor
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 17.7%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #32 Siege of Treboulain
77% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 16.9%, RPG 16.1%, Medieval 9.8%
- #33 Scarlet Sails
76% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, RPG 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #34 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
76% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Text-Based 12%
- #35 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
75% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #36 Gold & Brown
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Medieval 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 9.9%
- #37 말리온
74% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BepavedPub: ARTAME
Windows
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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 11.3%
- #38 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,834 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.9%, Life Sim 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Medieval 12.5%
- #39 Honor Bound
73% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 12.6%
- #40 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, RPG 18.7%, Text-Based 18.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #41 Atlantis Academy
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 17.7%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #42 House of the Golden Mask
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, RPG 18.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #43 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, RPG 9.6%
- #44 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #45 Fields of Asphodel
71% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, RPG 10.6%
- #46 Message in a Melody
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 20.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, RPG 11.8%
- #47 Demon: Recollect
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, RPG 13.5%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #48 The Soul Stone War 3
69% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, RPG 19.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #49 Too Different
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #50 Witchcraft U
70% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, RPG 18.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #51 World War II Armored Recon
68% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 20%, RPG 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #52 Desire FOR Power: Council Intrigues
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Umutcan ErkmenPub: Desire FOR Entertainment
Windows
A text-based, choice-driven adventure. Intrigue, trust, loyalty, luck, reflex... How high a position can you achieve in this medieval world?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Medieval 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, RPG 10.3%
- #53 Monster Loves You!
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,197 reviews2013
Dev: Radial Games Corp
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 11.2%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #54 Roadwarden
67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,109 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 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #55 After the Storm
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 20.3%, RPG 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #56 Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
67% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors—but who will capture your unbeating heart?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choices Matter 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 14.7%, RPG 14.7%
- #57 Leas: City of the Sun
66% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Text-Based 20.1%, RPG 18.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #58 Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure
68% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 17.8%, RPG 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #59 Vigil: A Knight Story
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A Story Interactive
Windows · Linux
A fully voiced branching medieval RPG of over 800,000 words. Swear the oath, ride to a dying kingdom's war, and answer for every choice. When you fall, you are not reloaded, you are marked. Four origins, twelve chapters, and an ending that weighs what your oath was worth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Medieval 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #60 With Good Intentions
67% matchMixed59% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: Golden Dragon Games
Windows · Mac
"With good intentions" is a nonlinear visual novel. Escape from a cursed monastery, win over its mighty Overlord, save your love and uncover the mysteries of time itself!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Medieval 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%