- #1 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
96% matchVery Positive89% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes advanced AI to generate dynamic RPG adventures tailored to your specific narrative choices.
- #2 AIdventure
96% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Lyaaaaa Games
Windows · Linux
No rules, no censorship, the only limit is your imagination, not someone else's. AIdventure is a text adventure game with an AI as a storyteller. It is shipped with more than 25 starting scenarios. Unleash your creativity by writing and sharing your own stories with other players.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 25.3%, Text-Based 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Character Customization 13.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated AI-driven interactive fiction platform that excels at adapting to player input in real-time.
- #3 AI Roguelite
95% matchVery Positive83% of 594 reviews2023
Dev: Max Loh
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
World's first RPG in which all entities are AI-generated and all game mechanics are AI-directed.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.1%, Text-Based 19.4%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Medieval 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional RPG mechanics with an AI engine to create a unique, procedurally generated text-based adventure.
- #4 Storyteller
94% matchVery Positive88% of 8,760 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel BenmerguiPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Fantasy 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative act of building narratives by arranging characters and events to fulfill specific story prompts.
- #5 Wildermyth
94% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Character Customization 31.9%, Procedural Generation 29.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a brilliant procedural storytelling system that builds unique, character-driven legends based on your gameplay decisions.
- #6 Citizen Sleeper
93% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 29.1%, Text-Based 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative-driven RPG that relies on text-based interactions and meaningful choices in a rich, atmospheric setting.
- #7 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
91% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: CRPG 28.5%, RPG 21.6%, Story Rich 19.2%, Character Customization 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled depth in conversation and character-driven storytelling, making every dialogue choice feel impactful.
- #8 King of Dragon Pass
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 555 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 18.6%, RPG 14.3%, Medieval 14.2%, Fantasy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy-RPG that blends deep lore with intense, choice-driven narrative events.
- #9 SUNLESS SEA
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,506 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Story Rich 37%, RPG 30.4%, Adventure 18%, Singleplayer 7.6%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, text-heavy exploration game where procedural events and player choices weave a dark, unique narrative.
- #10 Just One Line
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 131 reviews2018
Dev: JOL Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Just One Line is a fantasy RPG gamebook-like indie game heavily focused on choices and their consequences in which you may compete with other players in an interactive leaderboard. Create different Adventurers and embark on epic quests, unlocking new content for your next playthroughs or create and share your own adventures with the...
Why similar: Text-Based 41.5%, RPG 18.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that focuses on player agency, allowing you to influence the world through your written choices.
- #11 Signs of the Sojourner
89% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Echodog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique card-based conversation mechanic to simulate the complexities of social interaction and story progression.
- #12 Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
88% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, RPG 18.2%, Character Customization 13%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sophisticated interactive fiction title that emphasizes character relationships and branching narrative paths.
- #13 80 Days
87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,023 reviews2015
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 34.5%, Story Rich 20.6%, Adventure 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in procedural narrative design where every journey across the globe is shaped by your interactions and decisions.
- #14 The RPG Engine
86% matchVery Positive84% of 302 reviews2023
Dev: PolyDemons
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Host immersive tabletop campaigns in a world imagined entirely by you! Build from the ground up with The RPG Engine, an intuitive virtual tabletop that lets you create unparalleled roleplaying environments for your party to get lost in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Character Customization 34.3%, RPG 18.4%, Story Rich 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox environment for building your own tabletop-style adventures, perfect for creative storytellers.
- #15 Suzerain
86% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy political RPG where your choices define the fate of a nation, mirroring the weight of player-directed storytelling.
- #16 Gods of Savvarah | Part I
85% matchVery Positive98% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Medieval 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy visual novel that provides a branching narrative experience similar to a tabletop campaign.
- #17 The Secret of Darkwoods
84% matchVery Positive89% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Rap2h
Windows · Mac · Linux
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, CRPG 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, RPG 17%, Medieval 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration and narrative depth in an open-world fantasy setting.
- #18 Baldur's Gate 3
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 840,324 reviews2023
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 78.6 hrsMean: 131.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Why similar: CRPG 28.8%, Character Customization 25.4%, RPG 17.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Fantasy 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the gold standard for tabletop-style roleplaying, where player agency and narrative reactivity are at the forefront.
- #19 Creature Crafter
82% matchVery Positive88% of 822 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Lochner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit!
Why similar: Character Customization 35.3%, Procedural Generation 25.6%, RPG 13.8%, Fantasy 12.5%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for extensive character and creature customization, appealing to players who enjoy building their own unique entities.
- #20 Choice of Robots
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 48.8%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, RPG 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A premier text-based interactive fiction game that allows you to shape the evolution of AI and society through your decisions.
- #21 Pentiment
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Medieval 21.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Adventure 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich historical mystery that relies on deep dialogue and player-driven investigation.
- #22 Dust and Salt
84% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Why similar: RPG 26.1%, Story Rich 20.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Medieval 13.2%, Casual 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused adventure game where your choices determine the survival of your tribe in a harsh world.
- #23 The Banner Saga
81% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: RPG 34%, Story Rich 20.1%, Fantasy 19.4%, Adventure 11.2%, 2D 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a high-stakes narrative where every decision impacts the survival of your caravan and the world around you.
- #24 Pathologic 2
79% matchVery Positive92% of 12,002 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: CRPG 40.6%, Story Rich 24.3%, RPG 21.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive, story-rich experience where your survival and choices are constantly tested in a decaying, surreal world.
- #25 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,084 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 11.1%, Text-Based 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused experience that explores complex character dynamics through deep, branching text.
- #26 Narborion Saga
82% matchMixed59% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Liber Primus GamesPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Enter the world of Narborion Saga: an epic, high fantasy, role-playing game. A mixture of game-book, tactical combat, rogue-like dungeoneering, minigames, and much more ̶ Narborion Saga will satisfy the fans of narrative, story-driven RPGs.[/b]
Why similar: RPG 65%, Adventure 35%
Why You'll Like It: A gamebook-style adventure that blends RPG mechanics with a classic, choice-driven fantasy story.
- #27 Endless RPG - Untold Tales
77% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey where you shape your destiny as the director of your unique story.
Why similar: CRPG 38.4%, Character Customization 21.4%, Procedural Generation 18%, RPG 11.1%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #28 Skaldsong
78% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Fenris Labs
Windows
A singleplayer/multiplayer RPG reminiscent of TTRPGs mixed with MUD games but with content generated by an AI Game Master.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.6%, Text-Based 20.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Character Customization 13.7%, RPG 12.5%
- #29 Beast Saga
75% matchVery Positive82% of 2,875 reviews2026
Dev: 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian)
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
Why similar: CRPG 38.8%, RPG 17.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #30 Endless RPG
78% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.
Why similar: RPG 28.8%, Procedural Generation 28.2%, Character Customization 20.1%, Adventure 15%, 2D 5%
- #31 无尽的冒险
75% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 水月suigetsu
Windows
Endless Adventure is an idle looting RPG. Freely assign stats, craft gear with materials, defeat mighty monsters for resources, grow stronger, and save the world.
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Text-Based 29.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Casual 13.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #32 Ord.
77% matchVery Positive93% of 275 reviews2019
Dev: Mujo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Ord. tells stories three words at a time.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.1%, RPG 18%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 11.3%, Fantasy 10%
- #33 Your Chronicle
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,606 reviews2021
Dev: Samurai Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 300.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.
Why similar: Text-Based 48.3%, RPG 23.5%, Medieval 11%, Fantasy 6.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #34 Fantasia Medieval
76% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Paulo Henrique Franqueira
Windows · Linux
A short Visual-Novel, made with Artificial-Inteligence art, about a party of adventurers on a medieval setting.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 26.2%, Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Medieval 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #35 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator
74% matchVery Positive82% of 558 reviews2025
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac
CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.
Why similar: Character Customization 23.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Fantasy 13.1%, RPG 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #36 FANTATALE
73% matchMixed55% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Teeny Studio Inc.
Windows
Battle, level up, and decorate freely—an endless fantasy adventure awaits
Why similar: Character Customization 41.1%, RPG 25.2%, Fantasy 21.9%, Casual 11.8%
- #37 Fighting Fantasy Classics
74% matchVery Positive81% of 355 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, CRPG 12.4%, RPG 12%, Fantasy 10.3%
- #38 Anchor Club
73% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Star Seeker StudioPub: Star Seeker Ltd
Windows
Anchor is a form of creative writing of textual interaction of origin, using the function of dice, in which a random number of prepared options determine the development of the story (the dice have a will of their own).
Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Character Customization 20%, Medieval 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, RPG 9.1%
- #39 Vagabond
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: CRPG 31%, Procedural Generation 25%, RPG 12.7%, Character Customization 12.5%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #40 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: CRPG 22.8%, Medieval 22.4%, Character Customization 20.5%, RPG 14.3%, Fantasy 11.3%
- #41 Archmage Rises
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 437 reviews2023
Dev: Defiance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Character Customization 14.2%, Medieval 13.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #42 Roadwarden
69% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 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 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, RPG 16.2%, Story Rich 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #43 Book of Travels
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,126 reviews2021
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ready your pack, grab your walking stick and step into a world of mystery. Craft your character and immerse yourself in the enchanted lands of Braided Shore.
Why similar: Character Customization 39.6%, RPG 22%, Fantasy 18.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Singleplayer 8%
- #44 Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Rideon,Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Character Customization 17.5%, RPG 16.7%, Fantasy 13.5%, Medieval 11.9%
- #45 Ye Guild Clerk!
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,005 reviews2025
Dev: Devclerk
Windows
The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Medieval 18.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Fantasy 9.9%
- #46 Tales of Yore
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 reviews2023
Dev: Coke And Code
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tales of Yore is a light-weight 2D MMORPG featuring all your RPG tropes in one casual package. Explore, complete quests and slay evil monsters to write your Tale. Alternatively make yourself a nice purple hat and show off. The choice is yours!
Why similar: CRPG 36.2%, Character Customization 21.5%, Medieval 13.6%, RPG 11.4%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #47 Unicorn Tails
70% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2020
Dev: RavenFist Studios LLC
Windows
Explore Unicorn Tails, a game filled with wonder, whimsy, and mystery where you can create your own unicorn, interact with unicorns and other creatures, solve puzzles, explore deep lore, and live in a fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 37.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Casual 16.2%, Fantasy 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #48 Idle Adventure
71% matchMixed65% of 442 reviews2018
Dev: zha7
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle Adventure is a text-based, multi-player online RPG game. Even without astonishing graphics or special effects, it can offer you countless hours of enjoyment.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.8%, RPG 35.5%, Adventure 17.7%
- #49 Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Embark on an epic journey, enjoying complete freedom in a dynamic sandbox RPG. The world and its inhabitants will witness your deeds and react accordingly, adapting the narrative to your choices and delivering a truly unique and free experience.
Why similar: Character Customization 37.5%, CRPG 19.2%, RPG 18.6%, Fantasy 11.6%, Medieval 10%
- #50 Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 783 reviews2025
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swordhaven is a party‑based low‑magic fantasy cRPG with a deep character creation system, rich storytelling, and seamless turn‑based/RTwP combat. Explore Nova Drakonia, uncover ancient secrets, meet hundreds of NPCs with unique quests, and shape the fate of the world through your choices.
Why similar: CRPG 33.8%, Medieval 17.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, RPG 9.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #51 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
69% matchVery Positive83% of 349 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Story Rich 11%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #52 Stone Story RPG
66% matchVery Positive91% of 989 reviews2023
Dev: Rex Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 57.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An auto-RPG with strategic combat, deep crafting and programming elements, animated entirely in ASCII-art. In a realm of perpetual darkness, a single stone could change everything...
Why similar: RPG 36.7%, Text-Based 33.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 12.1%
- #53 Foretales
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,142 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Story Rich 16.4%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Fantasy 13.3%, RPG 12.4%
- #54 Creator of Another World
67% matchVery Positive86% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: kuetaro (くえたろう)
Windows · Linux
A roguelike RPG with a high degree of freedom. Explore the world full of adventures, interact with its inhabitants, marry, steal, do farming and fishing, blacksmithing and forging, mix potions, build towns without being tied to any goal!
Why similar: RPG 54.9%, Fantasy 30.2%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #55 Medieval Blacksmith
66% matchVery Positive80% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: OGO Play
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Medieval Blacksmith is a blacksmithing simulation set in a magical medieval world. Play as a blacksmith with no past, craft legendary weapons from daggers to spears, and forge your path to becoming the world’s greatest. Dive into a story filled with adventure and endless creative possibilities!
Why similar: Medieval 41.1%, RPG 38.6%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #56 A Mage Reborn
67% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, RPG 17.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 7.8%
- #57 Whisker Waters
68% matchMixed46% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Underbite GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Whisker Waters is the ultimate RPG adventure that blends light fantasy and the art of fishing into a mesmerizing world. As a player, you'll create and play as your very own Cat character and embark on a whimsical fishing journey like never before.
Why similar: RPG 33.1%, Character Customization 27.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Casual 13.6%, Singleplayer 5.1%