- #1 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
97% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Text-Based 41.2%, RPG 29.3%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 12.6%
- #2 Samurai of Hyuga
96% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 46.5%, RPG 26.4%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 11.9%
- #3 Sabres of Infinity
96% matchVery Positive93% of 182 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Text-Based 38%, RPG 30.9%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 13.3%
- #4 The Soul Stone War
95% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 34.1%, Text-Based 32%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 14.7%
- #5 Choice of Magics
94% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 51%, RPG 22%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #6 Creme de la Creme
94% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37.9%, RPG 29.7%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 14.1%
- #7 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
93% matchVery Positive89% of 144 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 46.2%, RPG 26.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 12.4%
- #8 Arcadie: Second-Born
91% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
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 61.4%, RPG 26%, Adventure 8%, Indie 4.6%
- #9 Choice of Alexandria
92% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 39%, RPG 28.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 13.1%
- #10 Fatehaven
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38%, RPG 30.9%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 13.3%
- #11 Guns of Infinity
90% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.9%, RPG 27.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 12.5%
- #12 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
89% matchVery Positive85% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 56.7%, RPG 29.4%, Indie 13.8%
- #13 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 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: Text-Based 48.4%, RPG 25.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 11.5%
- #14 A Mage Reborn
87% matchVery Positive88% of 104 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 47.4%, RPG 29.1%, Adventure 19%, Indie 4.5%
- #15 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 49.2%, RPG 35%, Indie 15.8%
- #16 The Golden Rose: Book One
86% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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: Text-Based 57.2%, RPG 36.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #17 Choice of the Deathless
86% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 65.1%, RPG 24.4%, Indie 10.5%
- #18 Breach: The Archangel Job
84% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the underground world of vigilantes as you wage war against the Chicago mafia. Roll the dice, and survive the consequences of your actions!
Why similar: RPG 47.3%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 22.6%
- #19 The Hero of Kendrickstone
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 108 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.2%, RPG 40.4%, Indie 17.4%
- #20 Open Sorcery
83% matchVery Positive98% of 357 reviews2017
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 44.4%, RPG 26.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 14.3%
- #21 Heart of the House
84% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 48.4%, RPG 25.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 11.5%
- #22 Runt of the Litter
82% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal and raise a baby war gryphon! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom?
Why similar: Text-Based 41.3%, RPG 29.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 13.3%
- #23 Choice of Robots
80% 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 75.3%, RPG 16.2%, Indie 8.4%
- #24 RONIN: Two Souls CHAPTER 1
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: M11 Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Create your own adventure with Kenji who wants to be a samurai and is trained for it. But beware, you might go out on your own way in this path, it is entirely up to your choices. Can someone else’s desire of revenge lead your purpose and choices? Or, does he decide that?
Why similar: Text-Based 50.2%, RPG 32.1%, Adventure 17.7%
- #25 Life of a Wizard
82% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.5%, RPG 31.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 13.1%
- #26 Tin Star
79% matchVery Positive95% of 306 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 54.3%, RPG 32%, Indie 13.8%
- #27 Sword Daughter
81% matchMixed53% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: HanabiraPub: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.
Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #28 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
76% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: RPG 43.9%, Text-Based 30.5%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 7.7%
- #29 Sorcery! Part 4
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.
Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 20.9%
- #30 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three
77% matchVery Positive81% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 50.1%, RPG 27.5%, Adventure 18%, Indie 4.4%
- #31 Memories of a Vagabond
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,249 reviews2014
Dev: Darkelite Studio IncPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You play as a young mercenary and travel from soul to soul to avenge your fiance and her family. While finding a way to change the flow of past events, you will encounter many obstacles and meet new allies. Will you be brave enough?
Why similar: RPG 66.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 15.5%
- #32 Tally Ho
78% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 39.8%, RPG 27.9%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 14.6%
- #33 Lost:Antinomy
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,068 reviews2024
Dev: IMaiIna
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!
Why similar: RPG 62.2%, Adventure 37.8%
- #34 Fields of Asphodel
74% 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: Text-Based 52.6%, RPG 28.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 6.1%
- #35 An Assassin in Orlandes
77% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: RPG 51.3%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 19.1%
- #36 Mecha Ace
76% matchVery Positive87% of 156 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!
Why similar: Text-Based 45.3%, RPG 36.8%, Indie 18%
- #37 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
73% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Text-Based 52.4%, RPG 22%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 9.2%
- #38 Fighting Fantasy Classics
75% matchVery Positive81% of 347 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 52.7%, RPG 26.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 9.7%
- #39 Champion of the Gods
75% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 61%, RPG 27.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #40 Hollywood Visionary
74% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 51.2%, RPG 34.1%, Indie 14.7%
- #41 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
73% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: Text-Based 49.5%, RPG 27.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 9.9%
- #42 I, the Forgotten One
71% matchVery Positive91% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
Why similar: Text-Based 53.8%, RPG 23.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 5%
- #43 Whiskey-Four
70% matchVery Positive93% of 102 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: Text-Based 53.8%, RPG 31%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 6.7%
- #44 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
71% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 64%, RPG 32.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #45 Revenge on gold diggers
66% matchVery Positive80% of 50,687 reviews2025
Dev: 前方工作室
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this first FMV game about emotional fraud, you’ll face their true colors. As a hunter of hearts, strike back against a secret network of gold diggers. Unmask lies, evade traps, and let revenge ignite. Will they burn—or you? Or could love still rise from the ashes? The choice is yours to make.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #46 Mask of the Plague Doctor
72% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.7%, RPG 30.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 13.6%
- #47 Werewolves: Haven Rising
71% matchVery Positive88% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise up, werewolves! Throw off the shackles of a tyrannical military police state. Fight for your pack! Fight for your honor! Fight for your freedom!
Why similar: Text-Based 32.2%, RPG 31.6%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 16%
- #48 Pendragon Rising
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 55.9%, RPG 31.5%, Indie 12.5%
- #49 The Sword of Rhivenia
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 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: Text-Based 55%, RPG 38.9%, Indie 6.1%
- #50 Golden Treasure: The Great Green
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 948 reviews2019
Dev: Dreaming Door Studios
Windows · Mac
Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth.
Why similar: RPG 48.7%, Adventure 28%, Indie 23.2%
- #51 Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
69% 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 60.4%, RPG 34.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #52 ICY: Frostbite Edition
69% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: RPG 84.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #53 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
67% matchVery Positive98% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.3%, Text-Based 32.6%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 14.7%
- #54 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
68% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Ulisses Digital
Windows
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #55 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
65% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Text-Based 51.7%, RPG 32.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #56 The War for the West
69% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.
Why similar: Text-Based 51.8%, RPG 24%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 10.4%
- #57 文字遊戯 第零章(日本語版)
66% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Team9Pub: Flyhigh Works
Windows · Mac
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Text-Based 50.9%, RPG 24.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 11.9%
- #58 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
65% matchVery Positive92% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
Why similar: Text-Based 54.3%, RPG 23.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 4.4%
- #59 Ratings War
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 70.8%, Indie 29.2%
- #60 The Use of Life
63% matchVery Positive90% of 734 reviews2025
Dev: だらねこげーむず/Daraneko GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Why similar: RPG 56.4%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 17.7%