- #1 The Count of Monte Cristo
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Veil Studios
Windows
Play as the Count of Monte Cristo in 19th-century France. Charm & Dominate your enemies. Exploit their weaknesses, and orchestrate their downfall in this gripping narrative-driven tale of revenge.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 14.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #2 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 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: Choices Matter 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #3 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #4 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
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 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #5 HeartWare
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #6 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
94% 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 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
- #7 Tome of Fates
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Grey Mount Studio
Windows · Linux
Adventure Gamebook: Dive into an interactive experience where you can create, play, and share your own unique stories. Use the intuitive story editor to craft narratives without coding, explore them solo or in co-op with friends, and share them on the Workshop for everyone to enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #8 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
92% 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 20.5%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #9 Into the Waves
91% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #10 All (Too) Good Things
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 19.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #11 Taina's Cursed Legacy
90% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, RPG 7.1%
- #12 Whispers From The Rift
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure novel. Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12%
- #13 OMEA
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Dynamic Narration 15.2% ★, Story Rich 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #14 Mass of Consumption
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #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 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12%
- #16 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 12%
- #17 Serania - Path of the Scion
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 12%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #18 Best Day Ever
85% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: ReRolled Studio
Windows
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #19 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
84% matchMixed44% of 18 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: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #20 Mistbound
83% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Text-Based 12%
- #21 The Portal Pirate
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Dynamic Narration 11.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #22 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
82% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #23 Your Story: Games with Death
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #24 The Music at the end of the World
81% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #25 Roadwarden
81% 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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, RPG 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #26 Will Die Alone
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #27 We Were Here Before
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Point & Click 10%
- #28 Dream Enders RPG
79% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: C.A.Withey
Windows
A visual, interactive story with unique characters, consequential dialogue choices, and branching story paths set in the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #29 Revenge Story
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deus Marmota
Windows
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Text-Based 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #30 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
77% 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 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Choices Matter 16.3%, RPG 7.8%
- #31 Defragmenting
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pngTriads
Windows
The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #32 The Fifth Horseman
78% 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: Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #33 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
75% 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 24.9%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, RPG 7.7%
- #34 Aunewyth
76% 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 29.9%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #35 Chrongrid
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #36 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
74% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 10%
- #37 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
76% 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 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, RPG 10.3%
- #38 Peak or Die
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: House of Morok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #39 You're a dad
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.2% ★, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #40 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
73% 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 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #41 Zugzwang
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #42 Vanakan
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #43 LifeSimOS
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #44 Tower of the Ice Lich
71% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%
- #45 The Nascent Necromancer
71% matchMixed57% of 14 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: Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #46 Ukraine War Stories
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #47 Do 11
71% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #48 A Wise Use of Time
72% matchVery Positive80% of 121 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 20.4%, Choices Matter 19.9%, RPG 11.8%
- #49 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 44,750 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Dynamic Narration 10.1% ★
- #50 Wildwake
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #51 Saturnine
68% matchMixed69% of 26 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 23.5%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #52 狂信ちゃん
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: アルティネット
Windows
It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Simulation 10.5%
- #53 The Vigilante Diaries
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Out of the Blue Games
Windows
The Vigilante Diaries is a narrative-driven role-playing game where you assume the role of a masked vigilante. Experience his life journey through his diaries spanning years, navigate the changes within his hideout, and make every decision that shapes his destiny.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #54 Disturbed
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,861 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Difficult 12.8%, Dark 10.6%
- #55 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
67% matchVery Positive97% of 142 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #56 The Trial
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #57 Fallen Hero: Revelations
67% 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: Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, RPG 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #58 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #59 Peter's Journey
66% matchMixed52% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Dreamer StudioPub: Start Game
Windows
Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #60 Arderico's Journey
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%