- #1 Broken Roads
97% matchMixed53% of 436 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: CRPG 25.8%, Philosophical 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #2 Euphorbia Milii
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flaware StudiosPub: GameHunters
Windows
A ruined research station reclaimed by nature. Days pass, resources disappear, and decisions leave lasting marks. Euphorbia Milii is a narrative, text-based roguelike RPG where existence costs more than survival. This is vegetation…
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, CRPG 9.9%, Roguelike 9.6%, Minimalist 9.5%
- #3 Obreno: Chapter One
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Out Of Time Interactive
Windows · Mac
An interactive novel. In the distant future, a search for a missing brother leads to a journey through an intergalactic civilization that may have reached the limits of progress.
Why similar: Transhumanism 22.1% ★, Philosophical 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Lore-Rich 7.9%
- #4 Fighting Fantasy Classics
95% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Text-Based 20.9%, CRPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 11%, RPG 10.4%
- #5 Aeon of Sands - The Trail
94% matchVery Positive87% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: Two Bits Kid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aeon of Sands – The Trail is a roleplaying game set in a post-apocalyptic desert world. It combines real-time exploration gameplay with classic gamebooks where you create your very own non-linear story adventure.
Why similar: CRPG 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, RPG 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #6 XVTM
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Mischief and Craft
Windows
The abyss awaits. Descend into a minimalist visual novel about a girl in the future, and guide her through branching conversations, microgames, and explorable locations. Make friends with criminals, drink too much at dinner, or relax in a spa. Whatever happens, it was your choice.
Why similar: Transhumanism 20.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Minimalist 10.7%
- #7 ALPHA-NIGHTHAWK
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Liar-softPub: Shiravune
Windows
Some 380,000 kilometers above Earth, Consuelo the Space Rose blooms in the moonlight, its origins and intentions a mystery. It last launched a Thorn five years ago—all that's left of Tokyo today is the lawless “Red Zone,” a slum within a slum, sealed off from the world...
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.1% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Philosophical 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #8 BETA-SIXDOUZE
92% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Liar-softPub: Shiravune
Windows
A gargantuan rose looms in the night sky, poised to strike at any moment. Enter Yosuke, a combat pilot on an unlikely mission: to take to the stars with the mysterious Hanaco and contain Earth's greatest threat! But will this mismatched duo find common ground in time? And who is Hanaco, really...?
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.4% ★, Text-Based 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Philosophical 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #9 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
91% 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 22.2%, Text-Based 18.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Minimalist 9.3%, RPG 8.1%
- #10 Lightracer Spark
91% matchVery Positive84% of 988 reviews2023
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.
Why similar: Transhumanism 18.2% ★, CRPG 16.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Text-Based 10.6%, Space 10%
- #11 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,721 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: CRPG 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, RPG 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #12 Into Oblivion
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NanoLion
Windows
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.7%
- #13 Thirty eternal days
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Democratic Games
Windows
Touch the world after the Catastrophe. Remember your life, which has become almost endless. Repent of your past and try to save the future in this sci-fi text-based interactive adventure game.
Why similar: CRPG 19.3%, Transhumanism 17.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 14%, Philosophical 8.8%
- #14 Scropia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuvenoidPub: Luvenoid
Windows
Navigate a dystopian city, uncover secrets, and shape your path in this story-driven sci-fi visual novel.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30% ★, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Philosophical 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Text-Based 11%
- #15 Grimm of the Dome
87% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: S.L.
Windows
In this last city of mankind, an isolated paradise in the ocean, your choices and dices will lead it to Utopia or Distopia. You will help the magistrate AI to investigate the AI-worship religious group, illicit drugs, those who were resurrected, and those who are neither android nor mankind…
Why similar: Transhumanism 29.7% ★, CRPG 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 8.7%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #16 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
86% 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 24.9%, RPG 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Text-Based 11%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #17 廃遊園地のメメントメモリア
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: アサノハ製作所
Windows
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 16%, Adventure 8.1%
- #18 Robot's Fate: Alice
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%, RPG 7.7%
- #19 A Spaceship Accident
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: CRPG 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 18.5%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #20 The Eyes Of Mars
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
A thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, the return of Mars heralds doom for a small town, as foes approach under the cover of the god-storm. Sin and siege await, with only a young captain, untested and uncertain, to stand in their way...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.9%, Text-Based 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Space 10.3%
- #21 Protocol Endfall
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Brick Studio
Windows
You are the captain of a space ship lost in time and space. You receive an order for delivery of a special cargo from an organization that has been considered destroyed for hundreds of years. What are your next steps?
Why similar: CRPG 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #22 Absolution’s Apple
83% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
A thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, a team of adventurers seeks ancient treasure and the cure to a deadly disease, in this 600 page tale of love, crime, hope and despair, in a post-apocalyptic world like no other...
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Minimalist 15.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #23 Innsmouth 22
81% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Raven Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this visual novel the main character, Lorenzo Righi, an Italian Professor, is invited to a meeting of History Scholars held in Boston. Excited and flattered by the invitation, he discovers that something else, hidden and mysterious, awaits for him.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Text-Based 21.1%, Lore-Rich 20%, Visual Novel 12.6%, RPG 9.3%
- #24 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 28%, RPG 16%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%
- #25 OTHERS
79% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #26 True Magician
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark CitadelPub: Brezg Studio
Windows
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #27 Heart of the House
81% 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 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, RPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #28 Choice of the Cat
80% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, RPG 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Adventure 7.3%
- #29 BlightFog
78% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.8% ★, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #30 Life of a Space Force Captain
78% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Space 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 14%, RPG 12.9%
- #31 StarStruck
77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberrytail
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey through this highly engaging science fantasy visual novel with memorable characters and multiple endings. Journey through space, uncover the past and pull off a heist or two as you negotiate the pitfalls of friendship and a crumbling reality. Can you save the universe?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Space 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, RPG 11%
- #32 Fate/Tiny Me
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 山岭法庭广东分庭
Windows
The Holy Grail War begins anew in a modern era. Players will select one of seven Masters, stepping into his or her perspective to be summoned as a Servant in the grand ritual. The store page has been carefully designed to be spoiler-free, so feel free to explore without worry~
Why similar: CRPG 36.7%, Text-Based 23.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 10%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #33 The Crimson Call
75% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows · Mac
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Philosophical 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #34 Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel da SilvaPub: SmokeSomeFrogs
Windows · Linux
Fight in the Arena is a text-based RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system.
Why similar: CRPG 29.7%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Minimalist 12.5%, RPG 8.6%
- #35 Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder
75% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Cassiopeia Developments
Windows · Linux
Sym.BIOS: Torn Asunder is a visual novel with tricky moral choices and beautiful art. Its epic sci-fi story is told through vivid dialogue, featuring 7 main characters. All your decisions will have consequences down the line: will you succeed in your mission?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Transhumanism 15.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #36 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AnonymousTurtle Games
Windows
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Space 8.4%
- #37 Beneath their Names
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Owl's Howls
Windows
You are a scholarship student at the secluded Veir Academy. Two heroines. Nora or Lika? Trust or distance? Submit to the system — or break it? An introspective visual novel about tension, closeness, and silent choices.
Why similar: CRPG 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Philosophical 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #38 Tower of the Ice Lich
73% matchPositive100% of 17 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 23%, Lore-Rich 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #39 Saga of the North Wind
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The gods chose you to lead your tribe on a deadly pilgrimage to the North! When future generations recite your saga, will they sing of glory or downfall?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, RPG 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 8.7%
- #40 Firelore: Short Tales
73% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Lucas Molina
Windows · Mac
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.1%, Philosophical 21.4%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #41 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
74% 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 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Adventure 7%
- #42 Tresmir Sight
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Context Free
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you find what you're looking for? Or are you at the mercy of Tisik and her followers? Your words matter in this short game of dialogue.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Lore-Rich 25.1%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Philosophical 11.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #43 4th Dawn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChronosTech
Windows
A cyberpunk interactive narrative about finding purpose before the end of the world. Experience the last three days over and over, each attempt from new perspectives as you find your story in an infinite pre-apocalypse.
Why similar: Transhumanism 25.7% ★, Philosophical 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #44 Dull Grey
72% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Provodnik Games
Windows · Linux
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?
Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Minimalist 16.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #45 Fabled Lands
71% matchVery Positive81% of 528 reviews2022
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.
Why similar: CRPG 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Text-Based 19.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, RPG 8.7%
- #46 Living in Spring
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Snow GroundPub: テラサレ (Terrace and Ray Ltd.)
Windows
“An ADV of eternity and changeless” A world dominated by “Cruel Spring” - a phenomenon that human will become “Sacrifice” if not keep moving. Only the boy and the girl, they have “Eternal Body”, go on a journey. The endless steps seem to be a happy changeless, but can't be the same forever...
Why similar: Philosophical 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%
- #47 信标2010
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 心跳立方
Windows
Beacon 2010 is a short science fiction visual novel that, with the development of technology, humanity has embarked on an interstellar exploration. The story originates from a super jump project
Why similar: Text-Based 35.6%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Sci-fi 20.4%, RPG 11.1%, Adventure 4.9%
- #48 至れり尽くせリ
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: 石乃浦骨董店Pub: Affility
Windows
2000年代前半の東京、上野の夜の街を舞台にした一次元ローグライクRPG。 カオスな夜の住人たちとキミは渡り合えるか!?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 23.4%, Roguelike 20.3%, RPG 18.8%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #49 Outsider
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Galantrix
Windows
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #50 Follow the Black Kitten
70% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Total
Windows
You buy a laptop with your hands. You find an interactive collection of short stories on your laptop and something else. Or someone? What will all this lead to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 18%, RPG 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #51 Until the End
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 八萩
Windows
Love remembers you. Even if you’ve forgotten.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Text-Based 29.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #52 Azmar Quest - Text Based RPG
68% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Sevan Soukiassian
Windows
Azmar Quest is a text-based RPG with turn-based battles and old-school vibes. Choose your class from Warrior, Cleric, Warlock or Archer, and play the story! Decide your path through dialogues with multiple choices and fight lots of enemies! You can also fight in PvP and play Dungeons (online only)
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, Text-Based 21%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #53 The Hero Unmasked!
71% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Impersonate your identical twin as the Swashbuckler, masked champion of justice! You have two weeks to rescue the REAL Swashbuckler and marry the mayor before superpowered criminals take over the city.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, RPG 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Adventure 9.3%
- #54 MR.E
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Viroid Games Inc.
Windows
A turn-based sci-fi puzzle adventure where every move costs power. Navigate a failing spaceship, solve environmental systems, and uncover the truth behind a rogue AI and your stolen human past.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.6% ★, Philosophical 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Minimalist 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #55 Good Morning Cruel City
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Ethel Chamomile
Windows
Anime Cyberpunk Visual Novel You have a job, it's up to you how to finish it. Become a Fixer and help your client for the day navigate the underground crime world.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Minimalist 8.3%
- #56 UnderRail 2: Infusion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
An immersive isometric turn-based RPG where you assume the role of a scavenger. Wandering through the ruins of a fallen civilization, scavengers make their living scouring a vast system of metro station-states called Underrail for technology and resources.
Why similar: CRPG 29.9%, Transhumanism 21.4% ★, RPG 12.8%, 2.5D 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%
- #57 Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time to save the world again! Join the Guardians, become a hero, and stop the evil P.S.I.O.N. from ruling the planet. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Transhumanism 22.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Text-Based 20%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, RPG 14.5%
- #58 Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon
68% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2017
Dev: Your Story Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 14%, Adventure 11.8%
- #59 Better Than Us
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Little Bat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Better Than Us is a sci-fi narrative game about secrets, deception, and what happens when a few people hoard most of the world's wealth. By maintaining a complex web of lies, you'll convince the freakishly ultra-rich you belong among them long enough to take what they treasure most: their stuff.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.8% ★, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Philosophical 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%
- #60 The Golden Rose: Book One
66% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Text-Based 25.2%, RPG 16.4%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%