- #1 Sorcery! Part 3
97% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Magic 6.7%
- #2 Roadwarden
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, RPG 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #3 Sorcery! Part 4
96% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.7%, RPG 33.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #4 Choice of Magics
95% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.1%, Text-Based 21%, RPG 20%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 7.5%
- #5 Life of a Wizard
94% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.8%, RPG 28.2%, Text-Based 15%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 7.5%
- #6 Fighting Fantasy Classics
94% 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 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, RPG 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #7 A Mage Reborn
93% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, RPG 16.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Adventure 8.8%
- #8 Sabres of Infinity
92% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 51%, RPG 21.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #9 The Golden Rose: Book One
91% 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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, RPG 17%, Text-Based 12%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #10 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
90% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.3%, RPG 12.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #11 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, RPG 28.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #12 Fabled Lands
89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 13.8%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #13 King of Dragon Pass
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, RPG 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #14 Samurai of Hyuga
88% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%, RPG 17.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Adventure 8%
- #15 Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
87% matchVery Positive90% of 323 reviews2015
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
Why similar: RPG 48.4%, Fantasy 15.5%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 9.5%
- #16 The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 720 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, RPG 13.3%, Fantasy 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #17 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
86% 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 40.1%, RPG 18.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #18 Caves of Qud
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,086 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Choices Matter 35.5%, Story Rich 26.4%
- #19 Just One Line
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2018
Dev: JOL Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, RPG 15%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #20 Avadon: The Black Fortress
84% matchVery Positive81% of 615 reviews2011
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)
Why similar: RPG 56.8%, Fantasy 19.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 1.9%
- #21 The Sword of Rhivenia
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 18.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #22 The Hero of Kendrickstone
84% 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: RPG 36.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, Text-Based 17.3%, Indie 10.1%
- #23 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
83% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.5%, RPG 30.9%, Text-Based 19.7%, Indie 9%
- #24 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,916 reviews2016
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
Why similar: RPG 41.4%, Story Rich 17.7%, Fantasy 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Magic 11.5%
- #25 Choice of Alexandria
82% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.4%, RPG 23.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 6.7%
- #26 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
78% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #27 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 7.7%
- #28 Fates of Ort
79% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.
Why similar: RPG 26%, Choices Matter 24.7%, Magic 18.6%, Fantasy 13.2%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #29 Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 726 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: Choices Matter 28.5%, RPG 23.9%, Story Rich 17.8%, Fantasy 16.4%, Adventure 13.4%
- #30 The Soul Stone War
79% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, RPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Adventure 11%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #31 Open Sorcery: Sea++
78% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Abigail CorfmanPub: Open Sorcery Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by your broken memories. Reclaim and compile your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.
Why similar: RPG 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #32 Reigns: The Witcher
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #33 Open Sorcery
77% 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: RPG 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 19.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #34 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 11%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #35 Guns of Infinity
76% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.9%, RPG 18.7%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Adventure 9.1%
- #36 Pendragon Rising
77% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.8%, RPG 31.6%, Text-Based 25.5%, Indie 8.1%
- #37 Lords of Xulima
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.
Why similar: RPG 68.8%, Fantasy 15.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #38 Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
73% matchVery Positive94% of 435 reviews2021
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Story Rich 21%, Fantasy 17.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #39 Gods of Savvarah | Part I
71% matchVery Positive98% of 165 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choices Matter 12.9%, RPG 12.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #40 An Assassin in Orlandes
74% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.9%, RPG 33.4%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 8%
- #41 Near-Mage
68% matchVery Positive91% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: Stuck In Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.6%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Magic 11.6%, Fantasy 10.6%
- #42 Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
71% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 13%, RPG 12.3%, Magic 8.2%
- #43 Champion of the Gods
73% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, RPG 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #44 Tyranny
70% matchVery Positive87% of 13,114 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: RPG 42%, Choices Matter 25.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Fantasy 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%
- #45 Geneforge 2 - Infestation
67% matchVery Positive98% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Wildly open-ended adventure in a unique fantasy world. Use battle or diplomacy and trickery to change the world, served by an army of custom-made mutant monsters. Almost 90 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Enormous range of abilities, factions, quests, and paths to victory.
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Choices Matter 26%, Adventure 21.9%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #46 Deathtrap Dungeon Trilogy
73% matchMixed63% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A digital adaption of the iconic Deathtrap Dungeon trilogy of books by Ian Livingstone. Play as a novice adventurer and rise up through the ranks in this epic tale of deadly traps, fearsome monsters and devious adversaries.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.7%, RPG 16.9%, Fantasy 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Magic 9.7%
- #47 Academagia: The Making of Mages
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 288 reviews2017
Dev: Black Chicken Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Academagia, the greatest of the ancient schools for wizards. Build the legend of your mage with thousands of options, emergent storytelling and endless replayability. The definitive version of the magical life simulator is at last on Steam!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.8%, RPG 22.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Magic 8.6%
- #48 Narborion Saga
72% matchMixed59% of 61 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 68.2%, Adventure 31.8%
- #49 Quest for Glory 1-5
70% matchVery Positive95% of 488 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The world of Gloriana, with all its wonderful diversity, awaits you.
Why similar: Adventure 44.4%, RPG 22.7%, Fantasy 17.6%, Magic 15.3%
- #50 Tales of Maj'Eyal
69% matchVery Positive95% of 7,237 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: RPG 70.2%, Fantasy 15.3%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 5.1%
- #51 49 Keys
66% matchVery Positive86% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Michele BuonannoPub: 2P Games
Windows
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Magic 17.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #52 Alice Through the Fey Realm
67% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Mirrored CookiesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Alice Through the Fey Realm is an enchanting isometric narrative adventure that puts you into the shoes of Alice. A compelling adventure unfolds as you awaken in the mysterious Fey Realm and embark on a quest to discover the key to your journey home.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, RPG 16%, Adventure 7.8%, Magic 6.9%
- #53 Choice of the Pirate
69% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #54 Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
67% matchVery Positive90% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.
Why similar: RPG 46.3%, Adventure 22.4%, Fantasy 19%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 2.9%
- #55 King's Quest
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,953 reviews2015
Dev: The Odd GentlemenPub: Sierra
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Fantasy 26.8%, Story Rich 26.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #56 Avadon 3: The Warborn
69% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
Why similar: RPG 47%, Adventure 16.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, Fantasy 11.4%, Indie 11.2%
- #57 Lands of Sorcery
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Sun Bay Games
Windows
Lands of Sorcery is a strategy RPG featuring turn-based combat, set in a time of savagery, mysticism and beauty. Equip and upgrade a roster of adventurers and travel the word in search for glory. A tongue in cheek love letter to classic sword and sorcery literature and movies.
Why similar: RPG 57.5%, Fantasy 34.4%, Indie 8%
- #58 The Thaumaturge
63% matchVery Positive83% of 5,424 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: RPG 31%, Choices Matter 26.6%, Story Rich 19.5%, Fantasy 13.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #59 Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
62% matchVery Positive100% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Pepita Digital
Windows
A tribute to a friend who has passed — and to the adventures we still need to live. A story-driven adventure about a young polyglot traversing mystical islands and using the power of words to confront his own fate and save a world tamed by darkness.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, RPG 20.5%, Story Rich 17.6%, Fantasy 11.7%, Adventure 11.3%
- #60 Sky Caravan
65% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 12.6%, Text-Based 9%