- #1 Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
97% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ozapell
Windows
A retro early 1980s text adventure experience involving a murder mystery that is generated differently each time the game is played.
Why similar: Typing 27.8% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Investigation 14.5%, 1980s 9.1%
- #2 Tachyon Dreams Anthology
96% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Typing 33% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, 1980s 12.1%, Text-Based 11%, Comedy 9.5%
- #3 The Pilgrimage
96% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Typing 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark Comedy 15.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Investigation 9.9%
- #4 Space Bear
95% matchVery Positive98% of 455 reviews2020
Dev: Damon SmithPub: Space Bear Games
Windows
Space Bear is a multi-choice text adventure typing game! Sort of. I mean, there isn't many actual choices, and the typing is more "mashing"...
Why similar: Typing 50.7% ★, Text-Based 25.3%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 4.2%, Casual 1.2%
- #5 Andromeda Acolytes
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wade ClarkePub: Heiress Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 42.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #6 [Redacted] The Safehouse
93% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Heartbeast
Windows · Linux
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Typing 27.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Investigation 24.7%, Text-Based 17.7%, Story Rich 4%
- #7 Dante's Cowboy
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cameron Murphy Reikes
Windows
A Neo-Western town is simmering with conflict: mysterious forces fight for power, and you're the lynchpin that can save or destroy it. With a novel dynamic text system, you can say and do anything to the NPCs, then they generate personalized actions and speech in response.
Why similar: Typing 50.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Story Rich 3.3%, Casual 1.6%
- #8 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Text-Based 33.1%, Adventure 23.5%, Casual 3.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #9 Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
91% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Lazer Genu
Windows
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Typing 30.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Dark Comedy 13.5%, Text-Based 11.9%, Comedy 11.8%
- #10 Mainland
91% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2015
Dev: Vasily VoronkovPub: INSTEAD Community
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.2%, Text-Based 34.6%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 4%
- #11 Thaumistry: In Charm's Way
90% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Bobbates LLC.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Adventure 25.6%, Comedy 10.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #12 The Door Of Redemption
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: 地航者
Windows
When you wake up in a dungeon full of peculiar smell, someone tells you: you must find a way to escape from this dungeon, and be careful, you are not alone……
Why similar: Typing 33.5% ★, Text-Based 31.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
- #13 At Sixes and Sevens
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worst Event
Windows · Mac
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Typing 38.1% ★, Investigation 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 14.3%, Adventure 3.4%
- #14 Kriss' Journey
88% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: orlodax
Windows · Mac · Linux
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Typing 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 20.3%, 1980s 14.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #15 Book of Decisions
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SayrGames
Windows
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 55.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 12.2%, Adventure 4%, Story Rich 2.1%
- #16 Mart Mayhem
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Eleven Dot Studio
Windows · Mac
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Typing 39.2% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Comedy 8.6%, Adventure 7.5%
- #17 Framework Zero: Terminal Panic
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Dumb Fun Games
Windows · Linux
You are hurtling through space aboard an industrial freighter. The crew already had their hands full with failing systems. But now there is a new threat on board. Something is hunting you. TERMINAL PANIC is a survival-horror "interactive fiction" text adventure RPG with '80s terminal aesthetics.
Why similar: Typing 29.5% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, 1980s 11%, Adventure 9.9%
- #18 Love Mystery Club
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 117 reviews2020
Dev: GMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
Why similar: Investigation 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 31%, Text-Based 19.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 1.2%
- #19 Boreal
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luckythespacecat Studios
Windows · Linux
What if the winter season never ended? With an unique hunting mechanic, and a pixel aesthetic, unravel the tale of Boreal.
Why similar: Typing 39.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Dark Comedy 12.4%, Comedy 6.9%
- #20 In Silence Waits
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Linux
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Typing 42% ★, Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 13.6%, Adventure 10.4%, 1980s 8.1%
- #21 Head in the Cloud
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Phosphor Fables
Windows
In the text-adventure “Head in the Cloud,” you play as a Marine hacker on a mission to sabotage a crime syndicate’s supercomputer. When things don’t go to plan, you must use your head to survive, or risk losing it!
Why similar: Typing 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Adventure 5.8%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #22 Hysteria in Howlsbend
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 44% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Indie 1%
- #23 Soulfused
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Confoxing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 44.9% ★, Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #24 I WAS A KING
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heritage Incorporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A court-driven, text-based strategy game where your words become decrees. Two petitions per turn—type carefully, face the backlash, and remember: you WERE a King.
Why similar: Typing 52.6% ★, Text-Based 24.2%, Dark Comedy 20.4%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #25 Finish Report
81% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: D4
Windows
Finish Report is a short science fiction horror game. All communications have been lost to a space station far in deep space. You as a one-man investigation unit has been sent to find out why did the station go silent.
Why similar: Typing 48.3% ★, Text-Based 22.9%, Investigation 21.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Adventure 2%
- #26 Wardialler
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nervous_testpilotPub: Mode 7
Windows
A hacking text adventure.
Why similar: Typing 35.9% ★, Investigation 20.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #27 表示画像変更可能タイピング
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Tily
Windows
『表示画像変更可能タイピング』は問題をクリアした際に表示される画像をユーザーが任意の画像ファイルに差し替えることができるタイピング練習ゲームです。
Why similar: Typing 70.5% ★, Text-Based 21.5%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #28 Harm Other
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dennis Farrell
Windows
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Comedy 18.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #29 Killer Frequency
76% matchVery Positive93% of 5,882 reviews2023
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Dark Comedy 18.3%, 1980s 17%, Comedy 9.2%
- #30 Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Jolt Country
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Text-Based 29.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Comedy 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #31 Hostage Down
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pooandplay
Windows
In this hostage simulation, take the mic and negotiate the ransom to free the hostages. With advanced AI and complete freedom of choice, use your charisma, your narrative decisions, and your power of persuasion to manipulate unpredictable situations. Every word matters—and could come at a high cost.
Why similar: Typing 33.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Comedy 12.2%, Text-Based 12%, Adventure 11.4%
- #32 Kafka at the Station
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neji. Games
Windows · Mac
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.5%, Text-Based 37.2%, Adventure 18.2%
- #33 Hadean Lands
77% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46.9%, Text-Based 37.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 2.5%, Story Rich 2.1%
- #34 Changelog
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Aman KapoorPub: Mandala
Windows
In 2016, a group of ambitious students got together to make the best adventure game ever — but they failed. Discover their story by playing through different builds of their game and reading their development logs.
Why similar: Typing 38.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Story Rich 2.6%
- #35 Crossword City Chronicles
75% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Trailblazer Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Why similar: Typing 33.3% ★, Investigation 21.4%, Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Comedy 6.3%
- #36 Echoes of MK-ULTRA
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostlayer
Windows
In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.
Why similar: Typing 37.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 16.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Casual 3%
- #37 Persona Shard
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DR Studio CodingPub: DR Studio Games
Windows · Linux
Emotional highs and lows, but make it interdimensional.
Why similar: Typing 53.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Text-Based 16.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #38 The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
74% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 34%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Adventure 22.5%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 5%
- #39 Uncover the Smoking Gun
71% matchVery Positive95% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Investigation 25.8%, Typing 23.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Adventure 6.2%
- #40 The Aching
73% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Typing 40.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, 1980s 12.3%, Text-Based 11.5%, Adventure 7.9%
- #41 The Missing Thing
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Tommy Games
Windows
探偵となって依頼人の失踪した婚約者を探しましょう。 現場にいるキャラクターからさまざまな情報を引き出すことで、思わぬ真実にたどり着くかもしれません。
Why similar: Typing 49.7% ★, Investigation 23.8%, Text-Based 17.7%, Sci-fi 3.3%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #42 I am Customer Support.
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Namakura = Dull Katana in JPN
Windows
“Ugh~... Why do I get nothing but weird customers...” Become Masato Kasuda, a new customer support representative, and experience the first five days of the program! Be careful, there are a lot of strange customers at night!
Why similar: Typing 46.5% ★, Investigation 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Comedy 6.1%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #43 The Archive
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: WILD Studios
Windows
A slow-burn investigative experience focused on reading, deduction, and uncovering connections between cases. Settle in for quiet night shifts, piece together hidden truths, and uncover the stories buried within The Archive.
Why similar: Typing 44% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 17.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Story Rich 3%
- #44 Anachronism\>
72% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 46.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 23.8%, Story Rich 1.8%, Casual 1%
- #45 Backspace Bouken
71% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: RNG Party Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Typing 84.7% ★, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 2.8%, Comedy 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #46 Major's Heart
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Investigation 24.9%, Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 11.8%, Sci-fi 6%
- #47 HELLO HACKER
69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: h3ll0h4ck3r
Windows · Linux
HELLO HACKER features a realistic terminal. Use real Linux commands, network scanning, password cracking, and cryptography to infiltrate 10 interconnected servers and expose a deadly government surveillance program. Your colleague is missing. You're next. Are you ready to be a hacker?
Why similar: Typing 45.1% ★, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #48 NO WAY OUT:Prison
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Co's Studios
Windows
10 days until execution. Every choice could save you — or prove you deserve it. Escape or die.
Why similar: Typing 45.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Story Rich 1.7%
- #49 CLOSED HANDS
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Text-Based 32.6%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #50 Dyping Escape
67% matchVery Positive93% of 479 reviews2026
Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Typing 44.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 19.9%, Adventure 6.7%, Story Rich 4%
- #51 Synthetic Dreams: Falling
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Recnil
Windows
Synthetic Dreams: Falling is a science-fiction visual novel about human feelings, friendship, love and memories.
Why similar: Investigation 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Comedy 10%, Adventure 9.9%
- #52 Typer Hero (打字英雄)
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: KeKaiXinLe
Windows
Your village is being invaded by monsters。Every monster has a word above them, defeat the monster by typing out the word . Defend your village by stop the monsters from reaching the bottom of the screen.
Why similar: Typing 75.1% ★, Text-Based 17.7%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaleidoScreens
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Typing 31.3% ★, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #54 Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood
68% matchVery Positive85% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?
Why similar: Investigation 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 2.5%
- #55 Neighborhood Video
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alex CarlsonPub: Almost Playable Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crack the case of the missing video store employee in this 3D point and click mystery game by solving escape room puzzles, combing the computer database, and stocking shelves as an undercover detective posing as a cashier during your first weekend at the suspiciously understaffed Neighborhood Video.
Why similar: Typing 36.5% ★, Investigation 29.7%, Text-Based 21.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #56 Buddy Simulator 1984
66% matchVery Positive93% of 4,239 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Typing 26% ★, 1980s 21.5%, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #57 Chronicles of Cascadia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phil Fortier
Windows
Relive 1980s nostalgia in this anthology of three short classic adventure games! Your settings: a backyard with a mysterious hole, a cave with ancient petroglyphs, and a spaceship with an unusual shape.
Why similar: Typing 37.7% ★, Dark Comedy 20.6%, Text-Based 14%, Adventure 7.8%, 1980s 6.5%
- #58 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
65% matchVery Positive85% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Typing 26.9% ★, Investigation 26.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #59 PataNoir
69% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Typing 22.4% ★, Text-Based 22.3%, Investigation 15.3%, Adventure 8.5%