- #1 Never Gives Up Her Dead
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 42.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Sci-fi 6%, Retro 4.8%
- #2 Stranded 2
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: JimJams Games
Windows
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 32.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, 1980s 12.2%, Text-Based 10.8%, Comedy 9.5%
- #3 Kriss' Journey
96% 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 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, 1980s 16.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Retro 9.9%
- #4 Andromeda Acolytes
95% 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 38.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #5 In Silence Waits
94% 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 34.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Retro 9.7%, 1980s 8.8%, Text-Based 8%
- #6 The Aching
94% matchPositive96% of 25 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 32% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, 1980s 12.9%, Retro 10.7%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #7 Buddy Simulator 1984
93% matchVery Positive93% of 4,346 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 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: 1980s 21.8%, Typing 19.7% ★, Retro 14.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #8 Typing Stars
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris KarpyszynPub: fxb games studio
Windows · Mac
Typing Stars is a relaxing, typing speed and skill based game set in space. Improve your typing dexterity, race against the clock and beat your friends scores.
Why similar: Typing 36.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, 1980s 10.6%, Retro 10%, Text-Based 9%
- #9 Ozapell Mystery Text Adventure
92% 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 34% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 17%, 1980s 14.9%, Retro 8.3%
- #10 Fragment
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omaj
Windows
Join a boy named Timothy and his alien friend Gus on a journey of self discovery as they explore the colorful world of Fragment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, 1980s 19.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Retro 9.5%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #11 Framework Zero: Terminal Panic
90% 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 25.7% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, 1980s 12.8%, Retro 11.4%
- #12 Head in the Cloud
89% 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 26.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Retro 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #13 Hyrax In The Rocks
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The East Patch
Windows
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
Why similar: 1980s 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Retro 16.2%, Adventure 10.6%
- #14 Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
88% matchPositive100% of 16 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 30.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Comedy 18.2%, Text-Based 8.7%, Adventure 5.6%
- #15 Dante's Cowboy
87% 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 53.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #16 Trilingual
86% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Wyatt HubersPub: Tetrafi
Windows
Welcome to the planet, Triangulus. Can you solve the hidden mysteries of each island and escape with your brain intact? Scan these ancient runes to decode a new alien language. Use this alien language to grow plants, move trains, and even save the Trilings of the planet.
Why similar: Typing 55.1% ★, Sci-fi 10.1%, Cartoony 9.7%, Puzzle 8%, Space 7%
- #17 Harm Other
86% 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: Comedy 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #18 Chronicles of Cascadia
85% 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 32.8% ★, Text-Based 8.8%, Comedy 8.1%, 1980s 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #19 The Watch Post
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Robert Hendrickson
Windows
In The Watch Post you will explore areas through a living CRT television in this atmospheric dark-fantasy text adventure. Find strange items, unlock hidden paths, solve optional mysteries, and decide whether the signal should ever be answered.
Why similar: Typing 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 22.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 5.6%
- #20 Soulfused
84% 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 43% ★, Text-Based 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #21 Buck Trucker in Rowdy Business
82% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: One of Daggers
Windows · Mac
Buck Trucker must gamble and sweet-talk his way through The Golden Palm Casino, Las Vegas, to save an orphanage back home—or succumb to Sin City's many temptations in this choice-driven story featuring mini-games, multiple endings, and a cast of outlandish characters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, 1980s 19.8%, Text-Based 13.5%, Comedy 12.9%, Retro 7.6%
- #22 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 286 reviews2023
Dev: Tibba Games
Windows
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
Why similar: 1980s 21.9%, Comedy 18.8%, Retro 14.8%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #23 Adrift
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Moryi Limited
Windows
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, 1980s 20.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Retro 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #24 Book of Decisions
82% 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 55.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 8.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #25 CozyTyper
81% matchVery Positive94% of 336 reviews2022
Dev: silly little games
Windows · Mac · Linux
CozyTyper is a relaxing game where you can enjoy a cozy atmosphere while you spend your time improving your typing accuracy and speed, without the pressure of a ticking clock. Take your touch typing to the next level with calm practice and muscle memory training! Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
Why similar: Typing 62.2% ★, Text-Based 11.5%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Colorful 4.7%
- #26 Gaze Into Fate
80% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: IKOUYOPub: IKOU GmbH
Windows
A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?
Why similar: Typing 40.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 10%, Cartoony 9.1%, Adventure 6.4%
- #27 Mart Mayhem
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 11 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 39.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 14.4%, Comedy 13.3%, Adventure 5.3%
- #28 My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar
79% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Automata UKPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this bizarre graphically-augmented text-adventure originally released in 1983 from the mind of Mel Croucher, Uncle Groucho is your guide in a wacky alternative Hollywood where cigars are currency and you are as likely to travel in a space shuttle as in a covered wagon.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Retro 15.9%, Comedy 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, 1980s 9.5%
- #29 Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure...
78% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Defence Force
Windows
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Typing 37.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, 1980s 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Retro 6.4%
- #30 Soul Nexus
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ocean.lol
Windows · Linux
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Typing 20.5% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Comedy 11%, Story Rich 8%
- #31 The Forgotten Nightmare Series
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Chris Radford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
Why similar: Typing 33.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Retro 14.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Exploration 5.8%
- #32 Galactic Retribution Vol.1
77% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Lilly Studios
Windows
The Aliens are back for revenge. You're the only one standing between them and total annihilation. Blast through waves of enemies, dodge bullets (and cosmic insults), and defend the solar system in this retro-inspired arcade shooter — one ship, one chance, no negotiating.
Why similar: 1980s 35%, Retro 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Comedy 9.5%
- #33 Nerdy Quest
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Linus Hertley-Lundberg
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic 1980s-inspired point-and-click adventure packed with puzzles, quirky humor, and bizarre pop-culture references. Explore cinematic environments, talk to eccentric characters, collect and combine items — and discover a surprising burst of action at the end.
Why similar: 1980s 31.1%, Comedy 14.8%, Retro 13%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #34 Human.exe
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Weird EnginePub: Weird Engine
Windows · Mac
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Why similar: Typing 42.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Retro 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #35 Connected Fates
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GeorgeLifo
Windows
Connected Fates is a surreal top down Puzzle Adventure game where you guide a child through a dying world and help him return home. The game knows you exist, and you are able to influence it through unconventional means.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Comedy 15.1%, Cartoony 11.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%
- #36 Hostage Down
75% 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 32.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Comedy 18.2%, Text-Based 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #37 Party on Hallow Grove
73% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: vaaasm
Windows
Talk to kooky guests, trade party items, and explore Death’s mansion as you throw him the spookiest birthday party EVER!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Retro 15.3%, Comedy 11.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Cartoony 10.5%
- #38 Astra Protocol 2
74% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Slice Bar Games
Windows
Monitors have received notification of an unknown event, referred to as ASTRA PROTOCOL. You have been designated search and reconnaissance to determine the meaning of this ASTRA PROTOCOL. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Find evidence of survivors. PROBABILITY OF HOSTILES: HIGH.
Why similar: Typing 36.4% ★, 1980s 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Retro 11.7%, Space 9.1%
- #39 Void Breach
74% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
Void Breach is a low-res, retro point-and-click adventure game where an experiment has gone unpredictably wrong. Your daughter is whooshed through a tear in space! Embrace the void and follow her. The only way to bring her back.
Why similar: 1980s 19%, Retro 18.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #40 Little Boy : Small Steps, Big Changes
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: La Romylda Compagnie
Windows
Little Boy, a narrative game where you play as a robot assistant helping people find happiness!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, Retro 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #41 STATUS:GONE
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Melollo
Windows · Mac
STATUS:GONE is a puzzle-game mystery, far out in deep space.
Why similar: Typing 59.2% ★, Space 15%, Puzzle 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #42 War of the Wormholes: Janitor Duty
71% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Auguste GezalyanPub: Vooscaloo and Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the wild world of the distant future! Become a SPACE JANITOR in this exciting, comedic, and puzzle filled point and click adventure game!
Why similar: Comedy 15.9%, Retro 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #43 Boreal
72% 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 41.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Adventure 11%, Comedy 10.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #44 Backspace Bouken
73% matchVery Positive92% of 76 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 81.5% ★, Adventure 6.7%, Retro 3.4%, Comedy 3.2%, Funny 1.9%
- #45 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,637 reviews2025
Dev: U0U GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.
Why similar: Typing 45.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Retro 13.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #46 Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: GameClicks
Windows
Embark on a journey into the heart of an old-school text adventure game that beckons you into a world veiled in shadow and mystique. Here, your wits are your greatest weapon, and your keyboard, the tool to wield it.
Why similar: Typing 39% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Retro 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Adventure 6.9%
- #47 Dyping Escape
69% matchVery Positive92% of 604 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 42.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Retro 8.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #48 Space Bear
71% 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 61.9% ★, Text-Based 22.4%, Adventure 15.7%
- #49 12 Abroad St.
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Ronpoingue
Windows
12 Abroad St is a solo textual adventure game for PC set in a present and urban setting. You have been invited to a party you don't want to attend. Roam the city of Seaforth and try to dodge the party.
Why similar: Typing 56.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Exploration 6.9%, Adventure 3.6%
- #50 Starfall
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolarmPub: Solhenge
Windows
A space adventure with retro gfx from the golden age of quest gaming with real type-in commands, puzzles to solve and challenging minigames.
Why similar: Sci-fi 18.7%, Space 15.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Retro 12.3%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #51 Keep it Cool, Man
70% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: BiegusPub: Cubepotato Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Keep it Cool, Man fuses the funky style with typing arcade-shooter gameplay. Add to it a mix of a stereotypical American movie like Independence Day as story and there you have it... man.
Why similar: Typing 44.5% ★, Comedy 13.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Space 8.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #52 The Pilgrimage
69% 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 28.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Comedy 14.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #53 Now Loading
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Joseph Sak
Windows
[Description Loading...]
Why similar: Typing 46.7% ★, Text-Based 21.9%, Comedy 15.1%, Puzzle 9.2%, Funny 6.4%
- #54 Run TavernQuest
66% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Silicon Sundial
Windows
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Comedy 17.7%, 1980s 17.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Retro 10.1%
- #55 Atari Mania
68% matchMixed65% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Studios iLLOGIKAPub: Atari
Windows · Linux
A wild journey through videogame history, Atari Mania is a microgame collection wrapped in a hilarious retro-driven narrative of exploration and surprise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, 1980s 20.5%, Comedy 13.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #56 Changelog
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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 39.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Text-Based 8.1%, Puzzle 7.4%, Exploration 6.4%
- #57 Finish Report
67% 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 50.5% ★, Text-Based 17.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 7.8%, Space 6.9%
- #58 Castle of Terror
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 17.9%, Retro 17.2%, 1980s 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #59 Glowing Static
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SeaRuby Games
Windows
Play a series of retro games and learn about what's really going on in your bedroom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, 1980s 20.2%, Adventure 11%, Puzzle 9.1%, Retro 8.7%
- #60 Bruneva
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eddy Antonini
Windows
In the kingdom of Bruneva, an unlikely hero embarks on a magical mission full of humor. With eccentric characters, comedic challenges, and witty dialogues, "The Adventures of Bruneva" guarantees laughter at every turn.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.5%, Comedy 25.8%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 12.3%, 2D 1.2%