Games Like Tales of the Black Death

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 10%

Kolyma is a story-rich, unforgiving survival deckbuilder. Face off against GULAG convicts and try to collect enough resources to survive and hopefully escape the prison camp. Build winning decks, complete quests, and don't make too many enemies. Welcome to the North. May the Numbers dance for you.

Why similar: Unforgiving 59.1% ★, Choices Matter 8.6%, Dark 7%, Hand-drawn 6.3%, Story Rich 5.9%

A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 15%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.1%

Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Hand-drawn 19%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Text-Based 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%

Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Hand-drawn 17%, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%

You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.3%

Embark on a journey of this text anime quest with RPG elements! Walk through beautiful locations, overcome challenges and make Peter’s dreams come true. Every step you take matters. And don’t forget to take the diary - you’ll need it!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%

Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%

Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.9%

A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%

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 21.6%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Dark 9.2%

A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, Text-Based 9.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%

In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%

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: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9%

Once you open this book, you are no longer just a reader. A "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — handcrafted over six years by a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. 100% handmade, from the first page to the last.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Text-Based 10.6%

Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Dark 9.2%

A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%

The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%

見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Dark 11.3%, Adventure 10.9%

A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%

A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Dark 10%

Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 14.5%, Adventure 11.2%, RPG 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%

The Vigilante Diaries is a narrative-driven role-playing game where you assume the role of a masked vigilante. Experience his life journey through his diaries spanning years, navigate the changes within his hideout, and make every decision that shapes his destiny.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, RPG 9.7%

Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Text-Based 13.7%, Adventure 9.1%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%

THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Hand-drawn 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, RPG 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 11.1%

A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 22.1%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.2%

A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 10.3%

Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Adventure 9.8%

Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Adventure 11.8%, RPG 11.5%

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 24.8%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%

Olympia is not for the faint of heart. Explore, hunt, and survive (or try) in this ultra-hard platformer that focuses on being airborne.

Why similar: Unforgiving 73.3% ★, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Difficult 2.6%, 2D 2.3%

Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 16.1%, RPG 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%

A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 9.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%

It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dark 9.2%

Bleedings Moons is an interactive story revolving around the themes of fate, duty and free will. Your actions and decisions will shape the story of the game, so that Ian's story will be your story, with the logical consequences of your choices.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Text-Based 14%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Story Rich 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Text-Based 9.7%

BLÖCK is a hardcore and challenging 2D Platformer. The goal is easy: Get to the level end as fast as possible and try not to die. But let's be realistic. You will die. A lot.

Why similar: Unforgiving 92.9% ★, Casual 2.6%, Difficult 2%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Text-Based 9.7%

You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Adventure 10.2%

An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Story Rich 9.9%

You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Dark 9.6%

In a village slowly being consumed by a supernatural curse, you are a witch’s apprentice charged with breaking it. Explore the town, uncover forbidden ingredients, earn the trust of its troubled inhabitants, and complete the ritual before the thorns claim everything.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Text-Based 14.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%

The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 10.9%

When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 21.3%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, RPG 8%

You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 19%, Dark 14.8%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%