- #1 The Peresmeshnik
97% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
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: Text-Based 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Story Rich 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #2 All (Too) Good Things
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 23.4%, Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
- #3 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #4 ELISEISK 2074
95% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Indie Ninjas
Windows
The year is 2074. “Spark” organization wants to «establish order» in your hometown of Eliseysk. It’s time to answer the call (of justice) and join the resistance. Will you be the one to shoulder the burden of this mission, and persist in this cruel and dangerous world in order to shape its future?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Cyberpunk 11%, Futuristic 9.7%
- #5 Death off the Cuff
94% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Detective 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%
- #6 Vanakan
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Text-Based 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #7 After the Storm
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Text-Based 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #8 201 - The Bad Number
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Detective 10.8%
- #9 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #10 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #11 Sunberry Care Center
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: foolkien
Windows
An analog horror adventure where you work as a staff member at the uncanny facility named Sunberry Care Center, which is dedicated to the treatment of a mysterious disease called Sunberry Syndrome.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #12 Hadean Lands
90% 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 39.8%, Text-Based 35.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 4.1%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #13 Mass of Consumption
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Horror 10.6%
- #14 Mistbound
87% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #15 Silent Earth
88% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #16 Alcyone: The Last City
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #17 LifeSimOS
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #18 The Nascent Necromancer
85% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #19 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Detective 8.1%
- #20 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
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: Text-Based 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
- #21 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
82% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Text-Based 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #22 Do 11
83% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
- #23 Biocybernetic Trap
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Cyberpunk 13%, Detective 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #24 Whispers From The Rift
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
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 26.9%, Text-Based 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Horror 8.5%
- #25 Tower of the Ice Lich
80% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #26 A Bad Christmas Story
79% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Detective 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Horror 10.4%
- #27 The Sculptor
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmenoRokkotsu
Windows
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 24.9%, Text-Based 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
- #28 Professor of Magical Studies
78% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #29 Aunewyth
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.3%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #30 TOY BOX
76% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%
- #31 Greymarsh
77% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #32 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Text-Based 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #33 The Portal Pirate
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 27.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #34 31 Days In Orange Carnival
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReversePI
Windows
10 participants. A death game that unfolds over 31 days. If you kill another participant, you can take their prize money. An interactive fiction game where the story changes based on your choices. In this dangerous game, choose who to trust and who to betray.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Modern 15%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #35 The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
73% matchVery Positive100% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Jack McNameePub: Ashtown Games
Windows
A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
- #36 Don't Wake Me Up
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re trapped in a malfunctioning virtual reality with no memories—except of every video game you’ve ever played. Jack into a wild dream in cyberspace.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #37 Nothing To Remember
75% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Detective 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
- #38 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
72% matchVery Positive87% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 19.9%, Detective 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #39 阴桃花 (The Flowers of Yin)
74% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: SnowyYANGPub: 逐夏
Windows
幻想若非幻想 自然可超自然 伴我梦中桃花 懒识人间滋味
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #40 Be Honest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Jester Studios
Windows
The horror personality q̷̦̈́͊u̸̠͗i̴͈͈̊̈z̴͈͇̳͗͌
Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #41 Not It: Spookiest Edition
73% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #42 Dreaming After You
71% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Multiple Endings 16%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
- #43 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Text-Based 24.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #44 Windrush Tales
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
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 32.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #45 CRYPTIC
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Kidnapped by an insane man and dragged into a dark crypt, your only choice is to play along with his twisted games or suffer the consequences for non-compliance. A thrilling text-based interactive fiction game!
Why similar: Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #46 Attorney Disbarment Adventure
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ambearth Games
Windows
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Text-Based 29.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #47 Holy Shift
69% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 15.9%, Detective 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
- #48 Lacuna: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Detective 15.4%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #49 SOLEN
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkdrift
Windows
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 16.3%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Cyberpunk 11.9%
- #50 Roadwarden
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,982 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #51 7 Days in Dystopia
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #52 History of Dragosa
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%
- #53 The Trial
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NowakGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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: Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #54 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,831 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Detective 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #55 Recluses
69% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
Windows
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #56 楚漢女子
70% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 株式会社Viola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Story Rich 14%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #57 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #58 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,176 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Detective 21.2%, Text-Based 18.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #59 Contra Spem Spero
65% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: DADZINGO
Windows · Linux
Contra Spem Spero is a text-based horror adventure with visual novel elements. Not every road leads out. You are lost deep in a twisted place — a forest one can only hope to escape.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Story Rich 10.5%