- #1 Artifact
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Mesmerizers
Windows
Adult Lovecraftian strategy. Stealthily transform your university into horny, blonde bimbos! Dynamically change genitalia and breast sizes, IQ, mind control your peers via eldritch powers or eldritch parasites, erase your competition, and avoid a mysterious rival faction!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #2 Vogvhathos
96% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows
As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dragons 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%
- #3 The Broken Crown
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PiperFox
Windows
The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 21.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Adventure 12.3%
- #4 Sorcerer's Choice: Angel or Demon?
95% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: VarenyettPub: JAST
Windows
A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.
Why similar: Demons 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%
- #5 Taina's Cursed Legacy
94% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 18.1%, Hand-drawn 13%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%
- #6 Pillar of Knight
94% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Soul Realm Art
Windows
A medieval fantasy text-based visual novel where you guide Santi’s choices, unlock secret routes, and discover hidden CGs through interactive scenes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #7 Monster F****r II: Dragon
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Lascivity
Windows
Set out to lay a fearsome dragon in this short, text-based, erotic interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Dragons 18.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 10.1%
- #8 Paradise Inc
92% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Sinspirational Games
Windows
Sell your soul for happiness - and help others do the same. As the new demonic manager of a luxury high-rise, you'll use sex and diplomacy to uncover people's deepest desires and transform their bodies and minds - all while running a business! Text-based CYOA with over 1 million words of content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Time Management 13.3%
- #9 Fleshcult
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 196 reviews2020
Dev: Oneirolith
Windows
Take the role of an incubus or succubus. Seduce mortals into perverse servitude. Subject them to monstrous transformations.
Why similar: Demons 23.5%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #10 Eyes of Rain
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Demons 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%
- #11 City of Dolorosa
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cuelebre Cult
Windows
You've just died—and your trial for the ultimate sin begins. City of Dolorosa is an interactive fiction and first-person exploration game with handmade india ink graphics. Meet the Five Great Powers and uncover all the secrets that lie within Dolorosa, the cruelest city in Hell.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.8%, Demons 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.2%
- #12 CLOSED HANDS
89% 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 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 25.6%, Adventure 14%
- #13 Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
87% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep beneath the earth, the dragon is rising! Quest into ancient caverns, learn magical lore, and draw strength from friends and family to save your home! A text-based interactive fantasy novel.
Why similar: Dragons 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 18.7%, Management 5.1%
- #14 Lord Goblin
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: BBBen and his Big Brass BandPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
Visual novel meets management sim- thanks to a spell gone wrong, you, a lowly goblin, become the lord of a realm. You’ll need to govern your lands, renovate your manor, and most importantly- train up your naïve maids into a team of skilled servants!
Why similar: Time Management 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Management 8.5%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%
- #15 Hadean Lands
88% matchPositive92% of 49 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 39.6%, Text-Based 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 6.6%
- #16 Specters of the Deep
86% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb out of your tomb to avenge your own death in this haunted fantasy epic! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! It's an interactive epic fantasy novel, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Dragons 24.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 20.1%, Magic 6.5%
- #17 Book of Coin
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Text-Based 28.9%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Fantasy 9.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #18 The Dragon and the Djinn
84% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You hold a djinn in a bottle. Make a wish! Will you slay the dragon, or overthrow the emir? Or will you free the djinn, and accept the consequences?
Why similar: Dragons 25.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Text-Based 18.4%, Magic 4.7%
- #19 Hotel Hermes
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adjective Noun Studios
Windows · Linux
Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Time Management 20.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Adventure 11.5%
- #20 Soulbond
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Realms
Windows · Mac · Linux
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Demons 11.5%
- #21 The Medieval Psychologist
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ODD Game Studio
Windows · Mac
You're a stranger who has come to Lostworth, a town full of people lost in the darkness of the Middle Ages. Your purpose: help them spiritually. For this, you've only books, potions, spells and words. In time, as you uncover the secrets of the city, you'll also have to face threats from the past.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Medieval 6.4%
- #22 Zœufs Story Academie
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmigauxCamz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a Zanmi egg at the "Academie des Zœufs". Care for it, choose its activities and training, and build relationships with the other students to shape its growth in this character-raising simulation. What kind of Zanmi will you raise?
Why similar: Time Management 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dragons 10.5% ★
- #23 A Mage Reborn
81% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Text-Based 24.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Magic 8.3%
- #24 Exercise your Demons
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: BoopDood
Windows
Step into the world of Exercise your Demons, a 2d narrative adventure inspired by Irish fairies and folklore. Meet and befriend 5 locals while you work towards settling into the small fictional town called Inishsióg in County Galway, Ireland.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 22%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Mythology 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
- #25 Child of Ash
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Imoyokan
Windows
The hero who stopped a world-eating calamity was branded a demon by history. Centuries later, an orphan carrying his last fragment pieces the truth together from rumor and record. No combat — only Ashen Flame, a power that costs you with every use. Two loops. One truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Adventure 7.8%
- #26 Devils
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Francesco Cabbai
Windows
Your soul is on the line. Manage devils, manipulate fate through dice-based negotiations, and make soul deals in a Barcelona narrative strategy game about debt, temptation, and survival.
Why similar: Time Management 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Hand-drawn 12%, Adventure 10.4%
- #27 Throne of Blood
77% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Celestial power thrums in your veins, Hell’s throne calls, and demons conspire. Will you ascend as savior, tyrant, or something in between? A text-based horror novel, 295,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Text-Based 23.5%, Demons 16.8%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #28 Mercenary Guild Manager
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Code Dunamis
Windows
Raise a banner and run a mercenary guild in a grim medieval fantasy realm. Recruit and read your blades, negotiate contracts, send them into procedural missions, and survive a living political web where every payday bites and nothing is ever certain.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #29 SACROSANCT
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: FEYXUAN
Windows
nothing is inviolate. and that which is sacrosanct gets fucked. fuck god, kill heaven, marry boyfriend. in that order.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%
- #30 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
76% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Simulation 17.2%
- #31 Seeds of Pain
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aky Heart
Windows · Mac · Linux
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
Why similar: Time Management 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 12%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
- #32 PhantomZone SemiDeus
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: phantomzone observation roomPub: keieru
Windows
"A dragon survivor, a rarity in these times." That's what she called herself. Mysterious, bizarre biographical tales unfold in a retro-futuristic world.
Why similar: Dragons 19.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.3%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%
- #33 Cold Bed on Route
73% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Old Retina Museum
Windows · Linux
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Time Management 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 17.9%, 2D 4.7%
- #34 Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
75% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Fablesoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairy tale about the woods outside a small village and the monster that roams within them. Become Sage and play through to uncover the mystery when they're tossed away from everything they've ever known.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Text-Based 14.6%
- #35 Maiden of Milk: Clarabelle
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyraVisualNovels
Windows
Maiden of Milk is an adult, stat-based VN about managing the milk, moods, and schedules of five very busty women. Spend limited weekly energy on dates, milking, gifts, and intimate scenes to grow their curves and unlock new events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Time Management 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
- #36 The Great Plague Exodus
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Priory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee across the country. Navigate 100s of random events that challenge your ethics and your drive to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Simulation 10.8%
- #37 Popular Kids
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peter Newing
Windows
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 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Text-Based 17%, Adventure 10.6%, 2D 6.7%
- #38 スマートフォン
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
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 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Text-Based 22.9%, Adventure 12.9%, 2D 5.9%
- #39 Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
70% matchVery Positive86% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: ジギタリス出版Pub: 15 Industry
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Medieval 5.4%
- #40 Stars Arisen
72% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%
- #41 Solis
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Gibberish Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Solis a hand drawn adventure. The city of Solis never sleeps — and tonight, neither will you. Elixer, the company you've dedicated yourself to, has gathered its people for an end-of-year celebration with a staggering promise at its heart: eternal life.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.5%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%
- #42 Moonbriar
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #43 Samurai of Hyuga
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Text-Based 26.9%, Adventure 10.4%
- #44 Zugzwang
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Malice Studios LLC
Windows
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #45 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #46 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
69% matchPositive82% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%
- #47 EmyLiveShow: Dragon & Mistresses Tale
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Join four hot Vtuber girls on a kinky fantasy role-playing adventure. Roll the dice and break hearts in the new EmyLiveShow hentai visual novel!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Text-Based 15%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%
- #48 The Sin Collector: Repentless
70% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
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 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #49 X.E.H.A. Rogue
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
Windows · Mac
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Text-Based 10.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #50 Oremus
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
Windows · Linux
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 22.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Medieval 6.5%
- #51 Decadent Heir
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PRdroid GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia. Born into nobility, you will shape both your destiny and the fate of a nation.Will you preserve the old order, ignite the flames of revolution, or carve out your own path? Every decision will echo through time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Text-Based 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Management 7.6%
- #52 Games of the Monarch's Eye
67% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Text-Based 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Magic 8.2%
- #53 The Wizard’s Beans Or: A Short Period of Unplanned Internment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Prophecy
Windows
Solve puzzles, enlist magic beans, eat soap, plan your escape, and confront the menacing mage who keeps you confined in his tower. Will you keep cracking jokes or learn from your mistakes? Your choices matter.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 21.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Magic 6.3%
- #54 Eternal Affairs
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? An interactive, text-based magical romance novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Text-Based 18.9%, Demons 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%
- #55 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
69% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Text-Based 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Adventure 6%, Fantasy 4.8%
- #56 Yonder World: Interview with the Void
67% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Fluttering Abyss
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story, with a spiking sense of danger and gentle melancholy. An out of this world adventure, revolving around books, memories and mortality. Along the way, perhaps you shall pick up pieces of a long forgotten heart, or some unlikely companions that you never knew you needed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Text-Based 14.3%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #57 Vanakan
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 24.5%, Mythology 10.3%, 2D 6%