- #1 The Saplum Cradle
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devroom-Vantasia
Windows
A choose-your-own-adventure horror game about using the memories of the dead to scavenge lost civilisations.
Why similar: Faith 25.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Retro 8.6%
- #2 Ruins of Araethia
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Gloomy Lantern
Windows
An open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic medieval fantasy world. Learn to survive, fight off threats, and thrive in a harsh world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Incremental 15.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #3 Terranova
96% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Terranova
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.
Why similar: Typing 30.8% ★, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #4 Head in the Cloud
95% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Typing 22.2% ★, Text-Based 20.7%, Retro 14.9%, Horror 7.8%
- #5 Ecos de Luaré
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Treelight Atelier
Windows
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Incremental 22.7%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #6 The Trial
94% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Retro 10%
- #7 Opus Scriba
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joeden's Quest
Windows
OPUS SCRIBA sends you on a hero’s journey through a magical world filled with unknown dangers, countless riches and an opportunity to become legend. Make choices to decide your fate or roll the dice and leave it to luck. Share your story with your friends and together you may just survive journey.
Why similar: Typing 32.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #8 Hysteria in Howlsbend
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 33.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #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 30.6% ★, Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Retro 9.2%, Mystery 7.1%
- #10 Tachyon Dreams Anthology
91% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
Time itself is breaking up, and Dodger, the dishwashing dude onboard Penrose Space Station, is the unlikely fixer. Join the chaos in this 80s-style comedy, sci-fi text-parser adventure as Dodger tackles a cosmic crisis like no other! This version includes all three episodes + new extra content!
Why similar: Typing 33.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Retro 14.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Exploration 5.8%
- #11 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Faith 20.2% ★, Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #12 After the Storm
89% 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 28.8%, Text-Based 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #13 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
89% 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 23.9%, Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #14 Hifuu OS: Hack Into the Barrier
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaleidoScreens
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hifuu OS: Immersive hacking simulator based on the Touhou Project. Play as Renko Usami, learn and use authentic terminal commands to hack into the Great Hakurei Barrier. Unravel the truth behind Maribel Hearn's mysterious coma as you search through Gensokyo's secret and private documents.
Why similar: Faith 34.1% ★, Typing 22.3% ★, Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Retro 7%
- #15 Hadean Lands
88% 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 39.3%, Text-Based 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Indie 4.1%, Adventure 3.6%
- #16 Anachronism\>
86% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 34.6% ★, Text-Based 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 9%
- #17 In Silence Waits
86% 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 33.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 12.9%, Retro 11.8%, Exploration 8.4%
- #18 Come Pray
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: YUGO EYRA
Windows
Just Pray. No Sins Allowed.
Why similar: Faith 48.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Visual Novel 3.8%
- #19 The Aching
84% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Typing 31.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Retro 12.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #20 Andromeda Acolytes
84% 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 39.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, Exploration 5.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #21 The Ghost and the Golem
83% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can your magic amulet save your Jewish village from destruction? Uncover the truth and forge alliances with soldiers, bandits, anarchists, and demons!
Why similar: Faith 33.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Adventure 5.9%
- #22 Dere-chat
82% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Sleepy_Fox_Interactive
Windows · Linux
An Interactive Visual Novel with 35 story branches, 150 unique lines of dialogue, unlockable skins and many wholesome vibes! Dere-chan is always kind, happy, and energetic so whatever happens she'll always be there with kindness and support!
Why similar: Incremental 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #23 Mass of Consumption
81% 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 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 11.7%
- #24 PataNoir
82% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Typing 16.7% ★, Retro 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%
- #25 Whispers From The Rift
79% 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 27.3%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Horror 9.3%
- #26 廃遊園地のメメントメモリア
80% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: アサノハ製作所
Windows
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Adventure 6.8%
- #27 Alcyone: The Last City
79% 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 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #28 The Bottom of the Well
81% matchVery Positive85% of 585 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nettle Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Horror 4.6%
- #29 Buddy Simulator 1984
78% matchVery Positive93% of 4,239 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: Typing 19.4% ★, Text-Based 18%, Retro 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #30 Taina's Cursed Legacy
77% 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: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #31 The Peresmeshnik
78% matchVery Positive93% of 108 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 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Survival 7.1%, Horror 6.8%
- #32 Burned One
76% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: HELIX741
Windows
Visual novel «Burned One» - story that tells about a post-apocalyptic world in post-soviet decorations, and about its people. In the center of the story a stalker Voyla, who trying to find his wife, disappeared during the Cataclysm...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Survival 7.4%
- #33 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Faith 15.8% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #34 Cyber Confession Room
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: rich chenPub: 三金
Windows
When you confide in your heart, 'I' will accompany you on the journey of redemption. Cyber Confession Room "is an interactive visual novel game where you can choose a tree hole to listen to your confession. You can also practice public welfare tasks to obtain redemption
Why similar: Faith 48.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 10.8%, Indie 2.2%
- #35 The Pilgrimage
75% 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 23% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #36 Between the Lines
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Typing 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #37 Whispering Memories
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Incremental 22%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #38 All (Too) Good Things
74% 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 26.8%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 5.1%
- #39 Castle of Terror
74% 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: Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Retro 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #40 BibleGames - Erstes Buch Mose - Teil 1
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JoniSoft - Jonas Efinger
Windows
BibleGames - erstes Buch Mose I is a Third-Person /RPG /Single-Player /Adventure SpielPlay you throw the "first book of Mose" Part 1,of tthe Bible. ... till inclusive Kain und Abel Caution: this game contains nudity (Adam and Eve, Kain and Abel (in the early years))
Why similar: Faith 47% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 6.3%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #41 Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEWB GAMES, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Retro 8.4%
- #42 Sacrificium
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
Why similar: Faith 26.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #43 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
71% matchPositive84% of 31 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: Text-Based 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Typing 20.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #44 Word2
72% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Gg
Windows
Browse the Bible in most languages and many versions! Pick up where you left off by choosing "Resume on Start". Set/change default language. Reading mode or typing mode. Type verses, improve typing speed and store your best and average WPM. I love Jesus!
Why similar: Faith 53.9% ★, Typing 26.9% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, Old School 3.5%, Story Rich 2.2%
- #45 ナカノ人格移植研究所
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%
- #46 Dyping Escape
68% matchVery Positive93% of 479 reviews2026
Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Typing 34.5% ★, Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Retro 8.6%, Horror 6.2%
- #47 Dead Detention (Rescribbled)
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jack Astral
Windows
DEAD DETENTION is a scribbly interactive story about a nerdy teen turned dooms day survivor! Play as 14 year old Max as he tries to escape his high school during a deadly zombie pandemic! Will he and his new friends get to safety?!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Funny 8.9%
- #48 The Dreams in the Peacock House
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Harlequin Diver
Windows · Mac
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.6%, Typing 17.3% ★, Retro 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 5.9%
- #49 CLOSED HANDS
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Text-Based 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 3.1%
- #50 Bael's Rock: A Text Adventure
68% 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 32% ★, Text-Based 23.7%, Retro 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Old School 7.5%
- #51 Hypoxia - One Last Breath
69% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: NagiPub: Hypoxia Studio
Windows
A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #52 Tower of the Ice Lich
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Retro 8.4%
- #53 月夜にかれん
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
ひょんなことからバディを組むことになった少年と美少女幽霊による怪異調査もの。壮絶なバトルを通じて、幽霊たちが生前に抱えていた悲しい過去を解き明かし、鎮めていく。現代解釈の「学校の七不思議」を軸に織りなす心霊怪異アクション。
Why similar: Faith 25.2% ★, Text-Based 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Retro 9.1%
- #54 ESC
69% matchVery Positive99% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Lena RainePub: Radical Dreamland
Windows
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Text-Based 17.9%, Retro 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #55 Glitch
66% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbo Games
Windows
Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Incremental 11.3%
- #56 Gaze Into Fate
67% matchMixed61% of 41 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 35.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #57 不上岸不恋爱
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 考研上岸制作组
Windows
因为学历贬值而找不到好工作的本科生布郝,在一次送外卖途中得知一个名叫“做题家之岛”的岛屿,在那里,只要能够考研上岸,就能获得取之不尽的权力和财富,揣怀着咸鱼翻身理想的他,踏上了前往“做题家之岛”的邮轮……
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Incremental 29.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Adventure 7.9%, Funny 7.9%
- #58 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
65% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #59 Harmonium
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: From The Bard
Windows
Discover the story of this point’n click and lead your town towards a better future! You’ll guide the town of Harmonium Point to a yet unbuilt future after a great war that ravaged the world. React to numerous events that punctuate the life of this town and build relationships with the other citizens!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Text-Based 23.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Story Rich 6.5%