Games Like The Hero of Kendrickstone

Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?

Why similar: RPG 38.5%, Text-Based 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Indie 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the zero-to-hero progression and high-fantasy stakes found in Kendrickstone.

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Text-Based 33.3%, RPG 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Indie 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a grand scale of magical discovery and world-altering choices similar to the wizard-focused themes of the seed game.

Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?

Why similar: RPG 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Text-Based 21%, Indie 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a gritty, military-focused heroic journey where your leadership and tactical decisions are paramount.

Play a young peasant boy who becomes squire to a legendary knight. Travel the realm competing in jousts, archery, and melee competitions. Train hard in order to become a powerful knight and eventually compete in The Great Tournament to decide the fate of the realm in this medieval story.

Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Indie 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic underdog-to-champion narrative arc through a series of challenging, choice-driven encounters.

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: RPG 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Text-Based 25.5%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Continuing the epic scale of the Infinity series, it provides a deep, choice-heavy experience for fans of long-form interactive fiction.

A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!

Why similar: RPG 40.2%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Indie 16.6%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy adventure focuses on a mysterious quest that requires careful investigation and character management.

Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.

Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for extensive character customization and progression through a lifetime of magical challenges.

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

Why similar: RPG 32.2%, Text-Based 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Indie 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a massive, reactive world where you lead a rebellion, emphasizing the weight of your choices on the fate of a nation.

They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!

Why similar: Text-Based 37%, RPG 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Indie 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While darker in tone, it offers unparalleled depth in character development and narrative branching for fans of text-based RPGs.

Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.

Why similar: RPG 37.7%, Text-Based 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a mythological take on the hero's journey, blending historical fantasy with intense decision-making.

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: RPG 38.8%, Text-Based 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This high-fantasy epic provides an incredibly detailed world and a slow-burn narrative that rewards careful exploration.

Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?

Why similar: RPG 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 24.1%, Indie 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a scholarly yet adventurous path that rewards intellectual choices alongside traditional heroic feats.

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Why similar: Text-Based 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, RPG 26%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of urban fantasy and legal drama, perfect for those who enjoy unconventional heroic settings.

Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.

Why similar: RPG 34.4%, Text-Based 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Indie 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the 'wanna-be hero' struggle by placing you in a setting where you must prove yourself among peers.

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: RPG 40.5%, Text-Based 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on courtly intrigue and the burdens of leadership, perfect for players who enjoyed the city-saving themes of Kendrickstone.

Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

Why similar: RPG 44.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, Indie 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy epic leans into the 'chosen one' trope with a heavy emphasis on party dynamics and magical combat.

With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: RPG 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Text-Based 23.5%, Indie 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique time-manipulation mechanic that forces you to balance personal life with the responsibilities of a hero.

Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.5%, RPG 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends mythological elements with high-stakes combat, requiring you to navigate the whims of deities to succeed.

Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?

Why similar: RPG 40.5%, Text-Based 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Indie 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: This traditional fantasy quest offers a straightforward, satisfying narrative arc for fans of classic RPG tropes.

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Why similar: Text-Based 32.1%, RPG 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the public perception of heroism and the personal cost of being a celebrity hero.

Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!

Why similar: RPG 54.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Indie 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused, high-tension mystery that requires careful planning and tactical decision-making.

Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Text-Based 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends supernatural elements with the relatable, everyday struggles of high school, mirroring the 'mundane life' aspect of Kendrickstone.

As the CEO of a corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder, you'll harness dark magic and travel through time to inflate your stock prices!

Why similar: Text-Based 36.7%, RPG 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Indie 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a corporate-fantasy twist on the hero genre, focusing on the business side of being a superhuman.

Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel, the greatest text-based pro-wrestling RPG in the world!

Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Indie 16%

Why You'll Like It: While sports-themed, it perfectly captures the 'zero-to-hero' progression and the grind of building a career from the bottom up.

When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?

Why similar: RPG 33%, Text-Based 31.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Indie 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: This gothic fantasy adventure offers a more atmospheric and supernatural take on the hero's journey.

Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.

Why similar: RPG 32.6%, Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Indie 12.8%

As a criminal mastermind, choose a lair, rob a bank, hire a minion, and steal the world's largest ball of aluminum foil! Or, destroy the world. FINE.

Why similar: RPG 31.1%, Text-Based 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Indie 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for a unique perspective on the hero-villain dynamic, rewarding clever choices and strategic thinking.

Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 41.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32%, RPG 18%, Indie 8.6%

Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.

Why similar: RPG 52.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Indie 19.8%

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

Why similar: RPG 38.6%, Text-Based 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Indie 13.9%

Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?

Why similar: RPG 45.8%, Text-Based 32.3%, Indie 21.9%

Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!

Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Text-Based 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Indie 17.3%

Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.

Why similar: RPG 37%, Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Indie 14.6%

Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?

Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Text-Based 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Indie 17.3%

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: RPG 36.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36%, Text-Based 17.3%, Indie 10.1%

The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.

Why similar: Text-Based 31%, RPG 30.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Indie 13%

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: RPG 32.4%, Text-Based 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Indie 13.4%

Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.

Why similar: Text-Based 36.7%, RPG 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Indie 13%

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Text-Based 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, RPG 29.5%, Indie 4.8%

Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

Why similar: Text-Based 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, RPG 26.6%, Indie 9.6%

You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 37.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Indie 6.6%

Would a hero like you assassinate the president? "Heroes Rise: HeroFall" concludes the epic "Heroes Rise" trilogy of interactive novels 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: RPG 42.1%, Text-Based 24.9%, Indie 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%

Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.

Why similar: RPG 49.7%, Text-Based 30.3%, Indie 20.1%

Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Text-Based 43.3%, Indie 6.4%

Steal and raise a baby war gryphon! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom?

Why similar: RPG 37.8%, Text-Based 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Indie 15.6%

YOU are the hero in House of Hell! Can you escape from the Earl of Drumer's malevolent mansion in Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook?

Why similar: RPG 48.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Indie 17.5%

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 39.2%, RPG 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Indie 9.2%

America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!

Why similar: RPG 44.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Indie 17.1%

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, RPG 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Indie 11%

A stick and a dream: that's all you need in an RPG. Make choices that shape your destiny, build relationships, face epic monsters, and choose between being a feared villain or a legend.

Why similar: Text-Based 52.1%, RPG 43.1%, Indie 4.7%

Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.

Why similar: RPG 39%, Text-Based 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Indie 5.5%

Explore the underground world of vigilantes as you wage war against the Chicago mafia. Roll the dice, and survive the consequences of your actions!

Why similar: RPG 69.7%, Indie 30.3%

An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.

Why similar: RPG 53.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Indie 19.5%

Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.3%, Text-Based 31.3%, RPG 30.4%

Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn.

Why similar: Text-Based 42.2%, RPG 40.4%, Indie 17.4%

You are Robin Hood! Forge your destiny and fight to liberate Nottingham in this epic story-driven RPG blending interactive fiction, resource management, and base building set within a lushly-illustrated Sherwood Forest.

Why similar: Text-Based 41%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.7%, RPG 24.3%

The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!

Why similar: Text-Based 49.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Indie 16.4%

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

Why similar: RPG 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Text-Based 25.1%, Indie 13.8%

Lovely adventuring RPG series. Casual, story-driven journey and quests. Your home has been raided. Your father is missing. Set off on a dangerous journey to save him, and become the hero of the kingdom.

Why similar: RPG 68.4%, Indie 31.6%

Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.

Why similar: RPG 43%, Text-Based 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Indie 5.3%