Games Like The Hunter's Journals - Rogues Gallery

Revisit the case which made you a legend among your peers.

Why similar: Steampunk 19.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Gothic 9.3% ★

The Crawling Horror is dead, but its legacy of madness lives on!

Why similar: Text-Based 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Steampunk 11.8% ★, Gothic 10.7% ★

A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Steampunk 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Gothic 10.7% ★

From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!

Why similar: Text-Based 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Steampunk 14.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Gothic 10.8% ★

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Surreal 12.1%, Horror 9%

In a Persian steampunk empire, will you use your arcane alchemy to repair a spaceship, or pilot a mech? Ignite a revolution, or snuff it out?

Why similar: Steampunk 18.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 16.8%, Lore-Rich 12.7%

When you discover that the Serpent of Chaos is trying to destroy Egypt, will you stand against him, or will you help spread his eternal darkness?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Horror 7.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Text-Based 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Horror 8.1%, Choices Matter 5.3%

A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%

Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Steampunk 10% ★, Lore-Rich 6.8%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Text-Based 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Gothic 10.1% ★

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 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 23%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.

Why similar: Text-Based 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Steampunk 21.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Lovecraftian 11%

Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%

Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%

Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Why similar: Steampunk 24.7% ★, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Lovecraftian 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Gothic 11.5% ★

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

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Horror 15.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%

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 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8%

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: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%

A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?

Why similar: Text-Based 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Surreal 9.9%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%

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

Why similar: Steampunk 42.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

Dracula has been resurrected in modern nights Los Angeles. Separated from his home by oceans and time itself, he must come to grips with a new world while his survival hangs in the balance.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Lore-Rich 12%, Gothic 11.8% ★

A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 23.6%, Lore-Rich 20.3%, Gore 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 22.8%, Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%

Forces beyond human comprehension draw a macabre veil over the icy NY of 1927. A child has disappeared and you, a reporter with an unhappy past as an artist, become entangled in the drama. In this story, inspired by true events, you will investigate between reality, dreams and Lovecraftian horrors.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Lovecraftian 12.5%, Horror 9.9%

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Steampunk 26.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Horror 12.9%, Gore 10.6%, Text-Based 9.3%

Battle robots, make friends, and uncover a bizarre conspiracy to avert the apocalypse in this comedy of manners and mayhem with steampunk blasters!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Steampunk 21.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 24.5%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%

"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Lore-Rich 13%, Gothic 12.6% ★, Text-Based 11.1%

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 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Text-Based 27.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

You've played this game before. It's a haunted game about a haunted game. You may not remember, but the game remembers you. I remember you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Gothic 11.4% ★, Lore-Rich 11.2%

Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Horror 8.2%

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 36.4%, Text-Based 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Adventure 3.2%, Story Rich 2.1%

Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 23.2%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Choices Matter 5.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14%, Text-Based 13.4%

"Choose your own adventure" style nightmares

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 15.7%, Gothic 14% ★, Horror 9.3%

Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Text-Based 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Rule a mighty city, fight battles and go on adventures as the Ardent or Ardessa of the city of Lake Steelthorne. Find love, power, and a secret that could change the world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Steampunk 20.5% ★, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Text-Based 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Lore-Rich 17%, Choices Matter 7.1%

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 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 29.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Atmospheric 3.1%

エンディング数140種類以上！縦横無尽に広がりを見せる選択肢が恐怖の世界へ誘います。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Text-Based 26.9%, Horror 18.4%, Gore 13.9%, Violent 5.7%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Horror 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%

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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 9%

Through branching destinies, hidden lore, brooding gothic vistas, and a soundtrack that echoes like a warning, you’ll walk a world reshaped by every choice you dare to make. But tread carefully—each decision pulls you toward redemption… or toward a fate far more terrifying than death.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Surreal 11.9%, Horror 8.8%

A Gothic horror faerie tale.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Lovecraftian 12.8%, Lore-Rich 10%, Gothic 9.6% ★

These monsters aren’t just in the movies! Will you hunt the vampires, werewolves and others stalking Hollywood, or will you become a monster instead? An interactive, text-based game set in the World of Darkness shared story universe.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 17.7%, Gothic 11.3% ★, Lore-Rich 11.3%

A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Gore 12.3%, Horror 9.7%

Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Features hassle-free inventory management and a battle system that combines dice rolls with meaningful decisions and preparation.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 18.4%, Gore 10.3%, Multiple Endings 5.9%

See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 20.3%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%

『学校であった怖い話』の語り部、荒井昭二。 彼は一年の夏休み、友人の誘いを受けてとある牧場でアルバイトをする。 全編、荒井昭二で染まる耽美且つ狂気の世界に貴方の心は息つく間もなく犯される。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 23.9%, Gore 22%, Horror 10.4%, Violent 8.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 23.7%, Multiple Endings 9%, Choices Matter 6.3%

An interactive fiction epic fantasy.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 21.2%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%

The realms are fractured. A kingdom burns. In this dark fantasy interactive tale, you flee with an exiled prince through a land of treachery and fading deities. Will you shape your fate in blood and fire, or vanish beneath the weight of secrets best left buried?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 20.6%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Choices Matter 6.5%

Your voice shapes the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you say. No menus, no limits. Just speak and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Gore 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Text-Based 22.3%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Choices Matter 5.3%