60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Indie, Text-Based, Choose Your Own Adventure.
This game was made for my NMU CS120 Winter 2025 semester final project. It is a text-based game where you use number inputs to control the game through the console. Open JDK no longer needs to be installed and added to your systems PATH do not be alarmed when a Command Prompt window opens.
Pendragon Rising
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.
MetaHuman Inc.
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!
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: Text-Based 50%, RPG 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Indie 4.4%
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 54.1%, RPG 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Indie 4.4%
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: Text-Based 49.5%, RPG 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Indie 4.7%
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: Text-Based 45.4%, RPG 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Indie 4.6%
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: Text-Based 42.7%, RPG 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Indie 4.8%
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: Text-Based 42.5%, RPG 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Indie 5.3%
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: RPG 37.9%, Text-Based 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Indie 6.1%
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 49.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, RPG 22.6%, Indie 4.9%
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 48.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, RPG 19.3%, Indie 3.1%
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: Text-Based 49.6%, RPG 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Indie 4.3%
Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.4%, RPG 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Indie 4.9%
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: Text-Based 41.7%, RPG 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Indie 5.2%
Slake your thirst, without becoming a Beast! Blessed with the blood-soaked gift of immortality, will you tend the flock of humanity—or twist it to your whims? When a brash young country butts heads with a brash young vampire, who will come out ahead?
Why similar: Text-Based 41.8%, RPG 32.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Indie 5.3%
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: Text-Based 38.4%, RPG 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Indie 5.3%
It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.
Why similar: Text-Based 54.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, RPG 20%, Indie 3.1%
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: Text-Based 39.7%, RPG 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Indie 5.4%
While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
Why similar: Text-Based 40.4%, RPG 32.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Indie 5.5%
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: Text-Based 38.1%, RPG 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Indie 5%
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: Text-Based 39.6%, RPG 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Indie 5.7%
An apprentice sorcerer should never steal a master's identity! Will your powers save the king--or will you turn traitor and seize the throne yourself?
Why similar: Text-Based 37.9%, RPG 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Indie 5.7%
Fight your way to box office glory, while fending off the gangs of New York! Will you spur a revolution or keep order in a fractious city?
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, RPG 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Indie 5.9%
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: Text-Based 42.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, RPG 25.6%, Indie 4.5%
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.8%, RPG 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Indie 4.5%
Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! Middle school crime doesn't stand a chance.
Why similar: Text-Based 50.4%, RPG 43%, Indie 6.6%
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: Text-Based 49%, RPG 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Indie 3.8%
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: Text-Based 46.7%, RPG 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Indie 4.3%
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: Text-Based 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, RPG 27%, Indie 4.5%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Text-Based 33.4%, RPG 28.5%, Indie 4.6%
Sail forth to a land of gods and giants! Wield your sword, words, and magic to take your place among Iceland’s chieftains and forge your legacy of honor.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.9%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Historical 13%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne - or become the emperor yourself!
Why similar: Text-Based 54.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 1.7%
Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.4%, RPG 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Indie 4.4%
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: Text-Based 42.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, RPG 25.7%, Indie 4.3%
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, RPG 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Indie 4.7%
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 63.1%, RPG 31.4%, Indie 5.5%
Impersonate your identical twin as the Swashbuckler, masked champion of justice! You have two weeks to rescue the REAL Swashbuckler and marry the mayor before superpowered criminals take over the city.
Why similar: Text-Based 45.2%, RPG 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Indie 5.3%
The gods chose you to lead your tribe on a deadly pilgrimage to the North! When future generations recite your saga, will they sing of glory or downfall?
Why similar: Text-Based 43.2%, RPG 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Indie 5.2%
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.3%, RPG 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 1.7%
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.7%, RPG 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 1.9%
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: Text-Based 40.6%, RPG 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Indie 5.9%
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 41.8%, Text-Based 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Indie 6.9%
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 54.9%, RPG 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1%
Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!
Why similar: Text-Based 44.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, RPG 24.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Indie 1.8%
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 39.9%, Text-Based 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Indie 6.2%
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 40.2%, RPG 32.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.7%
Romance is as easy as one, two...three lovers! Find love and ascend to new heights in your new home of Boulder, Colorado.
Why similar: Text-Based 56.7%, RPG 37.3%, Indie 6%
By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.3%, RPG 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 1.5%
Lead a superpowered team of "Superlatives" to defend 19th-century Victorian London! Battle a Martian warship, clockwork monsters, and nefarious inventors. Don your mask, take to the skies, and God save the Queen!
Why similar: RPG 38%, Text-Based 37.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Indie 6.5%
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: Text-Based 44.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, RPG 24.3%, Indie 4.1%
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 46.6%, RPG 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Indie 4.4%
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Text-Based 42.3%, RPG 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.6%
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.9%, RPG 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Indie 4.5%
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 46.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, RPG 23.7%, Indie 4.1%
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: Text-Based 53.2%, RPG 39.2%, Indie 7.6%
Defend Napoleon's heir in this steampunk alternate history game of political maneuvering, airship adventure, and romantic intrigue! Will you bring liberty to France, or plunge Europe into bloody war?
Why similar: Text-Based 53.5%, RPG 39.5%, Indie 7%
Battle for love as a gladiator in this epic romance of swords and sandals! Win glory, victory, a better life, your freedom - and spark a revolution!
Why similar: Text-Based 34.1%, RPG 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Historical 14.4%, Indie 1.4%
Outfly, outshoot, and outwit your enemies as an outlaw cyborg on the run! You're a cyborg copy of Ypsilanti Rowe, the interstellar outlaw, whose enemies (and exes) are gunning for you. Can you upgrade your brain and pull one last heist?
Why similar: Text-Based 52.3%, RPG 40.6%, Indie 7.2%
Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on your college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! A text-based novel of magic and romance, with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.8%, RPG 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 1.7%
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.6%, RPG 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 1.6%
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.1%, RPG 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.6%
When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.9%, RPG 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 1.5%
