- #1 PACTUM + EPISODE 1
97% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Ponctum
Windows · Linux
Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Point & Click 17.3%, Demons 17.2%, Text-Based 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #2 Don't Let Me Fade
96% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Point & Click 24.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #3 The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
96% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Storycentric WorldsPub: Unimatrix Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Point & Click 14.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Exploration 7.8%
- #4 Kafka at the Station
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neji. Games
Windows · Mac
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.7%, Text-Based 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 12.1%
- #5 INSPECTION REPORT
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zolduck
Windows
INSPECTION REPORT is a horror / point & click game focused on exploration and dialogue. Fulfill your duties as a building inspector and uncover the secrets of an abandoned property in total dark using only a flashlight.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #6 Hotel Hermes
94% 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 30%, Point & Click 23.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #7 命运之轮(序章)/Journey of Destiny(dependent origination)
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cai JiahePub: Changle Games
Windows
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 31.8%, Text-Based 24.1%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Adventure 7%, 2D 6.3%
- #8 Memories
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlykenPub: Niverean Studios
Windows · Linux
An investigator tasked with Malina's case, you find out from the morgue that she was not injured internally or externally. Puzzled with this information you investigate her house.
Why similar: America 27.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Demons 14.1%, Exploration 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #9 Tales In Text: Multiplayer Immersive Adventures
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Synthetic Mind Corp.
Windows
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Point & Click 17.8%, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #10 Deepwell
91% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: LinsonLime
Windows
Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Adventure 14%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #11 I Saw a Flying Saucer
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Peppermint
Windows · Mac
An interactive fiction about a man who lost his wife and goes in search of a UFO that shouldn't exist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, America 33.3% ★, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, 2D 6.5%, Adventure 5.3%
- #12 Exploring Friscott
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WolfBite Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Point & Click 23.8%, Text-Based 17.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 9.1%
- #13 Scary Stories
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bruce Devlin
Windows · Linux
A spooky text-based, choose-your-own-adventure style game that tells several spine-chilling tales with several choices and items throughout, these may change your path... Can you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Point & Click 19.8%, Text-Based 13%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #14 Buck Trucker in Rowdy Business
87% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: One of Daggers
Windows · Mac
Buck Trucker must gamble and sweet-talk his way through The Golden Palm Casino, Las Vegas, to save an orphanage back home—or succumb to Sin City's many temptations in this choice-driven story featuring mini-games, multiple endings, and a cast of outlandish characters.
Why similar: America 25.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Lore-Rich 9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #15 The Last Will
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: ODBear Studios
Windows
"The Last Will" is a 3D point-and-click adventure game played from the perspective of a grieving father whose son just passed away.
Why similar: America 37% ★, Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Text-Based 16.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #16 Disney Villains Cursed Café
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Point & Click 31.2%, Text-Based 18.4%, 2D 7.1%, Choices Matter 6.2%
- #17 (RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Senna Holste
Windows
(RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1 is a pixel, adventure and horror game. You have to choose the fate determined of characters they'll be alive or death, but there might be other things that could help you to have advantage...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Exploration 10.7%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #18 Devil's Hideout
84% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Point & Click 20.8%, Demons 19.8%, Horror 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #19 Lux, City of Secrets
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Text-Based 27.1%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Adventure 6%
- #20 呪霊が見せる夢 Dreamscapes
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.7%, Text-Based 39.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.6%
- #21 Mainland
84% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2015
Dev: Vasily VoronkovPub: INSTEAD Community
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46%, Text-Based 36.8%, Adventure 16%, Indie 1.3%
- #22 Choose Your Own Alternative
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Text-Based 17.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Horror 8.1%
- #23 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Point & Click 21.5%, Text-Based 18.4%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D 4.8%
- #24 The Void Calls
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slyfincleton
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Void Calls, and you will answer. Explore the mysteries and secrets of Reprieve, a town stitched together from the dark past of its bizarre inhabitants in this horror-filled point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Horror 11.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #25 From Ruins – A Detective Adventure
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DigiTales Interactive
Windows
A new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Point & Click 24.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #26 MysteryOS
79% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Point & Click 22.2%, Text-Based 18%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 6%
- #27 Kabaret
80% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 18.7%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Demons 14.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #28 Log.in
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 12.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #29 幸存者乐园
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: 幸存者乐园
Windows
2050, a future world we had dreamed about. But suddenly, a disaster arrived, bringing the human into a desperate situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.9%, Text-Based 28.5%, Exploration 18%, 2D 7.8%, Adventure 5%
- #30 Paradise Falls
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: L Goat
Windows
The water runs red. The knife runs clean. You cannot run from your sins.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Demons 18.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #31 Discount Nightmares - The Gulch
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SongMonkey
Windows
The Gulch is a horror, puzzle, adventure! By day you’ll mine, and by night try to survive! Through a unique five senses system, you’ll explore the Gulch in ways most games never attempt. Look, touch, listen, smell, and even taste your way through a landscape of puzzles, secrets, and growing dread.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Point & Click 25.3%, Exploration 15.8%, Horror 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #32 Discarded Memories: A Red Iron Story
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toby Davis
Windows · Linux
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Point & Click 26%, Exploration 15.1%, Horror 8.5%, Multiple Endings 4.2%
- #33 Exercise your Demons
75% 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 32.5%, Text-Based 25.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #34 Silent Orbits
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlekPub: QuickNap
Windows
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.8%, Text-Based 34.1%, Exploration 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Mystery 6.1%
- #35 Meatlock
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Echo
Windows
An abandoned house. A trapped child. And something lurking in the corridors. A short point-and-click horror experience (20–30 minutes).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Point & Click 27.3%, Horror 13.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Mystery 7.5%
- #36 Tower of the Ice Lich
74% matchPositive100% of 17 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 29.1%, Text-Based 25.6%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Choices Matter 6%
- #37 Beyond Shadowgate
73% matchVery Positive96% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Zojoi LLC.
Windows
The original design of the never-before seen point and click adventure has been brought to life after 30+ years in the vault - Beyond Shadowgate! This new massive game (created by the designer of the original hit Shadowgate and a leading 8-bit adventure studio) is 5 TIMES BIGGER than NES Shadowgate!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Adventure 17%, Exploration 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 2D 7.7%
- #38 Major's Heart
74% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Point & Click 26.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Mystery 6.7%
- #39 The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files
75% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Madit Entertainment
Windows
A young girl, Erica Thimber, vanishes into thin air overnight. Is it a classic teen runaway? That's not what Lazarus Bundy, renowned serial killer hunter in charge of the case, believes.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 14.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #40 Ritual
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Rock Games
Windows
The sky is lying to everyone but you. Step into the role of a Seer in this dark, atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Search ancient Observatories, reveal the stars it hides, and complete the Ritual that will shape the fate of all who walk beneath it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Point & Click 24.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.3%
- #41 Awakewood
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeuroCreativa
Windows · Mac · Linux
After your mother’s strange funeral, a black rain blocks the roads and leaves you stranded. The air smells like rotting fruit and nature begins to mutate. Can you get out of here before the forest finds you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Point & Click 24.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Text-Based 10.9%, Mystery 6.4%
- #42 Chronicles from the Abyss
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
Chronicles from the Abyss is a collection of 4 twisted Horror & Thriller stories that will play on the darkest corners of your mind, & every choice drips with dread. Twisted plots, haunting art, and chilling secrets await. Ready to uncover what lurks beneath?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Point & Click 21.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Lore-Rich 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #43 Vanakan
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Text-Based 27.4%, Adventure 15.9%, 2D 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #44 放學後(After school)
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DioPub: Dio Studio
Windows
After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Point & Click 20.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Horror 8.7%
- #45 Arthur's Thinking Games
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jordan Freeman GroupPub: ZOOM Platform Media
Windows
Arthur's Thinking Games is the perfect combination of learning, fun, and helpful features. With 6 different fun-filled activities and 5 levels of difficulty, Arthur's Thinking Games will entertain your child with hours of learning and fun!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, America 30.9% ★, Point & Click 27.1%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #46 Escape from Norwood
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Singular Works
Windows · Mac
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 25.7%, Point & Click 22.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #47 Universe Has No Favorites
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Radek VolfPub: Walker & Volf
Windows · Mac
Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 24%, Point & Click 23.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #48 Ruins of Araethia
70% 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 24.9%, Point & Click 20.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #49 Beach Cafe II: The Escape Room
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Grandpa is still missing. It's time to find out what's hidden in this beach cafe. Continue the adventure of puzzles and mystery with Cafe Beach II: The Escape Room! Explore, discover all the clues and interpret them correctly to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Point & Click 28.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Mystery 6.6%
- #50 Val's Adventures at Scure Manor
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: The Snark Hunters
Windows
Val’s Adventures at Scure Mansion is a witty point-and-click adventure. Players guide Val, stranded outside his home at 3 a.m., to explore the mansion, solve clever puzzles, interact with quirky characters, and use items in inventive ways to sneak inside and reach bed before the alarm rings.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%, 2D 7.7%
- #51 Impersonal
67% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: zelun_
Windows
Impersonal is a game about lights, about relationships and how these relationships can affect people.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.4%, Point & Click 31.1%, Exploration 13%, Mystery 6.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #52 In Silence Waits
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Exploration 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #53 Vida
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Text-Based 27.9%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Choices Matter 5%
- #54 Atari Mania
68% matchMixed64% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Studios iLLOGIKAPub: Atari
Windows · Linux
A wild journey through videogame history, Atari Mania is a microgame collection wrapped in a hilarious retro-driven narrative of exploration and surprise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Point & Click 23.3%, Action 14.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #55 Beach Cafe III: The Escape Room
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Grandpa is still missing and as you dive deeper into the investigation, everything becomes stranger and more enigmatic. The adventure of puzzles and mysteries continues with Beach Café III: The Escape Room. Investigate, discover all the clues and interpret them properly in order to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Point & Click 29.4%, Adventure 16%, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 6.1%
- #56 Way Walkers: University 2
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Text-Based 29.3%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #57 XIBALBA
68% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Reef Software
Windows
Get ready to enter ancient ruins, and discover the horrors that the Mayans and other ancient cultures left behind. Your best weapon will be your courage. It will be enough?
Why similar: America 27.6% ★, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Demons 16.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Action 8.9%
- #58 Midnight At Camp Ashwood
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Palfrey Games
Windows
Midnight At Camp Ashwood is a slow-burn psychological horror mystery set deep in a cursed forest. Explore abandoned cabins, uncover disturbing audio diaries, and piece together what happened at a remote summer camp where something ancient still watches from the woods.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, America 28% ★, Action 13.9%, Demons 13%, Exploration 11.3%
- #59 The Aching
66% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #60 Ghost In The Mirror
65% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Stefano Mazzotta (Il Sui)Pub: Sui Arts
Windows
A journey that starts in a pirate village, with puzzles and comedic moments, but will take us adrift at sea, surrounded by mystery, ghosts, and... ...Well, I don't like to reveal too much about the plot, so that's enough!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Point & Click 23.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%