- #1 Suzerain
97% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Sir Brante, this game forces you to navigate complex political landscapes where every decision carries heavy consequences for your nation and your own legacy.
- #2 Roadwarden
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, RPG 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, choice-driven RPG that emphasizes exploration and survival through careful decision-making in a hostile, immersive world.
- #3 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Choices Matter 41.8%, Story Rich 20.5%, RPG 19%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This masterpiece of narrative RPG design offers unparalleled depth in choice-driven dialogue and character development within a gritty, atmospheric world.
- #4 Pentiment
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Story Rich 15.4%, Medieval 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a historical period, this narrative-heavy game focuses on the long-term consequences of your choices and how they shape the lives of those around you.
- #5 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,636 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the life-path simulation mechanics of Sir Brante, where your choices throughout childhood and adolescence define your character's survival and future.
- #6 Tyranny
94% matchVery Positive87% of 13,190 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 39.5%, RPG 26.5%, Story Rich 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Adventure 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This CRPG excels at placing the player in a position of power where moral ambiguity and difficult choices define the outcome of a war-torn land.
- #7 We. The Revolution
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,413 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Choices Matter 44%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Set during the French Revolution, this game forces you to balance political survival with the moral weight of life-or-death judicial decisions.
- #8 Yes, Your Grace
92% matchVery Positive87% of 13,821 reviews2020
Dev: Brave At NightPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Medieval 14.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: You must manage your kingdom's resources and navigate the personal struggles of your subjects in this choice-heavy medieval simulation.
- #9 Pathologic 2
91% matchVery Positive92% of 12,002 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Choices Matter 45.8%, Story Rich 22.2%, RPG 16.4%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and punishing game where every choice is a desperate struggle for survival in a world collapsing under plague.
- #10 Citizen Sleeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 23%, Story Rich 15.5%, RPG 14.3%, Tabletop 9%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative RPG uses dice-based mechanics to represent the uncertainty of life and the weight of your choices in a dystopian setting.
- #11 The Council
90% matchVery Positive84% of 5,631 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 47.8%, RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven adventure that focuses on social manipulation and investigative choices, where mistakes can lead to permanent, irreversible consequences.
- #12 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,651 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Medieval 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, choice-heavy medieval life simulator that emphasizes the harsh reality of survival and the cost of your decisions.
- #13 Long Live The Queen
89% matchVery Positive95% of 7,125 reviews2013
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, RPG 10.4%, Medieval 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This brutal life-path simulator requires careful management of skills and choices to survive a treacherous royal upbringing.
- #14 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
88% matchVery Positive80% of 1,700 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.9%, Text-Based 17.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, RPG 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This non-combat RPG focuses entirely on investigation and choice, where your decisions determine the outcome of various complex cases.
- #15 Black Book
87% matchVery Positive92% of 6,596 reviews2021
Dev: MorteshkaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.1%, Story Rich 18.6%, RPG 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy RPG blends folklore with card-based combat, focusing on the moral burden of the protagonist's choices.
- #16 Foretales
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,142 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative card game where your choices determine the path of the story and the fate of the world through dynamic, branching narration.
- #17 Expeditions: Rome
85% matchVery Positive88% of 6,559 reviews2022
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.5%, RPG 31.4%, Story Rich 11.8%, Strategy 11%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic RPG that balances tactical combat with significant narrative choices that alter the political landscape of the Roman Republic.
- #18 King of Dragon Pass
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 555 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Text-Based 10.4%, RPG 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic blend of strategy and narrative choice that requires you to lead a clan through generations of challenges and moral dilemmas.
- #19 Beholder 2
84% matchVery Positive87% of 7,978 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Choices Matter 47.2%, Story Rich 19.1%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation that forces you to choose between your own advancement and the lives of others in a totalitarian regime.
- #20 Death and Taxes
83% matchVery Positive86% of 8,276 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Story Rich 13.1%, Simulation 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused simulation where you play as a Grim Reaper, making life-or-death decisions that affect the balance of the world.
- #21 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,084 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 9.2%, Choices Matter 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused experience that explores the dark, political underbelly of vampire society through meaningful dialogue choices.
- #22 The Forgotten City
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,205 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 47.6%, Story Rich 20.4%, RPG 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven mystery where your ability to navigate a time loop through dialogue and choice is the only way to uncover the truth.
- #23 Cultist Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,856 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 12.3%, Tabletop 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A lore-rich, high-stakes simulation that requires careful management of resources and choices to avoid madness and death.
- #24 The Banner Saga 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,765 reviews2016
Dev: Stoic
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33%, RPG 25%, Story Rich 20.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This strategic narrative game forces you to make difficult leadership decisions that directly impact the survival of your caravan.
- #25 The Thaumaturge
79% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.4%, Story Rich 15.8%, RPG 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, choice-driven RPG set in early 20th-century Warsaw that emphasizes the moral weight of your interactions.
- #26 Crusader Kings III
79% matchVery Positive90% of 139,914 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 146.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.4%, Medieval 23.8%, RPG 18.2%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: While a grand strategy game, its focus on character-driven roleplay and dynastic choices makes it a perfect fit for fans of Sir Brante.
- #27 Papers, Please
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,992 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Story Rich 31.1%, Simulation 21.8%, Indie 17.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Singleplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully forces you to make agonizing moral choices while balancing the needs of your family against the demands of a dystopian state.
- #28 Ash of Gods: Redemption
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,448 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31%, Story Rich 15.7%, Medieval 14.5%, RPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, choice-driven narrative RPG where the death of your characters is a permanent possibility based on your decisions.
- #29 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 10.6%, Visual Novel 9%
- #30 Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
76% matchVery Positive94% of 975 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Why similar: Choices Matter 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Medieval 12.3%, RPG 11.5%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #31 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,800 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Choices Matter 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Medieval 14.6%, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 5.3%
- #32 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
78% matchVery Positive82% of 478 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to King of Dragon Pass that offers deep, choice-based clan management and historical storytelling.
- #33 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
77% matchVery Positive92% of 7,481 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Medieval 13.1%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #34 The Reeve
74% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Medieval 10.2%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #35 This Is the Police
76% matchVery Positive82% of 11,102 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Choices Matter 40.7%, Story Rich 19.7%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 8.4%, Visual Novel 4.7%
- #36 Reigns
75% matchVery Positive87% of 8,075 reviews2016
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Medieval 16.7%, RPG 8.1%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #37 The Succession of Changing Kings
70% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Choices Matter 36.8%, Medieval 19.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 7.8%
- #38 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
73% matchVery Positive84% of 42,844 reviews2021
Dev: Owlcat GamesPub: META Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Why similar: Choices Matter 39.1%, Story Rich 17.5%, RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Strategy 5.9%
- #39 Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,365 reviews2025
Dev: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rule your crumbling kingdom as you try to satisfy the petty needs of your people in this cinematic kingdom management RPG. Balance your resources, collect taxes, hire agents and make difficult decisions to see your kingdom prosper or fail.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Medieval 12.9%, RPG 10.2%
- #40 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
73% matchVery Positive90% of 17,090 reviews2018
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.1%, RPG 24.4%, Story Rich 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 6.7%, Medieval 6.4%
- #41 This Is the Police 2
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,509 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.6%, Story Rich 26.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 11.6%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #42 Tiny Bunny
68% matchVery Positive83% of 30,195 reviews2025
Dev: Saikono
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.4%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Story Rich 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #43 Kraken Academy!!
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,041 reviews2021
Dev: Happy Broccoli GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Story Rich 23.2%, RPG 18.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 4.6%
- #44 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,715 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Story Rich 20%, RPG 15%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #45 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,638 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Management 37.7%, Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 23.3%, Singleplayer 8.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #46 The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,699 reviews2023
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Story Rich 27.6%, Dark Fantasy 23.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 6.9%
- #47 Pathologic 3
67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,562 reviews2026
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.5%, Story Rich 22.2%, RPG 16.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #48 The Age of Decadence
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,976 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.1%, Story Rich 16.7%, Medieval 15.3%, RPG 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #49 For the People
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 798 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Story Rich 11%, Management 6%
- #50 Mind Scanners
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,308 reviews2021
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Story Rich 12.6%, RPG 11.6%, Management 7.4%
- #51 Not For Broadcast
69% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Story Rich 11.5%, Management 5.9%
- #52 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,115 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, Simulation 4.6%
- #53 Everlasting Summer
70% matchVery Positive94% of 77,532 reviews2014
Dev: Soviet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 58.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
Why similar: Choices Matter 36.2%, Visual Novel 35.9%, Story Rich 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Adventure 1.6%
- #54 Sultan's Game
65% matchVery Positive94% of 33,952 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, RPG 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
- #55 The Pale Beyond
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #56 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choices Matter 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #57 Merchant of the Skies
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,268 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
Why similar: Management 45.7%, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 17.5%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #58 Esoteric Ebb
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,654 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Story Rich 14.4%, RPG 12.4%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #59 Crown Gambit
64% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITSPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #60 BOOK OF HOURS
65% matchVery Positive89% of 4,246 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, RPG 15%, Story Rich 12%, Tabletop 9.2%
