Games Like The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. 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%

Why You'll Like It: This is the complete version of the seed game, offering the full scope of the narrative and character development.

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 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 14.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep political simulation that forces you to balance national interests and personal integrity through difficult, high-stakes choices.

Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.

Why similar: Diplomacy 33.6% ★, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, text-based political simulation that mirrors the intricate social maneuvering found in Sir Brante.

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 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, RPG 10%, Visual Novel 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration and meaningful choices in a dark, atmospheric fantasy setting.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Medieval 15%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty life-simulation RPG where you must manage resources and make lethal decisions to survive a harsh medieval world.

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 30.2%, RPG 21.9%, Story Rich 21%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features unparalleled narrative depth and choice-driven gameplay set in a gritty, politically charged world.

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 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Medieval 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused historical mystery where your choices have long-lasting consequences on the lives of the townspeople.

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: Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Management 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A blend of management and narrative-driven storytelling where your clan's survival depends on your wisdom and choices.

Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 17.5%, Medieval 11.8%, RPG 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic interactive fiction experience that focuses on royal intrigue and the consequences of your upbringing.

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: Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 11%, Medieval 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological RPG that emphasizes the impact of your character's emotions and choices on the unfolding story.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 26.1%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Fantasy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that places you in a position of power, forcing you to make morally ambiguous decisions that shape the world.

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: Medieval 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Management 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the burden of leadership, requiring you to manage your kingdom's resources while navigating the personal lives of your subjects.

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: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 20%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, RPG 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines life-management mechanics with a deep, branching narrative in a high-stakes, dystopian setting.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Medieval 10.4%, RPG 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy-RPG that excels at weaving complex, choice-heavy stories into its management gameplay.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game where every choice you make during your upbringing significantly impacts your future and the fate of your colony.

An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished interactive adventure that captures the spirit of classic choose-your-own-adventure books with modern RPG elements.

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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Text-Based 20%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An expansive interactive fiction title known for its rich world-building and complex character relationships.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.5%, Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, RPG 14.8%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A military-themed text-based RPG that offers deep political choices and character-driven drama.

Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy narrative game where moral ambiguity and multiple endings define the player's journey.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Medieval 19.7%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic card-based life simulator that focuses on the consequences of your choices in a medieval setting.

Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Medieval 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that emphasizes the weight of your decisions in a world governed by complex divine laws.

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

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Medieval 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A nonlinear interactive fiction game that offers significant freedom in how you shape your character's path.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 25.1%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A long-form interactive fiction series that blends intense action with deep character-driven storytelling.

THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric interactive fiction game that explores themes of guilt and redemption.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative game where you play as a bureaucrat deciding who lives and who dies, directly impacting the world.

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 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Medieval 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8%, Strategy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal life-management game where you must navigate court politics and survive assassination attempts to reach adulthood.

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: Multiple Endings 32.2%, Simulation 22.3%, Story Rich 16.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in moral decision-making within a restrictive, bureaucratic, and dystopian environment.

To get to heaven, you must climb the Nine Circles of Hell. But you might never make it to the depths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and text-heavy interactive experience that focuses on atmosphere and narrative discovery.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Choices Matter 24.4%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: Forces you to make impossible choices as a state-appointed landlord in a totalitarian society.

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: Medieval 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy tactical RPG where the story continues even if your main characters die.

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: Medieval 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Management 11.4%, Text-Based 9.7%

The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

Why similar: Diplomacy 31.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Medieval 10.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.

Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Medieval 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Management 7.3%

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: Medieval 24.4%, Management 15%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Visual Novel 11%

Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Medieval 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, RPG 7.9%

The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!

Why similar: Diplomacy 24.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Medieval 8%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Diplomacy 26.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 11%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Management 13.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Choices Matter 11%

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: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Medieval 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%

You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 9%

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 32.3%, RPG 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Multiple Endings 8%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Medieval 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%

You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Medieval 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 10.9%

In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 11%, Story Rich 10.6%

Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

Why similar: Diplomacy 38.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.8%, Management 11.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, RPG 9.4%

Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 8.1%

Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 5.4%

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: Management 22.4%, Text-Based 20.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, RPG 13.1%, Strategy 10.2%

As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?

Why similar: Diplomacy 43.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 8.8%, Choices Matter 5.7%, RPG 5.6%

An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 8%

Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 8.2%

You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Text-Based 21.9%, Medieval 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 9.2%

Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.

Why similar: Medieval 36.5%, Text-Based 36.2%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Fantasy 6.2%

You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%