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  1. #1 Samurai of Hyuga
    97% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2016
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 28.9%, Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20%, RPG 16.2%, Adventure 8.1%

  2. #2 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Text-Based 22.5%, RPG 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Adventure 9.3%

  3. #3 God of Chaos
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Text-Based 19.7%, RPG 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%

  4. #4 Welcome to Moreytown
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2017
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, RPG 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 10.2%

  5. #5 Guns of Infinity
    94% matchVery Positive96% of 136 reviews2016
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 32.7%, Text-Based 23.9%, RPG 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Adventure 9.4%

  6. #6 Taina's Cursed Legacy
    93% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: dark_room_game
    Windows

    A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Text-Based 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, RPG 11.6%, Supernatural 7.1%

  7. #7 War of Bellrook
    94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
    Dev: Plagen Shiki
    Windows

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 24%, RPG 22%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 3.7%

  8. #8 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
    92% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2021
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 14.8%, Supernatural 11%

  9. #9 Roadwarden
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, RPG 16%, Dark Fantasy 5.7%

  10. #10 Choice of the Deathless
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.4%, Text-Based 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, RPG 14.1%, Indie 1.8%

  11. #11 Leas: City of the Sun
    89% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 18.6%, Mystery 6.8%

  12. #12 Psy High
    90% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 32.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 18.9%, Indie 2.5%

  13. #13 A Mage Reborn
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.

    Why similar: Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 16.9%, Adventure 9.6%

  14. #14 The Soul Stone War 3
    88% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Text-Based 23.2%, RPG 20.8%, Fantasy 3.5%

  15. #15 An Imp and an Impostor
    86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 21.5%, RPG 19.2%, Adventure 10.6%

  16. #16 Serania - Path of the Scion
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FableTree Productions
    Windows · Mac

    Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Text-Based 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Nonlinear 11.6%, RPG 6.5%

  17. #17 Choice of the Pirate
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 25.6%, RPG 12%, Pirates 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

  18. #18 Bloodwood Dungeon
    85% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
    Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
    Windows

    Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22%, RPG 18.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Adventure 7.3%

  19. #19 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, RPG 15.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Adventure 7.1%

  20. #20 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Text-Based 23%, RPG 21.3%, Fantasy 3.3%

  21. #21 Turncoat Chronicle
    82% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, RPG 20.1%, Fantasy 3.3%

  22. #22 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
    83% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, RPG 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Adventure 8.4%

  23. #23 Stars Arisen
    81% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%

  24. #24 Saturnine
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 23.8%, RPG 22%, Adventure 3.6%

  25. #25 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 28%, Text-Based 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 15.6%, Adventure 7.8%

  26. #26 Greymarsh
    79% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
    Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
    Windows

    Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, RPG 11.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%

  27. #27 Throne of Blood
    78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Celestial power thrums in your veins, Hell’s throne calls, and demons conspire. Will you ascend as savior, tyrant, or something in between? A text-based horror novel, 295,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

    Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 18.6%, Dark 5.3%

  28. #28 Hadean Lands
    80% matchPositive94% of 47 reviews2016
    Dev: Zarfhome Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Text-Based 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 1.5%

  29. #29 Haunted Hearts Hotel
    78% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Heart's Choice
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Check in to your hotel, and check out the ghosts! Sexy specters await you - but can you fix up the hotel in style so that the living guests will find luxury, too?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 21.7%, RPG 19%, Supernatural 11.7%

  30. #30 House of the Golden Mask
    77% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Text-Based 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, RPG 20.7%, Fantasy 3.4%

  31. #31 The Nascent Necromancer
    77% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, RPG 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 5.9%

  32. #32 Sword of Shandar
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nexus Media
    Windows

    Sword of Shandar is a narrative-driven light RPG focused on choice, consequence, and discovery. Engage in turn-based combat, resolve challenges through dice-roll skill checks, crack locks in hands-on minigames, and decipher ancient runes as you uncover the secrets of a fading world.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Adventure 9.7%

  33. #33 CLOSED HANDS
    76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: PASSENGER
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Text-Based 27.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 1.1%

  34. #34 Scarlet Sails
    75% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?

    Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, RPG 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Pirates 8.7%

  35. #35 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 142 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your decisions will shape who is friend or foe, who will share in your secrets, and just how your romance with a certain vampire will grow!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, RPG 13.9%, Supernatural 11%

  36. #36 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2018
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, RPG 18.3%, Adventure 8.9%

  37. #37 Fallen Hero: Revelations
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Text-Based 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, RPG 21.3%, Adventure 3.3%

  38. #38 The Golden Rose: Book One
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 158 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Text-Based 24.2%, RPG 18.1%, Fantasy 3%

  39. #39 Champions of Chaxia
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, RPG 18.6%, Text-Based 17.2%, Adventure 10.2%

  40. #40 Herald of the Mists
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FromNiki
    Windows

    A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%

  41. #41 Forbidden Magic
    71% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2023
    Dev: Heart's Choice
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart! Will you romance a rival agent, your hellhound shapeshifter partner, or your boss—an actual devil? A sweet romantic text-based, role playing game.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Text-Based 21.1%, RPG 18.1%, Supernatural 10.1%

  42. #42 Atlantis Academy
    72% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 22.5%, RPG 20.2%, Adventure 3.1%

  43. #43 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
    73% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Text-Based 28%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, RPG 12.3%, Adventure 5.1%

  44. #44 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
    71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 26.9%, RPG 13.3%, Adventure 3.5%

  45. #45 Book of Coin
    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
    Dev: redisguise
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.

    Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, RPG 9.5%, Adventure 6.8%

  46. #46 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
    70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Heart's Choice
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 23.9%, RPG 21.8%, Adventure 3.5%

  47. #47 The Sword of Rhivenia
    71% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 23.6%, RPG 19.2%, Fantasy 2.9%

  48. #48 Sabres of Infinity
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 182 reviews2016
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 42.6%, Text-Based 22.7%, RPG 21.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 2.7%

  49. #49 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
    69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
    Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, RPG 15%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%

  50. #50 Choice of Alexandria
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Text-Based 26.4%, RPG 22.5%, Adventure 13%, Indie 3%

  51. #51 Choice of Magics
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2018
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 36.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, RPG 18.3%, Adventure 10.3%, Indie 3.1%

  52. #52 Community College Hero: Fun and Games
    69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Ever wonder how heroes-in-training spend their time between epic confrontations with dastardly villains? Join the students at Speck Community College as they enjoy a tabletop roleplay game, investigate a legendary small-town monster, and endure the embarrassments of Parents’ Day.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 21.6%, RPG 19%, Adventure 10.3%

  53. #53 Creatures Such as We
    68% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2017
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, RPG 24.4%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 3.1%

  54. #54 A Wise Use of Time
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 121 reviews2015
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 22.7%, RPG 20.4%, Indie 2.4%

  55. #55 Keeper of the Labyrinth
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Athena Abbott
    Windows · Mac

    An interactive fiction game about identity and self-discovery. Decide your own path through the labyrinth's strange halls, and confront the terrors and mysteries within.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Nonlinear 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, RPG 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

  56. #56 Runt of the Litter
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2017
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, RPG 24.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 3.3%

  57. #57 Rocco's Inferno
    67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
    Dev: Pupil 19 Studios
    Windows

    Rocco's Inferno is a top down, narrative role playing game which pays homage to the two greatest works of Italian literature - The Divine Comedy... and The Sopranos. You play through a day in the life of Rocco Dante, a captain in the Reggiani crime Family. How will your Family look tomorrow?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, RPG 19.3%, Nonlinear 8%

  58. #58 Specters of the Deep
    63% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Climb out of your tomb to avenge your own death in this haunted fantasy epic! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! It's an interactive epic fantasy novel, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 18.1%, Supernatural 10.1%

  59. #59 The Peresmeshnik
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2020
    Dev: Sean Arnold
    Windows

    It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Adventure 5%, Dark 4.2%

  60. #60 Oremus
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
    Windows · Linux

    This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 24%, Adventure 6.5%, Mystery 6.3%

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