- #1 The Gate
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Adventure 22.6%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #2 Oremus
96% 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 32%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Medieval 10.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 7.6%
- #3 Whispers of Gold
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Hand-drawn 16%, Mystery 12.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #4 Camille and Laura
95% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: BonjourBorzoi
Windows
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 18.1%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, 2D 6%
- #5 Reigns: The Witcher
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 35.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Adventure 16.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #6 Taina's Cursed Legacy
94% 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 29%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Medieval 7.7%
- #7 Vanakan
93% 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 35.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Adventure 21.5%, 2D 6.8%, Story Rich 4.2%
- #8 Perfore the pré-adventure
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Triolet noire
Windows
Groi Marito meets Princess Carolanne because he wants to build a mine to help him achieve his goals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Adventure 21.2%, Medieval 6.6%, 2D 6.4%
- #9 Perfore the perforien request
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Triolet noire
Windows
Carolanne Marin, Princess of Prodo, is invited to Berlo, the capital of Birini and the great capital of Perfore, to see the Perforian in person for a request.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Medieval 13.9%, Adventure 13.3%, 2D 6.9%
- #10 The Princess and the Porcupine
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small is Beautiful Studio inc.
Windows
First the King’s sheeps then the King himself! Everyone seems to be mysteriously disappearing lately. As the King’s intrepid daughter, and with the help of a strange talking porcupine, travel through the kingdom and interrogate your subjects to solve the mysterious disappearances.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Adventure 16%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Medieval 6.7%
- #11 The Source
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 10.6%
- #12 AGERASIA
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
Windows
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Medieval 7.7%
- #13 Pillar of Knight
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Soul Realm Art
Windows
A medieval fantasy text-based visual novel where you guide Santi’s choices, unlock secret routes, and discover hidden CGs through interactive scenes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Medieval 9.4%, 2D 6.3%
- #14 Operation Blackfox
88% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Operation Blackfox is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to rescue as many characters as possible. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Adventure 22.6%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 1.7%
- #15 ライヒェは街灯の下で
86% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: しゃちクマず
Windows
"Under the Streetlights of the Reiche" is an omnibus-style adventure game. Experience one man's last day in the town. A good man who is well-liked by those around him loses his job and is forced to leave the town he has lived in for a long time.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Mystery 11.6%
- #16 Pentiment
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,036 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.8 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 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Narrative 11.5% ★, Medieval 9.4%
- #17 CLOSED HANDS
87% 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 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #18 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Adventure 11%, 2D 6.6%
- #19 Prolegomena To a Hyperdimensional Interface That Will Be Able to Manifest From Three-Minute Interchanges
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Caramel Column Inc.
Windows · Mac
This is a collaborative experiment between you and I. We will participate in a series of interchanges, each lasting three minutes. What will be revealed across our interfaces during that limited time?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 36.6%, Adventure 14.8%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 1.6%
- #20 The Beyond: An Interactive Comic Book
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your death was a tragedy... your afterlife is a mystery. Unravel the secrets of death with the help of Xochitl, your guide. Can you find your way through the doors of the great library of the Beyond? A new choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Hand-drawn 13%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 5%
- #21 カテゴリーI -死線上のサバイバー-
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: orange
Windows
生死を分けるのは、人狼ゲームに似たコミュニケーションゲーム―― 爆発事故に巻き込まれ、瀕死のままVR空間で目覚めた10人の男女。 手術を受けて生還するためには人狼ゲームに似た「インフェクテッド・ゲーム」で上位に入らなければならない。 「ゴシックマーダー」「探偵 神宮寺三郎」シリーズ、「イヌワシ」など数多くのADVを制作したオレンジが送る新作ADV。 メインイラストレーター:岸和田ロビン
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.4%, Adventure 28.5%, Mystery 18%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #22 The Protagonish
82% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: College Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short adventure game, where you don't control the adventurer. Play the side characters in a medieval village, and decide to help or hinder the adventurer in their mysterious quest.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 21%, Medieval 16.8%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
- #23 The Beresford family
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dreamlight Games Studios SL
Windows
What happened on the night of July 20, 1824? The Beresford family was sleeping unaware that an ancient evil was about to resurface. An ancient evil that brought upon them a curse whose echoes resonate to this day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Mystery 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.4%
- #24 Z Virus: Outbreak
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Z Virus: Outbreak is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to escape the city of Redrock during a zombie outbreak. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Adventure 22.4%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 1.6%
- #25 Vacation Terminal
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GelppyPub: GelppyDev
Windows
Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Adventure 18.6%, Hand-drawn 15%, 2D 5.9%
- #26 Skin Tailor
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skin Tailor is a medieval horror dress up game and visual novel hybrid. Skin your supernatural enemies, create disguises and infiltrate vampire owned blood farms to rescue your comrades.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Medieval 6.6%
- #27 Vasilisa the Wise
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Fleon Games
Windows
Vasilisa the Wise is a visual novel based on the famous Russian fairy tale "The Frog Princess". However, unlike the well-known fairy tale, in this game there are several scenarios, depending on the actions of the player. The goal of the game is to defeat the evil and win the heart of Vasilisa.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Adventure 11.8%, Medieval 10.2%
- #28 Letters From the Moon
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Spiral Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sci-fi pick your own story game, you must help astronaut Dorothy Chen survive in a vast underground alien city beneath the moon's surface. She faces insane robots, mutant canines, starvation, and insanity inside the city of the Anthria. Whether she survives is up to YOU.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.1%, Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, 2D 3.4%
- #29 Gargoyle Doyle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: easyActionPub: Astrea
Windows
An irritable gargoyle spends 800 years stuck on the side of a cathedral as the world changes for better and for worse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 The Change Architect
78% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46%, Interactive Fiction 37.8%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 The Vigilante
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Vigilante is a gripping interactive graphic novel where your choices shape the story. Hunt a deadly drug lord and serial killer. Every decision matters—some lead to new paths, others to your demise. With branching storylines and multiple endings, choose your fate and live with it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Adventure 23.8%, 2D 6.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #32 The Golden Horde: Story of Jambul
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doomers Entertainment
Windows
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Medieval 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #33 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 12%
- #34 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
77% 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 44.1%, Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 7%, Indie 2.6%
- #35 Aliya's Ascent
75% matchMixed46% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Strategies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Adventure 23.2%, Story Rich 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #36 Pitchforks and Daggers
72% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Idan Sheinkman
Windows · Linux
How far will you go to keep your crown? A branching court politics drama, where every choice matters. Navigate treacherous lords, scheming family members, and angry peasants- all while trying to secure your kingdom’s future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Medieval 14.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Narrative 9.3% ★
- #37 Windrush Tales
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.7%, Hand-drawn 23.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #38 (RPG) The Legends of Power Volume 1
74% 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 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 9.8%, 2D 6.2%
- #39 ナカノ人格移植研究所
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 麺屋すぱいす 東京支店
Windows · Mac
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Adventure 17.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
- #40 Heaven's Vault
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Adventure 10.7%
- #41 Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book
74% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
An experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first? The classic choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #42 Last Journal
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Last Journal is an interactive graphic novel where you play as John Weston, fighting to survive a deadly pandemic. Your choices shape the story, leading to branching paths, alliances, and multiple endings. Choose wisely—survive or perish.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #43 The Antarctic Sphere
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dotsquare
Windows · Mac
The Antarctic Sphere is a sci-fi narrative game in which you decipher an unknown language in order to communicate with a mysterious sphere that has been found under the ice of Antarctica.
Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #44 Medieval Revenge
70% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
Playing a card game where you navigate from the revenge of an English peasant against marauding Vikings in medieval England to the attainment of kingdom power.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 17.9%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Medieval 10.3%
- #45 Hadean Lands
71% 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 53.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 2.9%, Story Rich 2.7%
- #46 視靈
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 巧娃工坊
Windows
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Hand-drawn 21.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 6.7%
- #47 Sorcery! Part 3
71% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 41%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 3.7%
- #48 Legend of Cozar
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Legend of Cozar is an interactive fantasy graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. There are 3 possible story endings. Lead Cozar on a quest to return the Fire Stone to the Temple of Vulcan.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Adventure 24%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #49 Marked Souls
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marked Boy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel where you play as a teenager sent to a mysterious boarding school after losing his parents. Make choices that alter your fate, uncover dark secrets, and face supernatural trials to survive the ancient mystical forces.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Adventure 12%, Mystery 8.7%
- #50 Creepy Crypt Critters
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcade Eleven
Windows
A surprising mix of adventure and memory games, featuring RPG-inspired mechanics and immersive storytelling. Explore a crypt filled with traps, dangers, and hostile creatures. Will you uncover the crypt’s secrets, or will you become its next victim? Make strategic choices to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #51 MysteryOS
67% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 5.9%, 2D 5.2%
- #52 To Carry a Sword
69% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: We Three NounsPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows · Linux
Story-rich roleplaying game mixing interactive events, strategic planning, and real-time combat. Become the guard of a medieval caravan in a journey where the social connections you make are just as important as the money.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Medieval 13.1%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #53 Travelling Light
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Adventure 5.5%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #54 Ruins of Araethia
67% 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 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Hand-drawn 15%, Adventure 11%, Medieval 10.1%
- #55 Before They Catch Us
65% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ANTertainment
Windows · Linux
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Narrative 20.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Medieval 9%
- #56 Aletta - Visual Novel
69% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Adventure 21.4%, Hand-drawn 20.5%, Mystery 8.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #57 All (Too) Good Things
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 5%
- #58 Parasite in Love
65% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Adventure 20.8%, 2D 6.8%, Story Rich 3%
- #59 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 5.9%