60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Story Rich, Choose Your Own Adventure.
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Stranded 2
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
The Way Down
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Why similar: Typing 22.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dark Comedy 15.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Investigation 9.9%
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Text-Based 10.1%
Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Dystopian 12.2%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Investigation 9.1%
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
A narrative driven exploration game. Close your eyes and listen. Uncover. Choose. Fight. All within the dark and eccentric sound world of Pitch Black. The light will know.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Dystopian 14.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Why similar: Typing 19.9% ★, Dystopian 13.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Comedy 10%
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Lore-Rich 19%, Text-Based 13.5%, Typing 13.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
Date productivity applications in a retro, hand-drawn dating simulator set in a fictional operating system that definitely doesn't have a horrible secret.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Dystopian 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Text-Based 20.1%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dark Comedy 10.4%
You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
"201 - The Bad Number" is an interactive science fiction game-book set on a post-apocalyptic Mars. In a world where only 200 people remain, each new inhabitant may hasten civilization's end. Players make choices that impact the fate of humanity and the colony in a unique dystopian setting.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Dystopian 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
Why similar: Typing 20.2% ★, Dark Comedy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Comedy 13.7%, Text-Based 10.7%
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Comedy 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Adventure 8%
Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.2%, Typing 16.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
You have found the job you were looking for. Your only concern is your quota. or else? Protein was always the problem. The HFU solved it. Keep your head down, Do your job, you are here for a reason. Exitus is a terminal-style decision game. Pull up each case, then decide their fate.
Why similar: Typing 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Lore-Rich 13%, Text-Based 13%, Dystopian 10.2%
Death did not end your career as a judge. Review the lives of the deceased, investigate conflicting evidence, follow ever-changing celestial regulations, and decide who belongs in Heaven or Hell.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.6%, Dystopian 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 18.1%, Dystopian 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 38.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 18.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Minimalist 5.8%
CL27 is a modern fantasy life simulation. Play as a clone in Juland: manage your farm, care for yourself, craft strange recipes, visit the weekend market, and spend time with the town’s residents. Choices shape relationships, uncover the ju-flower’s secret, and determine Juland’s future.
Why similar: Typing 27.5% ★, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
The printer is bleeding, the Wi-Fi is haunted, and Ticket #666 just came in. As the latest hire for a company run by cosmic horrors, your job is simple: Swipe to survive. Make binary decisions to survive the night shift in this dark comedy desktop simulator. I.T truly never ends.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.4%, Dystopian 16.6%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.
Why similar: Dystopian 21%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Mystery 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal
Why similar: Typing 19% ★, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
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: Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Typing 12.8% ★, Mystery 9.7%
A dashing blond partner drops in from the sky, declaring they're taking responsibility for you—but they need a small favor.Find them in your dreams, wake them up, and crack the dream maze. Sci-fi comedy, adventure starts now!
Why similar: Dystopian 18.7%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Choices Matter 10%
Can you find what you're looking for? Or are you at the mercy of Tisik and her followers? Your words matter in this short game of dialogue.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.5%
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.5%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Dystopian 11.7%
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Dark Comedy 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Comedy 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Typing 17.7% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Text-Based 8.9%
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But when a bomb destroys your transport, it also cracks your programming. Uncover who attacked you before your makers decide you've changed too much.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 28.6% ★, Text-Based 20.8%, Dystopian 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Sci-fi 8%
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.5%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 9.9%
Oddware is a science fiction visual novel about androids in space. You play as an android who meets other androids each with a distinct personalities. Your choices with the other androids will not only shape their personalities, but your own as well. Solve puzzles, mysteries, and your own origins.
Why similar: Dystopian 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%
Write the story, create the lyrics, and sing your way to the moon. A choice-driven Sci-Fi Karaoke-Musical where every decision shapes the story, and the songs you sing as you try to escape from Earth.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Dystopian 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Mystery 9.6%
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 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Lore-Rich 8.6%, Adventure 8.6%
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Text-Based 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.8%, Dark Comedy 15.6%, Typing 13.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
A thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, the return of Mars heralds doom for a small town, as foes approach under the cover of the god-storm. Sin and siege await, with only a young captain, untested and uncertain, to stand in their way...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Text-Based 20.8%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, Dystopian 18.4%, Sci-fi 10.6%
12 Abroad St is a solo textual adventure game for PC set in a present and urban setting. You have been invited to a party you don't want to attend. Roam the city of Seaforth and try to dodge the party.
Why similar: Typing 35.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
In this hostage simulation, take the mic and negotiate the ransom to free the hostages. With advanced AI and complete freedom of choice, use your charisma, your narrative decisions, and your power of persuasion to manipulate unpredictable situations. Every word matters—and could come at a high cost.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Typing 21.2% ★, Comedy 13.6%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Typing 21.1% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Mystery 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
