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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Singleplayer.

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What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-07-24
Developer: PlayBook
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PlayBook
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    A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Noir 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%, RPG 9.2%

  2. #2 The Pigment
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PlayBook
    Windows

    Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Noir 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%, RPG 9.5%

  3. #3 Coalescence
    96% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
    Dev: Black Banshee Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Noir 15.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Text-Based 10.1%

  4. #4 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
    95% matchPositive91% of 11 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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Noir 14.5%, RPG 11.6%, Text-Based 9.5%

  5. #5 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Munitions Mori
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Noir 13.5%, RPG 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%

  6. #6 Whispers From The Rift
    94% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
    Windows

    A choose-your-own-adventure novel. ​Enter the mind of a black-ops team leader heading an impossible mission in a parallel universe. Choices are remembered, story events reflect past decisions, and freely rewind time to try different paths.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  7. #7 Grave Knight
    93% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Dreamlight Games
    Windows

    Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 14.8%, Choices Matter 10%

  8. #8 Shadows of Betrayal
    92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: JayzonBHPub: JayzonBH Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Recent high school graduates gather at a remote cabin for a celebration. What begins as a night of laughter spirals into a tense mystery full of secrets, twists, and chilling choices. Who will survive? Navigate friendships, and uncover the multi-layered mystery in Shadows of Betrayal.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Thriller 7.9%

  9. #9 Mass of Consumption
    91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
    Windows

    The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Horror 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  10. #10 The Meridian
    91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: PlayBook
    Windows

    Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, RPG 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%

  11. #11 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
    90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Infinite Zone
    Windows

    A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 9.3%

  12. #12 The Nascent Necromancer
    89% matchMixed60% of 15 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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, RPG 11.6%

  13. #13 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    88% matchVery Positive88% of 12,515 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 18.8%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, RPG 10.4%

  14. #14 Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential
    87% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2026
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Lead a team of young heroes against criminals, cultists, demons, and midterms. Will you carry on your heroic legacy or forge your own path? A text-based, 600,000-word interactive superpower novel.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Superhero 16%, RPG 15.9%, Text-Based 13.8%

  15. #15 The Fifth Horseman
    89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: Angelo Parodi
    Windows

    The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.

    Why similar: RPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%

  16. #16 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
    Windows

    Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%

  17. #17 Five Biggest Accomplishments
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.

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  18. #18 Creepy Crypt Critters
    85% 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 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, RPG 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%

  19. #19 Roadwarden
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 5,139 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%

  20. #20 On the Run: Rogue Heroes
    84% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Awaken your powers and save your friends! Uncover the secrets that the military has been hiding about Activated people, about your family, and about you.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Superhero 17.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, RPG 12.3%

  21. #21 Taina's Cursed Legacy
    83% matchPositive82% of 34 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 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 11%

  22. #22 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
    82% 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 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, RPG 19.6%, Text-Based 14.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%

  23. #23 Keeper's Vigil
    81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, RPG 19.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%

  24. #24 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
    Dev: inkle Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 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 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 14.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Text-Based 9.4%

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    80% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2026
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 19%, Text-Based 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Superhero 10.9%

  26. #26 Turncoat Chronicle
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, RPG 18.4%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 8%

  27. #27 Diaspora
    79% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, RPG 18%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%

  28. #28 The Trials - Chapter Two
    78% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Hama Studios
    Windows

    A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 10%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

  29. #29 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MAD Tribe Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Noir 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  30. #30 A Wise Use of Time
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 122 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 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Text-Based 13.8%

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    76% matchVery Positive95% of 764 reviews2024
    Dev: JZPS Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Noir 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.

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    76% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    To unlock ancient spells needed to defend the galaxy, can you navigate fantasy quests, noir cases, heroic competitions, dystopian worlds & space heists?

    Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, RPG 14.9%, Text-Based 11%

  35. #35 Herald of the Mists
    75% 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 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%

  36. #36 Serania - Path of the Scion
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FableTree Productions
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  37. #37 An Imp and an Impostor
    73% matchPositive100% of 10 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.)

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  38. #38 Fallen Hero: Revelations
    74% 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 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, RPG 19%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  39. #39 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
    73% matchPositive80% of 20 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!

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    73% 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 23.6%, RPG 20%, Text-Based 15.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%

  41. #41 Leas: City of the Sun
    72% matchPositive100% of 37 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 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 18%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choices Matter 6.7%

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    71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, RPG 19.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%

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    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Neural Break Inc.
    Windows

    Betrayed in the Amazon, an elite Korean special forces commander crosses into a brutal fantasy world and rises as a lord. A dark military-fantasy visual novel with choices, light progression, and conquest.

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    74% 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?

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    70% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
    Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
    Windows · Mac

    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.

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Richday
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, RPG 10%

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    71% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: Corvaena Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    A flesh-eating dust leaves you to survive alone against hordes of Listless.

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    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Side Project Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, RPG 10.5%

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    70% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2022
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Back from hell and into Hyuga, enemies and allies clash in this epic sequel! Overcome ultimate despair or be consumed by it: the choice is yours, ronin!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, RPG 16.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%

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    69% 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.

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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 405 reviews2014
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Verse and Vision
    Windows

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    68% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2022
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    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    67% 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!

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  56. #56 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 161 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?

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    67% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows · Linux

    Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.

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    65% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
    Dev: Hosted Games
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  60. #60 Superheroes Inc: #VictoryLeague
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    As a social media influencer recruited to a team of heroes, can you earn their trust, defend the city, and prove you’re worth more than your follower count? A text-based interactive superhero novel.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, RPG 17.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Superhero 13.1%

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