- #1 The Nascent Necromancer
97% 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: Text-Based 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, RPG 7.7%
- #2 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
96% matchPositive81% of 21 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 25.8%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #3 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Character Customization 7.8%
- #4 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Character Customization 9.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #5 Fallen Hero: Revelations
94% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, RPG 12.6%, Character Customization 8%
- #6 Whiskey-Four
94% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Character Customization 11.1%
- #7 Saturnine
93% matchMixed70% of 27 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: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Text-Based 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, RPG 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #8 Honor Bound
92% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Character Customization 12.5%
- #9 Scarlet Sails
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 24.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #10 Turncoat Chronicle
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #11 An Imp and an Impostor
90% 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.)
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, RPG 12.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #12 To Reign in Hell
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hell’s throne is empty. Will you seize it? Command demons, forge dark bargains, shape the future of the afterlife—or watch it burn as chaos reigns. A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel, 630,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, RPG 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
- #13 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, RPG 13.1%, Character Customization 8.2%
- #14 Keeper's Vigil
88% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 13.8%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #15 Message in a Melody
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #16 Diaspora
86% matchPositive88% of 16 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: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, RPG 12.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #17 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
86% 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: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 13.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #18 Life as a Lich
85% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #19 Demon: Recollect
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Character Customization 13%
- #20 After the Storm
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 27%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Character Customization 8%, RPG 7.6%
- #21 Werewolves 3: Evolution's End
83% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the ultimate battle between werewolves and human supremacists, and your werewolf pack is caught in the middle of a four-way fight!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 24.8%, RPG 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Character Customization 8.2%
- #22 Fields of Asphodel
82% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Character Customization 10.5%
- #23 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
82% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, RPG 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #24 Love Undying: A Kiss Before Dawn
81% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors—but who will capture your unbeating heart?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, RPG 10.4%
- #25 Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes
81% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #26 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
80% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Character Customization 12.7%
- #27 The Soul Stone War 3
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 14.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #28 House of the Golden Mask
79% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #29 God of Chaos
78% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shatter civilization and avenge your pantheon as the world‘s last surviving god! Will you liberate humanity from tyranny, or let the world burn? A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, RPG 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #30 Scales of Justice
78% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Character Customization 13.2%
- #31 Undying Fortress
77% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, RPG 10.8%, Character Customization 9.6%
- #32 Vampire's Kiss
77% matchMixed69% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Text-Based 23.7%, RPG 11.1%, Character Customization 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #33 World War II Armored Recon
76% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 900,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #34 Dawn of Heroes
75% 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: Text-Based 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, RPG 14.1%, Character Customization 8.7%
- #35 Wizardry Level C
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The discovery of an old magic book turns your life upside down. Will you succeed in becoming a guild wizard—or will you travel a different path?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 27.7%, Character Customization 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%, RPG 8.2%
- #36 Leas: City of the Sun
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #37 These Thieving Hearts
73% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
A wealthy benefactor. A master lockpick. A magical bodyguard. A trusted ally. A skillful rival. All of them are out to steal priceless treasures. Which one of them will steal your heart?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Character Customization 9.9%
- #38 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 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: Text-Based 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 10.7%
- #39 Witchcraft U
74% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 13.7%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #40 Atlantis Academy
73% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #41 Tale of Two Cranes
73% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne - or become the emperor yourself!
Why similar: Text-Based 36.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 9.7%, Character Customization 9.3%
- #42 Throne of Blood
71% matchPositive80% of 15 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, RPG 12.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #43 Roadwarden
71% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, RPG 11.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #44 The Broken Crown
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PiperFox
Windows
The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Text-Based 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #45 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
72% 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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 11.8%
- #46 A Wise Use of Time
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, RPG 13.4%
- #47 The Butler Did It
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle robots, make friends, and uncover a bizarre conspiracy to avert the apocalypse in this comedy of manners and mayhem with steampunk blasters!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Character Customization 13.2%
- #48 Dragon of Steelthorne
70% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule a mighty city, fight battles and go on adventures as the Ardent or Ardessa of the city of Lake Steelthorne. Find love, power, and a secret that could change the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Character Customization 12.9%
- #49 Fate of the Storm Gods
71% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Harness wind, earth, fire, and all the forces of nature to destroy your enemies! Will you stabilize the broken magic of the weather, or revel in its chaos?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 27%, RPG 14.8%, Character Customization 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #50 Keeper of the Day and Night
69% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 26.2%, RPG 11.2%, Character Customization 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #51 スマートフォン
66% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: OwataStudio
Windows
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 29.1%, Text-Based 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Adventure 8.8%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #52 Aunewyth
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, RPG 11.7%
- #53 On the Run: Rogue Heroes
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 9.9%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #54 Kitsune
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet the enigmatic stranger who’s been haunting your dreams and embark on a supernatural adventure of twists and turns, love and heartbreak, and foxes. A text-based interactive supernatural romance, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, RPG 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Character Customization 9%
- #55 A Taste of Heat
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
In your restaurant kitchen, will love simmer, or will lust boil over? Sharpen your ambition, create decadent recipes, and light the flames of passion. A text-based interactive romance novel, 500,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 7%
- #56 Samurai of Hyuga
69% matchVery Positive80% of 70 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: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, RPG 12.3%, Adventure 7%
- #57 Haunted Hearts Hotel
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, RPG 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #58 Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential
65% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #59 The Fifth Horseman
68% 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: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, RPG 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #60 Hadean Lands
67% matchPositive92% of 49 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 40.8%, Text-Based 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Adventure 4.8%, Indie 1.9%