Games Like The War of 2022

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: RPG 19.6%, Military 19.4%, Text-Based 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%

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: RPG 25.7%, Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Character Customization 5.6%

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: RPG 24.5%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Character Customization 6.8%

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: RPG 24.4%, Text-Based 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Character Customization 5.7%

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: Text-Based 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 15.4%, Character Customization 7.6%

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: RPG 26.1%, Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Character Customization 5.3%

Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, RPG 16.4%, Character Customization 10%

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: Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, RPG 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%

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 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, RPG 16.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%

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: RPG 25.8%, Text-Based 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Character Customization 5.4%

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: RPG 26.7%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Character Customization 5.9%

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: RPG 25.4%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Character Customization 5.4%

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: RPG 26%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Character Customization 7.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, RPG 17.7%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Character Customization 11.2%

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: RPG 25.1%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Character Customization 5.9%

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: RPG 25.4%, Text-Based 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Character Customization 5.8%

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 21.1%, Text-Based 20.8%, RPG 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, RPG 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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: RPG 25%, Text-Based 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 4.9%

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: RPG 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%

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: Text-Based 25.5%, RPG 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Character Customization 7.3%

Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.

Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, RPG 16.5%, Character Customization 6%

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: RPG 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Character Customization 11.6%

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: RPG 25.4%, Text-Based 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Character Customization 5.5%

Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

Why similar: Text-Based 34.6%, RPG 25.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Indie 3.2%

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 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Character Customization 7.9%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 17.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Character Customization 11.3%

An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.

Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Character Customization 5.6%

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 31.7%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%

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: Text-Based 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!

Why similar: Text-Based 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, RPG 21.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Character Customization 8.5%

Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?

Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, War 6.5%

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: Text-Based 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, RPG 15.3%, Character Customization 7.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, RPG 18.5%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Character Customization 11.8%

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: RPG 24.9%, Text-Based 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Character Customization 5.6%

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: RPG 25.2%, Text-Based 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Character Customization 5.6%

Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, RPG 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Indie 2.4%

Hunt your prey as a vampire on windswept Victorian moors—but who will capture your unbeating heart?

Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%

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: Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, RPG 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%

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 33.4%, RPG 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

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: RPG 25%, Text-Based 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Character Customization 4.8%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, RPG 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, Character Customization 11.5%

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 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, RPG 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.

Why similar: RPG 32.1%, Text-Based 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Indie 1.3%

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: RPG 28.8%, Text-Based 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Character Customization 8.1%, Choices Matter 7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 17.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Character Customization 8.8%

A text-based adventure into the world of cheerleading!

Why similar: RPG 25.2%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Character Customization 5.5%

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 29.1%, RPG 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

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 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, RPG 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Indie 3.1%

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: Text-Based 25.1%, RPG 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Character Customization 7.9%

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 35.3%, RPG 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 5.7%

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

Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, RPG 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!

Why similar: RPG 29.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Character Customization 9.8%

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

Why similar: RPG 25.9%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Character Customization 5.2%

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: Text-Based 24.5%, RPG 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Character Customization 5.6%

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

Why similar: RPG 28%, Text-Based 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Indie 3.3%

A text-based RPG spanning the entire arc of WWI aviation. Fly 37 historical aircraft, survive dogfights against the Red Baron, manage your aerodrome on the Western Front, and make choices that determine whether your pilot lives to see the Armistice.

Why similar: RPG 20.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Military 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%

Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?

Why similar: RPG 25.4%, Text-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Character Customization 5%

Time to save the world again! Join the Guardians, become a hero, and stop the evil P.S.I.O.N. from ruling the planet. A text-based interactive game.

Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Text-Based 19.9%, Military 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Text-Based 28%, RPG 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Indie 3.4%