- #1 The 109th Hero
97% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 穷查理的幻想Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The 109th Hero is a story-driven RPG set in the world of Water Margin. As the fated 109th hero, forge alliances, collect Hero Cards, and master the spirit of Liangshan. Navigate the webs of Mount Liang, make your stand—and rewrite the destiny of the outlaw heroes.
Why similar: Card Game 28.7%, Lore-Rich 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Story Rich 10%, Strategy 6.9%
- #2 Child of Ash
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Imoyokan
Windows
The hero who stopped a world-eating calamity was branded a demon by history. Centuries later, an orphan carrying his last fragment pieces the truth together from rumor and record. No combat — only Ashen Flame, a power that costs you with every use. Two loops. One truth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Medieval 9.5%
- #3 Knight Case Files
96% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Hyoukan StudioPub: Kaguya Project
Windows
"In the Phoenix Kingdom, there is a man known as the Corpse Killer." Thwart a necromancer's scheme in this dark fantasy visual novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Text-Based 10.2%, Emotional 10%
- #4 HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace
95% matchVery Positive92% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Escu:dePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Hell-bent on vengeance, Caldo single-handedly topples the royal throne of Solide, capturing the king and the princess and working their ruin through his dark contracts with demons. A visual novel about hate and revenge... and possibly redemption.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 19.7%, Medieval 15.6%, Magic 13%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #5 Our Burial Dolls Remastered
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: granatPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.2%, Supernatural 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Mystery 11.1%, Text-Based 9%
- #6 Nanma, A Tecelã das Sombras
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luísa Destro
Windows
Nanma: A Tecelã das Sombras is a Brazilian dark high-fantasy visual novel where the loom of fate is in your hands. Take on the role of Nanma and discover whether your powers are a gift or a curse.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 22.4%, Text-Based 11.4%, Magic 10.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #7 Demon Kingdom
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seven Wall
Windows
A dark narrative card game about the short path to power — and the price you’ll pay.
Why similar: Card Game 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Medieval 11.3%
- #8 Drifter's Tales
92% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Teddy GandonPub: The First Spine
Windows
Drifter’s Tales will fulfill needs of adventures for board & narrative games lovers thanks to its unique cards / board combination. In this game, your decisions and actions determine the outcome, but with the added excitement of collectible cards that give you unique abilities and strategies.
Why similar: Card Game 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Magic 10.1%
- #9 Life Eternal
91% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: Star*CadetsPub: Project Ensō
Windows
A lonely necromancer awakens in a dilapidated tower with one goal: to revive his lord and get revenge on those who sought him harm. With three days to prepare the ritual and scattered notes left in the tower, guide his hand. A serene walking simulator by the developer behind Star Stealing Prince.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Emotional 12.2%, Magic 11.2%
- #10 The Ardron Universe
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NullForgeStudiosOfficial
Windows
Your choices carve scars across realms. One universe. Multiple games. No second chances.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Medieval 11.9%, Magic 10.3%
- #11 Taina's Cursed Legacy
89% 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 25.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Supernatural 11%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Medieval 9.1%
- #12 Moonbriar
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Medieval 12.3%
- #13 Fate is not a line
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samet bozbıyıkPub: pixel include
Windows
Fate is not a line is a visual novel game where your choices shape destinies. With 40+ decisions, 4 unique perspectives, and 25+ endings, every playthrough reveals new truths. Defy fate, face moral dilemmas, and uncover the secrets of the Arbiter of Fate.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Supernatural 9.2%
- #14 Putrika 2nd.cut:For the Exquisite Attire
86% matchVery Positive92% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: トトメトリ
Windows
Is cutting down a young girl a sin, or a salvation? In the Haku-a Church where pure love and jealousy collide, a young gem-craftsman is forced to choose—to let her live, or to end her life.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Medieval 11.8%, Adventure 9%
- #15 Deigon Witch
87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Berk Arifoglu
Windows
Open your own potion shop in Deigon Forest. Listen to your customers’ stories, prepare the potions they need, and, through the choices you make, forge your own path in the struggle between fate and free will.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Medieval 13.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #16 God of Chaos
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Lore-Rich 19%, Text-Based 17.3%, Supernatural 15.9%
- #17 Awaken Infinity
84% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Launch Solutions
Windows
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #18 Reignfall: Fallen Crown
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semih AlarPub: ITIAH Games
Windows
A dark fantasy roguelite card game where choices matter. Swipe cards, make moral decisions, build your skill tree and spin the Wheel of Kings and survive until the year 2000, or watch your kingdom fall.
Why similar: Card Game 20.2%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Text-Based 11%
- #19 Mercenary Guild Manager
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Code Dunamis
Windows
Raise a banner and run a mercenary guild in a grim medieval fantasy realm. Recruit and read your blades, negotiate contracts, send them into procedural missions, and survive a living political web where every payday bites and nothing is ever certain.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.6%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #20 Nimue
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nagi
Windows
A man awoke by the lake with no memory. Guided by a pilgrim, he discovers he was once the sorcerer Merlin—and learns the truth about the "Saint" who sealed him away. A dark fantasy visual novel about unrequited love. Three endings await.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Magic 11.1%, Adventure 9.7%
- #21 Tales Of The Lost: The Stranger
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RJ 102 Productions
Windows
The last of the elves are being hunted, and no one knows why. Journey through a world filled with ghosts, secrets, and forgotten truths in this story-driven RPG. Build your deck, control timing-based attacks, and unravel a mystery where every answer leads to another question.
Why similar: Card Game 23.3%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Emotional 10.8%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #22 桃の華は鮮血に染まる
82% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: OCG FCGD DivisionPub: 株式会社ワンコネクト
Windows
陰陽師の少女達が冒険をする純和風テキストアドベンチャーゲーム。 妖の蔓延る殺伐とした世界を、小説感覚で読み進んでいく。 ヒトに仇なす者には、容赦はしない。例えそれがヒトの形をしていたとしても━。 途中の選択肢で結末が変化するマルチエンディング形式を採用。 陰陽少女達の旅を見届けられるのは、アナタしかいない。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Text-Based 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Medieval 11.7%, Magic 9.6%
- #23 Our Winding Road
81% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Square Weasel Studio
Windows
retired heroes-domestic-fantasy-breakup(?)-adventure
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.5%, Dark Fantasy 21.3%, Emotional 17.2%, Text-Based 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #24 The Jewel of Monostructure
81% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Supernatural 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Magic 9.4%
- #25 Conflux
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BERRY games
Windows
Date! Fight! Collect! Conflux is a collectible visual novel card game featuring a medieval fantasy setting with unique card battle mechanics and character hangout events. Lead the efforts to stop dark magician Eloise from brining ruin to the peaceful lands and uncover the power of Conflux.
Why similar: Card Game 24.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Medieval 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%, Magic 9.4%
- #26 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
80% matchVery Positive89% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 118.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.1%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #27 Shattered Memories
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MarFulPub: MarFul Games
Windows
Embark on an unforgettable story-driven adventure as Hikari, a young boy caught between two worlds. Uncover the mysteries of Andogas, a land threatened by war and corrupted forces. Along your journey, you'll meet allies, face powerful enemies, and make choices that shape the fate of the world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.1%, Supernatural 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Medieval 11.3%
- #28 Nadaca
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadaca Studio
Windows · Mac
Discover the world of Nadaca, meet emotionally rich characters and help them express their feelings through conversations, mini-games and a plant-growing system.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #29 Silverblood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tidehead Studios
Windows
Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Magic 13%, Emotional 11.6%
- #30 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Text-Based 19.2%, Supernatural 18.2%, Magic 12.5%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #31 Games of the Monarch's Eye
76% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel, strategy, sabotage - or forbidden magic? How far will you go to defeat your greatest rival and win glory in the grandest tournament in the entire realm? A text-based adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Text-Based 16.3%, Magic 11.5%
- #32 The Next One
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrea Scholer
Windows
As Lia, follow the gripping final investigation of your reporter stepdad to uncover buried secrets in this supernatural mystery where every choice can not only change the world, but also the powers within you.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.6%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Emotional 9.9%
- #33 God Codex
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iris.W
Windows
A cinematic 2D pixel-art action adventure. Slay the Demon King, then awaken within her memories as two girls struggle against fate in a collapsing world. Heavy combat, environmental storytelling, and immersive cinematic presentation with almost no UI.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Medieval 13.6%, Emotional 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #34 Blightsilver
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quiet Eve Studio
Windows
Join a paranormal investigation where card battles are the key that uncovers the conspiracy beneath the city. Duel on a secret 5×5 grid. Reveal your opponent’s hidden information—while they hunt for yours.
Why similar: Card Game 32%, Supernatural 24%, Dark Fantasy 24%, Story Rich 8.5%, Strategy 5.7%
- #35 Return to ...
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: kupstudio
Windows
A loop-based text adventure where turn-based combat, exploration, and branching choices drive a haunting journey through death and memory.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Dark Fantasy 20.7%, Card Game 17.2%, Medieval 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
- #36 For Evelyn II - Shards of Creation
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
Discover a world torn by war and magic. Make choices that shape your story, master strategic combat, and confront powerful enemies. Explore a beautifully crafted pixel-art world full of secrets in a story-driven RPG adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #37 THE UNREMEMBERED
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: cksxooPub: xwxoo studio
Windows
A king is dead with no heir. In a capital where four houses sharpen their blades over an empty throne, you are a wandering mercenary looking for work. Left or right — one swipe decides a life. A dark-fantasy, choice-driven roguelite where, whatever you do, in the end you will not be remembered.
Why similar: Card Game 36.4%, Dark Fantasy 27.3%, Text-Based 10.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #38 Magehunter: Phoenix Flame
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stalk the city streets with ancient technology! Will your sword clash with mages, or will you betray your order in exchange for power? Magehunter: Phoenix Flame is a dark fantasy text-based rpg.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Lore-Rich 20.6%, Text-Based 18.5%, Supernatural 15.2%, Magic 11.3%
- #39 Sultan's Game
70% matchVery Positive94% of 34,852 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Card Game 19.7%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Emotional 11%
- #40 Creepy Crypt Critters
73% 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: Dark Fantasy 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Card Game 17.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #41 Rise of Sorcery
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Silversoft
Windows · Linux
A narrative card-based RPG where every choice shapes your destiny. Master magic by assembling occult whispers, but beware: each spell permeates your body. Manage your magical impregnation or risk the Darkism. Balance your power before magic consumes you.
Why similar: Card Game 26.9%, Magic 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Lore-Rich 16%, Medieval 12%
- #42 Alchemist Chronicles
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Afgan Khalilov
Windows
Brew remedies, heal the sick, and face impossible choices. You are the only healer in a small village — but sometimes you must choose who lives and who doesn't.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Card Game 23.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Medieval 7.7%
- #43 Gold & Brown
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Medieval 19.8%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Text-Based 9.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #44 Inimigo - The Warrior Saint Versus the God of Discord-
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YN Creativesoft
Windows · Linux
Is one the villain and the other the hero? The truth is more complicated than that. Discover the story between two enemies in this dark fantasy visual novel!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Medieval 12.8%, Magic 10.7%
- #45 My Camp of Memories
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Emotional 13.7%, Mystery 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #46 Crown Gambit
68% matchVery Positive96% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Card Game 20.9%, Lore-Rich 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Medieval 14.3%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #47 Stars Arisen
71% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Supernatural 14.8%, Emotional 12.4%
- #48 The Last Winter Knight
67% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Medieval 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 10.3%
- #49 The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek
70% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Senokos Games
Windows · Linux
The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Magic 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #50 Seeking My Fate: Medieval Fantasy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Sermath
Windows
Shape your fate and live your life. Can you survive in this fantasy world? Can you use the power in your blood? Will luck smile on you? There is one way to learn!
Why similar: Card Game 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Medieval 16.2%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #51 Pluto
67% matchVery Positive93% of 537 reviews2026
Dev: Siege Wizard InteractivePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
Why similar: Card Game 35.3%, Dark Fantasy 24.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Magic 13.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #52 Memories Of Zattera
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouGo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Medieval 22.8%, Lore-Rich 18.1%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Magic 6.3%
- #53 Rocwood Academy
70% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: DigiLab Interaction
Windows
Rocwood Academy is a text-base choice-matters adventure game set in the wizard world hidden inside US society early 1900s. In the role of a first-year student, player is going to make friends, study wizardry and uncover the mystery beneath the school-back garden.
Why similar: Card Game 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 9.5%
- #54 Outergleam
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nevoski Studios
Windows
Explore liminal environments, redeem powerful shadow beings, and restore the astral realms as you become a guardian of the afterlife gates. Dive into the unknown and uncover the secrets of the Outergleam.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.9%, Lore-Rich 23.3%, Emotional 14.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 9.8%
- #55 Eternal Glory
67% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance of cruel fate, fantasy otome game ‘Eternal Glory’
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #56 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
68% matchVery Positive90% of 17,313 reviews2018
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Why similar: Card Game 44.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Adventure 7.8%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #57 Fervent: Sovereign Struggle
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OutlawHue
Windows
A dark fantasy stealth-action game set in a world ruled by rival gods. You play as one of O'Millah's Apostles, sent to carry out his divine will while he wages war beyond the mortal realm. Apostles must work from the shadows to weaken divine powers from within and await final judgement.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Lore-Rich 24.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Supernatural 12.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #58 Tower of the Ice Lich
66% 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.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Text-Based 20%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #59 Sorcery Jokers All Ages Version
69% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2018
Dev: 3rdEyePub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 173.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Fight to defend or tear down the new world order in Socery Jokers, a modern fantasy visual novel full of battles and action. Shift between multiple perspectives, wield impressive magic, and delve into a conflict between personal freedom and public order.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.4%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Magic 13.5%, Emotional 9.4%