Games Like The Yawhg

Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 55.4%, RPG 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Indie 7.1%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the classic choose-your-own-adventure structure and stat-based decision-making found in The Yawhg.

Embark on a whimsical journey and bring joy to a bright fantasy world in this roleplaying adventure for 1-4 players. Craft your own story and solve quests how you like, but beware, for every time you fail the Dragon will send you back in time!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.3%, Local Co-Op 26.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Local Multiplayer 8.3%, RPG 8%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op narrative RPG that captures the whimsical, party-based storytelling and short-session structure of the seed game.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Story Rich 43.1%, RPG 22.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Fantasy 11.5%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features procedural storytelling and character growth that mirrors the emergent narrative feel of The Yawhg.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.1%, RPG 19.6%, Story Rich 11.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, text-heavy RPG that uses stat-based exploration to drive a complex, narrative-rich experience.

Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.9%, RPG 16.4%, Story Rich 15.9%, Fantasy 5.9%, Choices Matter 4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines deep clan management and stat-based events with a high-stakes narrative that requires careful decision-making.

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 65%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Indie 4.7%, Choices Matter 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic interactive fiction experience that integrates RPG mechanics and meaningful choices into a cohesive adventure.

Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37%, Beautiful 21% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven visual novel where choices significantly alter the protagonist's life and the story's outcome.

A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.4%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 10%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, beautiful, and highly replayable interactive story that focuses on branching paths and folklore.

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, RPG 10.4%, Indie 6.7%, Story Rich 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on intense stat management and branching narrative paths where every choice can lead to a different fate.

A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.1%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Beautiful 8.7% ★, Multiple Endings 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that offers a mature take on classic fairy tales with extensive branching paths and high replay value.

Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Beautiful 21.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that emphasizes character-driven choices and a branching narrative structure.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Story Rich 36.8%, RPG 32.6%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Indie 14%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes dice-based stat management to navigate a deep, branching narrative in a way that feels mechanically similar to The Yawhg's event system.

Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

Why similar: RPG 37.4%, Story Rich 25.7%, Indie 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that prioritizes the emotional weight of choices and the consequences of your character's actions.

Over The Alps is a choices-matter narrative adventure game told through interactive postcards, sent from a secret agent to their handler, in 1930s Switzerland.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.6%, Beautiful 17.9% ★, Story Rich 13.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish narrative adventure that uses a card-based choice system to drive its branching story.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: RPG 39.4%, Story Rich 24.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Indie 11.5%, Fantasy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG where the narrative is heavily influenced by player choices and the consequences of those decisions.

You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, RPG 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A nonlinear RPG that focuses on interactive fiction and the impact of player choices on the world.

Fhtagn! - Tales of the Creeping Madness is a text based adventure game, where choices matter. There's couch co-op and just a hint of betrayal. Play as one of four cultists intent on releasing the Ancient One!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.2%, Local Co-Op 27.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.4%, Indie 8.3%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, randomized narrative game that captures the chaotic, event-driven nature of The Yawhg.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, RPG 12.9%, Indie 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It balances resource management with difficult narrative choices that impact the survival of your kingdom.

Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.1%, RPG 26.7%, Indie 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that provides a classic choose-your-own-adventure experience with a focus on character development.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 78.5%, RPG 14.4%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction title that blends deep RPG mechanics with a branching, text-based narrative.

Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.3%, RPG 19.9%, Story Rich 8%, Fantasy 3.6%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based interactive novel that focuses on political intrigue and the consequences of player decisions.

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 59.9%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 11.8%, Multiple Endings 5.1%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gamebook-style CRPG that emphasizes branching paths and character growth through life-path choices.

In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.

Why similar: RPG 68.8%, Indie 30.5%, Casual 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features event-based exploration and stat management that rewards strategic decision-making in a lighthearted setting.

Just One Line is a fantasy RPG gamebook-like indie game heavily focused on choices and their consequences in which you may compete with other players in an interactive leaderboard. Create different Adventurers and embark on epic quests, unlocking new content for your next playthroughs or create and share your own adventures with the...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.8%, RPG 12.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural narrative game where player choices shape the world and the story's progression.

Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 81.3%, Indie 11.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%, Casual 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused narrative game where every choice affects the group's chances of making it out alive.

This is a text adventure game that combines the gameplay of desktop pets and mini-games. You can advance the plot by clicking on the dialogue, or play mini-games to accumulate values to trigger new plots, and you can also cultivate your favorite characters by hanging up.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, RPG 15%, Story Rich 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous and highly interactive adaptation of Shakespeare that offers massive replayability through its branching paths.

Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.5%, Story Rich 17.7%, RPG 17.6%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to King of Dragon Pass that excels at procedural narrative events and clan-based decision-making.

Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Choices Matter 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that offers multiple endings and a branching narrative structure based on player choices.

The Ballad Singer is an asymmetric adventure, inspired by RPGs and game books, where you can experience many dynamic stories. Forge the fate of Hesperia through the stories of four different adventurers in a fantasy world completely illustrated and narrated.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.7%, Beautiful 29.3% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Story Rich 8.9%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn visual novel that uses a complex branching system to tell a unique story based on player actions.

Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 78.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Indie 9.3%, Casual 1.6%

A role-playing game like no other. Your smartphone is your character! Eon Altar brings modern technology to the social experience of couch co-op gaming. Voice your character, choose which secrets to keep and what lies to tell. Gather your friends, order a pizza and descend to the depths of Eon Altar!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 52%, RPG 20.4%, Story Rich 8.1%, Local Multiplayer 6.9%, Indie 4.7%

YOU are the hero in Forest of Doom! Explore the sinister Darkwood Forest in the digital Fighting Fantasy Standalone version of Ian Livingstone's classic RPG gamebook!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 67.7%, RPG 17%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Indie 3.5%

Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 64.5%, RPG 18.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Choices Matter 3.6%, Indie 2.5%

Take back your throne from demon-summoning usurpers in this 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel! Will your prince or princess choose to be good or evil?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.9%, RPG 25.8%, Indie 13.3%

Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 63.8%, Visual Novel 23.9%, RPG 12.3%

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61.6%, RPG 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Indie 7.8%, Story Rich 4.9%

Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

Why similar: RPG 36.7%, Indie 18.1%, Story Rich 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, choice-heavy narrative game that forces players to make difficult moral decisions with lasting consequences.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 71.8%, RPG 18.6%, Indie 9.6%

Lead your own DnD-like adventuring party on an epic adventure narrated by Laura Bailey. Invite your friends for free to the group with the Friends Pass, or strike out on your own. Cooperation, betrayal, and the luck of the dice… what wild escapades will you and your teammates get up to?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 52.3%, Local Multiplayer 19.9%, RPG 11.9%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Fantasy 4.6%

Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.2%, Story Rich 16.6%, Party Game 13.8% ★, Fantasy 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.5%

An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 62.5%, RPG 25.8%, Indie 11.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure in The Pirate's Fate, a visual novel experience with a unique twist: the story, the crew, and who you are transform based on your choices. Seek treasure, find love, and choose your fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 9%, Indie 6.6%, Story Rich 4%

Forge your own story and explore the world of Athens in Athenian Rhapsody, a souls-like platonic dating simulator with cooking-mama and WarioWare style battle mechanics... and by that I mean it's a choose-your-own-adventure action RPG with the ability to trade ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGHS between friends!!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 68%, RPG 14.1%, Story Rich 9%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Choices Matter 3.6%

For Sommerlund and the Kai! Lone Wolf is back with an exclusive storyline, stunning graphics and a deep combat system. Make meaningful choices and carve your own path.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 53.6%, RPG 21.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Indie 6.4%, Fantasy 4.7%

This game features no specific hero. You, as the player, can decide who makes it out alive. Your actions determine the outcome of the game. In total there are 9 playable characters and more than 50 different paths.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.2%, Story Rich 14%, RPG 10.7%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Indie 4.5%

In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.

Why similar: RPG 51.9%, Indie 25.8%, Story Rich 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%, Casual 3.6%

Loren The Amazon Princess is a fantasy epic combining intricate turn-based battles with a heroic tale of overcoming evil - with a twist! In this tale, you play as a loyal servant of the hero rather than the hero herself.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 55%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, RPG 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

Mayhem Brawler is an urban fantasy themed beat 'em up that brings back the 90s arcade vibe to present day. With comic book style art and kick-ass soundtracks, it offers a unique experience that you can tackle solo or as co-op with friends while defining the next step in the story with your choices.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.4%, Local Co-Op 30.4%, Local Multiplayer 9.8%, Multiple Endings 5.5%, Choices Matter 3.5%

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 47.9%, Story Rich 31.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Fantasy 5.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.3%

Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

Why similar: Story Rich 23.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Indie 14.8%, RPG 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, RPG 11.4%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 69%, RPG 18.6%, Indie 12.4%

Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 53.6%, RPG 31.8%, Indie 14.6%

A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.7%, Visual Novel 22.4%, RPG 15.5%, Choices Matter 4.5%, Multiple Endings 4.1%

Choose a path to adventure! Will you sneak into the dragon's lair, or challenge the beast openly? Will you fight for vengeance or for glory? Will you be tempted by elven romance? Will you be buried underground forever? Relive classic 1980s fantasy in this remastered gamebook.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 62.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Fantasy 5.5%, Choices Matter 3.9%

Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 48.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, RPG 10.7%, Multiple Endings 6%

A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG.

Why similar: Story Rich 36.9%, RPG 32.4%, Indie 17.8%, Fantasy 12.8%

A fantasy interactive story (visual novel) where the mysteries of ancient gods, enigmas of bygone eras, magic, and the complex relationships between various beings are intricately woven together.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, RPG 10.9%, Multiple Endings 4.1%

Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 61.5%, RPG 20.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Fantasy 4%, Indie 3.6%