60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Choices Matter.
Illustrated text-based RPG featuring a unique magic system. Develop skills, tend relations. Navigate complex social structures. Explore themes of identity and allegiance.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Nowhere Manor
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Gothic 10.4% ★, Text-Based 10%
House of stolen devil bargains and indolent angelic aristocracy: Nowhere Manor is doomed to disappear. You can leave if you’ve got a soul … but that’s not an option for an artificially created servant such as Liber. Just how far are you willing to go escape?
Why similar: Gothic 16.4% ★, Demons 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
"Escape from Death" is a 256,000-word interactive horror adventure novel by Tova Näslund. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Why similar: Gothic 15.3% ★, Demons 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
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: Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
An ancient custom is invoked, and five kingdoms send their young heirs to play a legendary game. Build relationships, form alliances, and win the crown in this high-stakes game of woodland politics and social maneuvering.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Text-Based 13.7%, Lore-Rich 9%
Into Oblivion is an immerse interactive novel where your choices shape the story. Set in the far-future, explore a galaxy on the brink of crisis with dynamic companions. So, settle your mind and pray you have what it takes to fly Into Oblivion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, RPG 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Text-Based 14.1%, War 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Slice into a dark fantasy world of celestial magic and violence-devoted talking animals in this visual novel RPG. MoonFire intertwines personal mystery and complex characters within a landscape of political intrigue, all unknowingly set against the threat of a looming cosmic apocalypse.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Demons 8.4%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%, RPG 9.8%
As a humble baker in a quiet medieval town, your life takes a dark turn when a stranger arrives equipped for battle. Thrust into a hidden world of supernatural beings—elves, demons, fae, and more—you must make choices that alter the fate of the world you thought you knew.
Why similar: Demons 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
A brave hero and a bound lich rescue a legendary warrior from a forgotten tomb and put the romance back in necromancy. Necromance is a dark fantasy comedy visual novel with light puzzle elements, 3 endings, and 15 ways to die!
Why similar: Gothic 15.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 15.7% ★, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Demons 18.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological 11.6%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 13%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
Why similar: Gothic 20% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
A story-rich role-playing game, TideBroker will take you to a fantasy world of secrets and machinations of three opposing factions. You will play the part of an envoy and determine the outcome of a peace conference through dialogue, letters and books.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Text-Based 17.2%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, RPG 11%
They steal your crew and force your ship to crash-land on an alien planet where you must start fresh with nothing but a dilapidated base and a... talking cat?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, RPG 9.8%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Gothic 19.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11%
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%
Nocturne Hollow is a gothic mystery visual novel currently containing the complete opening and Episode One. Explore the available areas of Hollow Veil, uncover supernatural clues and memories, and begin the introductory paths for Lucian, Evelyn, and Damien.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Gothic 11.8% ★, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%
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: Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, RPG 12.5%, Visual Novel 6.5%
They have magic and fangs. You have red tape! When vampires, werewolves, wizards, and demons clash, you must mediate. Save your city, or sell your soul?
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.8% ★, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Demons 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.6%
Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Demons 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.5%
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, RPG 11.5%, Text-Based 10.1%
This is the story of a family living in a haunted house in New Hampshire. And you're the one haunting them.
Why similar: Gothic 34.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, RPG 11.6%
Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness...
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.5% ★, Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%
Customize your fate in a fallen world: forge bonds and uncover secrets in a tale of power, love, and the weight of grief. Your choices define your path: how will you rise in the hierarchy of the damned?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 14.2%, Demons 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%
These monsters aren’t just in the movies! Will you hunt the vampires, werewolves and others stalking Hollywood, or will you become a monster instead? An interactive, text-based game set in the World of Darkness shared story universe.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Gothic 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Demons 14.1%
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Gothic 17.2% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Lore-Rich 14%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological 9.8%
The near future is just a few toes away. Journalist Iselda Aronica A man is asked to conduct an investigation in a certain town. The name of the town is Angelovale. The name of the town is Angelovale. It was a town where people still existed.
Why similar: Gothic 19% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.
Why similar: Gothic 16.2% ★, Demons 14.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, RPG 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, RPG 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
A consequence-driven narrative game where you play as a volunteer surgeon in a war-torn village. Patients arrive daily, but you won’t be able to treat everyone. Who you save, who you turn away, and how you do it ripples far beyond your clinic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Destruction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 10.5%
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%
Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Text-Based 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 10.2%
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 14.7%, War 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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 22.6%, Text-Based 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 15.4%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Demons 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.4%
You've been tasked with collecting data on an alien planet. Choose between exploring the jungle tropics or navigating deep into the bioluminescent sea.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 14%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Psychological 14.7%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, RPG 8.6%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%
A Boys Love visual novel with branching plotlines and two love interests. Features beautiful CGs and sprites, and top-notch voice acting throughout the game.
Why similar: Demons 20.5%, Gothic 15.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 12.6%
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
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 23.1%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Lore-Rich 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, RPG 13.8%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
Leviathan receives an order from the Fortress: infiltrate Pandemonium and eliminate Wrath, the ruthless traitor. Prove yourself, sea dragon. (Short adventure RPG / visual novel)
Why similar: Demons 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Gothic 15.2% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, RPG 12.1%
Follow an Emperor's bounty to a rain-soaked island where the locals are going strange, an ancient god is waking, and you are exactly where you were meant to be. A narrative text RPG with real consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
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: Text-Based 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 13.6%, Text-Based 13.3%
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11%
This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Psychological 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
