- #1 Choice of Robots
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Text-Based 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, RPG 9.6%, Indie 4.5%
- #2 Guns of Infinity
96% matchVery Positive96% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 38.3%, Text-Based 24.9%, RPG 20.8%, Indie 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%
- #3 Ratings War
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Break stories, outwit rival reporters, and become a celebrity in this interactive noir novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.5%, RPG 39.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #4 Hollywood Visionary
95% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! Hire Alfred Hitchcock, seduce Greta Garbo, or build your studio into a powerhouse.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Text-Based 30.5%, RPG 26.1%, Indie 10%
- #5 Choice of the Deathless
94% matchVery Positive91% of 324 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 38.8%, Text-Based 31.7%, RPG 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Indie 5.9%
- #6 Sabres of Infinity
94% matchVery Positive94% of 188 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46.2%, RPG 23%, Text-Based 22%, Indie 8.8%
- #7 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
93% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.2%, Text-Based 29.8%, RPG 21.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #8 Mecha Ace
92% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the cockpit of a giant "mecha" robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, RPG 25%, Text-Based 24%, Indie 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #9 A Wise Use of Time
91% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, RPG 22.5%, Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Indie 8.2%
- #10 Pendragon Rising
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Seize the throne in the age of King Arthur! Lead an army of Britons against the darkest of enemies in this epic interactive medieval fantasy novel.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.7%, RPG 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Indie 9.7%
- #11 The Hero of Kendrickstone
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 108 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: RPG 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Text-Based 26.9%, Indie 12.7%
- #12 SLAMMED!
89% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel, the greatest text-based pro-wrestling RPG in the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, RPG 27.8%, Text-Based 26.6%, Indie 11.1%
- #13 Champion of the Gods
89% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, Text-Based 31.9%, RPG 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Indie 7%
- #14 Choice of Alexandria
88% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.5%, Text-Based 25.2%, RPG 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Indie 8.8%
- #15 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Text-Based 27.8%, RPG 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Indie 7.5%
- #16 The Golden Rose: Book One
85% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.3%, Text-Based 26.9%, RPG 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #17 Samurai of Hyuga
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.9%, Text-Based 25.8%, RPG 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #18 Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 405 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.1%, Text-Based 30%, RPG 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Indie 5.7%
- #19 Psy High
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, RPG 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Indie 8.3%
- #20 A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
83% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Text-Based 24.4%, RPG 20.2%, Indie 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
- #21 Life of a Wizard
84% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, RPG 29.6%, Text-Based 27.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #22 Wild West Legacy
82% matchMostly Negative37% of 2,142 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Punch StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.
Why similar: Western 61.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, RPG 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
- #23 Rosewater
79% matchVery Positive92% of 409 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Western 76.9% ★, RPG 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 The Soul Stone War
82% matchMixed69% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Why similar: RPG 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 22.1%, Indie 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #25 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
79% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 34.6%, Text-Based 25.3%, RPG 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #26 Roadwarden
78% matchVery Positive94% of 5,150 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 39.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, RPG 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Indie 5.4%
- #27 Creme de la Creme
81% matchVery Positive86% of 144 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, RPG 29.2%, Text-Based 28.9%, Indie 12.4%
- #28 Fatehaven
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31%, RPG 29.5%, Text-Based 28.2%, Indie 11.3%
- #29 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.6%, Text-Based 30.4%, RPG 27.8%, Indie 11.2%
- #30 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
78% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 45.4%, RPG 20.1%, Text-Based 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #31 VERSUS: The Lost Ones
77% matchVery Positive82% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, RPG 27.8%, Indie 9.8%
- #32 Cattle Country
73% matchVery Positive86% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
Why similar: Western 84.2% ★, RPG 15.8%
- #33 The War for the West
76% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, RPG 22.4%, Indie 8.6%
- #34 An Assassin in Orlandes
77% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 44.8%, RPG 41.5%, Indie 13.8%
- #35 MetaHuman Inc.
76% matchVery Positive91% of 153 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the CEO of a corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder, you'll harness dark magic and travel through time to inflate your stock prices!
Why similar: Text-Based 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, RPG 23%, Indie 9.6%
- #36 Arcadie: Second-Born
73% matchVery Positive95% of 400 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, RPG 15%, Indie 2.9%
- #37 Outlaws of the Old West
75% matchMixed59% of 6,295 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Western 89% ★, RPG 7.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #38 Sorcery! Part 4
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 44.6%, RPG 40.9%, Indie 14.5%
- #39 Always Sometimes Monsters
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #40 Fields of Asphodel
72% matchVery Positive86% of 78 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.6%, Text-Based 26.1%, RPG 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Indie 3.4%
- #41 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
74% matchPositive88% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.3%, Text-Based 24.1%, RPG 22%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Indie 8.5%
- #42 Breach: The Archangel Job
73% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the underground world of vigilantes as you wage war against the Chicago mafia. Roll the dice, and survive the consequences of your actions!
Why similar: RPG 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #43 Amarantus
71% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 54.8%, Text-Based 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Indie 7.5%
- #44 Heading Out
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 703 reviews2024
Dev: Serious SimPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 70.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%
- #45 West of Loathing
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,279 reviews2017
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.
Why similar: Western 76.7% ★, RPG 18.7%, Indie 4.6%
- #46 Boot Hill Heroes
72% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2014
Dev: Experimental Gamer Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Jump into a Western adventure inspired by the classic JRPGs of yore and and the legendary American Wild West! You and up to three more friends play as Kid, Doc, Moon and Rosy in simultaneous, real-time co-op RPG combat as you take down the notorious Saints-Little Gang!
Why similar: Western 56.2% ★, RPG 32.1%, Indie 11.7%
- #47 Samurai of Hyuga Book 4
71% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn.
Why similar: Text-Based 55%, RPG 31.7%, Indie 13.3%
- #48 Tally Ho
71% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?
Why similar: Text-Based 43.1%, RPG 38.8%, Indie 18.1%
- #49 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,741 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
Why similar: Western 52% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, RPG 18.4%, Indie 10.7%
- #50 Sorcery! Part 3
69% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.8%, RPG 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Indie 9.4%
- #51 Long Knives
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 587 reviews2025
Dev: Jade Hex
Windows · Mac
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty. Every choice leads the story down a different path, and the world itself evolves in response to your actions.
Why similar: Text-Based 49.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #52 Westland Survival
67% matchMixed59% of 575 reviews2025
Dev: Helio GamesPub: Helio Games
Windows · Mac
Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?
Why similar: Western 84.5% ★, RPG 15.5%
- #53 Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
69% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: Andrew G. Schneider
Windows · Mac
You are Robin Hood! Forge your destiny and fight to liberate Nottingham in this epic story-driven RPG blending interactive fiction, resource management, and base building set within a lushly-illustrated Sherwood Forest.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.3%, Text-Based 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, RPG 12.2%
- #54 Courtin' Cowboys
67% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.
Why similar: Text-Based 100%
- #55 Deadwater Saloon
68% matchMixed66% of 210 reviews2022
Dev: Tanglefoot GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.
Why similar: Western 56.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, RPG 14.5%
- #56 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
66% matchVery Positive96% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 44.4%, RPG 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 12.3%, Indie 3.5%
- #57 Westerado: Double Barreled
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,911 reviews2015
Dev: Ostrich Banditos
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Westerado: Double Barreled. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron.
Why similar: Western 93.7% ★, Indie 4.5%, RPG 1.8%
- #58 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
68% matchVery Positive82% of 481 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 34.3%, RPG 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #59 Wild Indigo Ranch
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 467 reviews2024
Dev: Funday Games
Windows
Wild Indigo Ranch is a cozy cowboy-life RPG for 1-4 players. Start a new life on the prairie, explore the frontier, build the finest ranch in the West, and ride into the sunset.
Why similar: Western 85.2% ★, RPG 14.8%
- #60 Star Story: The Horizon Escape
68% matchVery Positive83% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: EvilCoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.
Why similar: Western 42.4% ★, Text-Based 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, RPG 13.2%