- #1 Tales of Farhollow
97% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Gabaghoul Games LLC
Windows
Tales of Farhollow is a player decision based adventure. You will go on a quest as a new adventurer in town, to help (or harm), the townspeople. Choose your decisions wisely, as they can help you or get you into trouble!
Why similar: Card Game 32.5%, RPG 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, 2D 3.9%
- #2 Hollywood Visionary
96% 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: RPG 41.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, Text-Based 24.4%
- #3 The Vellescian Gambit
95% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Vellescian Games
Windows
Play the role of a merchant's apprentice in this 1600s-inspired realistic setting full with trading companies and business ploys. A short (2-3h) but replayable visual novel/RPG with logistics and trading aspects, brought to life with beautiful baroque paintings and classical music.
Why similar: RPG 33.7%, Time Management 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Text-Based 5.9%, 2D 4.8%
- #4 VERSUS: The Lost Ones
94% 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: RPG 43.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 26.5%
- #5 The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria
94% 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: RPG 44.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 24.4%
- #6 Rise of Sorcery
93% 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 28.9%, RPG 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Stylized 12.6%, Magic 10.3%
- #7 The Hero of Kendrickstone
92% 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 51.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Text-Based 21.1%
- #8 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: RPG 43.5%, Text-Based 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%
- #9 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
91% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Why similar: RPG 39.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Text-Based 30%
- #10 Sabres of Infinity
90% 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 46.8%, RPG 35.8%, Text-Based 17.4%
- #11 Koan
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Lawson Wright
Windows
A playable story about soldiers trapped on an enemy planet and their journey home. This Sci-Fi RPG uses card-based combat as you help guide the characters home.
Why similar: Card Game 55.3%, RPG 43%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #12 The 109th Hero
88% 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 40.4%, RPG 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Text-Based 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #13 MetaHuman Inc.
89% 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: RPG 37.7%, Text-Based 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%
- #14 Choice of the Deathless
87% 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 44.5%, Text-Based 28.4%, RPG 27.1%
- #15 Runt of the Litter
86% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal and raise a baby war gryphon! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom?
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Text-Based 23.7%
- #16 Life of a Wizard
86% 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: RPG 46%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Text-Based 21.3%
- #17 Reigns: Game of Thrones
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,042 reviews2018
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Reigns: Game of Thrones is the heir to the award-winning HBO® TV series Game of Thrones® and the smash-hit swipe ‘em up series Reigns from Nerial and Devolver Digital.
Why similar: Card Game 44.4%, RPG 34.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #18 Creatures Such as We
84% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly.
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Text-Based 25%
- #19 Rance 03
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AliceSoftPub: Kagura Games
Windows
As the kingdom falls, Princess Lia sends her most trusted servant to find the only man who can save her kingdom... the lucky adventurer Rance! Will Rance succeed in retaking the Kingdom of Leazas?
Why similar: RPG 53%, Card Game 44.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #20 Atlantis Academy
83% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? Dance, fight, and flirt with the other sea nymphs, selkies, and sirens!
Why similar: RPG 36%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Text-Based 18.2%, First-Person 9%, Magic 6.9%
- #21 Ratings War
82% 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: RPG 56.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%
- #22 Guns of Infinity
82% 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 42.6%, RPG 35.7%, Text-Based 21.6%
- #23 Sorcery Is for Saps
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An apprentice sorcerer should never steal a master's identity! Will your powers save the king--or will you turn traitor and seize the throne yourself?
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.5%, Text-Based 21%
- #24 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: RPG 46.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 22.4%
- #25 Evertree Inn
80% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!
Why similar: RPG 46.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 22.4%
- #26 Highlands, Deep Waters
79% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
Why similar: RPG 45%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Text-Based 22.8%
- #27 Then They Came for Me
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ham Goblin
Windows
Then They Came For Me is a fascism survival RPG set in an isolated neighborhood during the reign of a totalitarian regime. Take care of your neighbors, try to stay fed and sane, and make your choices carefully. Resist the regime or lick the boot, every decision you make has consequences.
Why similar: Time Management 29.7%, RPG 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, First-Person 7.6%, Stylized 7.4%
- #28 Choice of Magics
78% matchVery Positive93% of 165 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37%, RPG 33%, Text-Based 30.1%
- #29 Broadway: 1849
78% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight your way to box office glory, while fending off the gangs of New York! Will you spur a revolution or keep order in a fractious city?
Why similar: RPG 47.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Text-Based 21.9%
- #30 The Journey East and West
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Pr1s1m
Windows · Linux
This game was made for my NMU CS120 Winter 2025 semester final project. It is a text-based game where you use number inputs to control the game through the console. Open JDK no longer needs to be installed and added to your systems PATH do not be alarmed when a Command Prompt window opens.
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Text-Based 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #31 Choice of Rebels: Uprising
77% 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 40.8%, RPG 35%, Text-Based 24.2%
- #32 The Hero Project: Redemption Season
77% matchMixed63% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!
Why similar: RPG 50.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.4%, Text-Based 15.9%
- #33 Psy High
76% 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: RPG 37.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Text-Based 29.8%
- #34 KADI: Ottoman Judge
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shift Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a kadı in 1300s Ottoman Empire. Judge cases rooted in real history across ten provinces, from Gemlik to Damascus. Grow wise through knowledge or fall to bribery the balance is yours. Marry, raise a child, and choose between conscience and a never-ending purse. Every ruling shapes your fate.
Why similar: Card Game 22.8%, Time Management 16.5%, Alternate History 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, RPG 12.8%
- #35 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
75% 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 40.1%, RPG 38.6%, Text-Based 21.4%
- #36 House of the Golden Mask
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 39.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Text-Based 20.8%, Magic 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #37 War of Bellrook
74% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Plagen Shiki
Windows
Go forth on a text-based, choose your own adventure where you can choose your role and embark on adventure as various different people who tread different paths.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Text-Based 19.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #38 Choice of Alexandria
74% 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 39.3%, RPG 38.4%, Text-Based 22.3%
- #39 Mirror Drama
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chestpain Studios
Windows
Mirror Drama is a story-focused RPG where everyday conversations become turn-based battles. Follow Shunta as he navigates his daily life, friendships, and the mysterious reflection that haunts his past.
Why similar: Time Management 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, RPG 21.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, 2D 4%
- #40 Elements: Path of the Wizard
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MOPE
Windows
A card game where you will be responsible for the fate of an entire kingdom. Try on the role of a wise court magician, who is able to prevent a catastrophe with just a wave of his hand. At your disposal will be valuable magic items and all the existing elements.
Why similar: Card Game 44.1%, RPG 33%, Text-Based 9.1%, Magic 8.7%, 2D 4.4%
- #41 Royal Affairs
71% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
At your exclusive boarding school, will you rule the roost or be a royal disaster? Court publicity, sway the fate of nations, and find love!
Why similar: RPG 36.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Text-Based 22.2%, First-Person 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #42 Quietus Euphony
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elias SheridanPub: EsherStudios
Windows
Investigate a bandmate’s mysterious death inside a remote hotel. Search rooms for clues, build trust through conversations, and use musical ciphers to uncover hidden truths in this narrative-driven murder mystery RPG.
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Time Management 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Top-Down 6.1%, 2D 4.5%
- #43 Samurai of Hyuga
72% 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 42.1%, RPG 34.2%, Text-Based 23.7%
- #44 Heart of the House
71% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: RPG 36.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 36.2%, Text-Based 27.3%
- #45 Drifter's Tales
70% 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 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Stylized 8.9%, Top-Down 8%
- #46 Dawn of Heroes
69% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.9%, Text-Based 22.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #47 Curse of the Assassin
71% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fight, outwit and explore in Orlandes City as you uncover a conspiracy in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 51.7%, RPG 48.3%
- #48 Choice of the Viking
70% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sail forth to a land of gods and giants! Wield your sword, words, and magic to take your place among Iceland’s chieftains and forge your legacy of honor.
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Text-Based 21.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #49 Saturnine
68% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Veteran. You’re the oldest android in the Solar System, a relic and survivor of the ancient past. Now it’s time for you to fight again. A text-based science-fantasy novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 43.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Text-Based 21.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #50 Welcome to Moreytown
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.2%, RPG 34.6%, Text-Based 28.2%
- #51 Witchcraft U
69% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rush the university's secret societies as a first-year Magical Studies major! Will you keep your magic a secret from the mundanes or expose the truth?
Why similar: RPG 39.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Text-Based 19.8%, Magic 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #52 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
68% matchVery Positive86% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: RPG 41%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 29.2%
- #53 The Great Tournament
68% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play a young peasant boy who becomes squire to a legendary knight. Travel the realm competing in jousts, archery, and melee competitions. Train hard in order to become a powerful knight and eventually compete in The Great Tournament to decide the fate of the realm in this medieval story.
Why similar: RPG 55.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Text-Based 18.5%
- #54 Stations in Seoul: Card Game
67% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Future Cat Labs
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in the captivating universe of our enthralling prequel to Find with Seoul. This game beautifully weaves together the exciting elements of a card game RPG with a fascinating narrative that propels you on a quest for continuous development.
Why similar: Card Game 46.7%, RPG 45.4%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #55 Academagia: The Making of Mages
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 290 reviews2017
Dev: Black Chicken Studios, inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Academagia, the greatest of the ancient schools for wizards. Build the legend of your mage with thousands of options, emergent storytelling and endless replayability. The definitive version of the magical life simulator is at last on Steam!
Why similar: RPG 38.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Text-Based 20.1%, Magic 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #56 Keeper's Vigil
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."
Why similar: RPG 43.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.9%, Text-Based 22.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #57 The Soul Stone War 3
66% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
By the power of your Soul Stone and the strength of your own indomitable soul, uncover secrets held in blood and lead the charge that will change the world. A text-based fantasy novel, 260,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Text-Based 22%, Singleplayer 1%
- #58 Leas: City of the Sun
65% matchPositive100% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When a new magic is discovered, it's up to you to unravel the mystery! Find answers from fae and humans, save your city, and maybe even fall in love! A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 400,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.2%, Text-Based 21.8%, Mystery 5.7%, Singleplayer 1%