- #1 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
97% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you infiltrate the gods' Elite Courte, stealing their superpowers, or turn double agent and join them, taking your place among the divine?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, RPG 6.7%
- #2 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 11.5%, RPG 6.5%
- #3 The Golden Rose: Book One
96% 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: Text-Based 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, RPG 7.1%
- #4 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 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: Text-Based 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 6.5%
- #5 The Soul Stone War 3
94% 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: Text-Based 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, RPG 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #6 Choice of Robots
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Text-Based 32.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #7 A Wise Use of Time
93% matchVery Positive80% of 121 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 26.2%, Text-Based 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Choices Matter 18.2%, RPG 8%
- #8 Turncoat Chronicle
92% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?
Why similar: Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 9%, RPG 8.5%
- #9 The Sword of Rhivenia
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choices Matter 8.5%, RPG 7.8%
- #10 Keeper's Vigil
91% matchNo user 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: Text-Based 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, RPG 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #11 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run with unicorns, fly with pegasi, and swim with kelpies as a magical horse! Will you reunite the herds or drive them further apart? A text-based interactive fantasy novel with hundreds of choices and without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, RPG 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #12 Scribe
89% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Text-Based 21.6%, Dynamic Narration 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #13 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
89% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 5.4%
- #14 The Nascent Necromancer
88% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 5.7%
- #15 Hadean Lands
87% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Zarfhome Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Adventure 3.3%, Story Rich 2.5%
- #16 Fighting Fantasy Classics
86% matchVery Positive81% of 355 reviews2018
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #17 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Dynamic Narration 21.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 18.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #18 Vanakan
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Adventure 6.6%
- #19 An Imp and an Impostor
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've spent years undercover, disguised as a human, infiltrating the city’s magical law-enforcement organization. They stole your magic from you. Can you steal it back? (A text-based interactive historical urban fantasy novel.)
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, RPG 8.4%
- #20 Run TavernQuest
84% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Silicon Sundial
Windows
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.8% ★, Text-Based 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #21 Roadwarden
83% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 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 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 8%, RPG 7.3%
- #22 House of the Golden Mask
82% 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: Text-Based 27%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, RPG 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #23 War of Bellrook
82% 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: Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, RPG 10.3%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #24 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! Mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers at your ancestral estate.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 5.6%
- #25 The Portal Pirate
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZizihPub: Zizih Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Dynamic Narration 15.3% ★, Choices Matter 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%
- #26 Choice of the Deathless
81% matchVery Positive91% of 323 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: Text-Based 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, RPG 6.4%, Indie 2.4%
- #27 Aunewyth
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.2%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #28 Fields of Asphodel
78% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 22.6%, Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 5.1%
- #29 Saturnine
77% matchMixed69% of 26 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: Text-Based 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, RPG 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #30 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
78% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Fantasy 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #31 Samurai of Hyuga
79% matchVery Positive80% of 66 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: Text-Based 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, RPG 7.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #32 Leas: City of the Sun
76% 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: Text-Based 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, RPG 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #33 Atlantis Academy
77% 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: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, RPG 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #34 A Mage Reborn
76% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 7.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #35 Whispers From The Rift
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
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: Text-Based 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #36 Fallen Hero: Revelations
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face down your ghosts and unearth secrets better left buried as you prepare to take vengeance on the ones who wronged you. But be warned, burying your past only works if it stays put.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choices Matter 10.4%, RPG 9.2%
- #37 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
73% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Choices Matter 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #38 Chrongrid
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chrongrid Studio
Windows
Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative experience. Inside an author's story blueprint, you make your own choices and the world responds in its own way — every choice echoes, no two journeys alike. Built-in blueprints are the start; play others' stories or write your own, in any language.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.3%, Dynamic Narration 21.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #39 Psy High
74% 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 40.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, RPG 8.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #40 Revenge Story
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deus Marmota
Windows
A visual novel with a very open narrative: Revenge Story offers you to play as an avatar in search of justice, as well as the worst of the scum. Customize your character's gender, romance the character you like or get rid of the others!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%
- #41 Welcome to Moreytown
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 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: Text-Based 37.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, RPG 7.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #42 Scarlet Sails
71% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, RPG 7.3%
- #43 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 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: Text-Based 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, RPG 7%
- #44 Choice of the Pirate
72% matchVery Positive93% of 107 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, RPG 5.5%
- #45 CLOSED HANDS
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: PASSENGER
Windows · Mac · Linux
CLOSED HANDS is a groundbreaking work of interactive fiction that explores the tangled intertwined stories of five people thrown together by a fictional terror attack.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 1.4%
- #46 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
71% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #47 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
70% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule your realm, train heroes, and build a legendary kingdom in Daria. Experience strategy, storytelling, and diplomacy in this immersive sim.
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Interactive Fiction 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, RPG 5.8%
- #48 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Zone
Windows
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, Text-Based 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #49 Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure
70% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Weave illusions, shapeshift, or control minds. You'll set the world on fire, one way or another.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%, RPG 5.7%
- #50 An Unexpectedly Green Journey
68% matchPositive98% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Wield the powers of a shaman or chief. Conquer the world. Become a god or a demon lord. Do what orcs do best!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #51 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
70% matchVery Positive88% 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 30.9%, Text-Based 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 9.2%, Adventure 6.1%
- #52 Avatar of the Wolf
69% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down the killer who murdered the Wolf god! As the Wolf's last avatar before his assassination, will you revive your god, take revenge on his killer, or destroy the pantheon and bring about a new order?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Choices Matter 24.1%
- #53 After the Storm
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, RPG 5.4%
- #54 Message in a Melody
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 5.9%
- #55 The Peresmeshnik
68% matchVery Positive93% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Arnold
Windows
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #56 Choice of the Cat
69% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Knock things over. Take a nap. Enslave humanity. It's the biggest text-based cat simulator ever, over 600,000 words! They will give you belly rubs, or else.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Choices Matter 19.5%, RPG 7.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #57 Wizardry Level C
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The discovery of an old magic book turns your life upside down. Will you succeed in becoming a guild wizard—or will you travel a different path?
Why similar: Text-Based 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #58 Samurai of Hyuga Book 6
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to Hyuga just in time for the new semester! Sword fights, love confessions, demonic rituals—nobody said graduating was going to be easy! A text-based novel, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without animations or sound effects.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.5%, Choices Matter 10%, RPG 9.5%
- #59 Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday
68% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Escape your captors…and endure your rescuers, but don't be late to the ball! Take charge of your rescue, and reclaim your rightful throne.
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, RPG 5.5%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #60 Whiskey-Four
65% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPG 6.1%