60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Choices Matter, Text-Based, RPG.
Violence spreads across Europe as Viking raids intensify. In this choice-driven RPG, your fate is shaped by hard decisions, brutal turn-based combat, and a legacy system where death is permanent—but not the end. Live, die, and fight again. Valhalla awaits.
Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
Fight in the Arena is a text-based RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system.
Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
Fight in the Arena is a text-based RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system.
Why similar: CRPG 32.5%, Text-Based 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 8%
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
Why similar: Narrative 37.2% ★, Mythology 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Historical 7.6%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Historical 10.1%, Roguelite 9.2%
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Perma Death 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, CRPG 17%, Roguelite 12%
A choice-driven roguelike text adventure set in medieval Korea and Japan. Encounter 218 mythological creatures from East Asian folklore, shape your story across 94 endings, and grow stronger with each run in a deep, culturally rich world.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Mythology 9.9%, Roguelite 9.1%
Azmar Quest is a text-based RPG with turn-based battles and old-school vibes. Choose your class from Warrior, Cleric, Warlock or Archer, and play the story! Decide your path through dialogues with multiple choices and fight lots of enemies! You can also fight in PvP and play Dungeons (online only)
Why similar: CRPG 24.9%, Text-Based 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
《江湖宝鉴》是一款武侠题材，带有轻度肉鸽元素的文字冒险游戏。你将扮演一位初出茅庐的少年，踏上游历江湖的艰险旅程。是一心向善，带领村民抵抗山贼侵扰，成为一代大侠；还是落草为寇，卷入山贼寨子中的阴谋诡计，杀出一片天地；抑或是访仙问道，遁入山林逍遥自在，都在你的一念之中。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Roguelite 22.4%, Text-Based 19.2%, RPG 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 24.8%, Narrative 22.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Mythology 17.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Story Rich 8%
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: CRPG 30.4%, Text-Based 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, RPG 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%
Swordhaven is a party‑based low‑magic fantasy cRPG with a deep character creation system, rich storytelling, and seamless turn‑based/RTwP combat. Explore Nova Drakonia, uncover ancient secrets, meet hundreds of NPCs with unique quests, and shape the fate of the world through your choices.
Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, CRPG 25.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Medieval 6.1%
Choose your own path: become a powerful jarl or a legendary king, or perhaps switch sides and follow the path of a knight, reliving the story of the Duke of Normandy.
Why similar: Roguelite 18.9%, Text-Based 17.7%, Historical 11.7%, RPG 9.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
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: Narrative 29.6% ★, Text-Based 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
The Holy Grail War begins anew in a modern era. Players will select one of seven Masters, stepping into his or her perspective to be summoned as a Servant in the grand ritual. The store page has been carefully designed to be spoiler-free, so feel free to explore without worry~
Why similar: CRPG 45.1%, Text-Based 19.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
Narrative RPG inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or he won't. He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, CRPG 26.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 38.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, RPG 7.4%, Multiple Endings 7%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: CRPG 29.2%, Narrative 28.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
Step into the world of Exercise your Demons, a 2d narrative adventure inspired by Irish fairies and folklore. Meet and befriend 5 locals while you work towards settling into the small fictional town called Inishsióg in County Galway, Ireland.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Mythology 23.6%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
An ancient evil returns. A sword lost to legend. A party bound by fate. Forge your legacy in a story-rich RPG of turn-based combat and branching choices, inspired by the classic Blood Sword saga.
Why similar: CRPG 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Roguelite 12.3%, Text-Based 10.5%, Story Rich 8%
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 31.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 15.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
This game portrays the tragic history of war in a 2D adventure format, set against real events. It provides a realistic experience, encompassing themes of betrayal, death, and love, while also offering multiple endings driven by player choices. Discover the impact of this era's tragedy firsthand.
Why similar: Narrative 32.7% ★, Text-Based 16.1%, Historical 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
How do you become a true magician? Find out in True Magician, an interactive text adventure with RPG elements. Travel through the kingdom with your teacher, learn the art of magic, fight enemies and make friends. And remember, the world is not what it seems!
Why similar: CRPG 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 12.3%, Medieval 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.1%
A historical and narrative RPG set in the world of Emile Zola's novel. You are a young man in 1866, forced to work deep in the mines to survive. But every day, the work gets harder and the meals get smaller. Organize a strike, reignite the smoldering revolt, and try to change this unjust world.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Historical 17.8%, Narrative 17.1% ★, RPG 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9%
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: CRPG 27.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Narrative 14.4% ★, RPG 7.5%
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 21.5%, Historical 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 10.5%
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.
Why similar: CRPG 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Narrative 33.8% ★, Historical 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Text-Based 9.5%
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Perma Death 7.6%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 44.6% ★, Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 4.5%
Trapped in the fading light of a broken moonhouse, you have 30 nights to balance scarce resources. Grow meager rations in the weak earthlight. Navigate the emotional sanity of a fragile sisterhood. Decode ancient documents in search of secrets. Your only choices will be impossible ones.
Why similar: Narrative 39.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, RPG 6.8%
这是一款中国古代背景的日常向视觉小说，这个故事没有苦大仇深，没有刀光剑影，玩家扮演一名官运多舛的知县，出身牙人，在官场上备受歧视，无望升迁，因为前途渺茫，而选择及时行乐，放纵于酒席宴前，沉浸于温柔乡里。玩家将跟随这名官吏的日常，感受太平年间鱼米之乡的热闹与富足。游戏内容没有血腥暴力，故事轻松愉快。
Why similar: CRPG 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Historical 17.6%, Text-Based 8.3%, RPG 7.6%
Niverium is a survival game in a harsh world where you have to take on the role of a man sent to the very bottom. You will have to do any dirty work for those who stand above you, under threat of death.
Why similar: CRPG 31.6%, Perma Death 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 9.3%, Choices Matter 6.4%
Hollow Home is an isometric narrative RPG, told from the perspective of a teenager trapped inside an occupied city. Learn survival skills, build relationships, and face tough choices as each passing day brings new tragedies and destruction to your childhood home.
Why similar: Narrative 36% ★, CRPG 23.8%, Historical 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, RPG 6.6%
Narrative role-playing game in the world of slavic dark fantasy. You have to take on the role of a father who must guide his daughter to distant lands. A cruel world, terrible monsters, witchcraft, and even time itself will stand in your way.
Why similar: CRPG 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.2%
A story-rich, turn-based RPG where you play as Perseus on his quest to slay the gorgon Medusa. Inspired by classic cRPGs like Baldur's Gate and Fallout 1 and 2. The game features choices and consequences, multiple quest solutions, and a faithful portrayal of Greek mythology.
Why similar: CRPG 34.2%, Mythology 12.4%, Historical 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Cyberganked is a six-character CRPG blobber and text adventure, all using a CGA graphics palette.
Why similar: CRPG 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Old School 6.7%, RPG 6.6%
Two years following the Second Great War, the Osirian Empire wrestles with finding a new ruler. While each faction sees a different future for their people, decisions are made by strength, not through ideals, and only the dead have seen the end of war.
Why similar: CRPG 28.7%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, RPG 7.9%
Recruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mythology and surrealism. From the designers of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages.
Why similar: Mythology 21.3%, CRPG 18.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Blending dark fantasy elements of a CRPG with turn-based combat of a JRPG, this "slow burn" survival rogue-lite positions you in a massive open world where every decision matters. With permadeath (optional) and a day/night cycle, study the codex and learn your enemies or meet certain death.
Why similar: CRPG 37.3%, Perma Death 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Roguelite 12.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Wander liminal spaces where fragments of your past call you forward. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 28.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 17%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: Narrative 28.6% ★, CRPG 28%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 6.5%
The day awaits. Whether it ends with you going to visit family, taking a breath in the park, or hiding inside your apartment, it all can be taken away without you having a say in the matter. Regardless of all the chances that life might provide, one truth persists: carpe diem.
Why similar: CRPG 45.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 10%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
Small in scope, detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 22.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Old School 8.7%
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Narrative 42.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 6%
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 31.6%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, RPG 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 23.8% ★, Text-Based 17%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Text-Based 14.2%, Historical 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: CRPG 31%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
You are a newly captured warrior who is bound by fate (and debt bondage), to fight monsters for all eternity.
Why similar: CRPG 41.2%, Roguelite 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Text-Based 9.3%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
A persistent text-based MMORPG where NPCs remember your secrets and shape a living world rooted in European folklore. Turn-based tactical combat, criminal gameplay, and collaborative storytelling that writes itself into canon. Built by Role-players for Role-players.
Why similar: CRPG 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 16%, Story Rich 13%, Choices Matter 9.8%
*** This Game is only available in Chinese *** 本游戏为回合制RPG。主角陆承轩身负强大力量却无法控制，阴差阳错来到神话中的山海界，在此结识了众多不同物种的奇妙伙伴，一路抽丝剥茧，解开山海界、黄帝、轩辕剑之间的过往密辛，展开高潮迭起的精彩旅程。
Why similar: CRPG 27.6%, Mythology 24%, Historical 19.9%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 12.4%
A text-based RPG spanning the entire arc of WWI aviation. Fly 37 historical aircraft, survive dogfights against the Red Baron, manage your aerodrome on the Western Front, and make choices that determine whether your pilot lives to see the Armistice.
Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 18.3%, RPG 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.
Why similar: CRPG 35.2%, Roguelite 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Text-Based 9.8%, Choices Matter 5.5%
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Narrative 31% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Historical 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Rakshasa is a first-person, narrative-driven RPG set in modern India, where a hidden world of Tantrik spellcasters and ancient mythological horrors operate on the margins of society. Rakshasa blends brutal turn-based combat with deep roleplaying full of meaningful player choices.
Why similar: CRPG 30.6%, Narrative 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Choices Matter 11%, Historical 8.4%
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Text-Based 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
Alvara: Forge your destiny! Every choice shapes the adventure in this turn-based narrative RPG. Forge strong relationships, influence the story and recruit allies whose power depends on their affections. Craft, potion, explore, dominate. Alvara: Choices and alliances chart your course!
Why similar: CRPG 34.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Mythology 9.8%
A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Text-Based 26.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
