- #1 CLOSED HANDS
97% 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: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Text-Based 22.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #2 Hadean Lands
96% matchPositive94% of 47 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: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Text-Based 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 1.8%
- #3 Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
96% matchPositive81% of 16 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: Interactive Fiction 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Text-Based 24.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #4 VERSUS: The Elite Trials
95% 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 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #5 The Peresmeshnik
94% matchVery Positive93% of 107 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 25%, Adventure 7.2%, Choices Matter 6%
- #6 An Imp and an Impostor
94% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 21.3%, Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #7 All (Too) Good Things
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 21%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #8 The Nascent Necromancer
92% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #9 The Gate
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Adventure 20.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, 2D 6.4%
- #10 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
91% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Text-Based 25%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #11 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Text-Based 26.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #12 7 Days in Dystopia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YapabilityPub: Yapability Products
Windows
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Text-Based 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Adventure 8%
- #13 Recluses
89% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Timofei UsikovPub: cd-doma production
Windows
More than 30 orthodox sectarians underground. They locked themselves in man-made caves. You're a negotiator. Your task is to rescue recluses before Apocalypse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #14 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
87% matchVery Positive89% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 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 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #15 Molly the Werezompire
86% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Zeboyd Digital Entertainment
Windows
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 24.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #16 Heart of Ice by Dave Morris
85% 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 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #17 Samurai of Hyuga
86% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Text-Based 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Adventure 14.5%
- #18 Silent Earth
84% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Fring Frang Games
Windows
Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future. Explore an off-world mining colony ship, navigate multi-linear character relationships, and steer the story toward one of five endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #19 After the Storm
84% 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: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Text-Based 24.4%, Choices Matter 7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #20 Whiskey-Four
82% matchVery Positive93% of 102 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: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #21 Jolly Good: Tea and Scones
83% 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: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Text-Based 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #22 Scarlet Sails
82% 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: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Text-Based 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Adventure 9.3%
- #23 Saturnine
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 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: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 24%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #24 Fields of Asphodel
80% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Adventure 8%
- #25 Mass of Consumption
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 15%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #26 Roadwarden
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #27 Parasite in Love
77% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 8%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #28 Fallen Hero: Revelations
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Text-Based 24.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #29 楚漢女子
81% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: 株式会社Viola
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ancient China, the era of the Chu-Han War. This is a historical novel adventure that depicts the "what ifs" of the two leaders of the Chu-Han War, Han Yu and Liu Bang. ---Your choice will be the guidepost of this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #30 Welcome to Moreytown
79% 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 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Adventure 18.2%
- #31 Shadow of the Curse-Eater
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wilderfolk of Ushinega Island waste away in a rotting tropical paradise, haunted by a deadly malediction. Yet behind every curse lurks a secret. You have the power to save them... but should you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #32 Message in a Melody
76% 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: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Text-Based 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #33 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Text-Based 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Adventure 7.6%
- #34 Turncoat Chronicle
75% 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: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 25.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #35 Harm Other
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dennis Farrell
Windows
The most anticipated game since chess! A text-based comedy adventure in which you interact with the world by slamming one of two brightly colored buttons: Harm or Other
Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 5%
- #36 Choice of Robots
75% 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 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #37 Arderico's Journey
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #38 Tower of the Ice Lich
73% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #39 Taina's Cursed Legacy
72% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Text-Based 21.7%, Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 3.9%
- #40 Oremus
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Narkhos & Stormi
Windows · Linux
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Text-Based 23.4%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 6%
- #41 Yogoe Hunter
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #42 Samurai of Hyuga Book 2
74% 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 33.2%, Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Adventure 17%
- #43 The Castle
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sankurusu
Windows · Linux
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Text-Based 22.7%, Adventure 10%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #44 What Is Sleeping In My Room?
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: CousinCatnip
Windows
Experience the hunt for the Monster living in your room in this Visual Novel experience. Your choices will determine the fate of both you and the Monster. Will you figure out what the Monster really is?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Text-Based 23.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #45 Aunewyth
71% 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 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #46 Temple of Egmelitia
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Hornik
Windows · Mac
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 22.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #47 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 17.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #48 Hero of Hoofbeat Hollow
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Text-Based 24.5%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #49 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
70% matchMixed65% of 20 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 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #50 Kafka at the Station
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neji. Games
Windows · Mac
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.6%, Text-Based 33.8%, Adventure 17%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #51 Honor Bound
68% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Text-Based 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #52 A Mage Reborn
68% matchVery Positive88% of 104 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: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #53 Your Story: Games with Death
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 17.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #54 Daria: A Kingdom Simulator
67% 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: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Text-Based 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #55 Guns of Infinity
69% matchVery Positive96% of 136 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 37%, Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Adventure 17.2%
- #56 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
67% 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 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Text-Based 17%, Adventure 7.3%, Choices Matter 7%
- #57 呪霊が見せる夢 Dreamscapes
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.7%, Text-Based 37.2%, Adventure 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #58 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #59 Greymarsh
66% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 23.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Adventure 6%