Games Like VERUM

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 25.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Casual 6.2%

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 42.5%, Text-Based 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Adventure 3.1%, Story Rich 2.4%

Navigate school life, build friendships, survive rumours, and climb the social ladder through natural conversations with students who remember your choices. Every interaction shapes your reputation in this AI-powered social simulation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Text-Based 13.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Story Rich 5.3%

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: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Casual 11.2%, Choices Matter 6.4%

A funny, emotional text-based romance where your awkward crush meets accidental magic. Make branching choices, build relationships, and maybe ruin Valentine’s Day with a love potion that definitely shouldn’t have worked.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Text-Based 21.7%, Casual 10.1%, Indie 1.5%

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 37.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Text-Based 22.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 1.7%

Spark romance amid secrets in a crumbling mansion! What will you sacrifice for love? Can you trust your own heart?

Why similar: Conspiracy 31.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Choices Matter 3.8%

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: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Text-Based 19%, Casual 12.1%, Choices Matter 5.5%

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 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 18.1%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Story Rich 5.9%

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 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Story Rich 6.6%

Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Text-Based 25.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 4.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Text-Based 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 6.9%

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: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choices Matter 8%, Story Rich 6.5%

Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Text-Based 21.5%, Casual 11.1%, Adventure 5.7%

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 35.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Adventure 1.9%

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 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Adventure 4.5%

The Broken Crown is a dark fantasy text adventure between game and novel. Read through a fallen kingdom, make choices at key moments, and face the weight of memory and sacrifice.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.1%, Text-Based 22.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 1.7%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Text-Based 23.8%, Casual 10.5%, Adventure 2.8%

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 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 31%, Text-Based 23.3%, Adventure 5%, Indie 3.8%

Embark on a tabletop-inspired fantasy adventure. Battle monsters, pass dice-roll skill checks, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover the lost Tomb of Mithras in this narrative-driven RPG-lite where every choice matters.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.8%, Casual 15%, Adventure 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%

You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%

見知らぬ密室で目を覚ました主人公。 頼れるものは、手元に残された一台のスマートフォンだけ。 通話、メッセージ、アプリなどに残された痕跡をたどりながら、脱出の手がかりを探していく。 しかし、情報を集めるほどに、 この事件の裏に隠された異様な真実が浮かび上がっていく。 スマートフォンを操作して進める、サイコロジカル・ホラーADV。

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Text-Based 20%, Adventure 6.3%, Choices Matter 4.2%

A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 16%, Conspiracy 15.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 9.8%

The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%

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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 23.3%, Story Rich 6.3%, Choices Matter 5.6%

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 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Text-Based 22%, Adventure 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Text-Based 19.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Indie 3.9%

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 42.7%, Text-Based 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Indie 3.1%

What are the crazy chemists doing in their laboratories? Is the military test range near the town really dangerous? What is the doctor’s secret? Undelivered is a detective quest where you have to find the answers to all these questions and decide what to do next!

Why similar: Conspiracy 32.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Story Rich 5.3%

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 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Text-Based 21.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Story Rich 7.3%

The hero who stopped a world-eating calamity was branded a demon by history. Centuries later, an orphan carrying his last fragment pieces the truth together from rumor and record. No combat — only Ashen Flame, a power that costs you with every use. Two loops. One truth.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Adventure 4%

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 40.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Casual 5.5%

Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Casual 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 5.5%

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 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Text-Based 22.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Indie 1.4%

Ithaca is a narrative road-trip with RPG elements about environmental resistance. You play as Penelope, a young environmental rights lawyer, as she drives towards the most important decision she'll ever have to make.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Conspiracy 29.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 7.4%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Text-Based 19.5%, Casual 7.1%, Choices Matter 6%

Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Conspiracy 12.7% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%

Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Story Rich 3.3%

A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%

A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Story Rich 6.8%, Choices Matter 6.3%

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 30.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Text-Based 21.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Casual 5.8%

A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 5.9%

Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Text-Based 16.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%

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 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Text-Based 23.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Adventure 2.7%

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 36.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Text-Based 22.7%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Adventure 1.9%

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Why similar: Conspiracy 39.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%

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: Interactive Fiction 36.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.7%, Text-Based 20.9%, Casual 5.2%, Adventure 2.4%

Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Text-Based 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Choices Matter 7.7%

Four thousand miles. Twenty thousand pounds. Four murderous rivals. One unforgettable adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 16.7%, Casual 13.1%, Adventure 6.7%

You are a Switchboard Operator, and you're about to be replaced by a machine. Use your last week of work to connect townsfolk, overcome problems, and explore the history of a cast of engaging characters. Your choices matter, so use each day to leave lasting bonds.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Casual 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%

An Interactive Visual Novel with 35 story branches, 150 unique lines of dialogue, unlockable skins and many wholesome vibes! Dere-chan is always kind, happy, and energetic so whatever happens she'll always be there with kindness and support!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Casual 7.6%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? An interactive, text-based magical romance novel.

Why similar: Conspiracy 34.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Story Rich 0.9%

AREA MAN LIVES. Or does he? A quirky radio drama unfolds around you in VR while you do your best to keep the radio station humming along as its new DJ. You record commercials, interview callers and try your best to piece together how your actions inside the station impact your listening audience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Conspiracy 23.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Story Rich 7.9%

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 35.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Text-Based 22.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Adventure 2.2%

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 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 23%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 4.4%

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 38.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Text-Based 25.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Indie 1.5%

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 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Text-Based 14%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Story Rich 5.4%