- #1 Firelore: Short Tales
97% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Lucas Molina
Windows · Mac
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 17.9%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Philosophical 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%
- #2 咖啡机Coffee-machine
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SnoworldPub: 现实映像工作室
Windows
你是无机脑公司的一名员工,经个人志愿与公司筛选成功进入咖啡机实验工程。只要通过这项测试,你就能够实现自己梦想中的计划,你能成功吗?
Why similar: Dystopian 19.5%, Text-Based 17.7%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Emotional 12.3%, RPG 8.4%
- #3 A Blade for the Emperor
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fiction epic fantasy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 20.5%, RPG 17.4%, Dystopian 16.9%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #4 Silent Orbits
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AlekPub: QuickNap
Windows
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Text-Based 32.2%, RPG 13.6%, Emotional 9%, Lore-Rich 5%
- #5 Fallstreak 2: Traum
94% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Emotional 18.7%, Text-Based 16.6%, Anime 14.6%, RPG 10.4%
- #6 Awaken Infinity
93% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Launch Solutions
Windows
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Emotional 19.6%, Anime 14.7%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #7 Blood for Poppies
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 18.8%, Action RPG 17.3%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Dystopian 11.8%
- #8 Blackheart
92% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Hyporeal
Windows
Weaving together action RPG and top-down shooter elements, Blackheart tells a tragic tale centred around the royal Blackheart family and the internal conflicts that are consuming them from the inside out.
Why similar: Action RPG 20.4%, Philosophical 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Top-Down 10.1%
- #9 God of Chaos
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 24.6%, RPG 20.5%, Lore-Rich 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%
- #10 Of Moons and Mania
91% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Absurd Walls
Windows · Mac
Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.
Why similar: Emotional 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Dark 5.3%
- #11 Book of Coin
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: redisguise
Windows
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.8%, RPG 10%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #12 Strawberry Test
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vesperay
Windows
Play as an AI interacting with users.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Text-Based 26.3%, Dystopian 15.6%, RPG 14.6%, Philosophical 11.5%
- #13 Thirty eternal days
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Democratic Games
Windows
Touch the world after the Catastrophe. Remember your life, which has become almost endless. Repent of your past and try to save the future in this sci-fi text-based interactive adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 18.2%, Dystopian 17.7%, Action RPG 16.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #14 Way Walkers: University
89% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a magical adventure through a spiritual world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Text-Based 28.3%, RPG 21.7%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #15 VOID OBSCURA Part One: Lost Little Lilith
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Texture Games
Windows
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Text-Based 22.2%, Anime 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Emotional 7.2%
- #16 Not Spooky: But Good Enough For Me
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: K.P. Hallow
Windows
In this first-person horror-lite game, investigate your way through different locales such as the theatre, forests, and urban areas. Solve puzzles and unravel the story behind what happened at the community theatre.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, RPG 20.4%, Lore-Rich 19.4%, Investigation 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #17 Wizard Confidential
85% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.8%, RPG 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
- #18 Lux, City of Secrets
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Text-Based 29.9%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, RPG 18.4%, Story Rich 0.9%
- #19 群魔死欲之山
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moongo Studio
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a snowbound medical camp, battlefield nurse May clings to a mysterious letter—a final hope. Uncover hidden truths, test fragile bonds, and navigate a path toward a distant sanatorium. Will you find salvation, or something far darker?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Text-Based 28.9%, RPG 17.1%, Emotional 9.4%, Anime 7.9%
- #20 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
84% 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: Interactive Fiction 28%, Action RPG 20.8%, Text-Based 20.3%, RPG 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
- #21 Brigadoon
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
Windows
Based off the original book and musical written by Alan Jay Lerner comes a brand new indie title inspired by the ever-popular Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask! It follows a similar formula with a time cycle forcing you to do a set of tasks at a certain time in order to make progress.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Action RPG 18.5%, Emotional 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Anime 11.3%
- #22 LOST INSIDE Act 1
82% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Ayetoons
Windows
LOST INSIDE is a non-traditional, character-focused, action-adventure RPG about a human child who stumbles their way into the Spirit World.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Action RPG 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, RPG 14%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #23 Coffee, Snow, and You
81% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A warm New Year’s story about a lonely person spending December 31st at work. A short visual novel about finding joy and meaning on the eve of the most magical night of the year.
Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Emotional 22%, Anime 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #24 Way Walkers: University 2
82% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 29.6%, RPG 19.7%, Lore-Rich 19.2%, Story Rich 1%
- #25 This Fallen Lizard Still Dreams of Flame
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoriDreams
Windows
For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Anime 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
- #26 Fried chicken wings cause love fires
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MokaPub: Dreamtopia
Windows · Mac
- Cannibalism X superpowers X Suspense X Original worldview - "Fried Chicken Wings Cause a Love Fire" is a BL mystery comedy long visual novel. It uses the first-person perspective with a fixed protagonist, Aris; contains elements of horror and sexual innuendo.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Dystopian 23.1%, RPG 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Anime 9%
- #27 Stars Arisen
79% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Text-Based 25.2%, Emotional 15.1%, RPG 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 13%
- #28 Sacrifices
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BABYCOCO
Windows
Dive into the 'Sacrifices', a narrative-driven adventure game where you unravel the poignant tale of a child's reality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, RPG 24.4%, Text-Based 22.8%, Emotional 13.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #29 WHERE SAFETY ENDS *R*
78% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: CHRONOPHOBIA
Windows · Mac
What does it take to be SAFE? Maybe it's all about a person who will come to your rescue no matter what. Or maybe it has to do with a place that you know inside and out. OR, perhaps, (just maybe) a room full of strangers with no entrance might just do the trick.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, RPG 23%, Philosophical 13.9%, Anime 12.7%, 2D 6.3%
- #30 Endwell
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Stage Entertainment
Windows
Hoomanity’s last hope, delivered by cats. One determined cat, one big backpack, and a whole lot of deliveries to make! As the Cat Courier, it’s your job to navigate a charming little town, drop off packages to humans and collect parts for the ultimate Escape Crate. And spread smiles along the way.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 21.9%, Dystopian 21.1%, Philosophical 15.3%, Lore-Rich 7.2%
- #31 Eternal Affairs
77% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, RPG 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%
- #32 东方梦想终点~Touhou Fantasy destination
77% match5 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 经开
Windows
What kind of game is this? This is a second fan game of Oriental project. This work contains different settings from the original, so please pay attention to the players who feel uncomfortable about it
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, RPG 19.1%, Text-Based 18.3%, Anime 18.3%, 2D 8.2%
- #33 Chinese Black Dragon Legend
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 哥布林软件
Windows · Mac · Linux
" Chinese Black Dragon Legend" is a daily comedy Cantonese-style visual novel (galgame). The story follows Sino-French footballer Zhong Guolong's romantic journey with four heroines: Bai Xiaotong, Aisha, Frolana, and Kim Sung-ae.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Anime 13.7%, RPG 11.5%
- #34 我亲爱的妹妹 Happy Sisters Life
75% matchMostly Negative20% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: 梅涅_Menelaus.A
Windows
那天,你出生了,就有妹妹。 那天,父母再婚,天降妹妹。 那天,小区偶遇,竟是妹妹。 太好了,是妹妹!我们有救了!
Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Emotional 19.5%, Text-Based 19.3%, Anime 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%
- #35 Siege of Treboulain
75% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Text-Based 26.4%, Action RPG 22.3%, RPG 21.5%, Story Rich 0.5%
- #36 The Dream of Shadowlands Episode 2
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Catalina Zavaleta
Windows
Explore a long-forgotten temple crawling with freakish monsters in the second episode of this action-horror RPG, uncovering an ancient history and meeting loveable characters through hand-drawn visuals inspired by 90s anime.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Action RPG 20.2%, Anime 11.9%, RPG 11.3%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #37 Dead Hearts
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NekoDev
Windows
What would you do if all the people you knew were murdered before your eyes? What would you do if the scenery repeated itself over and over again? What would you do if you knew you were about to die in front of your friends? There is only one solution - change your destiny and take revenge.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.1%, Action RPG 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Anime 12.8%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #38 命运之轮(序章)/Journey of Destiny(dependent origination)
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cai JiahePub: Changle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, Text-Based 19.2%, Anime 13.1%, RPG 13%
- #39 Double bisociation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 礼堂王
Windows
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, RPG 20.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Investigation 7.9%
- #40 灰海迷城
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coladice Studio
Windows
《灰海迷城》是一款赛博朋克风格的文字冒险游戏。玩家将扮演一位名为“铅灰”的少女,探索这座名为“25小镇”的赛博朋克都市,并踏上一条属于自己的救赎之旅。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, RPG 22.5%, Lore-Rich 20.8%, Dystopian 17%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #41 Forbidden: A First's Obsession
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N.A. Soleil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Meet Nemesis; Ascendent being and terminally bored. Until the shimmer at the end of Creation, known as the Void, becomes her fixation - and her undoing. A short linear visual novel with gorgeous hand-painted illustrations; a mythic tale of curiosity and consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, RPG 18.6%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Emotional 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #42 大梦春秋
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夫夫游戏工作室
Windows
An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Philosophical 17.4%, Emotional 14.5%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #43 Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure
71% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 27.8%, RPG 22.9%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #44 The Bone Dancer's Bane
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Text-Based 25.3%, RPG 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Lore-Rich 13%
- #45 Forgotten Flower
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JinomiyaPub: Lumitoza Studios
Windows
A mysterious adventure focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and choice-driven progression as two young nobles navigate a mansion that warps into a mysterious and dangerous world after a sudden disaster. Will you uncover the truth hidden within its shifting halls before the darkness consumes you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Anime 16.1%, RPG 13.9%, Top-Down 13%, Emotional 11.2%
- #46 金烬秋明
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 光羽造物
Windows
A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, RPG 19.5%, Lore-Rich 19%, Text-Based 16.2%, Anime 8.4%
- #47 April 8th
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 18.1%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Anime 9.4%
- #48 澄心大学
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 陈政
Windows
《澄心大学》是一款校园题材剧情向视觉小说。在鲜活而平静的大学日常中,走近四位拥有不同故事的女主角,并通过选择与分支推动人物关系,走向属于你的青春结局。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Text-Based 23.6%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Anime 14.8%, RPG 11.5%
- #49 NDE - Near Dungeon Experience
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Christopher Forgeard
Windows
A dark turn-based RPG. A survival game where you must conserve and plan accordingly. You must solve puzzles, collect memories and make decisions as a part of the sin system. Collect tools to aid in your traversal of each dungeon. Develop strategies to take down each enemy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Action RPG 25.7%, RPG 15.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Emotional 10.1%
- #50 定风波·宁州
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 20%, RPG 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Anime 6.8%
- #51 Refrain: Verse of Fate
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: illusorys
Windows
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Anime 16.5%, Emotional 16%, Lore-Rich 13.5%
- #52 Message in a Melody
69% 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 39%, Text-Based 31.9%, RPG 15.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #53 Largitas: Fragments of War
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gloomy Lantern
Windows
You are an independent mercenary and explorer living on the harsh surface of Largitas. Upgrade and customize your equipment in preparation to fight hostile operators, explore locations on the planet whilst navigating hazards, and interact and connect with the people forced to live here.
Why similar: Action RPG 22%, Dystopian 17.5%, RPG 12.9%, Anime 12%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #54 Room 337
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spud Coding, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 23%, Emotional 17.8%, Philosophical 12.6%, Lore-Rich 8.4%
- #55 欧派大作战
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Laoyin
Windows
"OuPaiWar" is a first-person visual novel game developed by Eagle, where you will meet nearly 30 characters and explore over 400 CG images.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.3%, Anime 19.4%, Emotional 18.4%, RPG 10.6%, 2D 8.8%
- #56 Alcyone: The Last City
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Joshua Meadows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Text-Based 21.2%, Dystopian 17.1%, Emotional 11.2%, RPG 10.4%
- #57 Roadwarden
66% 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 41.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, RPG 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #58 Colorless
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AetherString Studio
Windows
In a world ruled by a single shade of green, color is the ultimate taboo—and the ultimate truth. Explore, restore, and then choose: Will you maintain the illusion of order, or embrace the chaos of color?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Text-Based 21%, RPG 19.1%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #59 Escape the Unknown: Awaken the Realm
67% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Awaken the Realm is a fantasy RPG visual novel where you explore various dungeons to solve puzzles and fight enemies in a quest to uncover your identity and save the kingdom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 21.6%, RPG 13%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
- #60 Space Travel:Chronicles
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Roth
Windows
This is an RPG-style role-playing story game. The protagonist moves to a new town and starts high school, but during their time there, they encounter their sister from a parallel world. The protagonist then begins to investigate this mysterious situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Action RPG 23.8%, RPG 21.7%, Anime 11.1%, Emotional 9%