- #1 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
97% matchVery Positive98% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Text-Based 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #2 Psy High
96% 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 35.3%, RPG 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Indie 8.6%
- #3 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three
96% matchVery Positive81% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your decisions will shape who is friend or foe, who will share in your secrets, and just how your romance with a certain vampire will grow!
Why similar: Text-Based 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 16.4%, Romance 11.2%
- #4 Heart of the House
95% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When your uncle Kent mysteriously disappears, you'll embark on a journey find out what really happened. What will you sacrifice when trapped in a haunted manor? Will you destroy this evil or claim its power? And can love bloom in a haunted house?
Why similar: Text-Based 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, RPG 20.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 8.4%
- #5 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
94% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Text-Based 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Romance 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, RPG 15.7%
- #6 The Golden Rose: Book One
94% matchVery Positive90% of 158 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 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, RPG 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choices Matter 4.7%
- #7 Roadwarden
93% 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 34.8%, RPG 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #8 Scarlet Hollow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,469 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, RPG 19.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #9 Choice of the Deathless
92% 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 36.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, RPG 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #10 The Occult Detective
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 39.2%, RPG 34.5%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 8.7%
- #11 Unavowed
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,539 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Adventure 34.6%, Detective 30%, Indie 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%
- #12 Mythos, Book One
89% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Nine of Swords Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An "adult" murder mystery urban fantasy comedy visual novel! Lisa Harrison (your ex-girlfriend) is dead, and you have a feeling there's more to it than meets the eye. As you search for answers surrounding Lisa's death, you discover a hidden magical world lurks within modern-day Baltimore.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, RPG 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%
- #13 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive80% of 1,687 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.5%, RPG 23.8%, Detective 16.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #14 Arcadia Fallen
88% matchVery Positive94% of 508 reviews2021
Dev: Galdra Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Text-Based 24.4%, Romance 16.5%, RPG 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%
- #15 Fallen Hero: Rebirth
87% matchVery Positive96% of 456 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Adventure 7.2%
- #16 Blood Moon
86% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’re a werewolf. You’re in a city, infested with witches, hunters, ghosts, and vampires. That’s how this story starts. You decide how it ends.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, RPG 16.3%, Romance 16.1%
- #17 Love Shore
86% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, RPG 18.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #18 Fields of Asphodel
85% 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: Text-Based 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, RPG 13.8%, Romance 9.4%
- #19 Choice of Robots
84% 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 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 8.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #20 Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
82% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, RPG 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.1%
- #21 The Séance of Blake Manor
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,784 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Detective 45.8%, Adventure 21.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Indie 15.7%
- #22 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
84% matchVery Positive85% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
Why similar: Text-Based 42%, RPG 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Indie 11.1%
- #23 Choice of Magics
83% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
Why similar: Text-Based 37.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, RPG 19%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #24 When The Night Comes
81% matchVery Positive93% of 327 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Romance 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Indie 2%
- #25 Brookhaven Grimoire
82% matchMixed56% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: Little_Amethyst
Windows
A Wizard has trapped you in a dark storybook, transporting you to the magical town of Brookhaven. With spells, swords, and the power of friendship, begin your new life in this strange land. But remember, escape may yet be possible for those who unravel this world’s mysteries...
Why similar: Romance 34.5%, RPG 33.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%
- #26 Creme de la Creme
80% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, RPG 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #27 Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
81% 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 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, RPG 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #28 Champion of the Gods
79% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 9.7%
- #29 The Thaumaturge
75% matchVery Positive83% of 5,424 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: RPG 39.2%, Detective 32.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Adventure 12.9%
- #30 The Soul Stone War
78% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
Why similar: RPG 25.5%, Text-Based 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #31 Tally Ho
77% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?
Why similar: Text-Based 37%, RPG 30.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 14.7%
- #32 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
73% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Text-Based 44.7%, Detective 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 3.6%
- #33 2064: Read Only Memories
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 46%, LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Adventure 13%
- #34 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.9%, Detective 25%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Adventure 9.4%
- #35 Tell Me Everything
78% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Detective 18.4%, RPG 16.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #36 Sabres of Infinity
76% matchVery Positive93% of 182 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.1%, Text-Based 24%, RPG 23.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #37 Beacon Pines
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,195 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 54.6%, RPG 30.9%, Adventure 14.5%
- #38 On Your Tail
72% matchVery Positive89% of 354 reviews2024
Dev: Memorable GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief. Crack the case in this charming seaside town, build relationships, and unravel secrets in a world full of quirky characters and heartwarming stories.
Why similar: Romance 29%, Detective 28.7%, RPG 27.8%, Adventure 14.5%
- #39 Samurai of Hyuga
76% 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 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, RPG 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Adventure 9.3%
- #40 Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
73% matchVery Positive91% of 710 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #41 Heroes of Myth
75% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, RPG 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Adventure 9.5%
- #42 UNMEMORY
74% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Detective 14.5%, Adventure 10.3%
- #43 Neon Hearts City
71% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.8%, Detective 31.6%, Adventure 20.6%
- #44 Arcadie: Second-Born
71% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2022
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac
In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, RPG 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%
- #45 Dark Nights
71% matchVery Positive92% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: Pinlin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Romance 34.5%, Text-Based 29.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #46 Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1
73% matchVery Positive86% of 637 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Detective 40.7%, Adventure 16.8%
- #47 Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Your old life is dead and buried. You have no afterlife to look forward to, and your vampiric unlife is about to fall apart unless you solve an unsolvable crime. Welcome to New York City... and welcome to the Lasombra clan, where failure is not an option.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.6%, Indie 28.5%, Choices Matter 24.8%
- #48 Twin Mirror
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,604 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Detective 20.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #49 Detective Grimoire
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 68.7%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 10%
- #50 Dreambound
67% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.8%, Romance 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #51 Taboo University Book One
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: ViNovella Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set before all the events of Fetish Locator, something strange happened and three girls went missing! Now you must immerse yourself in a prestigious university's depths to learn more about it. Meet new people, meet new sexy girls, and discover all the secrets hidden in this big university!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, LGBTQ+ 21.9%, Romance 21.1%, Detective 10.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #52 Paradise Killer
67% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 39.6%, RPG 39.2%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Adventure 2.7%
- #53 Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
67% matchVery Positive95% of 315 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, RPG 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #54 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
66% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 36.7%, RPG 30.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 16.3%
- #55 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
63% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Detective 36.5%, Indie 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #56 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,656 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Detective 58.2%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Adventure 19.1%
- #57 A Wise Use of Time
70% 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: Text-Based 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, RPG 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Indie 8%
- #58 Zombie Exodus
69% matchVery Positive85% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It starts with a daring escape from a zombie-infested city; it ends at Zombie Exodus, when a horde of zombies swarms outlying settlements like locusts.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, RPG 19.5%, Indie 7.4%
- #59 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
68% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: Text-Based 36.1%, RPG 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #60 Werewolves: Haven Rising
68% matchVery Positive88% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise up, werewolves! Throw off the shackles of a tyrannical military police state. Fight for your pack! Fight for your honor! Fight for your freedom!
Why similar: RPG 34.7%, Text-Based 29.8%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 16%