Best Interactive Fiction games on PC
These are narrative-focused games in which players advance the story by reading or watching scenes, choosing dialogue, and making decisions. Many use visual novel or adventure formats, with choices that can branch the plot or lead to different endings.
- Narrative choices and dialogue
- Reading or watching story scenes
- Branching plots and multiple endings
Related: Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich, Multiple Endings
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流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End
A visual novel about romance between girls in rural China
99% positive
303 reviews
My Cute Succubus
A match-three visual novel about a succubus's soul-buying quota
78% positive
302 reviews
Demonheart: Hunters
Dark fantasy RPG with branching dialogue and a hunted heroine
83% positive
301 reviews
Don't Forget
Story-driven exploration about dementia, with memories recovered through puzzles
96% positive
Free
12 Memory Lane
First-person mystery with object-placement puzzles in a constantly changing mansion
94% positive
Free
Demo AKIBA LOST
Live-action mystery adventure told through several characters’ connected stories
86% positive
300 reviews
Swordbreaker The Game
Illustrated fantasy adventure built around choices that can end in death
83% positive
298 reviews
Tails Noir Preludes
A branching visual novel following four characters through life-changing moments
93% positive
298 reviews
1998: The Toll Keeper Story
A narrative toll inspection sim set amid a national crisis
89% positive
298 reviews
We Are OFK
Episodic interactive fiction about forming an indiepop band in LA
92% positive
297 reviews
Speed Dates
Live-action dating sim where first impressions depend on your replies
46% positive
297 reviews
Love in the distance
A chat-based dating visual novel about long-distance relationships
62% positive
294 reviews
Discussion Over Dinner
Horror simulation where surviving dinner depends on your conversation skills
93% positive
Free
Burn Me Twice
A detective adventure where a witch relives her last day
82% positive
Free
Saint Kotar
Point-and-click horror mystery with two protagonists and occult rituals
74% positive
293 reviews
Pricolage -IDOLIZED-
A detective adventure about tracing a missing idol through social media
73% positive
293 reviews
This Is Not Your House
Psychological horror visual novel about a stranger claiming your home
86% positive
292 reviews
The Heart of Influencer
Live-action dating sim about training influencers and reading their thoughts
87% positive
290 reviews
Dahlia View
A detective adventure about a missing child and suspicious neighbors
85% positive
289 reviews
Helpless
A walking simulator about scavenging in a world of lethal sunlight
89% positive
Free
Komorebi
A dystopian romance visual novel set amid social unrest
93% positive
287 reviews
NEKO-NIN exHeart 3
A romance visual novel about modern-day ninjas with animal ears
95% positive
286 reviews
Californium
First-person exploration where reality shifts around a struggling science fiction writer
71% positive
285 reviews
2D Dawg 2
A free visual novel with simple puzzles and story-shaping choices
86% positive
Free