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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Conversation With A Rock
Choice-based interactive fiction about having a conversation with a rock
89% positive
Free
DEMON COMPASS
Third-person horror adventure with a late-'90s 3D art style
89% positive
Free
Hell of a Birthday
Horror-comedy adventure about a birthday disrupted by strange events
95% positive
88 reviews
Battle Girls
A science-fiction visual novel about romance between mech co-pilots
89% positive
87 reviews
Morph Girl
Live-action horror visual novel about grief and a supernatural visitor
70% positive
87 reviews
Demo This is the Zodiac Speaking
First-person detective thriller following the trail of the Zodiac killer
56% positive
87 reviews
Echoes
A folklore-based visual novel about memories of the dead
82% positive
87 reviews
Tear Factory
Short psychological horror built around rat hunting and exploration
91% positive
87 reviews
Slave Princess Finne, why did she sell out her own kingdom?
Turn-based fantasy RPG starring a princess with divided loyalties
87% positive
87 reviews
IBIS AM
Fishing and exploration as a bird trying not to starve
85% positive
87 reviews
巧|合/co|incidence
Science-fiction visual novel with surreal horror and a fixed romance
86% positive
Free
Demo Radiotext
Terminal-based text adventure with branching conversations across a forgotten radio network
97% positive
87 reviews
Only Faces Remain
First-person psychological horror built around sound, tension, and exploration
84% positive
Free
Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
A narrative adventure about choosing who dies at a gala
47% positive
86 reviews
Demo Fatehaven
Text-based fantasy adventure with elemental magic and romantic choices
74% positive
86 reviews
Lianhai Casino
A story-driven casino simulation about gambling your way out of debt
90% positive
86 reviews
The Robot Girl Meets The Human!
Story-driven adventure guiding a robot through a world without humans
95% positive
Free
翎之歌
Dark visual novel about surviving as the world's last human
90% positive
86 reviews
Demo The Picture of Café au lait
A school romance visual novel with decisions that change the ending
93% positive
Free
Pyramid Curse
A found-footage horror adventure about people linked by a pyramid's curse
84% positive
86 reviews
oct 14
A top-down psychological horror story about a teenager's pivotal day
83% positive
Free
Demo Kill Ralph
A visual novel about hunting a criminal through lies and betrayal
99% positive
86 reviews
Lily's Lil Video Shop!
Point-and-click horror behind the counter of a VHS rental shop
90% positive
86 reviews
Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
Text-based role-playing with branching choices and a growing outlaw camp
94% positive
85 reviews