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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.

Related: Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich, Multiple Endings

1,905 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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Justice.exe Demo
Justice.exe
Courtroom RPG about defending sentient AI and influencing jurors
59% positive 82 reviews
UNMEMORY
UNMEMORY
A text-based mystery with escape-room puzzles woven into its pages
84% positive 82 reviews
Confabulation
Confabulation
First-person horror puzzles where a camera corrects changes at home
89% positive 82 reviews
Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
A dialogue-driven visual novel about judging a troubled ogre
94% positive 82 reviews
Candlelight: Lament Demo
Candlelight: Lament
A point-and-click horror adventure where conversation close-ups hide useful clues
90% positive 82 reviews
The Anomalous Hour
The Anomalous Hour
First-person horror about photographing anomalies in a deserted subway station
91% positive 82 reviews
Fields of Asphodel Demo
Fields of Asphodel
A text-based RPG about making a home among Greek gods
87% positive 82 reviews
イカスミポーション Demo
イカスミポーション
A hand-drawn adventure about making potions with a squid
98% positive 82 reviews
我与她们的大学画相
我与她们的大学画相
College romance visual novel about student relationships before graduation
88% positive 82 reviews
how to kill a fly [ H2KAF ] Demo
how to kill a fly [ H2KAF ]
A dialogue puzzle game where you speak using borrowed sentences
98% positive 82 reviews
随风而逝 Story About Times
随风而逝 Story About Times
Pixel-art narrative adventure about recovering forgotten memories and emotions
79% positive 81 reviews
A Field of Flowers and Stars
A Field of Flowers and Stars
A sci-fi romance visual novel about a stranded space explorer
91% positive Free
Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One
Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One
Courtroom visual novel with crime-scene investigations and anime parodies
95% positive 81 reviews
BEAST CRIMES
BEAST CRIMES
Detective visual novel where your choices determine who dies
68% positive 81 reviews
Dull Grey
Dull Grey
A dystopian visual novel built around choosing a boy's future
84% positive 81 reviews
49 Keys
49 Keys
Text-based horror adventure with occult mysteries and puzzles to solve
80% positive 81 reviews
The Winter Mind
The Winter Mind
A psychological horror visual novel about a winter grocery trip
63% positive 81 reviews
Devil's Hideout
Devil's Hideout
A horror point-and-click adventure about finding a supposedly dead sister
81% positive 81 reviews
Annoy This Guy
Annoy This Guy
Comedic interactive fiction about bothering a man at his door
91% positive Free
Creepshow
Creepshow
A horror adventure anthology with comic-book worlds and dark humor
57% positive 81 reviews
Underfishing
Underfishing
A narrative fishing game about regrets and second chances
83% positive Free
Edge of Reality
Edge of Reality
A mystery visual novel where dreams and reality blur together
75% positive 80 reviews
Sonata Theory
Sonata Theory
A narrative adventure where friendship can replace casting musical spells
94% positive Free
Forest Life
Forest Life
An interactive story about palm oil, rainforests, and orangutan conservation
93% positive Free