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
323 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Text-based adventure with AI-generated stories shaped by your choices
87% positive
190 reviews
Sabres of Infinity
Text-based military fantasy where choices shape an officer's career
93% positive
189 reviews
SHUFFLE! Episode 2 ~Kami ni mo Akuma ni mo Nerawareteiru Otoko~
Romance visual novel about a man pursued by gods and demons
86% positive
189 reviews
Zombie Exodus
Text-based zombie survival story shaped by your choices
85% positive
168 reviews
我亲爱的妹妹 Happy Sisters Life
Choice-driven visual novel about sisters and diverging endings
20% positive
168 reviews
Trinoline All Ages Version
Romance visual novel about grief and an android resembling a lost sister
88% positive
166 reviews
Back from the other world, I missed love.
First-person romance game with magical choices and branching workplace stories
59% positive
164 reviews
Downtown Mafia: Gang Wars
Text-based mafia RPG about gang wars and city turf
67% positive
Free
Beauty’s Target
First-person live-action dating sim with four potential partners
73% positive
153 reviews
出马
Live-action folk horror mystery shaped by choices and multiple endings
70% positive
153 reviews
Trouble Comes Twice
Romantic comedy visual novel about twins betting on who dates first
87% positive
149 reviews
Neighboring Islands
Pirate visual novel with choices that lead to different endings
78% positive
147 reviews
Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Turn-based Arthurian tactics where battlefield moves shape the story
67% positive
138 reviews
Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
Dark fantasy otome visual novel about keeping your identity secret
91% positive
134 reviews
Human Fast Food
Cooking sim where you serve human meat to monsters
90% positive
84 reviews
The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case The Okhotsk Disappearance ~Memories in Ice, Tearful Figurine~
Graphic detective adventure investigating murders across Tokyo and Hokkaido
94% positive
77 reviews
Unsupervised
Text-based superhero RPG where former sidekicks choose their own path
71% positive
72 reviews
The Parenting Simulator
Text-based parenting story where choices shape a child's future
88% positive
68 reviews
Forgotten Hill: The Wardrobe
First-person horror adventure with puzzles inside a mysterious wardrobe
73% positive
63 reviews
Fight For Mi
Choice-driven story adventure commanding blob soldiers through formation battles
95% positive
63 reviews
Star Dream Journey
Live-action management sim about guiding four actors' careers
63% positive
62 reviews
Disney Villains Cursed Café
Choice-driven visual novel about brewing potions for modern Disney villains
78% positive
54 reviews
Mistwinter Bay
Fantasy visual novel RPG about ruling a town through choices
84% positive
50 reviews
Ghost Simulator
Text-based horror RPG about haunting a family and uncovering your death
85% positive
40 reviews