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
2,084 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Jivana
Third-person adventure platformer where water powers open paths through ruins
90% positive
Free
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Sill Cats
Desktop pet simulator with cats that climb onto your open windows
93% positive
Free
Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~
A science-fiction visual novel about an island's second-chance program
92% positive
764 reviews
Man I Just Wanna Go Home
A branching visual novel about getting home through a rainstorm
95% positive
764 reviews
Demo Methods: The Detective Competition
Detective visual novel about a competition with parole at stake
91% positive
762 reviews
Only You
A visual novel about an obsessive romance at a girls' school
95% positive
762 reviews
CAT Interstellar
Third-person sci-fi exploration as a maintenance drone on Mars
71% positive
750 reviews
Rewrite+
Choice-driven visual novel about classmates investigating occult rumors
94% positive
748 reviews
The Terrible Old Man
A point-and-click horror adaptation of a Lovecraft short story
89% positive
Free
Demo Angel Wings
A K-drama-inspired visual novel with romance and dark humor
88% positive
Free
Fantasia Sango Mysteria
Turn-based RPG blending Three Kingdoms history with Chinese mythology
70% positive
Free
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
A short psychological quiz about your choices and inner thoughts
98% positive
Free
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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
A cinematic platformer styled like an eighties computer game
86% positive
741 reviews
祖玛少女/Zuma Girls
A casual marble-shooting puzzle game with RPG elements
83% positive
740 reviews
Many Nights a Whisper
Short third-person archery game where wishes hinge on one shot
95% positive
740 reviews
Demo Amanda the Adventurer 3
Horror puzzle adventure built around a mysterious children's television show
87% positive
740 reviews
HackHub: Free Trial
Hacking simulation using real-world tools to break into virtual networks
95% positive
Free
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Cinematic mystery adventure about a writer and his unreliable memories
84% positive
737 reviews
Demo Fall of Porcupine
Story-driven adventure about a new doctor at a small-town hospital
77% positive
733 reviews
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Spy Alliance
Two-player live-action adventure where your choices shape a shared mission
76% positive
732 reviews
CORPSE FACTORY
Psychological horror visual novel about a website that promises death
82% positive
724 reviews
Demo Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Text-based horror RPG where a vampire courier evades hunters
90% positive
721 reviews
Witches x Warlocks
Halloween dating sim about cramming for exams and finding romance
91% positive
Free
Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no
Japanese-inspired fantasy visual novel with comedy and multiple endings
96% positive
719 reviews