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.
Aliya: Timelink
Text-based sci-fi visual novel with timed messages and multiple endings
98% positive
9,671 reviews
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Visual novel-style space adventure following starsongs to ancient asteroid temples
96% positive
9,476 reviews
Pyre
Story-heavy fantasy RPG where exiles compete in three-on-three matches
90% positive
9,351 reviews
Late Shift
Live-action crime thriller where timed choices lead to different endings
86% positive
9,271 reviews
Storyteller
Comic-panel puzzle game about arranging scenes to match story titles
89% positive
9,206 reviews
Otaku's Adventure
Point-and-click dating adventure with puzzles and multiple endings
95% positive
9,108 reviews
Knowledge, or know Lady
First-person live-action dating sim with branching romances at a women's university
95% positive
8,981 reviews
The Operator
Point-and-click detective mystery where you assist agents from a computer
92% positive
8,883 reviews
Buy a Croquette!
Pixel-art mystery adventure about collecting coins for a croquette
99% positive
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Death and Taxes
Point-and-click narrative game about a reaper choosing who dies
86% positive
8,570 reviews
Homicipher
Point-and-click horror adventure built around deciphering monsters' language
97% positive
8,327 reviews
Far Away
Branching visual novel about a dockworker caught in city intrigue
95% positive
8,198 reviews
School Days
School-life sim with time management and branching relationship stories
77% positive
7,955 reviews
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
First-person puzzle adventure about missing colors and an artist's story
94% positive
7,731 reviews
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Point-and-click adventure about choices and cathedral building in medieval England
92% positive
7,607 reviews
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
First-person walking adventure across a deserted island with fragmented narration
75% positive
7,567 reviews
Nobody Wants to Die
First-person noir mystery tracking a killer in a city selling immortality
83% positive
7,493 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
88% positive
7,492 reviews
Amanda the Adventurer
First-person horror puzzle game with cartoon characters addressing you
94% positive
7,289 reviews
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Choice-driven visual novel about romance and intrigue in 1980s Japan
79% positive
7,152 reviews
Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
Branching mystery visual novel about a supposed paradise's dark side
95% positive
7,042 reviews
Five Hearts Under One Roof
First-person live-action dating sim with branching boarding house romances
91% positive
6,938 reviews
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Short point-and-click mystery about a duck investigating a sausage conspiracy
95% positive
6,719 reviews
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Choice-driven visual novel about witches, divination cards, and coven politics
93% positive
6,407 reviews