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.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
Detective puzzle game linking strange cases to one artifact
93% positive
4,150 reviews
候鸟
Romance visual novel about high school and college entrance exams
97% positive
3,974 reviews
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Choice-driven musical adventure where decisions reshape songs and endings
91% positive
3,943 reviews
Depression Quest
Text-based interactive fiction about managing depression through everyday choices
62% positive
Free
Caravan SandWitch
Third-person exploration adventure searching a desert planet for your sister
86% positive
3,939 reviews
Press Any Button
Story-driven arcade game where you stop an AI's falling blocks
90% positive
3,848 reviews
Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,825 reviews
灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
90% positive
3,801 reviews
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Choice-driven adventure where your actions shape a personality profile
88% positive
3,792 reviews
Venba
Short narrative cooking game about a South Indian immigrant family
92% positive
3,784 reviews
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Sci-fi detective visual novel investigating a series of half-body murders
86% positive
3,780 reviews
风信楼
Choice-driven martial arts story with romance and branching endings
94% positive
3,682 reviews
Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Short point-and-click psychological adventure about a student under pressure
88% positive
3,585 reviews
The Complex
Live-action sci-fi thriller with branching choices inside a locked-down laboratory
78% positive
3,569 reviews
7 Days to End with You
Narrative word puzzle about deciphering dialogue over seven days
88% positive
3,468 reviews
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
Lesbian visual novel about finding a soulmate to escape death
95% positive
3,467 reviews
This Bed We Made
Third-person hotel mystery about snooping through guests' belongings
91% positive
3,387 reviews
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Point-and-click folk horror mystery centered on an English burial mound
92% positive
3,325 reviews
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
Live-action detective mystery built around catching suspects in contradictions
95% positive
3,256 reviews
Card Shark
Historical adventure about cheating at cards and uncovering a conspiracy
90% positive
3,242 reviews
Kaiju Princess 2
Adult sci-fi visual novel with cooking and kaiju battles
96% positive
3,212 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire visual novel about faction politics in modern New York
74% positive
3,151 reviews
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Sci-fi noir detective adventure with branching choices and multiple endings
92% positive
2,969 reviews
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Live-action dating sim about turning game assets into real wealth
87% positive
2,965 reviews