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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Hypnospace Outlaw
Point-and-click detective game policing a fictional 1990s internet
96% positive
5,202 reviews
Demo Scarlet Hollow
Branching horror visual novel about a supernatural mountain-town mystery
98% positive
5,126 reviews
Swaying Girl
Adult interactive fiction about college romance and dialogue choices
89% positive
5,080 reviews
Class of '09: The Re-Up
Dark comedy visual novel with late-2000s drama and branching endings
98% positive
4,981 reviews
The Red Pearls Of Borneo
A detective puzzle reconstructing a plantation tragedy by revisiting memories
96% positive
Free
Demo Tavern Keeper 🍻
A fantasy tavern management sim with decorating and branching stories
94% positive
4,899 reviews
CHUCHEL
Point-and-click comedy adventure with slapstick puzzles and a cherry chase
86% positive
4,730 reviews
Demo Roadwarden
Text-based fantasy RPG about investigating a dangerous, isolated peninsula
94% positive
4,661 reviews
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Sci-fi life sim where past lives shape new choices
96% positive
4,612 reviews
Stories Untold
A psychological horror anthology built around typing and operating equipment
86% positive
4,596 reviews
Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority-
Point-and-click horror adventure where your votes decide who survives
97% positive
4,512 reviews
Demo When The Past Was Around
Wordless point-and-click puzzle adventure through fragmented memories of love
95% positive
4,432 reviews
月华辉映之刻
Historical otome visual novel mixing forbidden romance with mystery
90% positive
4,410 reviews
Demo Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
Live-action drama where choices steer a filmmaker through show business
87% positive
4,366 reviews
Demo Buddy Simulator 1984
Retro psychological horror adventure with a buddy that learns about you
93% positive
4,363 reviews
Demo Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Survival strategy where your decisions change a stranded starship's journey
77% positive
4,325 reviews
Shelter 2
Single-player survival adventure about raising lynx cubs in a changing tundra
85% positive
4,319 reviews
Demo Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Choice-driven visual novel about romance and intrigue in 1980s Japan
83% positive
4,298 reviews
Fort Solis
Linear sci-fi thriller investigating an alarm at a Mars mining base
67% positive
4,242 reviews
s.p.l.i.t
Short narrative horror built around hacking with typed terminal commands
92% positive
4,215 reviews
Demo Sovereign Tower
A kingdom management visual novel where you rewind royal decisions
93% positive
4,185 reviews
KARMA: The Dark World
First-person psychological thriller investigating memories in dystopian East Germany
90% positive
4,154 reviews
Crisis: The Third Way
A political visual novel where choices shape a country's future
91% positive
Free
Retirement Simulator
A life sim about pursuing personal ambitions after leaving work
37% positive
4,135 reviews