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
2,085 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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The Space in Between
A stargazing dating sim about identity, relationships, and mental health
80% positive
Free
Kromlech
Third-person action RPG blending sandbox exploration with roguelite elements
62% positive
143 reviews
Detective Dotson
A cozy detective adventure through the streets of modern India
79% positive
143 reviews
锈翅 逃离我的家乡 Without Wings
A visual novel about escaping life in a mountain town
90% positive
143 reviews
Survivor
First-person adventure about outlasting a group through elimination votes
66% positive
Free
Demo Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
Psychological horror visual novel centered on a female protagonist
92% positive
142 reviews
Project DeepWeb
Deep web exploration simulator with puzzles across a fictional internet
81% positive
141 reviews
Demo For Stella
A visual novel about romance, mental illness, and mutual understanding
79% positive
141 reviews
Hank: Drowning On Dry Land
A timed puzzle adventure built around time travel and paradoxes
96% positive
141 reviews
Tidal Therapy
A visual novel about searching for a place to belong
94% positive
141 reviews
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A detective mystery built around keyword searches through a redacted journal
99% positive
140 reviews
Of Bird and Cage
A first-person story game synchronized with a symphonic metal album
79% positive
140 reviews
Far from Noise
A dialogue-driven story inside a car teetering over a cliff
84% positive
140 reviews
Bury Me, My Love
A text-message adventure about helping your wife reach Europe
74% positive
140 reviews
Demo Run TavernQuest
A text adventure where you interpret another player's commands
94% positive
140 reviews
心塞男孩 Sadboy
Point-and-click interactive fiction about the challenges of life after graduation
81% positive
140 reviews
Kari
Combat-free puzzle adventure through the realms of the Norse gods
77% positive
Free
Demo 大鹏 - The Roc
An anime-style dating sim with several possible story endings
91% positive
140 reviews
The Jewel of Monostructure
A dark fantasy visual novel with a branching supernatural story
97% positive
140 reviews
Demo Paper Kite: Threads of Longing
A romance visual novel about maintaining love across distant cities
94% positive
140 reviews
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林葬屋前传：冥声
Chinese folk horror mystery centered on a forbidden ghost marriage
84% positive
140 reviews
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A clicker simulation that builds itself and unlocks new minigames
94% positive
140 reviews
Our Wonderland
Horror-fantasy visual novel about childhood friends and their fractured relationships
99% positive
Free
Ashwalkers
A narrative survival adventure built around your group's moral dilemmas
65% positive
139 reviews