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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Demo Unrest
A dialogue-driven RPG about ordinary lives amid political upheaval
64% positive
121 reviews
From Head to Toe
A short interactive story about winter and a hometown reunion
78% positive
Free
The Shape of Time
A virtual art exhibition visualizing time through motion and shapes
90% positive
Free
舔狗模拟器
Phone-based dating sim about working and buying gifts for a crush
60% positive
121 reviews
Demo SLAMMED!
Text-based wrestling RPG where scripted matches can become real fights
92% positive
120 reviews
Demo The Will of Arthur Flabbington
A point-and-click comedy pairing a treasure hunter with a reluctant ghost
95% positive
120 reviews
Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
A live-action interactive movie combining psychiatric interviews and timed fights
78% positive
Free
Demo Word Game World
Text-based puzzles with tools for creating and rewriting levels
63% positive
120 reviews
Later
A hidden object game about hide-and-seek and putting things off
97% positive
120 reviews
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Ghost in the SQL Data
A detective puzzle game built around searching databases with SQL
77% positive
120 reviews
Cartomante – Fortune Teller
A comedy visual novel about tarot readings and branching stories
91% positive
119 reviews
Demo The Fernweh Saga: Book One
Text-based romantic thriller about uncovering secrets in your hometown
92% positive
119 reviews
My Friend The Spider
A walking simulator about befriending a spider that keeps growing
88% positive
Free
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杀青
A horror puzzle adventure through hospitals and funeral parlors
76% positive
119 reviews
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o Refine
Romance visual novel with branching stories and pixel-art school exploration
87% positive
119 reviews
空王座 Empty Throne
Dark fairy-tale adventure combining point-and-click puzzles with rhythm mini-games
83% positive
Free
Roommates
College dating sim balancing romance, classes, and part-time jobs
75% positive
118 reviews
Demo Tally Ho
Text-based comedy about navigating a country-house weekend as a servant
94% positive
118 reviews
be you 2
A visual novel about parenting choices that shape a child
82% positive
Free
Demo Enelia: Dawn of Madness
Fantasy-horror visual novel with friendships and rivalries shaped by choices
94% positive
118 reviews
幽都酒馆
A casual exploration game told through four brief everyday stories
97% positive
Free
IZGUB 2001
A visual novel about political and criminal intrigue during wartime
97% positive
118 reviews
Demo oath
A narrative RPG mixing town exploration with visual novel scenes
94% positive
118 reviews
Quiver Dick's Terrible Tale For Terrible Parents To Read To Their Equally Terrible Children
A story-driven visual novel starring a foul-mouthed, cannibalistic fairy
87% positive
117 reviews