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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Unsorted Horror
First-person horror shorts built around machinery in dark dystopian settings
97% positive
Free
Demo Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts
A visual novel about an unexpected connection at a coffee shop
99% positive
Free
Demo 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
Billionaire Lovers
Visual novel about sudden wealth and men with hidden motives
95% positive
3,942 reviews
Depression Quest
Text-based interactive fiction about managing depression through everyday choices
62% positive
Free
Demo Love is All Around 2
Live-action historical dating adventure where chasing clues can cost relationships
84% positive
3,927 reviews
Demo 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
91% positive
3,921 reviews
Demo The Rise of the Golden Idol
Detective puzzle game linking strange cases to one artifact
92% positive
3,907 reviews
Until Dawn™
Choice-driven third-person horror adventure where anyone can die
82% positive
3,875 reviews
Press Any Button
Story-driven arcade game where you stop an AI's falling blocks
90% positive
3,848 reviews
月に寄りそう乙女の作法
Visual novel about a disguised student at an elite fashion academy
97% positive
3,798 reviews
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Choice-driven adventure where your actions shape a personality profile
88% positive
3,792 reviews
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Sci-fi detective visual novel investigating a series of half-body murders
86% positive
3,763 reviews
Demo 美女，请别影响我成仙
Live-action dating sim where romantic distractions complicate the path to immortality
94% positive
3,751 reviews
Demo Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,735 reviews
Demo 风信楼
Choice-driven martial arts story with romance and branching endings
94% positive
3,600 reviews
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
Lesbian visual novel about finding a soulmate to escape death
95% positive
3,599 reviews
7 Days to End with You
Narrative word puzzle about deciphering dialogue over seven days
88% positive
3,592 reviews
Demo 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
Ticy Adventure Club
Story-driven horror RPG about a club investigating paranormal cases
98% positive
Free
Demo This Bed We Made
Third-person hotel mystery about snooping through guests' belongings
90% positive
3,352 reviews
Scanner Sombre
First-person horror exploration with a scanner that reveals dark caves
91% positive
3,311 reviews