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.
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
91% positive
2,957 reviews
恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
Mystery romance visual novel about urban legends becoming real
93% positive
2,953 reviews
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Short detective adventure investigating a possibly haunted campsite
97% positive
2,801 reviews
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Dialogue-heavy visual novel about brewing drinks for fantasy customers
97% positive
2,800 reviews
再见断刀
Wuxia mystery visual novel with branching endings and evidence-based accusations
93% positive
2,757 reviews
Highway Blossoms
A short visual novel about romance and desert treasure hunting
94% positive
2,751 reviews
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Text-heavy sci-fi RPG about dice rolls and risky contracts
91% positive
2,710 reviews
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
Text-driven adventure about typing replies for clients and shaping relationships
91% positive
2,648 reviews
Noctuary
Visual novel about two aspiring guardians with monster battles
94% positive
2,633 reviews
Hamidashi Creative
School visual novel about a randomly chosen student council president
95% positive
2,541 reviews
Heaven's Vault
Narrative space adventure about archaeology, choices, and decoding ancient writing
84% positive
2,495 reviews
1 to 1 humanoid edible toys
Romantic crime visual novel with three romance interests and branching endings
93% positive
2,488 reviews
While We Wait Here
First-person diner story with cooking, dialogue choices, and looming catastrophe
89% positive
2,466 reviews
Always Sometimes Monsters
Story-driven RPG about money troubles and difficult relationship choices
75% positive
2,447 reviews
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
2D psychological horror adventure guiding a puppet through surreal scenes
97% positive
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Cabernet
2D narrative RPG about a vampire balancing hunger and conscience
95% positive
2,363 reviews
Hello Love: 18 Again
Live-action dating sim about returning to eighteen and finding romance
93% positive
2,351 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
95% positive
2,345 reviews
彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
Branching visual novel with lesbian romance and line-connecting puzzles
76% positive
2,340 reviews
State of Mind
Third-person sci-fi adventure tracing a missing family through dystopian Berlin
78% positive
2,303 reviews
Paper Bride
Point-and-click horror mystery about a missing bride and Chinese folklore
91% positive
2,303 reviews
The Chrono Jotter
Horror mystery visual novel about solving murders across time loops
94% positive
2,279 reviews
BURIED STARS
Mystery visual novel about murder in a collapsed broadcast studio
84% positive
2,263 reviews
The Pale Beyond
Story-driven survival management on an icebound polar expedition
89% positive
2,249 reviews