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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BEAST CRIMES
Detective visual novel where your choices determine who dies
68% positive
81 reviews
Dull Grey
A dystopian visual novel built around choosing a boy's future
84% positive
81 reviews
49 Keys
Text-based horror adventure with occult mysteries and puzzles to solve
80% positive
81 reviews
The Winter Mind
A psychological horror visual novel about a winter grocery trip
63% positive
81 reviews
Devil's Hideout
A horror point-and-click adventure about finding a supposedly dead sister
81% positive
81 reviews
Annoy This Guy
Comedic interactive fiction about bothering a man at his door
91% positive
Free
Creepshow
A horror adventure anthology with comic-book worlds and dark humor
57% positive
81 reviews
Underfishing
A narrative fishing game about regrets and second chances
83% positive
Free
Edge of Reality
A mystery visual novel where dreams and reality blur together
75% positive
80 reviews
Sonata Theory
A narrative adventure where friendship can replace casting musical spells
94% positive
Free
Forest Life
An interactive story about palm oil, rainforests, and orangutan conservation
93% positive
Free
情人泪
A choice-driven romance about a demon leader bound to her enemy
60% positive
80 reviews
Three Wishes
Comedy visual novel about wishes that lead to unexpected consequences
98% positive
80 reviews
Intelligence
A text-based space detective game about tracking down missing starships
98% positive
Free
HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers
A visual novel about a choir squad's never-ending summer vacation
95% positive
80 reviews
Halloween On Goober Street
First-person horror-comedy about trick-or-treating against a deadly deadline
96% positive
Free
Ionia
First-person VR adventure with musical puzzles and forest creatures
66% positive
79 reviews
告死天使的审判 Death Angel Trial
Story-focused psychological horror adventure about cyberbullying and its consequences
77% positive
79 reviews
The Mermaid of Zennor
A dark visual novel about a girl's obsession with her brother
97% positive
79 reviews
The Radiants
Fantasy romance visual novel with stat raising and magical trials
80% positive
79 reviews
Noir Punk
A side-scrolling detective adventure following both investigator and murder suspect
89% positive
Free
Demo The Sword of Rhivenia
Text-based fantasy RPG about an heir's path to the throne
73% positive
79 reviews
Chernobyl: Origins
A puzzle adventure where wrong decisions can cost your life
84% positive
79 reviews
Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun
Fantasy visual novel about shadows no one else can see
92% positive
79 reviews