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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Kingdom of Piss
A punk-inspired visual novel about two rebellious royal heirs
76% positive
Free
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Still It Runs
First-person stealth horror where you explore and escape as a cat
50% positive
72 reviews
New Folder
A desktop puzzle mystery told through locked files and cryptic messages
89% positive
72 reviews
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Mistbound City
Interactive detective mystery about an unresolved case in a rainy city
97% positive
Free
House of Hell (Standalone)
A horror gamebook where fear can kill you
85% positive
71 reviews
Demo Samurai of Hyuga
Choice-driven fantasy fiction about a ronin wrestling with honor and bloodlust
80% positive
71 reviews
Demo Firebird
A visual novel road trip with truck and resource management
100% positive
71 reviews
Demo Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom Complete Edition
VR crime adventure with shootouts and a hunt for state secrets
51% positive
71 reviews
Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty
Turn-based strategy RPG set in an alternate Three Kingdoms history
92% positive
71 reviews
Demo Concealed
A psychological horror visual novel about students disappearing from school
77% positive
71 reviews
Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal Heart- HD
Romance visual novel sequel following couples after the original story
99% positive
71 reviews
Demo Year Unknown
Sci-fi walking simulator with choices between two conflicting artificial intelligences
94% positive
71 reviews
Nova Hearts: The Spark
Superhero visual novel mixing relationship choices with turn-based team combat
75% positive
Free
Demo 52Hertz
A narrative puzzle adventure about murders in a time loop
79% positive
71 reviews
Bite-Sized Scares
Free horror anthology with short games and changing play styles
85% positive
Free
魔法之境 Magic Realm
Fantasy roguelike with brick-breaking combat and choices that shape the story
80% positive
71 reviews
The Sixth Sorrow
Psychological horror about grief and secrets within a troubled family
86% positive
Free
The River
A short, linear visual novel about memory, death, and limbo
93% positive
Free
Jung's Labyrinth
A first-person walking simulator exploring Carl Jung's psychological archetypes
70% positive
70 reviews
AlienAfterlife
A surreal walking simulator about death, aliens, and being reborn
93% positive
70 reviews
Jey's Empire
Political strategy RPG about running the FBI in the 1960s
81% positive
70 reviews
Flowering Across 樱下花期
A visual novel with branching choices and four possible endings
96% positive
70 reviews
Will Die Alone
Text-based adventure about choosing which memories to erase
76% positive
70 reviews
Demo Mars Vice
A detective adventure on Mars, where people inhabit custom bodies
97% positive
70 reviews