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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Parasite in Love
Horror visual novel about a brain-eating parasite that loves you
94% positive
Free
Backwater Eulogy
A short visual novel about grief in the rural Midwest
100% positive
65 reviews
双相：水管（Bipolar: The Tube)
A psychological horror visual novel about distrust within a family
78% positive
65 reviews
Demo Detective INNA DUKE
A noir detective visual novel with animal characters and puzzles
98% positive
65 reviews
机忆
A text adventure about the blurred boundary between humans and robots
77% positive
64 reviews
Demo Mask of the Plague Doctor
Text-based interactive fiction about a plague that prevents sleep
86% positive
64 reviews
VideoHole: Episode I
First-person exploration adventure set in an intergalactic video store
95% positive
64 reviews
The World After
Live-action point-and-click adventure where you switch between day and night
72% positive
64 reviews
The Scorchfarer
A fantasy visual novel about mages restoring a fire-scarred world
97% positive
Free
Demo Life of a Space Force Captain
Text-based sci-fi RPG following a life from childhood to command
84% positive
64 reviews
Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
Gothic interactive fiction guided by narration and directional sound
77% positive
Free
Mouse People
A point-and-click story where you throw away everyday objects
89% positive
64 reviews
Demo Neve
Sci-fi horror adventure about guiding a crew before oxygen runs out
98% positive
64 reviews
Finding Cinderella
A comedy dating sim where the assassin changes each playthrough
92% positive
Free
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Wordless Forest
Live-action survival adventure told through decisions rather than dialogue
48% positive
64 reviews
Demo I'm Making a Monster
A visual novel about making a monster and maintaining friendships
72% positive
64 reviews
Demo 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
A sci-fi visual novel about memory loss, trauma, and love
100% positive
64 reviews
C14 Dating
Dating sim about friendships and romance at an archaeological dig
90% positive
63 reviews
Midvinter
Point-and-click fairy tale rooted in the darker side of Swedish folklore
87% positive
63 reviews
The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves
Fantasy visual novel with branching paths and multiple endings
76% positive
63 reviews
Stilstand
An interactive comic about isolation, anxiety, and a shadow monster
94% positive
63 reviews
SafeZoneVR
VR psychological horror about escaping a deserted survivor refuge
65% positive
Free
Demo Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
A supernatural adventure about a young girl who sees ghosts
90% positive
63 reviews
Star Ring
School life simulation with show-business careers and branching romance routes
81% positive
63 reviews