Games like Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents
by Choice of Games
Choice of Robots and Suzerain play most like Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents. Of the 14 closest games below, most share its text-based, interactive fiction and choices matter; 11 are free or under $10. The best known is Suzerain, with 10,606 Steam reviews.
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Choice of Robots
Dec 19, 2014 · Choice of Games
Both: Text-Based · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Choose Your Own AdventureText-BasedChoices MatterInteractive FictionRobotsIndieRPGSci-fiStory RichSingleplayer👍 1,892Suzerain
Dec 4, 2020 · Torpor Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Visual NovelChoose Your Own AdventurePolitical SimChoices MatterInteractive FictionStory RichText-BasedMultiple EndingsRPGStrategy RPG👍 10,606Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow
Nov 24, 2021 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Historical
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
RPGChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionText-BasedAlternate HistoryDetectiveHistoricalLore-RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsLies Under Ice
Dec 7, 2023 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Lead the first settlement on Jupiter's frozen moon, Europa! What alien life lurks beneath the ice? Who is sabotaging your mission? Who can you trust?
RPGInteractive FictionText-BasedChoices MatterActionMultiple EndingsCasualStory RichDiplomacyManagementA Wise Use of Time
Sep 4, 2015 · Choice of Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
With the power to freeze time, you can ransack a casino, rescue a celebrity, or cheat death itself! A thrilling interactive sci-fi novel.
RPGIndieChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionText-BasedLGBTQ+👍 118Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
Dec 2, 2021 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedFantasyMagicSupernaturalChoices MatterMultiple EndingsStory RichTally Ho
Dec 14, 2017 · Choice of Games
Both: Text-Based · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?
IndieAdventureRPGText-BasedChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterInteractive FictionLGBTQ+👍 113Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires
Mar 24, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
In this elegy of blood, everyone in Athens owes your boss a favor, making you untouchable! Who will you use, who will you help, and who will you prey on?
CasualInteractive FictionRPGVampiresAction-AdventureText-BasedStory RichChoices MatterActionTranshumanism👍 144Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
Sep 26, 2024 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Make your name as a whiskey-runner, a politician, or a gangster as you quench thirsts from rural Pennsylvania to the New York City nightlife!
Interactive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureRPGText-BasedCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterMultiple EndingsSingleplayerIndieAdventureThe Golden Rose: Book One
Jun 2, 2022 · Hosted Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
CasualRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedFantasyChoices MatterStory RichIndieLore-Rich👍 159Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
Jun 17, 2014 · Choice of Games
Both: Text-Based · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
RPGChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedIndieSuperheroInteractive FictionStory RichLGBTQ+Female ProtagonistChoices Matter👍 381The Play's the Thing
Aug 26, 2021 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Historical
Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?
Choose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionText-BasedRomanceAlternate HistoryHistoricalLGBTQ+Lore-RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsA Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
Nov 20, 2015 · Hosted Games
Both: Text-Based · Interactive Fiction
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
IndieRPGSteampunkChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedInteractive FictionStory Rich👍 172Professor of Magical Studies
Dec 8, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Professor of Magical Studies is an interactive magical school novel by Stephen Granade, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
RPGChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionEducationText-BasedChoices MatterCasualMultiple EndingsStory RichFantasy
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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Aug 15, 2017 · Daedalic Entertainment
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
Choices MatterStory RichPoint & ClickAdventureVisual NovelMedievalIndieInteractive FictionCasualBased On A Novel👍 5,925The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4, 2021 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,159Pentiment
Nov 14, 2022 · Obsidian Entertainment
Both: Historical · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
HistoricalStory RichInvestigationAdventureInteractive FictionHand-drawnStylizedExplorationMysteryMultiple Endings👍 9,25280 Days
Sep 28, 2015 · inkle Ltd, Cape Guy Ltd
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
AdventureStory RichChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureStrategyIndieInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsReplay ValueSteampunk👍 1,177
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