Games like Lies Under Ice
by Choice of Games
Choice of Robots and Suzerain play most like Lies Under Ice. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its choices matter, interactive fiction and text-based; 1 came out in the last year and 11 are free or under $10. The best known is Suzerain, with 10,606 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
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👍 10,606Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents
May 12, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Help the eccentric inventor navigate the intrigue of the emerging electrical industry! Can you outsmart Thomas Edison and electrify the world?
RPGInteractive FictionCasualText-BasedHistoricalAdventureChoices MatterStory RichMultiple EndingsManagementStar Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Feb 18 · Gamexcite
Both: Interactive Fiction · Management
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
StrategySpace SimInteractive FictionManagementRoguelikeChoose Your Own AdventureSci-fiAliens3DSpace👍 4,181Lords of Infinity
Mar 2, 2023 · Hosted Games
Both: Text-Based · Diplomacy · Management
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
CasualRPGPolitical SimText-BasedDiplomacyManagementInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureLore-RichChoices Matter👍 217Aliya: Timelink
Apr 25, 2024 · TDGame Studio
Both: Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings · Text-Based
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelWord GameMultiple EndingsSpaceSci-fiText-BasedPerma Death2D👍 8,605The Invincible
Nov 6, 2023 · Starward Industries
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Dialogue HeavyAdventureWalking SimulatorRobotsFuturisticSci-fiChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistSpaceMultiple Endings👍 10,184Social Services of the Doomed
Jun 23, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
They have magic and fangs. You have red tape! When vampires, werewolves, wizards, and demons clash, you must mediate. Save your city, or sell your soul?
RPGInteractive FictionText-BasedLore-RichStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsFantasyComedySupernaturalThe 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👍 8,159A 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+👍 118Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow
Nov 24, 2021 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
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 EndingsHeadliner: NoviNews
Oct 23, 2018 · Unbound Creations
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Political SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelChoices MatterPoint & ClickStory Rich2DMultiple EndingsDialogue HeavySimulation👍 767The Vampire Regent
Sep 9, 2021 · Hosted Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Rule over a secret society of vampires in a game full of political intrigue, occult powers, and conflicting loyalties. Will you play or be played?
RPGInteractive FictionText-BasedActionCasualChoices MatterMultiple EndingsVampiresAdventureStory RichThe Pale Beyond
Feb 24, 2023 · Saltstone Studios
Both: Choices Matter
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Resource ManagementSurvivalChoices MatterSingleplayerStory RichSimulationAdventureStrategyNarrativeAtmospheric👍 1,864Whiskey-Four
Nov 7, 2024 · Hosted Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Multiple Endings
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Character CustomizationRPGChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsText-BasedSingleplayerIndieAdventure👍 110The Last Scion
Jun 19, 2025 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Shrug off bullets, smash buildings with your bare hands, and soar through the air as you battle diabolical supervillains! A text-based interactive superhero novel.
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedAliensSpaceSuperheroCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterIndie
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Beholder
Nov 9, 2016 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Choices MatterDystopian Political SimStrategyAtmosphericSingleplayerDarkStory RichSimulationMultiple Endings👍 23,271
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