Games like Paradox Factor
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Life is Strange - Episode 1 and Choice of Robots play most like Paradox Factor. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its choices matter, interactive fiction and choose your own adventure; 12 are free or under $10. The best known is Life is Strange - Episode 1, with 125,257 Steam reviews.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Jan 29, 2015 · DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: Choices Matter · Time Travel
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistTime TravelAtmosphericEpisodicSingleplayerAdventureTime Manipulation👍 125,257Choice of Robots
Dec 19, 2014 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Choices Matter
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👍 1,892The Butler Did It
May 9, 2024 · Hosted Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Battle robots, make friends, and uncover a bizarre conspiracy to avert the apocalypse in this comedy of manners and mayhem with steampunk blasters!
Character CustomizationRPGChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsSingleplayerIndieSteampunkText-BasedThe Forgotten City
Jul 28, 2021 · Modern Storyteller
Both: Time Travel · Choices Matter
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
AdventureTime TravelMysteryExplorationChoices MatterInvestigationStory RichIndieFirst-PersonRPG👍 11,176STEINS;GATE
Sep 8, 2016 · MAGES. Inc.
Both: Time Travel · Sci-fi · Choices Matter
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Visual NovelStory RichAnimeTime TravelSci-fiGreat SoundtrackMultiple EndingsChoices MatterSingleplayerScience👍 25,361The Soul Stone War
Mar 5, 2020 · Hosted Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.
RPGIndieAdventureCasualChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionText-BasedChoices MatterRomance👍 107The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4, 2021 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
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 · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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+👍 118Too Different
Oct 9, 2020 · Hosted Games
Both: Text-Based · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter
Unravel the mysterious past of your parents and homeland while journeying through four unique lands in this exciting science-fantasy adventure!
AdventureCasualRPGText-BasedInteractive FictionChoices MatterMultiple EndingsIndieStory RichSingleplayerWhiskey-Four
Nov 7, 2024 · Hosted Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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👍 110Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
May 7, 2020 · Hosted Games
Both: Text-Based · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.
IndieCasualAdventureRPGText-BasedRomanceChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionChoices MatterLGBTQ+👍 214The Nascent Necromancer
Nov 30, 2023 · Hosted Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
When you're falsely accused of sorcery, corrupt inquisitors make you the object of a witch hunt. Now, sorcery might be the only way for you to survive.
RPGInteractive FictionText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerCharacter CustomizationMultiple EndingsAdventureIndie80 Days
Sep 28, 2015 · inkle Ltd, Cape Guy Ltd
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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👍 1,177Tin Star
Jun 5, 2015 · Hosted Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Interactive Fiction
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
IndieRPGChoose Your Own AdventureWesternText-BasedInteractive FictionChoices Matter👍 298Scarlet Sails
May 1, 2025 · Hosted Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Choices Matter
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?
RPGInteractive FictionText-BasedAdventureChoices MatterSingleplayerCharacter CustomizationChoose Your Own AdventureMultiple EndingsIndieEmily is Away
Nov 20, 2015 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Free to PlayStory RichSingleplayerChoices MatterIndieInteractive FictionSimulationRetroCasualChoose Your Own Adventure👍 365Roadwarden
Sep 12, 2022 · Moral Anxiety Studio
Both: Text-Based · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
RPGText-BasedAdventureIndiePixel GraphicsInteractive FictionStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterFantasy👍 4,491Scales of Justice
Jan 2, 2025 · Hosted Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Character CustomizationRPGChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureFantasyInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsText-BasedIndieAdventure
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