Games like Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery
by Choice of Games
Specters of the Deep and The Golden Rose: Book One play most like Stronghold: Caverns of Sorcery. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its choose your own adventure, text-based and interactive fiction; 1 came out in the last year and 10 are free or under $10. The best known is The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, with 8,159 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
Specters of the Deep
Sep 25, 2025 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based
Climb out of your tomb to avenge your own death in this haunted fantasy epic! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! It's an interactive epic fantasy novel, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedDragonsFantasyMagicSupernaturalSwordplayCharacter CustomizationThe Golden Rose: Book One
Jun 2, 2022 · Hosted Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based
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👍 159The Dragon and the Djinn
Jul 28, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
You hold a djinn in a bottle. Make a wish! Will you slay the dragon, or overthrow the emir? Or will you free the djinn, and accept the consequences?
RPGChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionCharacter CustomizationText-BasedDragonsLore-RichChoices MatterActionMultiple EndingsSorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Feb 2, 2016 · inkle Ltd
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Fantasy
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Choose Your Own AdventureRPGAdventureInteractive FictionIndieStory RichChoices MatterFantasyText-BasedMagic👍 585Choice of Magics
Aug 10, 2018 · Choice of Games
Both: Text-Based · Choose Your Own Adventure · Fantasy
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
IndieAdventureRPGText-BasedChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterFantasyMagic👍 160A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
Oct 27, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Text-Based · Fantasy · Medieval
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
AdventureCasualRPGText-BasedFantasyMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionChoices MatterIndieThe Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4, 2021 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · 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👍 8,159Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Sep 24, 2020 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Interactive Fiction
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Choose Your Own AdventureText-BasedVampiresInteractive FictionChoices MatterCharacter CustomizationRPGStory RichHorrorCasual👍 699The Play's the Thing
Aug 26, 2021 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
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 EndingsKing of Dragon Pass
Jul 28, 2015 · A Sharp
Both: Fantasy · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
StrategyRPGFantasyStory RichAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureAtmosphericMythologyInteractive FictionDifficult👍 409Siege of Treboulain
Apr 14, 2022 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based
Defend your magical city from an enemy army in an epic fantasy game of swordfights, political maneuvering, and romance! Will you prove worthy of your crown?
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureAction RPGText-BasedFirst-PersonFantasyMedievalWarCasualSorcery! Part 4
Sep 22, 2016 · inkle Ltd
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based
An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.
RPGIndieAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionText-BasedChoices Matter👍 111The 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👍 107House of the Golden Mask
Dec 4, 2025 · Choice of Games
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedFantasyMagicCharacter CustomizationChoices MatterAdventureIndieHeroes Rise: The Prodigy
Jun 17, 2014 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Interactive Fiction
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👍 381Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
Apr 25, 2024 · Choice of Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Text-Based · Interactive Fiction
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
AdventureWerewolvesCasualRPGChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedDystopian Interactive FictionSupernaturalChoices Matter👍 236
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Roadwarden
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👍 4,491
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