Hidden Interactive Fiction Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated interactive fiction games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Interactive Fiction games on Steam.

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Breaker of fatalism You were originally an ordinary young man, but due to an accident, you awakened the ancient artifact that was sleeping inside your body and became the "Lord of Destiny" focused on the three realms. All of this is written by your own hands with a unique destiny ending.

Price 10.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Jul 2025
Last Report Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Jul 2025
Cellveillance "Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

Price 7.17€
Rating 8.2
Release 04 Jun 2025
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!

Price -10% 8.77€
Rating 9.3
Release 22 May 2025
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Price -36% 12.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 20 May 2025
Time Space Rebuild In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.

Price 15.80€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 May 2025
QUIET DAN His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 May 2025
DUET DUET illustrates the Hifuu Club's first encounter. It is a wordless, narrative-driven experience about connection and small moments in life. Step into the subtle yet fateful daily interactions that intertwine Renko and Merry's lives.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 02 May 2025
Misty Judgment This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 01 May 2025
Old Skies A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.8
Release 23 Apr 2025
GIRLS MADE PUDDING "When there's nobody there to see you, you disappear." In Girls Made Pudding, two girls tour a series of towns that people have disappeared from.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Apr 2025
Sovereign Brain Empire “Who isn’t a baby anyway?”~You travelled to a parallel world governed by the Sovereign Brain AI. In SB Empire, you’re an adopted “one-year-old”, recognized as a "Monarch-level" prodigy! There will be beauties giving you a sheltered babyhood. Your brilliance and privileges will change their fates!

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Feb 2025
Cabernet Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?

Price -45% 10.73€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Feb 2025
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

Price -20% 11.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 19 Feb 2025
晨昏线 《DayBreak》 is an anti-narcotics-themed interactive video work, adapted from real volumes, with a unique two-line narrative system that brings a differentiated interactive experience.

Price -30% 6.82€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Feb 2025
The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- The latest installment in the popular story-driven Kiseki RPG series is here! The 20th-anniversary title, The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-, where the epic story of the continent of Zemuria takes a dramatic turn, is now available on Steam®!

Price -59% 23.80€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Jan 2025
Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.

Price -9% 13.83€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Jan 2025
Taiwan Love Story⁵ "Taiwan Love Story ⁵" is a romantic interactive novel. To write a thesis on love, you meet girls from different parts of Taiwan. As you conduct your academic research, you gradually become captivated by them, leading to a series of sweet, bittersweet, and complex romantic encounters.

Price -10% 15.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Dec 2024
Night Shift Nurses A washed-up mad doctor is hired back by a devious former test subject and asked to twist her hospital into a corrupt donation mill. Will he seize this second chance to practice his own vision of "science," or will his many failings drag him down once again in this pseudo-medical visual novel?

Price -20% 15.60€
Rating 8.0
Release 16 Dec 2024
Hatsuyuki Sakura "Hatsuyuki Sakura" is one of the most popular works by SAGA PLANETS, a popular Japanese developer for visual novels. Experience Hatsuyuki Sakura for the first time in 1080p! This version includes the English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese versions.

Price 28.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Dec 2024
Mindcop Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.

Price -41% 8.94€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Nov 2024
Deathless Death In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 13 Nov 2024
PROXIMATE Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Nov 2024
you're just imagining it A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 05 Nov 2024