Best 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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A Taste of the Past What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Mar 2022
角斗士学院(Gladiator School) [game type] AVG + simulated love cultivation[game rating] objects aged 18 and above[game theme] BL ancient Roman wind school daily + hot-blooded battle

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Feb 2022
A Perfect Day Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Feb 2022
Who's Lila? A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 23 Feb 2022
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.9
Release 21 Feb 2022
Not Tonight 2 Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.

Price -11% 14.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 11 Feb 2022
7 Days to End with You To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Feb 2022
Fayburrow In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Feb 2022
Not For Broadcast A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Price -98% 0.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Jan 2022
Hello Lady! - Complete Edition It's the Dawn of a New Age- The 21st century has brought about its own slew of problems for society at large. Asa result, the most promising youths from around the world have been gathered and enrolled in Amakawa Noble Academy.

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Jan 2022
Jivana Jivana is a story-driven adventure game. Embody Aelis, a water priestess who uses her powers to open the path for her community, forced to flee after the appearance of a huge cataclysm. Explore the enchanting landscapes of Jivana, use your ability to manipulate water and lead your people to safety.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 21 Jan 2022
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO Baleado até a morte, você é um defunto mecânico se lembrando de como morreu, e das vidas torturadas que agora ficam para trás. Uma aventura em prosa para 20 minutos de pavor existencial no presente pós-singularidade.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Jan 2022
You Will (Not) Remain You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 06 Jan 2022
At Home Alone Final A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 31 Dec 2021
MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Dec 2021
Rewrite+ In this city built upon the ideal coexistence of civilization and the environment, Tennouji Kotarou spends his days with his friends, Kanbe Kotori and Yoshino Haruhiko. In this peaceful city, a tumultuous event shakes the foundations of Kazamatsuri once a year.

Price 48.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Dec 2021
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.

Price -91% 1.95€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2021
The Red Lantern The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

Price -98% 0.44€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Dec 2021
This Is the President This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.

Price -84% 2.46€
Rating 6.6
Release 06 Dec 2021
Knell of St. Godhrkar In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Dec 2021
Momotype An experimental, horror visual novel about raising a virtual pet. Help a tamagotchi-like creature navigate his angst. We love Momo!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 03 Dec 2021
Paper Bride Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...

Price 6.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Dec 2021
Twin Mirror The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Price -97% 0.89€
Rating 7.4
Release 01 Dec 2021
BURIED STARS A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

Price 33.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 29 Nov 2021