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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The Longest Road on Earth A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Price -68% 3.21€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 May 2021
Sumire One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.

Price -46% 3.23€
Rating 9.0
Release 26 May 2021
Kaigrad Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 26 May 2021
Erica Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 25 May 2021
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Price -97% 0.53€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 May 2021
How We Got Here You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 18 May 2021
cyberpunkdreams 2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 14 May 2021
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno Patches is dragged to school for the first ever cat-and-dog school day! All he needs to do is get this damn collar off and wreck some havoc! Will he prove cats and dogs can get along, or will he make this the Purrfect Apawcalypse?

Price 6.89€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 May 2021
Yoshiwara Higanbana --Whether I end up after falling in love, in your arms or in a scarlet prison? It's up to you to make my vow of higanbana fall or wither-- Even if it's only for one night, I want to be held by you...

Price 37.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 May 2021
7Days Origins 7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

Price -70% 2.21€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 May 2021
Tiny Bunny Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Price -25% 8.09€
Rating 9.4
Release 16 Apr 2021
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

Price -97% 0.54€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Apr 2021
Hobo: Tough Life Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 12 Apr 2021
Before Your Eyes Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Price -78% 2.23€
Rating 9.5
Release 08 Apr 2021
The Little Red Lie 2D side scrolling, adventure, horror game where you avoid monsters and solve puzzles.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Apr 2021
[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Apr 2021
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!

Price 5.89€
Rating 9.1
Release 01 Apr 2021
I Saw Black Clouds After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Price -89% 1.77€
Rating 6.1
Release 30 Mar 2021
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Price -60% 2.39€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Mar 2021
Adios A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.

Price -79% 3.16€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Mar 2021
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante 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!

Price -96% 0.91€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Mar 2021
Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~ "Re: LieF ~ Shin'ainaru Anata e~" is produced by Japanese visual novel brand Rask. First launched in 2016, it was praised as a "Dark Horse of the year" by visual novel users. It also won the Golden Award for the screenplay of Moe Game Award.

Price -65% 10.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Feb 2021
Tested on Humans: Escape Room You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???

Price -73% 2.58€
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Feb 2021
ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Feb 2021