Games like Academy of Disaster

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? "Scarlet Sails" is an 80,000-word interactive novel by Felicity Banks, author of "Attack of the Clockwork Army". Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scarlet Sails.

Can you and your friends master the ocean's magic and save your school? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Atlantis Academy.

Backed by interstellar weaponry, the nation of Panwestia has annexed half the globe. Resistance appears futile--but the hegemon has a very unique weakness... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Airgap.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

81% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ratings War.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

The Harbinger's Head is a fantastic 46,000 word interactive horror novel by Kim Berkley, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based - without graphics or sound effects - and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Harbinger's Head.

31%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

50% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Rule a mighty city, fight battles, and embark on quests in a steampunk-fantasy land. As the Ardent or Ardessa of Lake Steelthorne, find love, power and a secret which could change the world. Dragon of Steelthorne is a 170,000-word interactive novel by Vance Chance, weaving together story, city management and combat in a unique take on choice-based Interactive Fiction. Customize the level of chall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon of Steelthorne.

Blast spirits out of a haunted subway system! Can your team defeat rival exterminators, shoddy gear, and City Hall? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Luminous Underground.

Conquer assassins and alien invaders in Superlative London! Defend Earth and negotiate interplanetary peace as you race to rescue Queen Victoria in this thrilling sequel to The Superlatives: Aetherfall. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Superlatives: Shattered Worlds.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

64% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Take command of an off-world fighting force! Use tactics, diplomacy and your own skills to find a way to victory. Who says a sublieutenant can’t win the war? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fog of War: The Battle for Cerberus.

In this magical baking contest, you'll team up with the Queen Undying to bake your rivals into an early grave—or out of the grave, with necromancy! The Bread Must Rise is a 450,000-word interactive comedy/fantasy/baking/eldritch horror novel by James Beamon and Stewart C Baker. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imaginati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bread Must Rise.

Extract yourself from another fine mess–this time, with your family watching! When your aunt summons you home, mischief, mix-ups, and bewilderingly urgent capers abound at your ancestral estate. Jolly Good: Tea and Scones, unwilling to offer you a mere one million words, is prepared to offer you a lavish two million words, each and every one polished to an exquisite sheen! This interactive come… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jolly Good: Tea and Scones.

Wield ancient technology to overthrow your mage oppressors and save the kingdom If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magehunter: Phoenix Flame.

Life in Port Terris is tough. There’s never quite enough to eat, nor quite enough work, and your friends have a nasty habit of being snatched up by the Constables and their bots. When the majordomo of a Great House offers you employment, a warm bed, and all the food you can eat, it’s a tempting offer. Never mind that the alternative is a long stay in the City Dungeons. The Butler Did It is a 300,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Butler Did It.

Jump to hyperspace aboard the Lady Luck, the fastest starship in the galaxy! Join her ragtag crew of space pirates, or infiltrate their ranks, working undercover for the Galactic Police. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

36% User Score Based on 9 reviews

Face the world's fiercest dinosaurs and make it back to the future in one piece! You're a physics student with a dream: travel back in time and document the world of dinosaurs. Can you survive the terrors of the Tyrannosaurus rex? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to T-Rex Time Machine.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Lead a mercenary company seeking fame and fortune! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life of a Mercenary.

The blight eats the world while humans war for scraps. Will you fight, run, or lead your people to the stars? Or murderously ascend the human throne? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Aegis Saga.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 303 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover. Can Ophelia prevent the tragedy that lies before her? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elsinore.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

83% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Serafina’s Crown is a visual novel with elements of fantasy, adventure and romance. You play as Odell Perin, the newly-appointed regent of Darzia as she tries to solve the murder of the queen and a host of other domestic and international crises. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serafina's Crown.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:funny

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

40% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Call upon the power of your cursed Demon Mark to battle dragons, witches, and an undead army! Beware: each time you use it, the Mark grows stronger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demon Mark: A Russian Saga.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, emotional

64% User Score Based on 11 reviews

As the eldest child of the Usurper King, you were always meant to inherit your father's stolen throne. When the lost heir of the dynasty he ended resurfaces, bent on revenge, you face a difficult choice. Your father's enemies don't have to be your own. Without allies, the Kidia heir has no hope of taking the throne back, but you could offer them that hope. By allying with his enemy against your … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Turncoat Chronicle.

Go in search of your father’s legacy! Will you challenge Fate—or submit to it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scales of Justice.

The Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, and Mothman are aliens, sentenced to prison on Earth by the Pan-Galactic Prisons Bureau. As the Yeti's parole officer, you must defend the galaxy from these convicts, unravel their criminal conspiracy, and bring them to justice! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yeti's Parole Officer.

Will you spill the tea about the secret, cozy magical cafe on the college campus? Brew potions and romance on coffee dates with your new friends! Witch’s Brew: Love and Lattes is an interactive cozy romance novel by Cay Macres. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, 426,000 words, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. After years of hiding your magi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Solve a magical mystery and save your city! Find the truth before it's too late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leas: City of the Sun.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

64% User Score Based on 11 reviews

In 1729, before police, hunt criminals for cash as one of London's thief-takers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trials of the Thief-Taker.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

78% User Score Based on 250 reviews

What's scarier: the principal, your psychic powers, or finding a date for prom? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psy High.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

79% User Score Based on 200 reviews

How would you use the power to freeze time? Justice, money, love, or fame? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Wise Use of Time.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

78% User Score Based on 196 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knee Deep.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

93% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Captain! You have limited resources, desperate crew, strange cargo and a Company Man spying on you. Good luck crossing the Solar System with corrupt cops, cultists and terrorists on your tail: and don't be late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asteroid Run: No Questions Asked.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

95% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

You are Robin Hood! Forge your destiny and fight to liberate Nottingham in this epic story-driven RPG blending interactive fiction, resource management, and base building set within a lushly-illustrated Sherwood Forest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

60% User Score Based on 191 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Explore four beautiful game boards, dozens of character cards, and thousands of dialog cards (worn and aged from decades of neglect) which comprise the zany world of an American small town in the 1920s. Encounter nearly a hundred individual personalities. These denizens form the core culture of intolerance and repression your girls can overcome with wit, charm, and brazenness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!.

Can you navigate a web of intrigue and assassination to make peace among warring fae? The fate of their realms and yours is in your hands! A Court of Seven Crowns is an interactive fantasy novel by Cas Bright, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based with hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Court of Seven Crowns.

Pick up where Breach: The Archangel Job left off. Will you continue your story fighting the Chicago Outfit and the newly arrived Cartels alongside your motley crew of international criminals, join the FBI and hunt down your former allies and close friends, or set out on your own to search for the truth behind your entire life? Breach: Chicago War Zone is a thrilling [Word Count (cat * | grep -v &… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breach: Chicago War Zone.

The discovery of an old magic book turns your life upside down. Will you succeed in becoming a guild wizard? Or instead travel a different path, striking out on your own, moving to a different plane of existence or perhaps not even remaining human? • Choose your name, gender, elemental alignment and area of magical focus. • Explore worlds both on and off Earth, full of magical creatures. • Track … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wizardry Level C.

Travel through different books in a quest to find your uncle! You will travel through a number of stories, seek to understand why they are falling apart, and trying to solve the mystery of your uncle's bookshop. "Lost in the Pages" is a 125,000 word interactive novel by a collection of authors, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost in the Pages.

Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace? As the valet or lady's maid of Rory Wintermint, you'll go head to head with recalcitrant aunts, light-handed houseguests, manage a fox hunt and corral exotic birds! "Tally Ho" is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tally Ho by Kreg Segall.

America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister! "The Hero Project: Redemption Season" is the first installment in a new series of interactive novels by Zachary Sergi set in the "Heroes Rise" universe. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--129,000 words, without graphics or sound … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hero Project Redemption Season.

Take command of HMS Foraker, a crack 38-gun frigate. Train your crew, face wild storms and sudden crises, and prepare yourself for the ultimate challenge: a showdown with a powerful enemy warship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of Broadsides: HMS Foraker.

Revolution consumes a Persian dieselpunk city! Will you let it consume you, too? Make a name for yourself as a powerful astralchemist and resist the usurpers…or join them! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

72% User Score Based on 25 reviews

At our superhero academy, you'll lead a team of teen heroes to battle supervillains! Will you fulfill your heroic legacy or forge your own path? Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential is an interactive superpower novel by Eloy Lasanta, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, uns… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, character development

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Guard students and secrets at an exclusive boarding school! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Honor Bound.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

78% User Score Based on 144 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 13 reviews

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dry Drowning.

Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? Eternal Affairs is an interactive urban fantasy romance novel by Jamie Maurer. It's entirely text-based, 100,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. After you lost … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Affairs.

Your magic awakes in your new college town—and so does your heart! Can you discover who is trying to steal your power before it's too late?  Spellbound: Malachite Coven is an interactive romance novel by Erin Rowlands. It’s entirely text-based, 150,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. As you arrive at… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spellbound: Malachite Coven.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 35,422 reviews

Critic Score 100%Based on 2 reviews

The award-winning detective RPG brings its story-rich adventure to mobile. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disco Elysium.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

As a paranormal agent, your job is to keep magic under wraps. Can you catch a magical arsonist before you lose your heart? Forbidden Magic is a 145,000-word interactive paranormal romance game by Frances Pauli, author of Brimstone Manor. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. You’re a mage on parole for a crime … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forbidden Magic.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

85% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Jest your way from obscurity to royal acclaim as the King’s pet, beloved by all! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fool!.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding

85% User Score Based on 684 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hate Plus.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics

90% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 180 Files: The Aegis Project.