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An interactive fiction piece about the transition from childhood to adulthood in a post-apocalyptic scenario. The games below have the most in common with it — text adventure, interactive fiction, text based — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Rot
- 3x3x3: A Mermaid's TalePlays here
A text adventure about mermaids and motherhood. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- 9:05Plays here
The phone rings. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- Moving OnPlays on quackoquack.itch.io
It's been over a year since you were last home, and now it's time to finally clear out those last few things, and the memories they bring back. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- Academic Pursuits (As Opposed to Regular Pursuits)Plays on ifcomp.org
Four cardboard boxes stacked in the centre of a bare office. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- A Rope of ChalkPlays on ifcomp.org
An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- TakePlays on katherinestasaph.itch.io
You are battle-weary. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- What Fuwa Bansaku FoundPlays on sub-q.com
A samurai explores a haunted shrine. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- Stuff of LegendPlays on ifcomp.org
The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- Byod
You are starting your IT internship. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- The Second FloorPlays on litrouke.itch.io
An atmospheric zombie horror. In common: post apocalyptic, text based, text adventure.
All matches
Every game like Rot
Playable3x3x3: A Mermaid's Tale
Interactive Fiction · 2013
Playable9:05
Interactive Fiction · 2000
PlayableMoving On
Interactive Fiction · 2020
PlayableAcademic Pursuits (As Opposed to Regular Pursuits)
Interactive Fiction · 2020
PlayableA Rope of Chalk
Interactive Fiction · 2020
PlayableTake
Interactive Fiction · 2016
PlayableWhat Fuwa Bansaku Found
Interactive Fiction · 2016
PlayableStuff of Legend
Interactive Fiction · 2020

Byod
Interactive Fiction · 2015
PlayableThe Second Floor
Zombies · 2017
PlayableJanuary
Zombies · 2022
PlayableDomvs
Demon · 2019
PlayableEQ Survival Manual
Post Apocalyptic · 2021
PlayableThe Archives of Trevosa
Detective · 2026
PlayableIlluyanka: A Hittite Story
Mythology · 2024
PlayableYou are an Ancient Chinese Poet in Exile
Interactive Fiction · 2024
PlayableXenopunch
Aliens
PlayableDrift Mine Satellite
Post Apocalyptic · 2023
PlayableAlize
Interactive Fiction · 2022
PlayableC ya laterrrr
Interactive Fiction · 2017
PlayableHoneysuckle
Interactive Fiction · 2016
PlayableThe Fisherman's Secret
Interactive Fiction · 2026
PlayableConstellation Courier
Interactive Fiction · 2023
PlayableOzera
Farming · 2023
PlayableGet Lost!
Interactive Fiction · 2016

Robot Wants Kitty
Metroidvania · 2009
PlayableArc
Cyberpunk · 2015
PlayableSpaceBeaver
Aliens
PlayableTerminal Sickness
Post Apocalyptic
PlayableThe Second Sight: Dead Reckoning
Interactive Fiction · 2025
PlayableThe Second Sight: The Devil and the Wheel
Interactive Fiction
PlayableA man outside
Psychological Horror · 2020
PlayableApology Simulator
Interactive Fiction · 2017
PlayablePlease Answer Carefully
Psychological Horror · 2019
PlayableStomping Grounds
Interactive Fiction · 2024
PlayableUnauthorised
Retro · 2024