Best Choose Your Own Adventure indie games under $20
These are the best choose your own adventure indie games you can buy for under $20. indielist lists 25 paid choose your own adventure games with a list price at or below $20, ranked by Steam review count so the most-validated picks lead. The average list price here is $15.95, and the cheapest is People Playground at $9.99. The most reviewed is People Playground with 293,591 Steam reviews. Beyond the budget end, this wider list adds 21 mid-price picks between $10 and $20 that a stricter under-$10 list leaves out. Every price is the tracked Steam list price, not an estimate, and each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can open and audit rather than a black-box number. This is a value list: a sensible price crossed with real player validation, so you can find a choose your own adventure game that is actually good, not just affordable. Free-to-play titles are excluded here; this is about paid games that punch above their price.
Games
25
Avg list price
$15.95
Cheapest
$9.99
- P
People Playground
2019 · Action
$9.99 293,591 reviews · 98% positive
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鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
2023 · Action
$19.99 191,000 reviews · 55% positive
- T
The Elder Scrolls® Online
2017 · Action
$19.99 133,323 reviews · 81% positive
- F
FTL: Faster Than Light
2012 · Indie
$9.99 62,132 reviews · 95% positive
- T
The Henry Stickmin Collection
2020 · Adventure
$14.99 53,881 reviews · 99% positive
- L
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
2017 · Action
$16.99 37,764 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
2023 · Adventure
$17.99 32,134 reviews · 97% positive
- D
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
2021 · Casual
$14.99 31,136 reviews · 97% positive
- H
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
2023 · Adventure
$17.99 24,612 reviews · 84% positive
- C
Cultist Simulator
2018 · Indie
$19.99 13,885 reviews · 80% positive
- Y
Yes, Your Grace
2020 · Adventure
$19.99 13,851 reviews · 87% positive
- A
Amazing Frog?
2014 · Action
$19.99 11,546 reviews · 94% positive
- S
Suzerain
2020 · Adventure
$19.99 11,411 reviews · 93% positive
- T
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
2021 · Adventure
$19.99 9,652 reviews · 89% positive
- C
Class of '09
2021 · Casual
$9.99 8,656 reviews · 95% positive
- D
Death and Taxes
2020 · Adventure
$12.99 8,338 reviews · 86% positive
- M
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
2020 · Indie
$11.99 6,113 reviews · 96% positive
- I
Ib
2022 · Adventure
$12.99 5,153 reviews · 99% positive
- C
Class of '09: The Flip Side
2024 · Casual
$9.99 3,376 reviews · 57% positive
- M
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
2022 · Casual
$11.99 3,290 reviews · 97% positive
- L
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
2025 · RPG
$14.00 3,140 reviews · 95% positive
- M
Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
2025 · Casual
$14.99 2,073 reviews · 99% positive
- T
The Use of Life
2025 · Adventure
$19.99 771 reviews · 91% positive
- B
Best Served Cold
2025 · Adventure
$17.99 648 reviews · 88% positive
- F
Fabled Lands
2022 · Adventure
$18.99 535 reviews · 80% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best choose your own adventure indie games under $20?
- indielist lists 25 paid choose your own adventure indie games priced at or below $20, ranked by Steam reviews, led by People Playground (293,591 reviews). The cheapest is People Playground at $9.99.
- How is this "under $20" list built?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a paid choose your own adventure game qualifies if its tracked Steam list price is at or below $20. The list is ranked by review count and updates as prices and the catalog change. Free-to-play games are excluded.