Indie · December 19, 2014

Choice of Robots (2014)

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The robots you design will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? Choice of Robots is an epic 300,000-word interactive sci-fi novel by Kevin Gold, 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. Build a unique robot character–you choose everything from its shape to what it calls you Instigate or prevent a robotic uprising Teach your robots to love humanity, or disdain it Build an artificial intelligence suitable to take control of the world's governments Start a war against the United States, and win Marry a human or an advanced robot, and start a family Play out thirty years of your life as a brilliant robot maker, from graduate school near the present day to a future in which your robots have changed everything. Depending on your choices, your robots may be independent or obedient, clumsy or graceful, empathic or cold…and you yourself may live to an old age happily married or alone with only robots to comfort you. Play as male or female, gay or straight, with nine characters to romance, four alternate climax chapters, and over seventy achievements to unlock.

Indie releases from 2014

27 Indie titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.0k Steam reviewsTop 97% in Indie
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 16%
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 68% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 98
  • Text-Based · 96
  • Choices Matter · 87
  • Interactive Fiction · 75
  • Indie · 63
  • Robots · 62
  • RPG · 52
  • Sci-fi · 48
  • Story Rich · 46
  • Singleplayer · 19
  • LGBTQ+ · 18
  • Female Protagonist · 13
  • Romance · 11
  • Visual Novel · 5

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Achievements

72

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 2.0k reviews

1.9k positive · 80 negative

Curator recommendations

1.9k

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 19, 2014
DeveloperChoice of Games
Base price$4.89
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Choice of Robots