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Is The Fielder's Choice worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Baseball fans who want a career-focused interactive story
- Players who prefer text-based games with identity and relationship choices
- Stat-minded players who want to shape a pitcher's tactics and repertoire
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking visual baseball gameplay rather than a text-based novel
- Players wanting a short, single-season sports story instead of an eight-season career
- Players looking for real-time pitching controls or sound effects
Our take on The Fielder's Choice
Instead of presenting baseball through visual matches or direct control, this adventure treats a pitcher’s career as a branching text narrative. Statistical analysis, personal identity, clubhouse relationships, ethical choices, and public persona sit alongside pitch selection as parts of the progression.
What is The Fielder's Choice?
The Fielder’s Choice is a 115,000-word, text-based interactive baseball novel about a rookie pitcher pursuing a major-league career over eight seasons.
Players choose a male, female, or non-binary identity, sexual orientation, handedness, pitching approach, and personal style. The career includes fastballs, sliders, curveballs, statistical analysis, hustle, clubhouse relationships, rivalries, and possible romances. Decisions affect both baseball performance and life away from the field, including choices about dedication, cheating, public persona, and relationships with teammates. The story can take the pitcher to the United States or Japan, with another baseball frontier available to unlock. The game contains no graphics or sound effects, relying entirely on text and player imagination.
How The Fielder's Choice plays
- 01Eight-season career
- The story follows a rookie pitcher through eight seasons in the major leagues.
- 02Pitching repertoire
- Players develop a style around fastballs, sliders, and curveballs while pursuing strikeouts.
- 03Personal identity choices
- The protagonist can be male, female, or non-binary, and gay or straight.
- 04Clubhouse relationships
- Teammates can become friends, rivals, or potential lifelong partners.
- 05Statistical or gritty play
- Players can focus on statistical analysis or an out-hustle approach to baseball.
- 06Text-only presentation
- The interactive novel uses written scenes without graphics or sound effects.
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The Fielder's Choice: platforms & release
Is The Fielder's Choice worth it?
It is worth it if: baseball fans who want a career-focused interactive story. Skip it if: players seeking visual baseball gameplay rather than a text-based novel.
Where can I download The Fielder's Choice?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Fielder's Choice's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Fielder's Choice on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
