Best Text-Based games on PC
Text-based games rely heavily on written dialogue, descriptions, and menus to present stories and interactions, often using choices, investigations, or branching narratives.
- Reading-driven interaction
- Frequent dialogue and descriptions
- Story-focused progression
Related: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich
1,152 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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I Am Your President
Text-based presidential strategy where your words can turn supporters against you
67% positive
281 reviews
The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
Text-based puzzle adventure that reveals family history through coded journal entries
80% positive
279 reviews
Bird Game
An abstract exploration RPG with puzzles and turn-based battles
95% positive
Free
Mainland
A text adventure focused on exploration rather than difficult puzzles
82% positive
Free
Socialism Simulator
Turn-based political simulation about steering a country after civil war
95% positive
275 reviews
MATH EXPRESSions
Math logic puzzles with six attempts to guess each expression
83% positive
Free
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered
Military sci-fi visual novel about mech tests amid alien war
94% positive
274 reviews
I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
High school visual novel about making friends without starting romances
81% positive
273 reviews
Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
A visual novel mixing romance, mystery, and psychological horror
87% positive
273 reviews
Social Democracy: An Alternate History
Text-based political card game about resisting fascism in Weimar Germany
96% positive
Free
Dream on
First-person walking simulator about inner thoughts and a final wish
97% positive
Free
Demo Ceiba
A biopunk visual novel about artificial explorers and alien ruins
94% positive
271 reviews
Koltera 2
Idle RPG with creature collecting and automated resource gathering
81% positive
Free
Stillwater
A detective visual novel about investigating an old family curse
96% positive
Free
Hostil
A point-and-click adventure about an astronaut stranded on a dangerous planet
86% positive
263 reviews
Demo HAPPY SAIN† SHEOL
A horror visual novel about priesthood after an ancient catastrophe
82% positive
262 reviews
Hack RUN
Text-based hacking adventure about uncovering secrets through computer accounts
85% positive
Free
Tales of the Mirror
A detective visual novel with a mirror that reveals secrets
54% positive
257 reviews
Blossoms Bloom Brightest
Science-fiction visual novel about romance between women aboard a spaceship
70% positive
Free
Franchise Hockey Manager 7
Hockey management sim with historical seasons and custom leagues
78% positive
256 reviews
Queen of the flies 蝇后
Text-based fiction about internet life, told through clickable words
90% positive
256 reviews
Demo Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
A text-based adventure about earning your place at superhero school
85% positive
255 reviews
Demo Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Text-based zombie survival RPG shaped by your choices and skills
87% positive
255 reviews
Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Mystery visual novel about supernatural incidents in a sealed village
93% positive
255 reviews