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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Misadventures of Laura Silver
Detective visual novel mixing supernatural investigation with a hotel mystery
86% positive
235 reviews
Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
Chinese horror puzzles in a town between two realms
92% positive
235 reviews
Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Psychological horror visual novel about dark secrets in a convent
85% positive
234 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 9
Hockey management sim with NHL history and custom leagues
83% positive
234 reviews
Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
A school dating sim about collecting love for the devil
96% positive
234 reviews
Demo Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
Text-based supernatural adventure with branching choices and vampire romance
97% positive
231 reviews
Demo Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile
A detective adventure that extends the story beyond Christie’s novel
76% positive
231 reviews
POTENTIAL MAN
A visual novel with turn-based encounters and a talking acorn
90% positive
231 reviews
Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress
Romantic comedy visual novel about working in the voice acting industry
91% positive
230 reviews
School For The Friendless
A college-set visual novel where choices determine your assigned roommate
77% positive
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Nighthawks
A vampire visual novel RPG about rebuilding a failing nightclub
91% positive
225 reviews
All You Can Eat
Point-and-click adventure that turns your actions into comic panels
84% positive
223 reviews
The Island: Into The Mist
Survival visual novel where your decisions lead to different endings
67% positive
223 reviews
Demo Room 301 NO.6
A maze puzzle game tracing an Alzheimer's patient's memories
91% positive
223 reviews
Demo Mushroom Musume
Text-based life sim where your choices shape a mushroom daughter
95% positive
223 reviews
TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
Experimental text-based adventure about depression, built around unconventional word puzzles
82% positive
221 reviews
铜刀银剑
A martial arts visual novel centered on a political assassination
79% positive
221 reviews
Meiji Tokyo Renka Full Moon
Time-travel romance visual novel with choices in Meiji-era Tokyo
91% positive
220 reviews
DIVINATION
Cyberpunk visual novel where rune readings change your clients' futures
88% positive
219 reviews
Demo BatteryNote
A dialogue-driven adventure about robots running out of battery life
98% positive
219 reviews
LuGame: Lunchtime Games Club!
A romantic comedy visual novel centered on a school games club
93% positive
218 reviews
Great Deceiver
A dark visual novel set inside a luxury fitness club
73% positive
218 reviews
Yolo Space Hacker
A hacking puzzle adventure built around real cybersecurity tools
95% positive
216 reviews
Demo Lords of Infinity
Text-based political RPG about steering a noble house through crisis
95% positive
216 reviews