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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Furry Boss 💼
Linear visual novel about office life with a teasing boss
84% positive
186 reviews
Everything Ends In 0
Interactive fiction about conversations at the end of the world
92% positive
Free
The Forest of Doom (Standalone)
A fantasy gamebook with branching paths and dice-based combat
83% positive
183 reviews
Demo A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
A branching mystery novel mixing steampunk machinery and forbidden sorcery
95% positive
183 reviews
Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
A romance visual novel set around a coffee shop
93% positive
183 reviews
Graveyard Girls
A short visual novel about an unexpected meeting in a cemetery
97% positive
Free
Demo Nobody Nowhere
Side-scrolling sci-fi text adventure about replicants and consciousness research
93% positive
181 reviews
Nanairo Reincarnation
A supernatural mystery visual novel about guiding souls to the afterlife
94% positive
180 reviews
Tyrania - A Kinetic Visual Novel
Kinetic visual novel about controlling technology in a war-torn world
78% positive
Free
Scourge of the village
A psychological horror mystery split between dreams and reality
69% positive
180 reviews
Demo Duskpunk
Text-based steampunk RPG about surviving a city fueled by corpses
91% positive
179 reviews
Interactive Horror Stories
Interactive horror fiction about cursed objects, spirits, and repeating days
69% positive
Free
Taimanin Asagi
Adult visual novel about a ninja facing humans and demons
85% positive
178 reviews
Pro Basketball Manager 2025
Basketball management sim with teams from leagues worldwide
70% positive
178 reviews
Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
Turn-based strategy built around military operations rather than hex grids
90% positive
177 reviews
Suhoshin
A branching murder mystery visual novel set in medieval Korea
90% positive
177 reviews
Demo Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
Text-based superhero RPG set within a reality show competition
77% positive
176 reviews
start;again
A mystery visual novel mixing escape puzzles and gay romance
95% positive
176 reviews
Demo Champion of the Gods
A choice-driven fantasy RPG about serving gods or defying fate
85% positive
175 reviews
Front Office Football Nine
Text-based American football sim about running a pro franchise
76% positive
175 reviews
Arcadia Fallen II
Choice-driven visual novel about magic students uncovering their school's secrets
98% positive
174 reviews
Loser Named Hana
A visual novel about a lonely girl paying for friendship
94% positive
Free
Demo Sofia in Exchange for Lies
A mystery visual novel about interrogating a suspect's multiple personalities
80% positive
173 reviews
Lady in Mystery
A historical detective visual novel with romance and hidden identities
94% positive
172 reviews