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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Побег в Москву 2
A visual novel about helping a friend escape from home
85% positive
Free
Molytropia: Cloud in Shape of Hurt
A visual novel mixing summer adventures with psychological horror
95% positive
Free
Emberfate: Tempest of Elements
Chatroom dating sim about running an MMO raiding guild
98% positive
Free
Slay or Fall
Text-based roguelike about managing a dungeon against invading heroes
89% positive
154 reviews
vApe Escape
Point-and-click adventure about an ape avoiding life as a vape dispenser
92% positive
Free
Demo Creme de la Creme
An interactive novel about romance and status at finishing school
87% positive
153 reviews
_keyboardkommander
Typing-based zombie defense with campaigns built from your own text
87% positive
Free
Tennis Manager 2022
Tennis management sim where academy decisions shape player careers
76% positive
153 reviews
Demo The Zodiac Trial
Mystery visual novel where jurors choose between cooperation and betrayal
95% positive
152 reviews
Chatventures
Text-based MMORPG where each area doubles as a chat room
90% positive
151 reviews
AKER FERN - Visual Novel
School comedy visual novel with a past-life mystery
79% positive
Free
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
A visual novel parody of a tabletop role-playing campaign
89% positive
151 reviews
Everything Will Be Fine!
A dialogue-driven visual novel set during a rainy nighttime drive
85% positive
151 reviews
Demo Guns of Infinity
Text-based military fiction about command, ambition, and wartime choices
96% positive
150 reviews
How to Say Goodbye
A narrative puzzle game about guiding ghosts by shifting scenery
91% positive
150 reviews
For Goodness Sake
First-person horror about household chores, moral choices, and Krampus
90% positive
Free
League Manager 2023
Single-player esports management sim built around rosters and match strategy
42% positive
150 reviews
Demo Little Locked Rooms
A deduction game about impossible crimes in miniature scenes
87% positive
150 reviews
Hypnophobia; From Your Shadow
A kinetic visual novel about nightmares and fear of sleep
94% positive
Free
Demo Heroes Rise: HeroFall
Text-based superhero roleplaying about political resistance and personal sacrifices
88% positive
148 reviews
Demo Choice of Rebels: Uprising
Interactive fantasy novel about leading rebels against a blood-magic empire
89% positive
148 reviews
Raspberry Cube
Romantic comedy visual novel about good deeds and troublesome encounters
96% positive
148 reviews
No More Future
A sci-fi visual novel about life after becoming an android
98% positive
Free
Demo Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three
Text-based interactive fiction about supernatural kidnappings and vampire romance
80% positive
148 reviews