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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.

Related: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich

1,152 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,152 games

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Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
Branching visual novel about crime and intrigue in a fantasy port
95% positive 148 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires Demo
Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires
Text-based vampire fiction about political loyalties and hidden origins
40% positive 147 reviews
Helmetman
Helmetman
A card battler mixing roguelike runs with visual novel storytelling
83% positive 147 reviews
Decade Demo
Decade
Sci-fi narrative adventure about sending children back to rewrite history
95% positive 147 reviews
Don't Let Me Fade
Don't Let Me Fade
A first-person narrative adventure through an elderly man's fading memories
99% positive Free
龙傲天的多元宇宙
龙傲天的多元宇宙
School-life card battler where studying prepares you for combat exams
42% positive Free
Cipheur
Cipheur
Free cryptogram puzzles where letter patterns reveal hidden quotes
83% positive Free
Wheels of Aurelia
Wheels of Aurelia
Isometric driving adventure built around conversations and branching road trips
51% positive 145 reviews
Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Text-based sci-fi where social media updates span years on Earth
81% positive 144 reviews
Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder Demo
Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
Dark fantasy visual novel where each death helps unravel a mystery
94% positive 144 reviews
Answer The Question
Answer The Question
A text-based math game with an endless stream of questions
97% positive 143 reviews
Just One Line Demo
Just One Line
Text-based fantasy RPG where earlier choices change later quests
73% positive Free
Idle Commonwealth
Idle Commonwealth
Incremental community builder with jobs, taxes, research, and conquest
66% positive Free
1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线 Demo
1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
A visual novel with timed calls from ghosts needing help
97% positive 142 reviews
Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座 Demo
Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
Psychological horror visual novel centered on a female protagonist
92% positive 142 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 12
Franchise Hockey Manager 12
Hockey management simulation with modern teams and historical starting points
73% positive 142 reviews
MarginCall
MarginCall
Stock trading simulation with prices driven by competing simulated traders
75% positive 142 reviews
Global ATC Simulator
Global ATC Simulator
Air traffic control simulation covering airports around the world
63% positive 141 reviews
Project DeepWeb
Project DeepWeb
Deep web exploration simulator with puzzles across a fictional internet
81% positive 141 reviews
The Innsmouth Case Demo
The Innsmouth Case
A text adventure mixing a missing-person case with Lovecraftian comedy
68% positive 141 reviews
Tidal Therapy
Tidal Therapy
A visual novel about searching for a place to belong
94% positive 141 reviews
星影の館殺人事件
星影の館殺人事件
First-person mystery adventure mixing a locked-room investigation with occult horror
95% positive Free
[Redacted] The Safehouse
[Redacted] The Safehouse
A detective mystery built around keyword searches through a redacted journal
99% positive 140 reviews
Run TavernQuest Demo
Run TavernQuest
A text adventure where you interpret another player's commands
94% positive 140 reviews