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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虫鸣
A horror puzzle adventure centered on a village’s folk rituals
67% positive
129 reviews
Demo We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
Choice-driven interactive fiction about a writer investigating Europe’s refugee crisis
85% positive
129 reviews
Demo Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
A mystery visual novel that turns witness testimonies into puzzles
64% positive
129 reviews
Demo Diabolical
Text-based interactive fiction about building your own criminal empire
78% positive
128 reviews
Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia
A timed eighties quiz built around cracking vault codes
68% positive
128 reviews
Wanderlust: Travel Stories
A text-based travel anthology shaped by decisions and changing moods
84% positive
128 reviews
For Your Tranquility
Point-and-click detective game where autopsies help you solve a murder
72% positive
128 reviews
Elysium: Blood Games
Gladiator management sim about building careers and surviving arena seasons
57% positive
127 reviews
The Best Duck Clicker
Incremental clicker about defeating ducks and earning passive income
80% positive
127 reviews
Lovely Lady RPG
A text-based RPG about managing life with limited daily actions
99% positive
127 reviews
Omen Exitio: Hunger
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook based on a real missing-child case
85% positive
126 reviews
Demo REPLAY BOYS
A visual novel about managing a boy band through time loops
94% positive
126 reviews
10:16
Choice-driven visual novel about a believer's encounter with a possessive demon
86% positive
Free
Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists
A tactical narrative RPG about four-person heists in mythological underworlds
84% positive
126 reviews
Zork Anthology
Text adventures combining exploration, puzzle-solving, and an absurd sense of humor
94% positive
125 reviews
Love Mystery Club
Mystery visual novel with color-coded facts and guesses
79% positive
125 reviews
Demo A Wise Use of Time
A text-based sci-fi adventure built around the power to freeze time
78% positive
124 reviews
Slobbish Dragon Princess 2
A romantic comedy visual novel about vacationing with dragon girls
98% positive
124 reviews
Late Bird
A short interactive story about birds and struggling with adulthood
94% positive
124 reviews
집착의 망자 - 집으로부터의 탈출
Text-based horror about surviving an intruder in your home
91% positive
Free
鲤氏奇人异闻录
Fan-made detective visual novel set in the world of Arknights
98% positive
Free
Penny Black
Text-based dating adventure with choices that shape how a date ends
96% positive
Free
Universe For Sale - Prologue
Sci-fi visual novel about a woman who creates custom universes
89% positive
Free
The Shadow Over Cyberspace
A horror visual novel about eldritch gods controlling the Internet
90% positive
Free