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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Demo Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Two-game detective adventure centered on crime scenes and logical deductions
96% positive
3,596 reviews
7 Days to End with You
Narrative word puzzle about deciphering dialogue over seven days
88% positive
3,592 reviews
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Courtroom visual novel trilogy mixing investigations, mysteries, and legal battles
88% positive
3,467 reviews
Demo CaseCracker
Text-based detective puzzle game linking cases through keyword searches
89% positive
3,420 reviews
MINDNIGHT
Online social deduction where hidden hackers work against network agents
84% positive
Free
Demo STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator
Text-based 1980s Japan business simulator with stocks and side bets
95% positive
3,292 reviews
Digimon Survive
Visual novel and tactical RPG about surviving a monster-filled world
78% positive
3,252 reviews
修仙小屋
Text-based fantasy idler with a marketplace for player-to-player trading
95% positive
Free
Your Chronicle
Text-based idle RPG with branching choices and automated dungeon battles
80% positive
Free
Insomnia: Theater in the Head
A point-and-click adventure inside the mind of a sleepless girl
97% positive
3,086 reviews
Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics
Medieval social deduction where secret enemies can turn allies
76% positive
Free
Demo Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
Co-op visual novel about surviving a road trip with monsters
98% positive
2,958 reviews
恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
Mystery romance visual novel about urban legends becoming real
93% positive
2,953 reviews
Demo and Roger
A short interactive novel that begins with a stranger at home
95% positive
2,943 reviews
Demo 他人世界末 On-looker
A romance visual novel about living in someone else's shadow
93% positive
2,917 reviews
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
90% positive
2,889 reviews
Milky Way Idle
A multiplayer idle RPG with a market for player trading
48% positive
Free
Noctuary
Visual novel about two aspiring guardians with monster battles
94% positive
2,633 reviews
Demo Love Delivery
Romance visual novel about café work and two relationships
96% positive
2,616 reviews
Demo Desktop Explorer
A point-and-click mystery hidden inside an old computer's files
96% positive
2,606 reviews
Demo A Legionary's Life
Text-based Roman soldier RPG with turn-based combat and permadeath
85% positive
2,573 reviews
It gets so lonely here
A horror visual novel about women whose love turns deadly
94% positive
Free
xiuzhen idle
Text-based cultivation idle RPG about managing growth across repeated lives
78% positive
2,464 reviews
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Text-heavy sci-fi RPG about dice rolls and risky contracts
91% positive
2,439 reviews