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 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
A space text adventure where your decisions shape the crew's survival
73% positive
Free
Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia
Timed trivia where correct answers unlock a game show vault
59% positive
111 reviews
Lenin - The Lion
A psychological adventure RPG where decisions shape later scenes
92% positive
111 reviews
ESC
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams
98% positive
111 reviews
安堂的心理咨询室：杯中之心〈ANDOU：Pulse of cup〉
A visual novel about a counseling machine and its clients
81% positive
Free
Idle Game Simulator
A minimalist idle game parody built around a growing number
88% positive
Free
Jukai Maze
Sci-fi visual novel about afterlife research and shifting realities
86% positive
111 reviews
Social Justice Warriors
A satirical RPG that turns online arguments into turn-based battles
50% positive
110 reviews
Demo Twofold
A college visual novel about love and strained friendships
96% positive
110 reviews
Demo Blood Moon
An interactive werewolf novel about pack loyalty and vampire politics
89% positive
110 reviews
▼スライム娘は人間と友達になりたいようだ+
A fairy-tale visual novel about a slime girl seeking friends
91% positive
110 reviews
Demo Snowfall's Mystery
Psychological horror visual novel about a programmer and mysterious software
86% positive
110 reviews
KUUKIYOMI: Consider It World - Thailand Ver.
Casual puzzles about reading the room in everyday Thai life
98% positive
110 reviews
Demo Star Story: The Horizon Escape
Text-based space adventure with branching choices and turn-based battles
89% positive
109 reviews
Gladiator Manager
Team management sim with gladiators and text-based tactical battles
77% positive
109 reviews
The Blind Of The New World
Sci-fi visual novel about being unable to see augmented reality
97% positive
109 reviews
Snow Cone Serenade
A point-and-click adventure through a cursed world to fix your heating
97% positive
Free
Incelthread
A romance visual novel about two recluses coping with trauma
75% positive
Free
Trivia Vault: Classic Rock Trivia 2
Timed classic rock trivia where correct answers crack vault codes
64% positive
108 reviews
Demo 侠客春秋
Martial arts sandbox RPG where ancestors fight alongside their descendants
57% positive
108 reviews
Demo Arcadie II: Cold Lands
Text-based fantasy adventure about ruling a kingdom and navigating romance
84% positive
108 reviews
World Seed Classic
Multiplayer fantasy RPG set on a board that changes hourly
92% positive
107 reviews
Naked News
A comedy visual novel told through a series of news sketches
66% positive
107 reviews
An Outcry
Text-heavy horror RPG about a locked-out tenant and talking birds
93% positive
107 reviews