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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Space Rangers: Quest
A sci-fi text adventure of space travel and odd jobs
55% positive
106 reviews
Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia 2
Timed science and history quizzes where correct answers crack vaults
61% positive
106 reviews
Profession investigator
Document-driven detective simulation based on real criminal cases
99% positive
106 reviews
Demo 琉璃烟火-Flame in Glass-
A crime visual novel told through live-action still photographs
99% positive
106 reviews
Demo _message:
Text-based psychological horror built around suspicious communications on the Moon
85% positive
106 reviews
Demo You Shouldn't Be Here
A psychedelic horror visual novel about mental health and exclusion
89% positive
106 reviews
Kill the Lich Idle
A minimalist idle game about routing resources through expanding networks
67% positive
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99 Spirits
A puzzle RPG where word clues reveal enemy spirits' identities
73% positive
105 reviews
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 3
Timed trivia with mixed topics and vaults to crack
63% positive
105 reviews
Demo Yuri Dating Agency
A text-based lesbian dating game with hidden stories to uncover
89% positive
105 reviews
Demo Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
A choice-driven visual novel following a refugee werewolf in Poland
80% positive
105 reviews
品玉庵异谈 PinYuAn Tales
A text-based supernatural adventure about a laid-off artist's career change
93% positive
105 reviews
TypInc.
A typing game built around roguelike upgrades and score chasing
73% positive
105 reviews
Hello Girl
A wartime visual novel about a rabbit telephone operator
98% positive
105 reviews
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia
Game show trivia with mixed questions and vaults to crack
64% positive
104 reviews
Demo Werewolves: Haven Rising
A text-based adventure about a werewolf pack's struggle for freedom
88% positive
104 reviews
Tomb of the Bloodletter
Word-based dungeon crawler where letter order shapes your spells
87% positive
104 reviews
Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
Lovecraftian visual novel where dice rolls decide critical outcomes
71% positive
103 reviews
NYO-NIN-JIMA -My New Life in Charge of a Tropical Island-
A romance visual novel about starting over on a tropical island
85% positive
103 reviews
Demo Pendragon Rising
Text-based Arthurian RPG about leading armies and claiming the throne
79% positive
102 reviews
Demo The Dawn is Inevitable
A nonlinear interactive novel where choices lead to different endings
90% positive
102 reviews
Demo maboroshi caravan
An idle desert simulation where your caravan chooses its destinations
92% positive
102 reviews
Autumn Spirit
A romance visual novel about a woman and a ghost
94% positive
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Demo Au Revoir
A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure about recovering consciousness for new bodies
94% positive
102 reviews