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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Ishmael
Short interactive fiction about displacement and violence through a child's eyes
56% positive
Free
Demo Andromeda Six
Science-fiction visual novel about lost memories and a crew of outcasts
96% positive
101 reviews
Into the Waves
A seaside visual novel about a barkeeper and his curse
92% positive
Free
Kare wa Kanojo
A school romance visual novel centered on a classmate's secret
83% positive
Free
Drops of Death
Murder mystery dating sim with a randomly selected killer
92% positive
100 reviews
The List
Nonlinear detective mystery built around keyword searches through police interviews
81% positive
100 reviews
PIGBLUE
Text-based mystery adventure about escaping a town full of secrets
91% positive
Free
Winter Polaris
A two-story visual novel about immortality and an island mystery
94% positive
99 reviews
Move Code Lines
A programming puzzle game about putting code lines in order
82% positive
99 reviews
Demo Welcome to the Sharehouse! ~ domestic life with three cute girls~
Romantic visual novel about sharing a home with three women
99% positive
99 reviews
Demo Service with a Shotgun
A visual novel mixing retail conversations with first-person zombie shooting
94% positive
99 reviews
妹調教日記
A text-based RPG with romance, dating simulation, and multiple endings
69% positive
99 reviews
Demo The Bird of the North
A deduction game about reconstructing conversations across visions of the past
96% positive
99 reviews
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 2
Timed trivia quizzes with higher cash rewards for faster answers
64% positive
98 reviews
Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe
A video game quiz where faster answers earn more cash
60% positive
98 reviews
Demo Breach: The Archangel Job
Text-based crime adventure with heists shaped by choices and dice
90% positive
98 reviews
Demo ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area
A visual novel about messy dates and early adulthood
68% positive
98 reviews
YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
A hand-drawn horror adventure through a 1980s border town
77% positive
98 reviews
Bunny’s Rent-a-Mom Agency
Adult visual novel about daily life with hired mother figures
86% positive
98 reviews
Trivia Vault: Mixed Trivia
Timed trivia with cash rewards for fast, correct answers
62% positive
97 reviews
Trivia Vault: Auto Racing Trivia
A timed motorsports quiz built around cracking vault codes
75% positive
97 reviews
第一千零二夜的童话
A romance visual novel about imperfect people learning to accept themselves
90% positive
Free
Unavailed
A life management game about rebuilding a shut-in's daily routine
94% positive
97 reviews
Mob Trader
Idle creature collector built around hourly drops and player trading
46% positive
Free