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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Destiny Star Girlfriend
Romantic visual novel about being magically bound to your crush
93% positive
73 reviews
Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief
Point-and-click adventure told from both sides of the law
68% positive
73 reviews
Don't Get Your Hopes Up
A short interactive comic turning apartment hunting into psychological horror
95% positive
Free
Demo Life of a Wizard
A text-based RPG built around a wizard's lifetime of decisions
79% positive
72 reviews
Demo Heroes of Myth
Text-based fantasy adventure where your heroic reputation rests on lies
79% positive
72 reviews
Chuckle Phrase Builder
Online card game where players turn prompts into funny sentences
81% positive
Free
Learn Programming: Python - Remake
Text-based Python course with lessons and embedded quiz questions
68% positive
72 reviews
Fantasia Medieval
A fantasy visual novel inspired by tabletop role-playing sessions
83% positive
Free
The Devilry Reservation
Side-view narrative adventure investigating trouble in a supernatural apartment block
90% positive
72 reviews
Demo Unsupervised
Text-based superhero RPG where former sidekicks choose their own path
71% positive
72 reviews
Demo Waiting in the Lime forest
A point-and-click visual novel about investigating a child's death
69% positive
72 reviews
はじめるセカイの理想論 -goodbye world index
A choice-driven visual novel about romance with different heroines
78% positive
72 reviews
New Folder
A desktop puzzle mystery told through locked files and cryptic messages
89% positive
72 reviews
Demo Samurai of Hyuga
Choice-driven fantasy fiction about a ronin wrestling with honor and bloodlust
80% positive
71 reviews
My Typing Skill
A space-themed arcade typing game built around keyboard challenges
76% positive
71 reviews
Demo Firebird
A visual novel road trip with truck and resource management
100% positive
71 reviews
Demo Showbiz Tycoon
Text-based movie studio management shaped by shifting markets and competition
82% positive
71 reviews
Demo Concealed
A psychological horror visual novel about students disappearing from school
77% positive
71 reviews
Aleph
First-person exploration through surreal scenes about humanity’s lost knowledge
96% positive
71 reviews
Demo 52Hertz
A narrative puzzle adventure about murders in a time loop
79% positive
71 reviews
死掉的女儿（The Dead Daughter）
A psychological horror visual novel about violence against unwanted girls
87% positive
71 reviews
VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
Post-apocalyptic visual novel about livestreaming idols pursuing their dreams
93% positive
71 reviews
Learn Programming: Python - Retro
Text-based programming course with Python lessons and built-in practice questions
64% positive
70 reviews
Will Die Alone
Text-based adventure about choosing which memories to erase
76% positive
70 reviews