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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Slobbish Dragon Princess 3
A fantasy visual novel about dragons and their first summer festival
97% positive
70 reviews
Gender Dysphoria
A visual novel about everyday hostility toward a transgender woman
94% positive
70 reviews
Demo Neoproxima
Text-based sci-fi adventure about escaping a time loop through investigation
94% positive
70 reviews
Carrion Fields
Text-based fantasy MMORPG with enforced roleplaying and deadly player combat
73% positive
Free
Text Your Life
A chat-based romance simulator built around a mysterious party kiss
94% positive
Free
Sakura Forest Girls
Fantasy romance visual novel about friendship and a witch's demands
84% positive
69 reviews
Tied by your Red
A romance visual novel about two women in a mysterious mansion
94% positive
69 reviews
Curtain Call
College dating sim where you can see people's social masks
93% positive
Free
Anchor Club
Collaborative storytelling tool with dice rolls and audience voting
93% positive
Free
No other cure
A short visual novel about hidden motives in show business
78% positive
Free
Demo 香恋Ready！
A romantic comedy visual novel about dating angels and demons
87% positive
69 reviews
OmOneko
A romance visual novel about sharing a home with catgirls
97% positive
Free
古咒迷途 (lost curse)
Turn-based fantasy RPG with a spirit companion and hidden treasure
96% positive
69 reviews
Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea
A dark fantasy visual novel about a man-eating sea creature
91% positive
69 reviews
soundless - A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA -
Psychological horror visual novel about an outcast in a religious village
97% positive
Free
Demo The Parenting Simulator
Text-based parenting story where choices shape a child's future
88% positive
68 reviews
We should talk.
A relationship visual novel where you build replies piece by piece
59% positive
68 reviews
貴方が狼カードデス！
A short deduction visual novel about a deadly werewolf game
91% positive
Free
The Leak
A visual novel that turns daily routines into bleak reflection
85% positive
Free
SCP: CARDTAINMENT BREACH
A turn-based deckbuilder built around SCP creatures and anomalous objects
93% positive
Free
作为游戏和诗歌的世界
A text adventure with literary references and clickable story annotations
85% positive
Free
Tombstone Tally
A graveyard scavenger hunt where tombstones fill your bingo card
94% positive
Free
Lern Island Letters
Narrative puzzle game about an island mystery told through mail
94% positive
68 reviews
Detective Bloodphobia
A visual novel about a detective who faints upon seeing blood
100% positive
68 reviews