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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.

Related: Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich

1,152 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,152 games

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A Girl A Rain
A Girl A Rain
Short visual novel set in a deserted world of endless rain
90% positive 62 reviews
The Change Architect
The Change Architect
Interactive fiction about directing protesters through a confrontation with police
64% positive Free
Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square
Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square
A visual novel about an idol group's magical double life
89% positive 61 reviews
Backspace Backspace Backspace
Backspace Backspace Backspace
A psychological horror visual novel about a writer facing automation
98% positive 61 reviews
The Noble Quran
The Noble Quran
A religious reading app with tools for studying Islamic scripture
77% positive 61 reviews
Hearing Voices
Hearing Voices
Short horror puzzle game about deciphering scrambled messages on tapes
95% positive Free
e-River Cabin Journal
e-River Cabin Journal
Diary-driven survival strategy where wilderness tasks take real-world time
52% positive 60 reviews
Samurai of Hyuga Book 4 Demo
Samurai of Hyuga Book 4
Interactive samurai fiction about lost love and a forbidden power
83% positive 60 reviews
Anachronism\>
Anachronism\>
Text-based interactive fiction about choosing who you are online
65% positive Free
Interrogation Simulator Demo
Interrogation Simulator
A dialogue puzzle game about questioning suspects to extract confessions
95% positive 60 reviews
疑案追了声
疑案追了声
A detective puzzle game built around voices and overlapping conversations
77% positive Free
Keyboard Soldier
Keyboard Soldier
Typing-based zombie survival where every correct letter fires a bullet
90% positive Free
Kiss And Cry：我的女友脑子有问题 Demo
Kiss And Cry：我的女友脑子有问题
A school romance visual novel about two girls growing closer
73% positive Free
Hellink
Hellink
A sci-fi visual novel about cybercrime and exposing false information
95% positive Free
Mosaic Chronicles
Mosaic Chronicles
Stained-glass jigsaw puzzles that reveal chapters of fantasy stories
81% positive 59 reviews
Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle Demo
Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle
A text-based puzzle game about rewriting passages with regular expressions
53% positive 59 reviews
Sinking Inn
Sinking Inn
A point-and-click puzzle adventure built around switching between realities
90% positive Free
The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel Demo
The Bunker Notes - Horror/Drama Visual Novel
A psychological horror visual novel about isolation during a pandemic
75% positive 59 reviews
堕天者 ~Back to Origin~
堕天者 ~Back to Origin~
A fantasy RPG with two story routes and nine endings
90% positive Free
Chinese Characters
Chinese Characters
A tile-matching puzzle game centered on Chinese writing
81% positive Free
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
A romance visual novel about waking in someone else's body
93% positive Free
Sorcerer's Choice: Angel or Demon?
Sorcerer's Choice: Angel or Demon?
Boys' love visual novel about choosing an angel or demon
93% positive 59 reviews
Guidelicious
Guidelicious
A short mystery visual novel set in one strange room
86% positive Free
Memary: Memory of the nameless one
Memary: Memory of the nameless one
Mystery visual novel with a cat guiding you through puzzles
97% positive Free