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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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Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
Text-based pro football management with custom plays and 2D games
57% positive 28 reviews
電視夢工場
電視夢工場
Retro television station management sim about schedules, stars, and ratings
53% positive 19 reviews
Battle for Asciion
Battle for Asciion
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with graphics made entirely from ASCII text
83% positive 12 reviews
Untrusted
Untrusted
Online social deduction with computer hacking and agents in disguise
50% positive 10 reviews
HACK.BAK
HACK.BAK
Terminal-based hacking simulation with procedurally generated networks to explore
100% positive 10 reviews
Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss
Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss
Romance visual novel about a time traveler in Meiji-era Tokyo
100% positive 3 reviews
Kokuhaku Confessional
Kokuhaku Confessional
A campus romance visual novel built around a confession contest
100% positive 2 reviews
Project Android
Project Android
A visual novel about shaping an android through experiments
0% positive 1 reviews
Pro Wrestling Tycoon
Pro Wrestling Tycoon
Turn-based wrestling management sim where rival companies book competing shows
0% positive 1 reviews
The Dark Egg Demo
The Dark Egg Demo
Text adventure RPG about searching for a wish-granting egg
No reviews yet Free
Travelling At Night Demo
Travelling At Night
A combat-free RPG of choices and secrets in 1948 Europe
Coming soon 0 reviews
The Enigma Cases
The Enigma Cases
A solo or co-op detective game tracing physical and digital clues
Coming soon 0 reviews
Terminal
Terminal
A hacking puzzle game set inside a company’s file system
No reviews yet 0 reviews
Yet Another Killing Game Demo
Yet Another Killing Game
A mystery adventure where each death restarts the killing game
No reviews yet 0 reviews
Truth Scrapper Demo
Truth Scrapper
A narrative adventure where you choose which memories survive each day
Coming soon 0 reviews
SLURDLE
SLURDLE
Six word puzzle games with solo and online play
No reviews yet 0 reviews
Glowing Lamps
Glowing Lamps
An action adventure using everyday objects as improvised weapons
Coming soon 0 reviews
Human.exe Demo
Human.exe
A text-based simulation where moral choices shape an AI's decisions
Coming soon 0 reviews
Slime in the Ice Machine Demo
Slime in the Ice Machine
A puzzle adventure through bars linked by hallucinogenic slime
Coming soon 0 reviews
CITADEL
CITADEL
Philosophical sci-fi visual novel where choices lead to multiple endings
No reviews yet 0 reviews
Scarlet Beret - Murder at the Orphanage
Scarlet Beret - Murder at the Orphanage
A murder mystery visual novel about an orphan who detects lies
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Football Manager 27
Football Manager 27
Football management sim with tactical control and season news
Coming soon 0 reviews
Sticker Mirage
Sticker Mirage
A horror visual novel about an emergency operator's unexplained misfortunes
No reviews yet 0 reviews
Agastache Rugosa
Agastache Rugosa
A fantasy romance visual novel set in a cursed kingdom
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