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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Hymer 2000
Text-based puzzle game built around searching a computer's conversation logs
91% positive
1,077 reviews
The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
A visual novel about a graveyard encounter and Victorian romance
90% positive
Free
Vampires' Melody 2
A visual novel about vampires surviving on a deserted island
87% positive
1,068 reviews
The Bible
Digital Bible reader with multiple translations and trivia quizzes
87% positive
1,064 reviews
Myths of Rules
Horror puzzles about surviving urban legends by reading their rules
87% positive
1,064 reviews
Demo Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
A detective adventure where documents reveal the rules of supernatural powers
90% positive
1,053 reviews
Word Play
A spelling roguelike with rule-changing perks and upgradeable letter tiles
90% positive
1,051 reviews
Demo BUSTAFELLOWS
Romance visual novel about a time-jumping journalist solving mysteries
86% positive
1,042 reviews
natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer
Text adventure connecting two worlds through an old computer
96% positive
Free
Demo Stiff Neck
Psychological visual novel about a police officer and cursed dolls
81% positive
1,036 reviews
Voyager-19
Space horror about surveying planets aboard a deteriorating spacecraft
88% positive
1,023 reviews
Lightracer Spark
Sci-fi narrative RPG about shaping the futures of alien civilizations
84% positive
1,018 reviews
The Butterfly Collector
Psychological horror visual novel about a college student's kidnapping
88% positive
1,018 reviews
Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED
Choice-driven visual novel mixing everyday life with a new magical war
96% positive
1,013 reviews
Staffer Reborn
Detective visual novel about ending an old man's cycle of resurrection
96% positive
1,007 reviews
Sepia Tears
Romance visual novel where buried memories complicate a relationship
88% positive
Free
目盲/Blind
A romance visual novel blending urban legends with mild horror
86% positive
996 reviews
Demo Golden Treasure: The Great Green
Choice-driven dragon RPG about surviving childhood in Bronze Age Earth
96% positive
993 reviews
PROXIMATE
Narrative horror with a visor you cannot fully trust
93% positive
993 reviews
Demo ghostpia Season One
A linear visual novel about immortals in a snowbound town
93% positive
987 reviews
Insurmountable
Mountain-climbing roguelike where weather and scarce resources shape every route
79% positive
983 reviews
A=B
Programming puzzles that turn simple text replacements into complex calculations
94% positive
968 reviews
Demo Stone Story RPG
ASCII auto-RPG with gear swaps, boss fights, and scripting
91% positive
961 reviews
HOPE LEFT ME
A visual novel about existence amid endless snow and night
96% positive
956 reviews