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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

1,297 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,297 games

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Never Second in Rome Demo
Never Second in Rome
Turn-based Roman RPG about training and commanding Caesar's soldiers
77% positive 684 reviews
AI Roguelite AI
AI Roguelite
Text-based RPG where AI builds worlds from your prompts
78% positive 683 reviews
START AGAIN: a prologue
START AGAIN: a prologue
Turn-based RPG about fighting through a castle in repeating loops
96% positive 681 reviews
Long Knives Demo
Long Knives
Text-based detective adventure set during the collapse of a dynasty
99% positive Free
The Crimson Diamond
The Crimson Diamond
Text-parser mystery adventure about a geologist investigating a diamond discovery
97% positive 678 reviews
全网公敌：诡村
全网公敌：诡村
Supernatural investigation puzzles built around web searches and live-action footage
89% positive Free
The Shell Part III: Paradiso
The Shell Part III: Paradiso
A detective visual novel about a murder mirroring a painting
96% positive 667 reviews
The Test: Reality Check AI
The Test: Reality Check
A psychological questionnaire mixing personal reflection with horror elements
97% positive 662 reviews
热血大唐
热血大唐
Historical strategy with customizable commanders and alliance-based military campaigns
96% positive Free
Welcome To The Dark Place
Welcome To The Dark Place
Text-based horror built around exploration, strange rules, and sound
88% positive Free
My 1/6 Lover
My 1/6 Lover
A romance visual novel about six personalities sharing one body
82% positive 656 reviews
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
A found-phone mystery involving a disappearance and the Weeping Angels
91% positive 653 reviews
The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam AI
The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
Text-based horror built around a leaked paranormal training exam
86% positive Free
LoveKami -Divinity Stage- Demo
LoveKami -Divinity Stage-
An anime romance visual novel about goddesses becoming pop idols
83% positive 643 reviews
Pick Me Pick Me AI
Pick Me Pick Me
Competitive dating party game with AI conversations and sabotage cards
68% positive Free
Night Shift Nurses
Night Shift Nurses
A hospital-set visual novel about an abusive doctor’s second chance
84% positive 638 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
94% positive 635 reviews
Idle Heros
Idle Heros
An idle RPG built around assembling five-member adventuring parties
84% positive Free
Bring Me that Shawarma
Bring Me that Shawarma
An episodic visual novel about shawarma, aliens, and body horror
91% positive Free
Kujlevka
Kujlevka
A narrative adventure about screening visitors to a crashed UFO
92% positive 631 reviews
Magic Research 2 Demo
Magic Research 2
Text-based incremental RPG with automated spellcasting and strategic boss fights
93% positive 626 reviews
Loren The Amazon Princess
Loren The Amazon Princess
Fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and choices shaping relationships
82% positive 617 reviews
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Fantasy gamebook adventure where spells and decisions shape your journey
91% positive 616 reviews
Legal Dungeon
Legal Dungeon
A text-based police simulation about turning investigation reports into verdicts
77% positive 612 reviews