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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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海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
海鳥野ガクの精神鑑定録
A horror visual novel about a psychiatrist's mysterious new patient
83% positive Free
我的时光：大学日记 AI
我的时光：大学日记
A university life sim with clubs, romance, and branching futures
27% positive 351 reviews
Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
A mystery visual novel about murder aboard a cruise ship
82% positive Free
non-binary
non-binary
A visual novel mixing bullet hell with nonbinary coming-of-age stories
91% positive Free
Jiangshi x Daoshi
Jiangshi x Daoshi
An animated visual novel about Chinese vampires and dao priests
95% positive Free
Perfect Tides
Perfect Tides
A point-and-click adventure about teenage life at the millennium
97% positive 343 reviews
Gargadusa's Tower Demo AI
Gargadusa's Tower
Fantasy guild management with permanent deaths in a monster-filled tower
90% positive 343 reviews
Nightmare knock
Nightmare knock
A horror visual novel where your choices determine survival
86% positive Free
Life Eater
Life Eater
A horror kidnapping simulator built around investigating your targets' schedules
85% positive 341 reviews
我的高冷女友 MY COLD GIRLFRIEND
我的高冷女友 MY COLD GIRLFRIEND
An anime romance visual novel centered on a cold girlfriend
79% positive 340 reviews
Zafehouse: Diaries
Zafehouse: Diaries
Turn-based zombie survival strategy built around a divided survivor group
67% positive 339 reviews
SpaceCorn
SpaceCorn
Text-based adventure about a unicorn stranded on an alien planet
61% positive 339 reviews
CozyTyper
CozyTyper
Untimed typing game focused on accuracy rather than speed
94% positive 338 reviews
SAS：绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
SAS：绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
A detective visual novel where schoolwork competes with solving murders
88% positive Free
Interrogation: You will be deceived
Interrogation: You will be deceived
Noir detective game built around psychological puzzles and police management
79% positive 333 reviews
愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF AI
愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF
A horror puzzle-adventure about lost memories in a psychiatric hospital
95% positive 333 reviews
Touhou Gensokyo Visitor Demo
Touhou Gensokyo Visitor
A fantasy visual novel about an outsider entering Touhou's world
95% positive 332 reviews
Choice of the Deathless Demo
Choice of the Deathless
Text-based fantasy RPG where legal work pays your student loans
92% positive 331 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives Demo
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Text-based vampire mystery shaped by choices in undead politics
95% positive 328 reviews
Art Reborn: Painting Connoisseur Demo
Art Reborn: Painting Connoisseur
Art gallery simulation with famous paintings and match-three battles
94% positive 327 reviews
女神保卫战
女神保卫战
Choice-driven FMV visual novel about family troubles and hidden pasts
69% positive 327 reviews
Moonless Moon
Moonless Moon
A text-based adventure about a student visiting other worlds at night
90% positive 326 reviews
Ord.
Ord.
Minimalist text adventures where a few words shape each story
92% positive Free
Every Letter
Every Letter
A letter-writing simulation about putting other people's feelings into words
94% positive Free