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
1,297 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Open Sorcery
A text-based adventure about a fire elemental bound by code
98% positive
323 reviews
Demo Tin Star
Text-based Western RPG where your decisions shape a marshal's story
95% positive
321 reviews
Demo The Losers Team
A comedy visual novel about using superpowers against school bullying
83% positive
320 reviews
Ghost in the pool
A horror visual novel about a haunted school swimming pool
77% positive
319 reviews
My Cat Girl Lover
A romance visual novel about a loner and a catgirl
90% positive
317 reviews
Demo This Grand Life 2
Life simulation about managing households through an inflation-driven economy
86% positive
317 reviews
S-mail
An email-driven visual novel where replies shape an AI's future
91% positive
315 reviews
晴末置雨
A romance visual novel focused on life after getting together
71% positive
314 reviews
Traditional Chinese Medicine Simulator
Medical simulation using symptom clues and traditional Chinese diagnostic methods
95% positive
313 reviews
不被忘记的你
A free visual novel about rebuilding a website with its mascot
96% positive
Free
Demo The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
A point-and-click adventure told through the eyes of Frankenstein’s creation
85% positive
311 reviews
Zipp's Café
Café management and noir conversations between animal and insect cities
87% positive
310 reviews
Wednesdays
A visual novel where building rides unlocks childhood memories
99% positive
310 reviews
风起长安：驭骨人
Chinese-style romance visual novel with three male love interests
81% positive
306 reviews
Epic Tavern
Fantasy management RPG where you recruit tavern patrons for quests
58% positive
305 reviews
Demo AI
Football Academy Manager
Text-based soccer management about turning young prospects into transfer income
92% positive
305 reviews
Wet steps
An anime visual novel about a strangely persistent admirer
92% positive
304 reviews
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Three first-person fantasy dungeon crawlers with real-time combat and puzzles
91% positive
304 reviews
Love, Elections, and Chocolate
School romance visual novel about saving a club through elections
88% positive
302 reviews
Demo Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
Puzzle RPG where every action spends a limited time budget
90% positive
301 reviews
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Mystery visual novel about untangling strange events inside a sealed tower
87% positive
299 reviews
Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
Kinetic visual novel about a nun investigating an abbey murder
99% positive
298 reviews
Discussion Over Dinner
Horror simulation where surviving dinner depends on your conversation skills
93% positive
Free
Pricolage -IDOLIZED-
A detective adventure about tracing a missing idol through social media
73% positive
293 reviews