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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This Book Is A Dungeon
Text-based horror dungeon crawler where choices can lead to death
78% positive
213 reviews
Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
Sudoku puzzles with six difficulty levels and online co-op
91% positive
213 reviews
Demo AI
Snowdome
Visual novel about a clerk asked to save the world
90% positive
213 reviews
Class Reunion Chat Room
Horror visual novel about a class reunion chat that turns disturbing
79% positive
Free
NOSTALGIC TRAIN
First-person walking simulator tracing a mystery in an empty Japanese village
77% positive
211 reviews
Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
Fantasy romance visual novel with choices but no bad endings
96% positive
211 reviews
Demo Cage of Roses
A gothic visual novel about an arranged marriage and a vampire
89% positive
211 reviews
Tennis Elbow Manager 2
Tennis management simulation with coaching and playable tournament matches
91% positive
210 reviews
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nurses
A horror visual novel set in a hospital controlled by nurses
91% positive
210 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 10
Hockey management sim spanning modern leagues and historical seasons
79% positive
209 reviews
修炼成仙
Text-based idle game where cultivation unfolds without your input
68% positive
209 reviews
Demo I, the Forgotten One
Text-based medieval adventure about a disinherited royal facing civil war
90% positive
208 reviews
アイアイ喫茶店
A cafe mystery visual novel with five-minute branching playthroughs
96% positive
207 reviews
Last Message
Text-based horror adventure about staying connected during a zombie outbreak
89% positive
Free
Gore Screaming Show
A psychological horror visual novel about a homecoming turned violent
89% positive
205 reviews
Demo A Tithe in Blood
Dark fantasy visual novel about blood magic and time travel
86% positive
205 reviews
This Winter of Ours
Fantasy visual novel about two girls surviving a winter forest
98% positive
Free
Demo Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
Text-based adventure where you can eat an entire fridge
95% positive
204 reviews
Ken ga Kimi: Momoyo Tsuzuri
Historical romance visual novel with a hundred additional character stories
86% positive
204 reviews
Last Days
A sci-fi visual novel about the line between humans and gods
94% positive
204 reviews
Demo Graces: Posthumous Wish
Horror visual novel about a curse and a classmate's death
93% positive
204 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 8
Hockey management sim with historical seasons and custom leagues
80% positive
203 reviews
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Mortgage nightmares
Slice-of-life visual novel about strange events in a mortgaged apartment
84% positive
Free
Demo Watamari Part1 - A Match Made in Heaven
A school-set visual novel mixing girls' romance with spy intrigue
89% positive
200 reviews