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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World Capitals Quizzer
Geography trivia with quizzes on capitals, flags, and countries
70% positive
Free
Lowmoor Idle RPG: An Adventurer's Chronicle
Text-based idle RPG with a compact, always-on-top desktop mode
85% positive
Free
Demo The Hero Project: Redemption Season
A superhero interactive novel balancing personal ambition and social change
62% positive
116 reviews
Methods: The Illusion Murders
A detective visual novel about murders based on optical illusions
85% positive
Free
AirlineSim
Multiplayer airline management simulation with real-time markets and player alliances
78% positive
Free
Sorcery! Part 4
Text-based fantasy adventure where disguises change how characters treat you
76% positive
115 reviews
Trivia Vault: Super Heroes Trivia
Timed superhero trivia built around quick answers and high scores
63% positive
115 reviews
Trivia Vault: Classic Rock Trivia
Classic rock trivia where faster answers earn more cash
64% positive
115 reviews
The HeartBeat
A cyberpunk rhythm game about keeping a dying mayor alive
98% positive
115 reviews
Bobok
A darkly comic visual novel about conversations among the dead
94% positive
115 reviews
Forgive My Sins & Desires, Father - Boys Love (BL) Visual Novel
Boys' love visual novel about an obsessive attachment to a priest
86% positive
Free
闲置神话
Idle cultivation RPG with generated loot and tower challenges
52% positive
115 reviews
Demo Choice of the Pirate
Text-based pirate adventure with cursed treasure, ghost ships, and magic
93% positive
114 reviews
Salome's Kiss
Gothic romance visual novel about a governess and her adult pupil
85% positive
114 reviews
Dark Notes
A horror puzzle adventure spanning two perspectives and different timelines
72% positive
114 reviews
会计模拟器
An accounting education game built around guided company transactions
80% positive
114 reviews
Demo Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove
Text-based horror RPG about hunting a werewolf in Ireland
91% positive
114 reviews
Demo The Hero of Kendrickstone
Text-based fantasy RPG about building a reputation as an adventurer
80% positive
113 reviews
Demo 我在终点线等你
School-life visual novel about a teenager pursuing his racing ambitions
89% positive
113 reviews
海与鱼Ocean and Fish
Narrative horror RPG about escaping captivity and uncovering the truth
99% positive
Free
The Communist Manifesto ~ A Visual Novel
A free visual novel adapting the political writing of Marx and Engels
88% positive
Free
The Dark Room
A darkly comic text adventure built around deadly escape puzzles
89% positive
112 reviews
Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story
Text-based detective game about deciding which wartime patients receive treatment
89% positive
112 reviews
Sakura Succubus 5
Anime romance visual novel with succubi and a European princess
93% positive
112 reviews