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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Tomb of the Bloodletter
Word-based dungeon crawler where letter order shapes your spells
87% positive
104 reviews
Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
Lovecraftian visual novel where dice rolls decide critical outcomes
71% positive
103 reviews
NYO-NIN-JIMA -My New Life in Charge of a Tropical Island-
A romance visual novel about starting over on a tropical island
85% positive
103 reviews
Demo Pendragon Rising
Text-based Arthurian RPG about leading armies and claiming the throne
79% positive
102 reviews
Demo The Dawn is Inevitable
A nonlinear interactive novel where choices lead to different endings
90% positive
102 reviews
Demo maboroshi caravan
An idle desert simulation where your caravan chooses its destinations
92% positive
102 reviews
Autumn Spirit
A romance visual novel about a woman and a ghost
94% positive
Free
Demo Au Revoir
A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure about recovering consciousness for new bodies
94% positive
102 reviews
Demo AI
Spiritual Bond ～Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates～
A horror visual novel about breaking curses with word cards
83% positive
102 reviews
Ishmael
Short interactive fiction about displacement and violence through a child's eyes
56% positive
Free
Demo Andromeda Six
Science-fiction visual novel about lost memories and a crew of outcasts
96% positive
101 reviews
Into the Waves
A seaside visual novel about a barkeeper and his curse
92% positive
Free
Kare wa Kanojo
A school romance visual novel centered on a classmate's secret
83% positive
Free
Drops of Death
Murder mystery dating sim with a randomly selected killer
92% positive
100 reviews
The List
Nonlinear detective mystery built around keyword searches through police interviews
81% positive
100 reviews
PIGBLUE
Text-based mystery adventure about escaping a town full of secrets
91% positive
Free
Winter Polaris
A two-story visual novel about immortality and an island mystery
94% positive
99 reviews
Move Code Lines
A programming puzzle game about putting code lines in order
82% positive
99 reviews
Demo Welcome to the Sharehouse! ~ domestic life with three cute girls~
Romantic visual novel about sharing a home with three women
99% positive
99 reviews
Demo Service with a Shotgun
A visual novel mixing retail conversations with first-person zombie shooting
94% positive
99 reviews
妹調教日記
A text-based RPG with romance, dating simulation, and multiple endings
69% positive
99 reviews
Demo The Bird of the North
A deduction game about reconstructing conversations across visions of the past
96% positive
99 reviews
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 2
Timed trivia quizzes with higher cash rewards for faster answers
64% positive
98 reviews
Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe
A video game quiz where faster answers earn more cash
60% positive
98 reviews