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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Destinies
Digital companion for a competitive, story-driven dark fantasy board game
72% positive
Free
green ogre gives you terrible life advice and dies
A visual novel about paying an ogre for questionable advice
97% positive
88 reviews
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The Kuon Island Nursery Rhyme Murders: Case Notes
A mystery visual novel built around locked-room murders
59% positive
88 reviews
Trivia Vault: Technology Trivia Deluxe
Technology trivia with vault codes to crack against the clock
67% positive
87 reviews
Trivia Vault: Business Trivia
Business trivia where correct answers crack vaults for bonus cash
68% positive
87 reviews
Demo The Fog Knows Your Name
Text-based teen horror about a classmate's death and lethal fog
85% positive
87 reviews
After You
A first-person puzzle adventure with no hints or tutorials
70% positive
87 reviews
Shut your teeth
A dark visual novel about Russian travelers and Thai folklore
91% positive
Free
*NEW* SCUFFED EPIC VISUAL NOVEL
A free visual novel following a bean outside his game
89% positive
Free
Echoes
A folklore-based visual novel about memories of the dead
82% positive
87 reviews
Crown Delights Deli
A visual novel about code-switching behind a Brooklyn bodega counter
80% positive
Free
巧|合/co|incidence
Science-fiction visual novel with surreal horror and a fixed romance
86% positive
Free
Demo Radiotext
Terminal-based text adventure with branching conversations across a forgotten radio network
97% positive
87 reviews
The Ice Cream Culprit
A comedy visual novel about your girlfriend's missing ice cream
98% positive
Free
Demo Fatehaven
Text-based fantasy adventure with elemental magic and romantic choices
74% positive
86 reviews
Trivia Vault Olympics Trivia
Timed Olympics trivia where correct answers unlock a virtual vault
69% positive
86 reviews
Trivia Vault: Boxing Trivia
Single-player boxing trivia with timed questions and vaults to crack
71% positive
86 reviews
Trivia Vault: Soccer Trivia
Timed soccer trivia with cash rewards for quick answers
65% positive
86 reviews
Demo World Empire 2027
Turn-based grand strategy about rebuilding a nation and conquering rivals
71% positive
86 reviews
翎之歌
Dark visual novel about surviving as the world's last human
90% positive
86 reviews
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Mr. Billion: Idle Rich Tycoon
Idle life simulation about working your way from homelessness to wealth
57% positive
86 reviews
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HARMONIC REFLECTIONS
Romance visual novel about a boy who cannot hear the piano
90% positive
86 reviews
Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love
A romantic comedy visual novel about staying with childhood friends
93% positive
86 reviews
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16 Personalities Simulator
A casual personality quiz game with friend-based memory challenges
87% positive
Free