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.
1,297 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
Demo A Legionary's Life
Text-based Roman soldier RPG with turn-based combat and permadeath
85% positive
2,573 reviews
It gets so lonely here
A horror visual novel about women whose love turns deadly
94% positive
Free
xiuzhen idle
Text-based cultivation idle RPG about managing growth across repeated lives
78% positive
2,464 reviews
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Text-heavy sci-fi RPG about dice rolls and risky contracts
91% positive
2,439 reviews
The Death Game Report
Text-based mystery about reconstructing deaths from victims' final records
96% positive
2,428 reviews
The Monster Inside
A noir visual novel about a detective investigating supernatural crimes
88% positive
Free
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Vampire visual novel about faction politics in modern New York
75% positive
2,373 reviews
Ye Guild Clerk!
A fantasy job simulator where your decisions shape adventurers' fates
99% positive
Free
Scratch Inc.
An idle incremental game built around scratch cards and automation
91% positive
Free
Knights College
A fantasy visual novel where cards guide conversations and relationships
97% positive
2,340 reviews
我来自江湖 From Jianghu
Text-based martial arts RPG about building and leading a sect
79% positive
2,310 reviews
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION
Party-based RPG with turn-based battles across two parallel worlds
60% positive
2,308 reviews
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse
Supernatural mystery visual novel about mermaid legends and island curses
94% positive
2,305 reviews
Idling to Rule the Gods
Text-based idle strategy about clones, rebirths, pets, and gods
84% positive
Free
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Sci-fi noir detective adventure with branching choices and multiple endings
91% positive
2,274 reviews
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Text-based RPG about growing up under a rigid class system
96% positive
Free
恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
Choice-driven romance visual novel about an investigation and strange forces
94% positive
2,212 reviews
Durka Simulator
A visual novel about medical professionals invading from another dimension
94% positive
Free
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Historical fantasy romance visual novel with branching samurai stories
92% positive
2,139 reviews
AI
Nothing Together
A minimalist multiplayer idler where taking action means losing
94% positive
Free
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
95% positive
2,112 reviews
q.u.q.
A surreal visual novel about a girl dragging a giant gun
94% positive
2,094 reviews
Demo AI
MEMOLOGY: GOYDA
A meme trivia quiz styled after a standardized school exam
94% positive
2,093 reviews
Demo The Message from Deep Space
A science-based puzzle game about learning to communicate with aliens
96% positive
2,085 reviews