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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A Traveler to unknown Thule
A travel visual novel about a dangerous road trip through Iceland
88% positive
Free
Demo 文字遊戯(日本語版)
A word-puzzle adventure where changing text changes the world
92% positive
78 reviews
Town of Dusk
Text-based mystery adventure where your choices can lead to death
88% positive
Free
Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
A visual novel about depression, rejection, and finding hope
91% positive
Free
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Tennis Manager 25
Tennis management game about developing players and coaching matches
68% positive
78 reviews
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Terraforming Titans
Incremental colony builder about reshaping planets through climate simulation
94% positive
78 reviews
Demo Affairs of the Court: Choice of Romance
Text-based fantasy novel about pursuing romance and power at court
78% positive
77 reviews
Trivia Vault: Movie Trivia
A timed movie trivia game with vault codes to crack
73% positive
77 reviews
Silmaris: Dice Kingdom
Turn-based kingdom management with dice rolls and text-based story choices
64% positive
77 reviews
汉字大冒险
A 2D puzzle game built around combining Chinese characters
90% positive
77 reviews
Letters
A free incremental clicker built around earning random letters
55% positive
Free
Glow Box
A sci-fi adventure where you communicate only by flashing light
92% positive
77 reviews
My Dangerous Life
A boys' love visual novel about roommates with dangerous secrets
78% positive
76 reviews
The Sin Collector: Repentless
Text RPG and visual novel about hunting sinners for Heaven
89% positive
76 reviews
It's Hasegawa-san!?
A romance visual novel where your date is a classmate
61% positive
76 reviews
TOBOR
Text-driven surveillance mystery where your choices decide who lives
97% positive
76 reviews
Of Frost and Flowers
Fantasy otome visual novel in a world divided by magic
89% positive
Free
Days With Ollie
Choice-driven visual novel about a reporter covering a zombie idol
70% positive
76 reviews
Snowkissed Romance
Dating sim mixing ski resort romance with daily life management
99% positive
Free
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Elysium
A bartending visual novel where drinks can rewrite reality
95% positive
76 reviews
Laugh Track
Dark comedy visual novel about writing a sitcom under threat
92% positive
Free
Second Thoughts
Text-based psychological horror about choosing who dies with limited information
73% positive
75 reviews
Calculator: The Game
A calculator puzzle game with number manipulation and portals
96% positive
75 reviews
怪話
A supernatural horror visual novel using sound and text effects
95% positive
Free