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
229 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Insurmountable
Mountain-climbing roguelike where weather and scarce resources shape every route
79% positive
983 reviews
懒人修仙传2
Text-based idle RPG about cultivating an immortal through careful loadouts
71% positive
897 reviews
AIR
Choice-driven visual novel about family bonds and multiple endings
98% positive
897 reviews
FAKEBOOK
Point-and-click mystery investigating secrets across a virtual social network
91% positive
863 reviews
hackmud
Text-based multiplayer hacking game with puzzles and player-written scripts
78% positive
847 reviews
Tribal Wars
Persistent medieval PvP strategy built around villages and alliances
71% positive
Free
CaseCracker2
Text-based detective puzzles link clues across separate cases
91% positive
828 reviews
Koishi Navigation Desktop Youkai
Casual desktop pet for chatting with Touhou's Koishi
96% positive
Free
Incremental Adventures
Text-based idle RPG built around automated hero battles and resets
78% positive
Free
Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
Romance visual novel linking three stories to one mystery
88% positive
803 reviews
Rewrite+
Choice-driven visual novel about classmates investigating occult rumors
95% positive
793 reviews
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
Turn-based family strategy across generations of ancient society
54% positive
771 reviews
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Fantasy gamebook adventure where spells and decisions shape your journey
88% positive
762 reviews
9-nine-:NewEpisode
A visual novel following four heroines after their main stories
93% positive
759 reviews
MINDHACK
Dystopian visual novel with typing sequences that rewrite minds
93% positive
749 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Text-based horror RPG where a vampire courier evades hunters
90% positive
743 reviews
Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no
Japanese-inspired fantasy visual novel with comedy and multiple endings
96% positive
719 reviews
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
TV quiz game with escalating questions and a prize ladder
50% positive
708 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
95% positive
694 reviews
OZMAFIA!!
Otome visual novel with mafia rivalries and shifting romances
82% positive
690 reviews
Pro Wrestling Sim
Text-based wrestling management sim built around fantasy booking
97% positive
686 reviews
START AGAIN: a prologue
Turn-based RPG about fighting through a castle in repeating loops
96% positive
681 reviews
Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
Chinese folklore horror game about solving Yichang Town's mysteries
78% positive
651 reviews
Never Second in Rome
Turn-based Roman RPG about training and commanding Caesar's soldiers
81% positive
643 reviews