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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MAHOUTEQ!
A visual novel about getting hired as a magical girl
100% positive
1,500 reviews
JudgeSim
Text-based courtroom simulation balancing case verdicts and family finances
84% positive
1,477 reviews
Wolvesville
Online social deduction matches where villagers and werewolves deceive each other
79% positive
Free
cyberpunkdreams
Text-based cyberpunk life sim shaped by choices and daily actions
79% positive
Free
Demo My Child Lebensborn Remastered
Story-driven parenting simulation about raising a child facing postwar prejudice
96% positive
1,417 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,415 reviews
Demo Demons' Timeline
Text-based detective adventure about solving supernatural crimes through social media
97% positive
1,394 reviews
Pixel Sketch
Online drawing contests with themed pixel art and player voting
72% positive
Free
Demo Hookah Haze
Visual novel about mixing hookah flavors and shaping patrons' stories
93% positive
1,373 reviews
The seven days i spent with you
Psychological horror visual novel about captivity with an obsessive girl
94% positive
1,364 reviews
Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE
A branching visual novel set during an island summer vacation
83% positive
1,359 reviews
Money for Girls: Amortized
Horror romance visual novel about a detective tackling family debt
99% positive
1,352 reviews
Demo Ukraine War Stories
Text-based visual novels about civilian survival during Russia's invasion of Ukraine
86% positive
Free
Romance Club - Stories I Play
Romance visual novels where your choices lead to different endings
80% positive
Free
Xiangsheng Simulator
Text-based comedy about playing the supporting role in Chinese xiangsheng
78% positive
1,275 reviews
The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia
A bullet hell typing game where exorcisms are your attacks
85% positive
1,274 reviews
Demo Increlution
Minimalist incremental game about planning each life against time
84% positive
1,274 reviews
The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
A text-based fairy tale where you choose a supernatural godparent
100% positive
Free
墨心：波云诡船
A mystery visual novel aboard a thorn-covered cruise ship
89% positive
1,231 reviews
Demo Schrödinger's Call
A visual novel about unfinished calls at the world's end
95% positive
1,230 reviews
Demo Malware
Point-and-click puzzles about outsmarting deceptive 1999 software installers
88% positive
1,216 reviews
Final Sentence
Typing battle royale where mistakes can get you shot
86% positive
1,196 reviews
Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Non-combat cyberpunk RPG about solving crimes inside virtual worlds
77% positive
1,180 reviews
Demo Sani Yang's Laboratory
Romance visual novel with lab management and a scientific mystery
99% positive
1,178 reviews