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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Sepia Tears
Romance visual novel where buried memories complicate a relationship
88% positive
Free
目盲/Blind
A romance visual novel blending urban legends with mild horror
86% positive
996 reviews
Demo Golden Treasure: The Great Green
Choice-driven dragon RPG about surviving childhood in Bronze Age Earth
96% positive
993 reviews
PROXIMATE
Narrative horror with a visor you cannot fully trust
93% positive
993 reviews
Demo ghostpia Season One
A linear visual novel about immortals in a snowbound town
93% positive
987 reviews
Insurmountable
Mountain-climbing roguelike where weather and scarce resources shape every route
79% positive
983 reviews
AI
Garisani Detective Agency
Two-player deduction game where partners uncover different pieces of evidence
80% positive
Free
A=B
Programming puzzles that turn simple text replacements into complex calculations
94% positive
968 reviews
Demo Stone Story RPG
ASCII auto-RPG with gear swaps, boss fights, and scripting
91% positive
961 reviews
HOPE LEFT ME
A visual novel about existence amid endless snow and night
96% positive
956 reviews
Tribal Wars
Persistent medieval PvP strategy built around villages and alliances
72% positive
Free
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Chinese horror puzzle adventure shaped by Zangling Village’s marriage warning
92% positive
924 reviews
Koishi Navigation Desktop Youkai
Casual desktop pet for chatting with Touhou's Koishi
96% positive
Free
Demo 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
Romance visual novel about escaping deadly dreams with three companions
86% positive
922 reviews
Demo Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi)
A visual novel about island romance and Okinawan folklore
96% positive
920 reviews
Help Me Remember, Satori-sama!
A deduction quiz where a forgetful visitor gives unreliable clues
91% positive
911 reviews
U-ena -Far fireworks-
A school-life visual novel about a mysterious fireworks-like sky event
93% positive
Free
懒人修仙传2
Text-based idle RPG about cultivating an immortal through careful loadouts
70% positive
906 reviews
Momotype
A psychological horror visual novel about caring for a virtual pet
97% positive
Free
The Night Fisherman
A visual novel about a fisherman questioned by an armed stranger
83% positive
Free
Incremental Adventures
Text-based idle RPG built around automated hero battles and resets
78% positive
Free
Demo Hira Hira Hihiru
A visual novel about caring for people who return from death
99% positive
877 reviews
Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
Turn-based dungeon crawling with characters built from possessed corpses
83% positive
Free
Monster Loves You!
A choice-driven life simulation about growing up as a monster
78% positive
867 reviews