Text-based Games for PC

Alabaster

June 5, 2009

Adventure, Text, Fantasy, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Sun Dogs

October 29, 2015

Indie, Adventure, Text, Sci-Fi, Text-based

User Rating: 60 | 0 User Ratings

The Citadel

August 5, 2020

Indie, Action, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Intrude

August 1, 2016

Indie, Retro, Shooter, Anime, Action

User Rating: 80 | 0 User Ratings

Replica

July 11, 2016

Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Mystery, Text-based

User Rating: 71 | 12 User Ratings

One Night Stand

October 20, 2016

Indie, Adult, Adventure, Dating, Mystery

User Rating: 70 | 12 User Ratings

To Be or Not to Be

February 4, 2015

Indie, RPG, Adventure, Educational, Text

User Rating: 80 | 1 User Ratings

Loco Motive

December 31, 2023

Indie, Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure, Trains

User Rating: N/A

Paradise Island

December 1, 2015

Indie, MMO, Virtual Reality, Adventure, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Shrapnel

February 12, 2000

Horror, Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Needy Streamer Overload

January 21, 2022

Horror, Girl, Angel, Indie, RPG

User Rating: 80 | 8 User Ratings

Fail-Safe

December 31, 2000

Adventure, Text, Sci-Fi, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Crystal City

June 9, 2017

Indie, Anime, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Text-based

User Rating: 60 | 2 User Ratings

Upheaval

October 3, 2022

Indie, RPG, Open World, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A

Sub Rosa

March 25, 2021

Indie, Shooter, Multiplayer, Racing, Gun

User Rating: 60 | 0 User Ratings

Grav

January 8, 2015

Survival, Indie, Shooter, Multiplayer, RPG

User Rating: 55 | 6 User Ratings

Aotearoa

October 1, 2010

Kids, Adventure, Text, Fantasy, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Behold!

October 26, 2016

Indie, Action, Text-based, Text Adventure, Singleplayer

User Rating: 50 | 0 User Ratings

Savoir-Faire

April 1, 2002

Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Ollie Ollie Oxen Free

September 29, 2013

Adventure, Text, Text-based, Warfare, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Higurashi: When They Cry

December 5, 2009

Horror, Twins, Anime, Murder Mystery, Adventure

User Rating: 90 | 24 User Ratings

Sym

May 7, 2015

Horror, Indie, Puzzle, Platformer, Text-based

User Rating: 70 | 0 User Ratings

Hatoful Boyfriend

February 15, 2012

Laptop, Ps4, Table, Indie, Steam

User Rating: 66 | 38 User Ratings

Everybody Dies

October 1, 2008

Adventure, Text-based, Text Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer

User Rating: N/A

Out There

April 2, 2015

Indie, RPG, Strategy, Adventure, Roguelike

User Rating: 76 | 12 User Ratings

The Note

July 23, 2015

Horror, Indie, Adventure, Mystery, Text-based

User Rating: 30 | 1 User Ratings

Final Exam

November 5, 2013

Horror, Steam, Indie, Shooter, Multiplayer

User Rating: 60 | 3 User Ratings

Xbox

Don't Give Up on Me!

August 17, 2022

Anime, Gay, Visual Novel, Romance, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

9:05

January 3, 2000

Indie, Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Sara is Missing

October 23, 2016

Horror, Simulation, Adventure, Mystery, FMV

User Rating: N/A

Cultist Simulator

May 31, 2018

Horror, Indie, Addictive, RPG, Simulation

User Rating: 70 | 35 User Ratings

Sweet fantasy

April 4, 2017

Indie, Anime, Adventure, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: 50 | 0 User Ratings

Beyond the Veil

April 19, 2019

Survival, Indie, RPG, Adventure, Action

User Rating: N/A

Coloratura

September 29, 2013

Indie, Adventure, Text, Sci-Fi, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Stories Untold

February 27, 2017

Videotape, Switch, Keyboard, Horror, Computer

User Rating: 79 | 67 User Ratings

Endless, Nameless

April 19, 2012

Adventure, Text, Fantasy, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Kansei

July 11, 2011

Indie, Anime, Murder Mystery, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A

Emily is Away

November 20, 2015

Indie, Retro, Simulation, Adventure, Dating

User Rating: 67 | 109 User Ratings

Club Life

April 13, 2016

Indie, Steam, Anime, Adventure, Casual

User Rating: 70 | 0 User Ratings

Rameses

November 22, 2000

Text, Text-based, Text Adventure, Drama, Interactive Fiction

User Rating: N/A

Lifesigns

February 11, 2021

Indie, Realistic, Visual Novel, Text-based, Narration

User Rating: N/A

Cold Iron

October 1, 2011

Indie, Puzzle, Adventure, Text, Fantasy

User Rating: N/A

Buddy Simulator 1984

February 18, 2021

Horror, Arcade, Indie, Retro, RPG

User Rating: 70 | 8 User Ratings

You Don't Know Jack

February 8, 2011

Free To Play, Multiplayer, Party, Trivia, Strategy

User Rating: 82 | 5 User Ratings

Xbox

Space Bear

March 5, 2020

Free To Play, Indie, Adventure, Text-based, Singleplayer

User Rating: N/A

Murasame

April 3, 2022

Indie, RPG, Anime, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A

Bitburner

December 10, 2021

Puzzle, Simulation, Hacking, Idler, Text

User Rating: N/A

Damnatio Memoriae

March 1, 2006

Adventure, Text, Historical, Fantasy, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Spaceplan

May 3, 2017

Indie, Steam, Simulation, Clicker, Adventure

User Rating: 78 | 8 User Ratings

Mama Possum

December 2, 2017

Indie, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Ignite

September 5, 2011

Steam, Multiplayer, Racing, Simulation, Dating

User Rating: 50 | 1 User Ratings

Last Message

June 26, 2021

Horror, Indie, Zombies, Adventure, Action

User Rating: N/A

Words for Evil

December 11, 2014

Indie, Puzzle, RPG, Adventure, Action

User Rating: 60 | 0 User Ratings

Discouraged Workers

September 16, 2015

Indie, Anime, Adventure, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: 40 | 0 User Ratings

The Watson-Scott Test

October 19, 2018

Horror, Indie, Psychological Horror, Text-based, Violent

User Rating: 67 | 43 User Ratings

Berrywitched

March 18, 2022

Horror, Indie, Anime, Text, Murder

User Rating: N/A

Code 7

August 11, 2017

Horror, Indie, Puzzle, Hacking, Adventure

User Rating: 70 | 0 User Ratings

Arvale

August 15, 2015

Indie, RPG, Adventure, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: 50 | 0 User Ratings

Blue Chairs

October 1, 2004

Indie, Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Depression Quest

August 11, 2014

Steam, Indie, Love, Adventure, Text

User Rating: 25 | 14 User Ratings

The Herbalist

November 15, 2016

Indie, Steam, Puzzle, Anime, Fantasy

User Rating: 70 | 0 User Ratings

Bad End

November 25, 2015

Horror, Indie, Steam, Anime, Adventure

User Rating: 80 | 1 User Ratings

Earth and Sky

December 31, 2001

Adventure, Action, Text, Super Hero, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

80 Days

September 28, 2015

Indie, RPG, Dice, Strategy, Unity Engine

User Rating: 78 | 41 User Ratings

Space Frog!

September 30, 2020

Kids, Indie, Adventure, Text, Frog

User Rating: N/A

The Underground Man

September 1, 2016

Indie, Retro, Steam, Role Playing, Adventure

User Rating: 50 | 0 User Ratings

Edge of Reality

July 16, 2020

Indie, Anime, Adventure, Casual, Visual Novel

User Rating: N/A

A Lose Hero in the Castle of the Succubi

October 7, 2021

Magic, Adventure, Fantasy, Isometric, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Ozmafia!!

April 29, 2016

Anime, Adventure, Otome, Text, Fantasy

User Rating: 80 | 4 User Ratings

Heaven Will Be Mine

July 25, 2018

Indie, RPG, Adventure, Text, Visual Novel

User Rating: 80 | 1 User Ratings

Liberal Crime Squad

December 31, 2002

Gun, Role Playing, Strategy, Squad, Leveling Up

User Rating: N/A

Never Forget Me

January 10, 2017

Adventure, Dating, Otome, Kiss, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Lucid

July 19, 2011

Indie, Steam, Puzzles, Puzzle, Anime

User Rating: 60 | 2 User Ratings

Nubla

September 4, 2019

Indie, Puzzle, Puzzles, Adventure, Action

User Rating: N/A

RoboWars

October 24, 2014

Computer, Indie, Steam, Role Playing, The Mafia

User Rating: N/A

Hack Time

July 18, 2017

Simulation, Strategy, Hacking, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A

Snow Light

September 5, 2014

Indie, Adventure, Action, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Sam & Max: Save the World

July 18, 2007

Steam, Gun, The Mafia, Phone, Camera

User Rating: 74 | 38 User Ratings

Xbox

The Last Weekend

March 3, 2017

Indie, Adventure, Visual Novel, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Emily Is Away Too

May 26, 2017

Indie, RPG, Simulation, Adventure, Text

User Rating: 78 | 42 User Ratings

Choice of the Dragon

January 1, 2010

Indie, Steam, RPG, Wizard, Role Playing

User Rating: N/A

Zozzled

January 1, 2019

Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure, Interactive Fiction

User Rating: N/A

Pilgrimage

July 20, 2018

Indie, Text-based, Text Adventure, Singleplayer

User Rating: N/A

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

October 21, 2022

Survival, Indie, Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy

User Rating: N/A

Daydream

December 25, 2018

Indie, Strategy, Action, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Arcadie: Second-Born

December 9, 2022

War, Indie, RPG, Text, Fantasy

User Rating: N/A

Hackmud

September 22, 2016

Online, Indie, Puzzle, Multiplayer, RPG

User Rating: 80 | 1 User Ratings

Bigger Than You Think

December 25, 2012

Text-based, Text Adventure, Interactive Fiction

User Rating: N/A

Choice of Robots

December 19, 2014

Indie, RPG, Adventure, Robots, Text

User Rating: 97 | 7 User Ratings

Violet

October 1, 2008

Simulation, Adventure, Text, Romance, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Jisei

June 8, 2010

Twins, Indie, Anime, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A

StreamFest

March 1, 2022

Funny, Indie, Party, Simulation, Sandbox

User Rating: N/A

Three-Card Trick

April 6, 2016

Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure, Interactive Fiction

User Rating: N/A

Subsurface Circular

August 17, 2017

Indie, Steam, Puzzle, Puzzles, Adventure

User Rating: 71 | 21 User Ratings

Aquadine

February 12, 2021

Simulation, Anime, Adventure, Fantasy, Casual

User Rating: N/A

Hack Run

June 17, 2015

Puzzle, Simulation, Guessing, Strategy, Hacking

User Rating: 80 | 2 User Ratings

[Siberia]

October 20, 2019

Survival, Retro, Adventure, Text, Text-based

User Rating: N/A

Take

October 1, 2016

Indie, Adventure, Text, Text-based, Text Adventure

User Rating: N/A

Yousei

February 1, 2013

Indie, Anime, Murder Mystery, Adventure, Text

User Rating: N/A