Interactive Fiction PC Games | Text-Driven Titles Ranked
These games build a world almost entirely from text. In some, the character you become is shaped by the choices you accumulate; some carry the old command-parser form into the present; others make the presentation of text itself the trick. What they share is that you set the reading pace. Japanese-language titles are few, but the English ones tend to use plain prose, within reach of a reader with a dictionary. PRODUCER 2021 and Purrfect Apawcalypse, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
5,662 titles match. 1,679 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,038 support Japanese, and 1,053 are free.
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3,027 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Lowmoor Idle RPG: An Adventurer's Chronicle - Your Legend Unfolds8/7Free83% positive 107idlerincrementalrpgtext-basedfree-to-playS
Heroes Rise: The Prodigy - Become a Powered Celebrity Hero6/17$4.9979% positive 403rpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedindiesuperheroS
Drinks With Abbey: A First Date Visual Novel12/25Free79% positive 399dating-siminteractive-fictionvisual-noveldialogue-heavyromanceS
QuantumPulse 2A: Optimize Radio-Based Programming Puzzles8/25$11.9990% positive 31programmingpuzzlelogicdifficultsimulationS
Belle-de-Nuit: Swordplay and Seduction in a Parisian Brothel6/17$4.9990% positive 31rpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventureemotionaltext-basedS
Deadly Obsession: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Twisted Love6/26Free90% positive 31visual-novelpsychological-horrorpsychologicalchoices-matterdating-simS
Fool!: Rise from Jester to Royal Favorite in a Text-Based Adventure5/23$7.9990% positive 31adventureindierpgtext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureS
Walk this road, again: A Teacher's Past Haunts Present9/22Free90% positive 31visual-novelfree-to-playindierealistictext-basedS
＜/reality＞: Questioning Reality in a Virtual World4/18$11.9988% positive 41vrindievisual-noveladventurefemale-protagonistS
The Divine Deception — Unravel a Conspiracy in Panthea12/3$14.9988% positive 41visual-novelgamblingpoliticalinteractive-fictioninvestigationS
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG - Forge Your Cyber Syndicate3/18Free80% positive 256casualidlerrpghackingmmorpgS
Hazeron Starship: Explore, Colonize, and Build Your Galactic Empire12/1$19.9983% positive 104explorationfpsimmersive-simflightcity-builderS
Guidelicious: Interactive Visual Novel with Voice Acting9/8Free86% positive 56singleplayervisual-novelinteractive-fictiondialogue-heavymysteryS
My Douchey Boss Has a Gentle Twin Brother?! - A BL Visual Novel11/16Free86% positive 56simulationdating-simvisual-novelanimelgbtq+S
Prove You Can Win: Master Logic and Deduction1/4$4.9986% positive 56puzzlelogictext-basedminimalistsingleplayerS
BETWEEN: A Journey Through Death and Memory4/29Free92% positive 24free-to-playtypingexplorationperma-deathcinematicS
Hunter: The Reckoning – Day For Night: Interactive Novel of Hollywood Monsters9/17$14.9992% positive 24actioncasualrpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventureS
Yi Jing 101: An Educational Journey into the I Ching9/8$2.9992% positive 24casualeducationsoftwarechoices-mattertext-basedS
Community College Hero 2: Knowledge is Power - A Text-Based Superhero RPG5/17$5.9989% positive 35indieadventurerpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
Bite-Sized Scares: A Free Indie Horror Collection3/26Free85% positive 67adventurecasualinteractive-fictionpuzzleshooterS
Midnight Cycle in Muxi Town: A Psychological Horror Puzzle Adventure5/16$0.49-51%85% positive 67pixel-graphicspsychological-horrormultiple-endingsexplorationsingleplayerS
The Empathy Algorithm: Questioning Humanity in a Cyberpunk VN2/13Free87% positive 47visual-novelcyberpunkphilosophicalchoices-matterfemale-protagonistS
Between Time: Escape Room - A Thrilling Time-Traveling Puzzle Adventure9/15$9.9979% positive 363escape-roompuzzleadventuresingleplayerhidden-objectS
Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant: Forge Your Roman Legacy5/16$9.9980% positive 241romelife-simhistoricalsimulationeducationS
Midnight Saturn: A Sci-Fi Detective Point & Click Adventure5/5$9.9988% positive 40adventurepixel-graphicspoint-&-clickdetectiveexplorationS
Silazi Princess: A Royal Exile's Wishful Journey9/16$9.9979% positive 358rpgadventuredating-simfirst-personfemale-protagonistS
Sakura Forest Girls 2: A Journey to Find a Lost Friend7/26$9.9985% positive 65visual-novelanimesimulation2dtext-basedS
The Soul Stone War 2: Forge Your Legend in a World of Gods and Choices1/13$7.9990% positive 30rpgchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictioncharacter-customizationtext-basedS
Not Anyone's Business But My Own: A Fairy Tale Adventure3/7Free90% positive 30explorationhidden-objectpixel-graphicsinteractive-fictionstory-richS
Melon Dusk: Third-Person Shooter on Mars4/15$1.9990% positive 30early-accesschoose-your-own-adventurelooter-shooterarena-shooterthird-person-shooterS
Impersonal: Explore Light, Relationships, and Choices in a Colorful Maze9/25Free90% positive 30casualinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickpuzzleexplorationS
An Assassin in Orlandes: A Text-Based Conspiracy Adventure5/13$4.9983% positive 98adventurerpgindiechoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
IN THE BUILDING: CATS 2 - Find Adorable Felines in Cozy Homes12/19$1.9984% positive 77side-scrollerexplorationincrementalhidden-objectcreature-collectorS
Agastache Rugosa: A Choice-Driven Otome Fantasy RPG10/28Free100% positive 11rpgotomefemale-protagonistinteractive-fictiondating-simS
Cold Verdict 2: Trapped in the Bunker - A Gritty Interactive Thriller9/8$2.99100% positive 11interactive-fictionvisual-novelcrimethrillerfemale-protagonistS
Changeling Charade: A Supernatural Romance Adventure2/9$7.99100% positive 11rpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedfirst-personemotionalS
A Potion For Chamomile: A Whimsical Witchy Adventure10/21$1.99100% positive 11simulationadventureinteractive-fictionvisual-novel2dS
Universe Has No Favorites: A Sci-Fi Interactive Fiction Adventure11/11$1.99100% positive 11point-&-clickadventurestory-richexplorationvisual-novelS
Arthur's Camping Adventure: Wilderness Rescue & Interactive Fun3/14$9.99100% positive 11family-friendlysingleplayereducationcasualinteractive-fictionS
Chang'an Transfer Student: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel Adventure9/25$3.55-11%100% positive 11visual-novelcasualadventuredating-simsci-fiS
幻境咖啡馆-Dreamland coffee: A New Fantasy Cafe Adventure1/17$6.99100% positive 11adventurerpgcasualinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Family Dinner: Navigate Awkward Relatives and Resolve Drama11/20$1.99100% positive 11adventurecasualpixel-graphicsinteractive-fictiontop-downS
Halloween On Goober Street: A First-Person Horror-Comedy Trick-or-Treat Adventure10/21Free100% positive 11comedyhorrordark-humorfunnystory-richS
Heromantic: A Superhero Visual Novel of Choice and Consequence5/14$6.99100% positive 11visual-novelsuperherofemale-protagonistchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionS
Human Multiplayer Game: Test Your Cooperation Skills9/22$2.99100% positive 11puzzleasynchronous-multiplayerinteractive-fiction2dtext-basedS
KAKURENBO: Hide and Seek - A Chilling 2.5D Hand-Drawn Horror Adventure6/19$1.99100% positive 11horrorexplorationfirst-personmultiple-endingshidden-objectS
RAIN;CHECK: A Short, Stylized Visual Novel Adventure5/25$1.99100% positive 11adventureinteractive-fictionvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventureabstractS
ReTox: A Psychedelic Interactive Fiction Journey11/10$16.20100% positive 11interactive-fictionpsychedelicstory-richtext-basedaliensS
Rusts Of Corruption: A Philosophical Point & Click Adventure10/25Free100% positive 11explorationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelpoint-&-clickwalking-simulatorSShowing 1351-1400 of 3027 items
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