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.
5,664 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)
50 Minutes 'Til Impact: Trapped in a Space Train Time Loop9/18Free88% positive 34adventureinteractive-fiction2.5dlinearinvestigationS
Agnostic Requiem: Unraveling Faith and Lies in a 2D RPG11/5Free88% positive 34visual-novelrpginteractive-fictiondating-simanimeS
Not For You: A Nonlinear Journey Through a Developer's Mind12/3Free88% positive 34interactive-fictionpsychologicalcasualsingleplayernonlinearS
Whisperstring: 80s Text Adventure of Supernatural Kidnapping1/31Free88% positive 34interactive-fictionvisual-noveltext-basedhorrorpsychological-horrorS
13:ORIGIN - Prologue: Escape the Asylum's Puzzles8/27Free79% positive 216adventurepuzzleinteractive-fictionpuzzle-platformerhidden-objectS
Life of a Mobster: Rule the City or Fade into Shadows3/17$4.9987% positive 39adventurerpgindiechoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
For Stella: An Emotional Interactive Fiction Journey8/27$9.9980% positive 157emotionalromancephilosophicalinteractive-fictioncomic-bookS
Anant Express: A Psychological Horror Journey on a Haunted Indian Train8/7$3.9984% positive 62psychological-horrorwalking-simulatorindiesingleplayerrealisticS
Mexico, 1921: A Deep Slumber - Post-Revolution Narrative Adventure9/13$19.9984% positive 62action-adventureexplorationimmersive-simhidden-objectcollectathonS
Immortal Mantis: Revenge - A Twisted Tale of Serial Killing and Detective Work2/12$2.9985% positive 52hidden-objectrpginteractive-fictionpuzzle2dS
Battle Girls: Mech Pilot Romance and Combat Adventure7/6$9.9982% positive 92choose-your-own-adventuredating-sim2d-fightercasualvisual-novelS
Scourge of the Village: A Psychological Horror Mystery11/22$7.9978% positive 293mysterypsychological-horrorimmersive-simpuzzlesimulationS
A Steak Temple Panic: Asymmetrical Co-op Mini-Game Adventure10/4Free94% positive 17action-adventureco-opsplit-screen2dinteractive-fictionS
Apathy In Our Stars: Explore the Galaxy, Save It (Maybe)1/15Free94% positive 17action-rpginteractive-fictionspacechoices-mattercartoonyS
Kensei — A Branching Narrative Samurai RPG7/12Free94% positive 17choose-your-own-adventureexplorationinteractive-fictionrpgvisual-novelS
Virtual Love Secrets: Forge Your Destiny in a Transformative Visual Novel1/23$4.9994% positive 17visual-noveldating-simpsychological-horrorimmersive-simhidden-objectS
Battle Live! The Idol School Collection: A Story-Rich Visual Novel Experience6/26Free94% positive 17casualsimulationinteractive-fictionvisual-novel2dS
Becoming a Sister: A Cute Dating Sim Adventure1/1$1.9994% positive 17casualrpgdating-simvisual-novelcuteS
Faircroft's Antiques: Uncover Treffenburg's Secrets11/25$9.9994% positive 17hidden-objectcasualpuzzleadventuresingleplayerS
Glaucon Inc.: Uncover Your Past in a Dystopian Text Adventure12/1Free94% positive 17text-baseddystopianshortstory-richcapitalismS
HB Inc.: A Dark Narrative Visual Novel of Corporate Dragons9/5Free94% positive 17casualinteractive-fictionvisual-novelhand-drawnminimalistS
Imperial Academy Rhapsody: A Dating Sim RPG4/30$2.9994% positive 172d-platformervisual-novelinteractive-fictiondating-simrpgS
Lamoneo: Embark on a Spiritual Dream Journey5/24$4.49-50%94% positive 17adventurecasualinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorhidden-objectS
My Dear Frankenstein: A Dark Fantasy Adventure of Rebirth2/26$4.9994% positive 17adventurepoint-&-click2d-platformerhand-drawndark-fantasyS
Sammy Jukes: Twin Lakes - Unravel a Small Town's Dark Secrets9/19$19.9994% positive 17adventuredetectivechoose-your-own-adventurechoices-matterinteractive-fictionS
Sanguine: A 90s-Inspired Survival Horror Experience10/24$12.9994% positive 17survival-horrorindieinventory-managementsingleplayerthird-person-shooterS
Space Diva: Choose Your Own Cosmic Adventure5/28$8.9994% positive 17choose-your-own-adventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonist2dS
Spellbound Hearts: A Vampire's Redemption and a Wizard's Quest1/15$1.6094% positive 17visual-novelromancevampiresdating-siminteractive-fictionS
The Big Number: Breach Firewalls and Grow Your Power2/4$3.9994% positive 17incrementalstrategyidlercasualpuzzleS
The Brothers Karamazov: A Philosophical Visual Novel of Faith and Family8/24$8.9994% positive 17visual-novelpsychologicalstory-richphilosophicaltext-basedS
Time To Live: A 30-Day Simulation of Life and Despair1/25$10.9994% positive 17simulationlife-sim1990'spixel-graphics2dS
cijian appearance: Uncover a Thousand-Year Curse12/31$2.4087% positive 38rpgvisual-novelmultiple-endingshorrorinvestigationS
CAT Interstellar: Recast – Uncover Mars' Past as a Maintenance Bot2/4$4.9987% positive 38adventureinteractive-fictionplatformervisual-novelwalking-simulatorS
Australian Football Coach 2023-24: Lead Your Team to Premiership Glory3/9$19.9987% positive 38sportssimulationmanagement2dtext-basedS
I'll Die If I Don't Date My Fave?!: A Dating Sim with a Deadly Curse5/31$0.9986% positive 442d-platformerinteractive-fictionword-gamevisual-novelrpgS
Medusa's Heart of Stone: A Mythological Romance Adventure3/15Free86% positive 44fantasyadventuremythologyromancedating-simS
Welcome to Qiqu Club: A Modern Chinese Visual Novel Adventure4/27$9.9980% positive 149visual-novelstory-richindieadventureemotionalS
Psy High: Unleash Your Psychic Powers in a Supernatural Teen Mystery12/22$5.9980% positive 149indierpgtext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionS
Scribe: Shape Destinies Through the Written Word10/28$8.9988% positive 33choices-matterstory-richinteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
VERSUS: The Elite Trials - Steal Godlike Powers or Join Them12/16$4.9988% positive 33indieadventurerpgchoices-mattertext-basedS
VSCS-II: Uncover Digital Conspiracy on an '80s OS2/22$9.9991% positive 23simulationstory-richchoose-your-own-adventurepolitical-simhackingS
Kindred [High Tide]: Investigate a Mysterious Seabound Anomaly1/12$4.9991% positive 23detectivemysteryhorrorinvestigationatmosphericS
Ratalorica: Your Actions Power GRATS in This Desktop Companion5/19$4.9991% positive 23desktop-companionindiecasualtypingincrementalS
Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator: Ink Your Sentence in This Narrative Experience4/15$1.9991% positive 23immersive-simstrategypuzzlecrimesurvivalS
The House On Holland Hill: A Short, Mysterious Visual Novel3/1$1.9991% positive 23casualvisual-novelstory-richinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorS
Windy Mystletainn: Subvert Expectations in this Darkly Humorous RPG10/19$0.9991% positive 23multiple-endingsdark-humorrpgstory-richcrimeS
WORDLAND 2: A Puzzle and Crossword Adventure6/3$1.9991% positive 23puzzlelogicword-gamespellingtext-basedS
LakeLady: A Story-Driven Realistic Horror Investigation9/5$7.9981% positive 111psychological-horrorinteractive-fictionstory-richrpghorrorS
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three - Supernatural Carnival and Vampire Secrets4/6$11.9980% positive 143adventurecasualrpgvampiresinteractive-fictionSShowing 1451-1500 of 3027 items
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