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.

5,665 titles match. 1,679 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,039 support Japanese, and 1,053 are free.

3,027 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood: Hunt or Be Hunted7/29$11.9972% positive 199rpgindiecasualadventuretext-basedS

A Tale About Flowers: Cyberpunk Detective Visual Novel2/4Free88% positive 17simulationinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickvisual-noveldating-simS

Conor Origins - T Trilogy: Three Visual Novels in One Package2/9Free88% positive 17free-to-playcasualsimulationdating-siminteractive-fictionS

Mr. Kosaka. - Remaster: A Three-Day Visual Novel of Existential Choices1/28$3.9988% positive 17singleplayervisual-noveltext-basedindieadventureS

Bloodquest From HELL: A Fry Cook's Descent into a Grotesque Dimension7/4Free88% positive 17adventurecasualinteractive-fictionpuzzlewalking-simulatorS

File Under Kingdom: Build Your Realm, Shape Your Destiny1/18$9.9988% positive 17simulationcity-builderbuildinginteractive-fictionchoices-matterS

『絵話 -kaiwa-』: A Disturbing Collage Horror Adventure6/7$4.9988% positive 17horroradventuretext-basedrealisticsingleplayerS

Monari Station: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Doubt3/13$2.9988% positive 17visual-noveladventurepsychological-horrorchoose-your-own-adventurehorrorS

Sumy Shelltris - ICEBLOCKS 3: Craft Your Own Tetris Pieces11/26Free88% positive 17casualstrategyarcadeboard-gamepuzzleS

Wild Script: Nature - Survive a Primordial World Gone Mad7/23$4.9988% positive 17adventureperma-deathsandboxroguelitestrategy-rpgS

World War II Armored Recon — North Africa, 19427/3$8.9988% positive 17steamstrategyindierpginteractive-fictionS

Professor of Magical Studies – Master Pattern Magic in an Interactive Novel12/8$8.9984% positive 25rpgchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictioneducationtext-basedS

7th Sea: A Pirate's Pact — Become a Hero of the High Seas12/14$5.9984% positive 25piratesadventureindierpgchoose-your-own-adventureS

Yearning: A Campus Love Simulation Visual Novel8/11Free84% positive 25adventurecasualvisual-noveldating-siminteractive-fictionS

Exquisite Ghorpse Story: Craft Spooky Tales with Friends11/19Free84% positive 25adventureinteractive-fiction2dcutepsychedelicS

Greymarsh: Text-Based RPG Adventure in a Bustling City4/7$7.9984% positive 25choose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionrpgtext-basedmultiple-endingsS

Silent Earth: A Sci-Fi Text Adventure of Space Colony Survival3/5Free84% positive 25interactive-fictiontext-basedsci-fimultiple-endingsfuturisticS

Replikant Chat: AI-Powered 3D Conversation Simulation11/14Free76% positive 76simulationchoices-mattereducationinteractive-fictionimmersive-simS

Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper - A Charming Visual Novel Adventure9/25$4.9972% positive 191choose-your-own-adventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictiondating-sim2dS

Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders - Unraveling a Showa-Era Tragedy4/23$12.9972% positive 187casualinteractive-fictionmysteryvisual-novelpuzzleS

The King's Dilemma: Chronicles - Lead Your Council in a Kingdom of Intrigue1/30$14.9973% positive 141simulationrpgpolitical-siminteractive-fictionstrategy-rpgS

Alice Through the Fey Realm: A Narrative Adventure Quest4/8Free77% positive 61adventurerpginteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickchoose-your-own-adventureS

Gold's Dungeon — Retro Roguelike Text RPG Adventure3/28$3.9992% positive 12rpgtext-basedroguelikedungeon-crawlerlootS

"Buy The Game, I Have a Gun" -Sheesh-Man: An FMV Adventure2/27$9.9992% positive 12choose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickfemale-protagonistfmvS

Coalescence: A Noir Visual Novel of Romance and Terror9/30Free92% positive 12choose-your-own-adventurerpgimmersive-siminteractive-fictionvisual-novelS

Community College Hero: Fun and Games - A Text-Based Superpowered Adventure2/3$4.9992% positive 12adventurerpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS

Datascape: Hack the 1980s Cyberpunk Future10/10Free92% positive 12cyberpunkexplorationhackinginteractive-fictioncapitalismS

Death in the Gulag: A Narrative Journey Through Soviet Labor Camps2/23Free92% positive 12rpgdark-humorinteractive-fictionplatformerwalking-simulatorS

EOS-503: Free Educational RPG for Teacher Training7/17Free92% positive 12educationchoose-your-own-adventurenarrativediplomacytext-basedS

Hidden Tails: A Cozy Visual Novel & Hidden Object Adventure4/9$3.9992% positive 12casualhidden-objectvisual-novelcozyfamily-friendlyS

Keepers of Astraela: A Dark Fantasy Otome Visual Novel9/25$14.9992% positive 12otomeinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonistvisual-noveldark-fantasyS

Log 141: Unravel a Terminal-Based Mystery1/31Free92% positive 12indietext-basedmysterypuzzledifficultS

Midnight Calling: Jeronimo Collector's Edition - Save Your Sister5/7$19.9992% positive 12hidden-objectinteractive-fictionpuzzlepoint-&-clickcasualS

Monologin: A Psychological Horror Visual Novel of Solitude6/19$2.9992% positive 12visual-novelchoose-your-own-adventurepsychological-horrorinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickS

Murder Mystery Mayhem AI: Unravel Secrets in a 1920s Whodunit4/20$9.9992% positive 12detectivemysteryinvestigationinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickS

Pon Para and the Unconquerable Scorpion: A Text-Based Fantasy Epic12/16$8.9992% positive 12adventurerpgindiecasualfantasyS

The Long Awakening: Unravel Your Identity in a Surreal Hotel7/23$1.0092% positive 12interactive-fictionvisual-novelpsychological-horrorphilosophicalindieS

The Specter Chronicles: The False Prophet - A Cyberpunk RPG Adventure2/15Free92% positive 122dcyberpunkcomic-booktext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureS

Yiguan: December - Inn Management, Mystery, and Romance9/25$3.19-20%92% positive 12strategyexplorationrpginteractive-fictionvisual-novelS

Heart of the Forest: Interactive Survival Horror Adventure2/12$12.9971% positive 240fmvchoose-your-own-adventuresurvival-horrorhorroradventureS

Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait - Interactive Horror Narrative6/23Free77% positive 60explorationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelpsychological-horrorstory-richS

Ratings War: Become a Cybernetic News Reporter in Dystopian New Angeles10/2$4.9978% positive 51rpgindiechoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictiontext-basedS

Schastye: A Short, Meditative Journey into a Mechanic's Story8/27$0.9969% positive 489experimentaladventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorS

Meat Madness: Explore a Flesh Planet in PS1 Horror Style11/24Free75% positive 83explorationprecision-platformer3d-platformerinteractive-fictionperma-deathS

The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves: A Visual Novel Adventure2/10$4.9975% positive 83adventureindievisual-novelviolentchoose-your-own-adventureS

Welcome to Moreytown: Survive the Furry Slums5/5$4.9979% positive 43adventureindierpgtext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureS

Seal of Evil: An RPG Adventure Through Ancient China's Warring States1/27$9.9979% positive 43rpgexplorationactioninteractive-fictionfemale-protagonistS

Kingdom of Piss: Punk-Infused Visual Novel Adventure2/14Free76% positive 68visual-novelinteractive-fiction2dparodysurrealS

Game Theory At Christmas: A Spoof on Economic Games10/5$4.9978% positive 49multiplayerinteractive-fictioneducationturn-based-strategycuteS

Viy: Retold Story - Explore 18th Century Malorossia in FMV Adventure12/8$2.39-60%78% positive 49adventurepoint-&-clickinteractive-fictionside-scrollerexplorationS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.