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)
Next is You: An Immersive Adventure RPG11/19$7.9968% positive 175adventurerpginteractive-fictioneducationcasualS
Destinies: Your Digital Companion for Dark Fantasy Adventures6/9Free71% positive 87adventurerpgboard-gameinteractive-fictiontabletopS
Bible Trivia: Fun Faith-Based Challenges for Everyone12/13Free76% positive 38casualtriviapvptext-basedchoices-matterS
Idle Adventure: Text-Based RPG with Deep Class Combinations4/13Free65% positive 444free-to-playrpgadventureindieearly-accessS
Blood Bay: Card History — A Dragon-Slaying Card Game Adventure12/14$5.9983% positive 18adventurerpgcolorfulatmosphericcasualS
The Secret Story: A Choice-Driven Horror Experience2/12$0.9983% positive 18horrorepisodicadventuremultiple-endingsstory-richS
EmyLiveShow: How To Write A Bestseller - Become a Literary Muse2/21$8.9983% positive 18singleplayercasualadventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictionS
Mist Time: A Detective's Puzzle-Solving Journey3/4$9.9983% positive 18interactive-fictionvisual-novelpuzzledetectivecrimeS
PRISON OF SON: Escape Eternal Judgment in a Text-Based Cosmic Tower1/30Free83% positive 18free-to-playindieactionadventuretext-basedS
Silhouettes: A Psychedelic Crime and Fantasy Horror Visual Novel6/22$0.9983% positive 18casualadventureinteractive-fiction2dfirst-personS
The Elysian Field: An Emotional Journey Through a Soldier's Final Moments8/6Free83% positive 18adventurecasualatmosphericwalking-simulatoremotionalS
Willage: A Surreal Journey of Grape Picking and Unforeseen Consequences11/16$6.9983% positive 18surrealexplorationvisual-novelinteractive-fictionaction-adventureS
Wudao (Trial): Explore the Ming Dynasty in an Interactive RPG2/11Free83% positive 18rpginteractive-fictionword-game3d-platformerexplorationS
CATharsis: A Feline Adventure in a Modern Visual Novel3/11$2.9986% positive 14visual-novelindiecasualtext-basedanimeS
Hypnosis Reveries: An Abstract VR Journey of Growth5/20$9.9986% positive 14vrfirst-personabstractminimalistphilosophicalS
Colours of Courage: A Story-Driven Life Sim with Positive Psychology3/30Free86% positive 14rpgcity-builderinteractive-fictionlife-simtriviaS
Creature Pedia: Become a Monster Detective at Magic Academy5/6Free86% positive 14exploration2d-platformerpuzzle-platformerrpginteractive-fictionS
Dating App Simulator: Swipe Right on Romance9/1$5.9986% positive 14dating-simcozyromanceincrementalmanagementS
Project Search: Explore Spectral Landscapes in a Sci-Fi Visual Novel11/16Free86% positive 14rpgmystery-dungeonvisual-novel3disometricS
Good Lord! Everyone at the Reunion For My Religious All-Girls School Is a Trans Man... And They're Hot?!5/21Free72% positive 68lgbtq+interactive-fictiondialogue-heavycozysimulationS
Let Me Dominate You: A Free-to-Play RPG Visual Novel2/11Free65% positive 413rpginteractive-fictionvisual-novelfemale-protagonistsingleplayerS
Hypno-Mart: A Rude Employee's Story4/25$14.9976% positive 37adventurevisual-novel2dtext-basedromanceS
LA Monsters: Survive a Brain-Altering TV Signal in This Interactive Novel10/29Free76% positive 37casualhorrorsurvival-horrorexperimentalstory-richS
The Deathmind: A Psychological Horror Adventure Through a Fractured Psyche8/8$2.9976% positive 37adventurepuzzlefpsfirst-personrealisticS
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Test Your Knowledge in This Humorous Quiz Game8/23$29.9967% positive 194spellingeducationtriviapvp3dS
Alcyone: The Last City – A Post-Apocalyptic Interactive Narrative4/2$14.9981% positive 21choose-your-own-adventureexplorationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelrpgS
Korean War Memorial: A Virtual Journey Through Forgotten History1/4Free81% positive 21militaryhistoricalcombatadventuresoftwareS
Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire - Build Your Whiskey Dynasty in 1920s NYC9/26$5.9981% positive 21interactive-fictionrpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedcharacter-customizationS
Dynasty: Rule and Deceive in a Roguelike Social Deduction Game2/1Free81% positive 21interactive-fictionroguelikeroguelite2dminimalistS
Carrion Fields: Hardcore Text-Based MMORPG Legacy7/9Free72% positive 64rpgtext-basedmassively-multiplayerpvptypingS
Days With Ollie: Your Kureiji Zombie Idol Adventure4/22$6.9971% positive 75choose-your-own-adventurevisual-novel2dcuteadventureS
The Soul Stone War: Forge Your Destiny in a Text-Based Fantasy Epic3/5$7.9969% positive 111rpgindiecasualadventurechoose-your-own-adventureS
looK INside - Chapter 2: Uncover a Family's History9/19$6.9969% positive 111point-&-clickpuzzleinteractive-fictionhand-drawncasualS
Silk Roads: Caravan Kings - Forge Your Path to Cathay10/1Free74% positive 46interactive-fictiontradingchoose-your-own-adventuremedievallife-simS
Re;quartz零度: A Suspenseful BL Adventure in a Time Loop8/12$34.9975% positive 40singleplayeradventurevisual-noveldating-sim2d-platformerS
Do Animals Dream?: A Cute Island Adventure with a Dark Secret6/15$7.9970% positive 88casualvisual-novelinteractive-fictionthird-personcuteS
Love in the Distance: Relive the Dawn of Online Dating2/5$2.4965% positive 335indieword-gamedating-simmultiple-endingsstory-richS
Beginning of the Rain: A Korean Visual Novel About Student Life12/24$1.9977% positive 31casualsimulationdating-siminteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Catacombs of the Undercity: A Text-Based RPG Adventure1/19$4.9977% positive 31rpgadventureindiechoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
Not It: Spookiest Edition - Survive a Halloween Curse10/12$6.9977% positive 31visual-novelhorrorchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonistS
Unsupervised: Become a Teenage Superhero Sidekick6/13$7.9971% positive 72superheroadventurerpgtext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureS
Hollywood Mogul 4: Build Your Empire in Text-Based Strategy4/23$19.9973% positive 52simulationtext-basedmanagementcapitalismturn-based-strategyS
A Risen Heart: Romance, Drag Queens, and Queer Connections8/7$0.9990% positive 10choose-your-own-adventureimmersive-simdesign-&-illustrationinteractive-fictionvisual-novelS
Paper Depths: Survive the Bureaucratic Nightmare5/30Free90% positive 10explorationtime-managementmystery-dungeonhidden-objectinteractive-fictionS
Ashes: A Teen Skater's Fight for Truth in Rural Australia5/7$3.9990% positive 10story-richadventurevisual-novelinteractive-fictionfemale-protagonistS
Before The Haunting: A Psychological Horror Interactive Fiction2/13Free90% positive 10adventurepsychological-horrorhorroratmosphericinteractive-fictionS
BURN: A Visual Novel Exploring a Pop Star's Life Through Choices8/9$5.9990% positive 10visual-novelchoose-your-own-adventuremultiple-endingschoices-matterfemale-protagonistS
Deductum: Master Formal Logic in This Minimalist Puzzle Game8/5$4.9990% positive 10puzzlecasuallogiceducationtutorialS
枝江小镇：二重虚拟宇宙: Dive into a 2D Anime RPG Adventure4/20Free90% positive 10rpginteractive-fictiondating-simside-scroller2dSShowing 2151-2200 of 3027 items
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