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)
Lavrynthos: A Philosophical VR Labyrinth Adventure6/6$3.9985% positive 13vrsingleplayer6dofanimation-&-modelinginteractive-fictionS
Markus's Miasma: A Twisted College Campus Puzzle Horror Adventure6/9Free85% positive 13strategypixel-graphicsdetectivepsychologicalarcadeS
Melting Encyclopedia: Explore Psychedelic Dimensions and Charge Your Way Forward8/8$4.9985% positive 13interactive-fictionpoint-&-clickexplorationlore-rich3dS
Talk to Aya: Your Interactive Fiction Companion11/1$1.9985% positive 13typinginteractive-fictioncutecasualexperimentalS
The Play's the Thing: Write Your Way to Fame and Fortune8/26$5.9985% positive 13choose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictiontext-basedromancealternate-historyS
Wildheart Gourmet: Forage, Explore, and Uncover Secrets in the Echo4/23Free85% positive 13adventurecasualeducationinteractive-fictionexplorationS
Blood of Titans: Build Your Kingdom in a Fantasy Card Battler10/11Free66% positive 148trading-card-gamebase-buildingtext-basedstory-richmultiple-endingsS
Simkea: Retro MMO Crafting & Economy Adventure11/30Free77% positive 26rpgsimulationmmorpgidlerpoint-&-clickS
Lux, City of Secrets – Uncover Mysteries in a Vibrant Metropolis5/6$7.9975% positive 32rpginteractive-fictiontext-basedcasuallore-richS
Fateline: A Sci-Fi Adventure of Love and Loneliness8/16$2.9975% positive 32adventuresimulationindieearly-accessrpgS
Fear of Neighbours: Psychological VR Horror in a Finnish Setting6/16Free75% positive 32simulationhorrorvrsingleplayerpsychological-horrorS
git gud: Master Git Version Control Through Engaging Puzzles6/17$2.9975% positive 32programmingpuzzletypingeducationtriviaS
Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential - Forge Your Superhero Legacy2/19$7.9975% positive 32rpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedsuperheroS
WatanOS: Dive into a Cryptic Operating System Puzzle Sandbox4/24Free73% positive 41simulationpuzzlepsychological-horrorinteractive-fictionprogrammingS
Chester – Confront Your Childhood Nightmares in This Short Horror Game3/14$2.9978% positive 23adventureinteractive-fictionpuzzleexplorationhidden-objectS
SHADOW DETECTIVE: Uncover the School's Dark Secrets5/28$3.9978% positive 23explorationchoose-your-own-adventurefpshidden-objectvisual-novelS
Matthiola Reverie Verse: Lost Island - A Girl's Isolated Survival Romance6/11Free78% positive 23interactive-fictionvisual-novelfemale-protagonistcuteromanceS
Top Villain: Total Domination - Embrace Your Inner Evil Genius8/17$5.9978% positive 23rpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedfirst-personcomedyS
Trekking and Camping: A Black and White Walking Sim Adventure5/4$1.9978% positive 23casualadventureinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorlife-simS
Love Shore: Cyberpunk RPG of Choice and Consequence6/30$14.9969% positive 74cyberpunkrpgchoices-matternoirinteractive-fictionS
Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams - A Detective's Interrogation Simulation10/26$2.9973% positive 40detectivemysteryinvestigationcrimefmvS
I'm Surrounded by Classical Beauties!: Time Travel FMV Adventure2/15$2.9967% positive 108vrfmvrpgstory-rich360-videoS
rotatePDF: A Corporate Tale - Unraveling Surreal Office Mysteries11/1Free74% positive 35interactive-fictioncapitalismwalking-simulatoradventureminimalistS
Snapshot: Uncover Your Past with a Magical Camera3/24Free74% positive 35interactive-fictionvisual-novelfemale-protagonistfirst-personlinearS
Homicide Desk: A Detective's Interactive Murder Mystery Simulation9/1$5.9968% positive 87simulationadventureinteractive-fictionpoint-&-clickchoose-your-own-adventureS
Jack and the Beanstalk: Behind Story: Uncover the Dark Secrets of the Beanstalk Castle4/22Free63% positive 307free-to-playadventureindie2dpsychological-horrorS
No Longer Home: A Story of Friendship, Futures, and Finding Your Place7/30$14.9962% positive 452dialogue-heavyinteractive-fictionlgbtq+story-richpoint-&-clickS
DOUGH: A Crime Strategy RPG - Build Your Prohibition Empire7/26$14.9974% positive 34interactive-fictionaction-rtscrimerpg4xS
Naiwa's Laughter: A Story-Driven Adventure of Viral Fame9/10$2.9974% positive 34casualinteractive-fictionvisual-noveltactical-rpg2dS
Reincarnation: Hero of the Gun - Idle Text Adventure2/26$0.9968% positive 82idlertext-basedword-gameautomationcasualS
I Doesn't Exist: A Modern Text Adventure with Pixel Art Charm10/5$12.9968% positive 79story-richatmosphericsingleplayerinteractive-fictionadventureS
What Makes Us Special: A Cute Visual Novel Adventure4/27$5.9973% positive 37visual-novelanimedating-simcutecolorfulS
Debris: Survive the Arctic Depths in an Underwater Mystery10/23$9.9965% positive 143walking-simulatorstory-richinteractive-fictionunderwateradventureS
Kill the Lich Idle: Master Time Compression in This Minimalist Incremental Game4/14Free67% positive 92incrementalidlerautomationcasualsimulationS
The Awakening - Femboy Saga: Embrace Your True Self8/6$1.9981% positive 16casualpoint-&-clickvisual-novelimmersive-sim3dS
Forbidden Magic: A Paranormal Romance RPG of Secrets and Second Chances8/24$4.9981% positive 16rpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventurefirst-persontext-basedS
Home: A Quarantine Story - A Pandemic's Emotional Reckoning9/25Free81% positive 16adventurevisual-novelstory-richpoint-&-clickinteractive-fictionS
Letter to Neml: A Short Narrative Adventure of Dreams and Reality2/22Free81% positive 16adventurelgbtq+artificial-intelligencemultiple-endingstext-basedS
Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book - Your Choices Shape Reality1/17$9.9981% positive 16choose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictioncomic-book2dstory-richS
Picot Ether: Become a Doctor in a City Ravaged by Virus8/26$6.9981% positive 16medical-simcrpgcollectathoninteractive-fictionpuzzleS
The False Culprit: Unravel a Schoolgirl's Disappearance11/14$0.9981% positive 16interactive-fictioncasualvisual-novelpuzzlepoint-&-clickS
The Road to Canterbury: A Medieval Text Adventure of Choice4/26$5.9981% positive 16adventureindierpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
Void Future Prologue: Hack the Cyberpunk Dystopia for Free7/1Free81% positive 16simulationpuzzleimmersive-simtyping2dS
The Haunted House of Doom: A Spooky Point-and-Click Mystery10/13$3.9979% positive 19adventurehorror2dmysteryexplorationS
Brimstone Manor: Woo Demons or Angels in a Paranormal Romance RPG2/10$4.9979% positive 19rpgchoose-your-own-adventureinteractive-fictioncharacter-customizationtext-basedS
Call of Coronga: Humorous Zombie Shooter Inspired by Classic FPS7/10$3.9969% positive 62spectacle-fighterarena-shooterfpsreal-time-tacticsidlerS
Incel Syndrome: A Darkly Comedic Descent into Conspiracy8/20Free70% positive 53visual-noveldark-comedyphilosophicalpsychologicalinteractive-fictionS
MY DAUGHTER IS A CULTIST! SE: A Terrifying Descent into Parenthood's Worst Fears10/26$1.9975% positive 28horrorexplorationinteractive-fictionwalking-simulatorcomic-bookSShowing 2251-2300 of 3027 items
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