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)
More☆Love Yuri: Emotional Visual Novel of Voice Actress and Writer2/10$3.9993% positive 178emotionalvisual-novelromanceadventureword-gameS
COPPER ODYSSEY 2: Celeste's Nickel City Art Adventure2/13$11.9998% positive 42adventurerpgcasualjrpginteractive-fictionS
Love & Country: The First Mission - A Spy's Romance in Wartime6/20$14.9998% positive 42visual-novelfemale-protagonistotomeinteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventureS
TOBOR: Surveillance and Survival in Undercroft11/15$14.9995% positive 87singleplayerinteractive-fictiontext-basedchoices-mattermultiple-endingsS
Negative Nancy: The "No" Adventure Where Choices Matter10/13$9.9994% positive 119multiple-endingsdark-comedychoices-matterfunnyvisual-novelS
Tally Ho: A Hilarious Text-Based Adventure of Service and Mayhem12/14$7.9994% positive 119indieadventurerpgtext-basedchoose-your-own-adventureS
Yoshiwara Higanbana: A Fleeting Oiran's Love Story5/6$44.9991% positive 487singleplayeradventurerpgotomefemale-protagonistS
Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood: Forge Your Legend in Magical England7/17$19.9995% positive 85choices-matterchoose-your-own-adventurebase-buildinginteractive-fictionstrategy-rpgS
Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty: Alternate History Three Kingdoms RPG7/21$6.6695% positive 85turn-based-tacticsstory-richhistoricalinteractive-fictionboard-gameS
Animal Trail ☆ Girlish Square 2: Idol Fanboy Becomes Magical Girl Manager12/18$14.9998% positive 41animecasualvisual-noveladventureromanceS
Awaken Infinity: Uncover Truth in a Text-Based Sci-Fi Mystery10/1$5.9998% positive 41story-richatmosphericemotionalanimetext-basedS
STAY ALIVE MY SON (VR): A Father's Cambodian Genocide Survival Story5/1$19.9998% positive 41rpginteractive-fictionvisual-noveladventurevrS
Time Guard - The Red Menace: A Linguistic Apocalypse Adventure4/25$11.9998% positive 41adventurepoint-&-clickpuzzleinteractive-fictionincrementalS
Everything Ends In 0: Embrace the Apocalypse in This Emotional Narrative1/1Free93% positive 166lgbtq+emotionalatmosphericdarklore-richS
1997: Uncover the Secrets of a Forbidden Town3/30$9.9992% positive 256visual-novelanimeidler1990'sadventureS
Putrika 2nd.cut: For the Exquisite Attire - A Melancholic Visual Novel6/5$17.9992% positive 250adventurevisual-novelcutechoose-your-own-adventure2dS
Kittens Game: Build a Kitten Civilization to the Moon2/10$7.9995% positive 82early-accessstrategycasualeconomytext-basedS
HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers - A Cheerful Visual Novel9/10$26.24-25%95% positive 82casualadventurevisual-novelinteractive-fiction2dS
Novel Forger: Suicide Mr. Fury - A Meta Narrative Adventure9/8$7.9995% positive 82interactive-fictionfemale-protagonistlgbtq+dating-simvisual-novelS
Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space - A Point-and-Click Sci-Fi Journey3/2$9.9994% positive 111adventurepoint-&-clickinteractive-fictionvisual-novelpuzzleS
SLAMMED!: Become a Wrestling Star in This Interactive Novel1/30$6.9994% positive 111indierpgchoose-your-own-adventurewrestlingtext-basedSRe.dive Wonderland: A Hero's Journey in a Digital Prison3/20$35.99-20%100% positive 28multiplayersimulationvisual-noveldating-simpuzzleS
Butter Side Down: A Bizarre Text-Based Mystery Adventure9/23$6.00100% positive 28interactive-fictionchoices-mattertext-basedpixel-graphicsmysteryS
One Day: A Romantic Comedy Visual Novel with Spirit Eyes5/14$5.99100% positive 28rpglgbtq+visual-novelfemale-protagonistromanceS
The Spectre Files: Deathstalker - Uncover 1984's Lost FMV Mystery10/27$9.99100% positive 28choose-your-own-adventurehorrorinteractive-fictioninvestigationimmersive-simS
They Came for More Pasta: A Comedic Sci-Fi Adventure of Alien Cravings6/16Free100% positive 28point-&-clickpuzzleadventurecomedyfunnyS
United City: A 90s Chinese Sci-Fi Narrative Journey1/13$1.99100% positive 28incrementalinteractive-fictioncasualword-gamevisual-novelS
A HERO AND A GARDEN: A Fairytale Visual Novel & Clicker5/5$4.9995% positive 81interactive-fictionincrementalvisual-novelrelaxingfantasyS
Goodbye: A Heartfelt Journey of Connection9/10Free98% positive 40adventuresimulationinteractive-fictionwalking-simulator3dS
REWIND: Unravel a Hotel Penthouse Murder in Text-Based Detective RPG6/29Free91% positive 422puzzlerpgmysterydetectiveinvestigationS
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names: Save the Earth with Rage4/25$19.9992% positive 241adventurewerewolvescasualrpgchoose-your-own-adventureS
Magic Research: Build Your Own Magic Academy and Dominate Tournaments3/23$4.9991% positive 418auto-battlermagicidlerfantasytext-basedS
Venge: Explore a Vanished Studio in a Twisted Dimension7/28$4.9991% positive 413horrorsurvival-horrorexplorationinteractive-fictionstealthS
Nighthawks: A Vampire's Struggle in a World Exposed9/22$19.9992% positive 236rpgvisual-noveladventurestory-richinteractive-fictionS
Choice of Alexandria: Save the Library or the Prince?6/10$3.9995% positive 79adventureindierpgchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedS
EXS2: Ethnology Sister 2 - Unraveling Kinship Systems1/20Free95% positive 79visual-novelinteractive-fictionmysteryphilosophicalpuzzleS
Spellbound Spire: A VR Adventure in Al-Andalus6/23Free92% positive 231vrfree-to-playexplorationinteractive-fictionsingleplayerS
Sekai to Sekai no Mannaka de: Sci-Fi Romance Visual Novel2/11$29.9992% positive 227casualadventureword-gamevisual-novelinteractive-fictionS
Year Unknown: Explore the Universe's Library in a Philosophical Sci-Fi Walking Sim10/7$9.9995% positive 77explorationsci-fiwalking-simulatorphilosophicaladventureS
1998: The Toll Keeper Story - Survive a Nation's Collapse as a Mother-to-Be10/28$11.9991% positive 367simulationinteractive-fictionlife-simpoint-&-clickimmersive-simS
Diving Disorder: Survive the Wasteland with a Mysterious Companion1/15$2.9993% positive 142interactive-fiction2dadventurepost-apocalypticfirst-personS
Toushin Gent: Embark on a Quest for the Goon Crystal3/21$4.99100% positive 27adventurerpgvisual-noveljrpganimeS
CABALL: sunset hour – Veronica's Mystical Encounter Continues5/23$6.99100% positive 27otomeindiecasualvisual-novelfemale-protagonistS
Trans Theft Horso: A Feverish LGBTQ+ Western Fantasy Adventure7/15$11.00100% positive 27rpgexplorationinteractive-fictionlgbtq+surrealS
Escape Hospital: Amnesia and Puzzles in a Mysterious Medical Facility10/1$12.99100% positive 27puzzle-platformerpuzzleinteractive-fiction2dpoint-&-clickS
PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE: Spell Your Way Through a Fantasy Tale10/27$5.99100% positive 27educationspellinginteractive-fictionstory-rich3dS
Rewrite - DYH: A Randomly Branching Visual Novel Adventure7/31$9.99100% positive 27casualstrategyinteractive-fictionvisual-novelchoose-your-own-adventureS
Roots of Harmony: Text-Based 4X with Ideology and Conquest10/25$5.60-30%100% positive 27turn-based-strategyexplorationauto-battlertext-basedprocedural-generationS
The Last 47 Hours: A Heartfelt Visual Novel of Love and Survival2/28$1.9992% positive 210dating-simvisual-novelfirst-personromancetext-basedSShowing 351-400 of 3027 items
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