The Best Adventure text Games - Page 4

Update : Scarlet Sails added at rank #45.
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Edge of Reality (2020)

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It seems that there can be no more boring profession in the world than a pawnshop appraiser. But a meeting with a mysterious but pretty stranger changes Dan's idea of his job.


  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • experimental
  • education
  • noir
  • atmospheric
  • choices
  • text
  • detective
  • adventure
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn

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A Dark Room (2013)

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A Dark Room is a unique city-building RPG game that immerses you in a mysterious world with no instructions. You must light a fire and build structures, leading to RPG-like gameplay with mini-dungeons, battles and resource collection. The graphics and sound are minimalistic, but the gameplay is unpredictable and enjoyable. This game is perfect for fans of off-beat RPGs, experience-driven games or anyone looking for something different from the norm. However, the lack of sound and graphics may be a downside for some players.


What we like:
  • Unique gameplay
  • Engaging RPG elements
  • Mysterious story
  • Unpredictable gameplay
  • Incentives for multiple runs
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced at times
  • Lack of graphics
  • Lack of sound
  • Can be a laborious experience
  • Gameplay can be a drag

  • text
  • rpg
  • experience-driven
  • rogue-like
  • adventure
  • traditional
  • open-source
  • exploration

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SELF (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Mac OS

SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?


  • kafkaesque
  • text
  • adventure
  • psychological
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • word
  • mystery
  • experimental
  • story

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Fighting Fantasy Classics (2018)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Fighting Fantasy Classics takes you on a thrilling adventure into a magical realm, where you are the hero, fighting monsters and unraveling mysteries. With exciting titles like City of Thieves and Deathtrap Dungeon, you can choose your own path and make the gamebooks as easy or as challenging as you like. Keep track of your progress with the map feature and unlimited bookmarks. Revel in the immersive experience with stunning classic artwork and an original soundtrack. Get ready for this game-story hybrid to take you back in time!


What we like:
  • Pure nostalgia
  • Faithful digital port of classic gamebooks
  • Convenient digital format
  • Good replay value and multiple outcomes
  • Great illustrations
What could be improved:
  • Previous book purchases not eligible to include in app
  • Arbitrary difficulty in some books
  • Cheap mobile port interface
  • Bugs and bookmarking issues in some books

  • choices
  • rpg
  • text
  • board
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • book
  • story
  • dice
  • fantasy

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Lifeline: Silent Night (2015)

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Android

Acclaimed author Dave Justus returns with a suspenseful new story that plays out in real time, delivering notifications throughout your day. Lifeline: Silent Night is a deep, immersive story of survival and perseverance, and its up to you to save the White Star before its too late for its intrepid crew. Ive played many games that I find engrossing, but Lifeline may be one of the first that changed the way I thought about my daily routine, which leapt off the screen and became a part of my lived experience.

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  • real-time
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • text
  • entertainment
  • rpg
  • sci-fi
  • fiction
  • survival
  • narrative
  • choices

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Stories Untold (2017)

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"Stories Untold" offers a unique and fascinating interactive storytelling experience that combines text-adventure, point-and-click, and psychological horror with a gorgeous retro-aesthetic and a sublime synth-wave horror soundtrack. Play the four interconnected vignettes with its own gameplay and mechanics now and join the nightmare!


What we like:
  • Wonderful storytelling, sound design and visuals
  • Real fun gameplay mechanics
  • Short and sweet, can probably be played and finished in a few hours
  • Good mix of horror/tension and puzzle solving
  • A chilling adventure that draws players into its world and slowly twists it into something entirely different
What could be improved:
  • Puzzle answer hidden within a strobe effect which could be harmful
  • Some trial and error on some parts of the mechanics
  • The game's precise typing responses don't always work

  • horror
  • text-adventure
  • text
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • 1980s
  • interactive
  • narrative
  • retro
  • story

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Lifeline: Beside You in Time (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Lifeline is a text-based adventure mobile game where you guide the main character through a texting conversation to survive an unknown moon after their spaceship crashes. The engaging storyline and real-time mechanics make it a great game for those who enjoy a challenging text-based adventure.


What we like:
  • Entertaining and engaging story with a likable protagonist
  • Pacing adds scope and suspense to the narrative
  • Real-time notification mechanic adds to immersion
  • Unique storytelling approach
  • Forgiving gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Waiting between interactions may be an annoyance for some players
  • Lack of text speed option
  • Invariably binary decision prompts limit player choice

  • fiction
  • text
  • adventure
  • interactive
  • sci-fi
  • waiting
  • real-time
  • choices
  • survival
  • narrative
  • dos
  • well-written
  • story

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Inua - A Story in Ice and Time (2022)

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Mac OS Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Inua is a point & click narrative game where three protagonists roam the same places in the far North, decades apart. Explore each era, collect ideas, and influence their decisions to change the course of history.


  • space-time
  • manipulation
  • historical
  • narration
  • time
  • text
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • hidden-object
  • isometric
  • dynamic
  • military
  • stylized
  • nature
  • supernatural

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I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure (2023)

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Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

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  • text
  • short
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • text-adventure
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • conversation
  • psychological
  • modern
  • old-school
  • horror
  • atmospheric
  • adventure

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Goodbye World (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s

"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.


  • platform
  • visual-novel
  • linear
  • text
  • cinematic
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • narrative
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • scroller
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • adventure

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