The Best Text Games - Page 2

Update : Bloodwood Dungeon added at rank #47.
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Arcadie: Second-Born (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

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  • choices
  • fiction
  • romance
  • text
  • interactive
  • dating-sim
  • fantasy
  • multiple-endings
  • character
  • emotional
  • lgbtq
  • lore

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Karisvale (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

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  • collectathon
  • soundtrack
  • conversation
  • text
  • top-down
  • short
  • dark
  • detective
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • multiple-endings
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • horror
  • atmospheric

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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux IOS iPhone Android

Step into the shoes of a detective and experience a world beyond your imagination in Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One. The interactive fantasy novel by Mishka Jenkins offers 440,000 thrilling words that will take you through moments of romance, friendship, drama, and more. With options to play as female, male, or non-binary, and to be straight, gay, or bisexual, you'll be able to define relationships and start lasting romances with vampires. Fulfill your job of detective in a playstyle that suits your personality. Open yourself up to the unknown and uncover the truth of what awaits in Wayhaven.


What we like:
  • Fantastic story with well-developed characters
  • Enjoyable read with good humor
  • Authentic relationships and slow-burn romances
  • Enthralling writing and vivid, distinct characters
  • Highly addictive and immersive experience
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear with limited branching except for romance options
  • Detective aspect not prominent

  • rpg
  • text
  • adventure
  • choices
  • book
  • romance

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Ord. (2019)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Ord is a captivating text-based adventure game with five unique stories to choose from. Choose your own adventure as you become a god and create your world or take on an evil warlock in a thrilling quest. With fast-paced narratives, your choices matter, and you'll be engaged in no time. Plus, create and share your own stories with Steam Workshop support. Available in multiple languages.


What we like:
  • Cleverly conveys changes in atmosphere and mood with minimalistic visuals and sound effects
  • Multiple scenarios with vastly different outcomes provide high replayability
  • A fun and creative take on the text adventure genre
  • Multiple languages supported
  • Workshop support allows for user-generated content and experimentation with storytelling
What could be improved:
  • No save-states or continues, with every death resetting the player to the beginning
  • Poor controls and other quirks make the game feel more like an art project than a polished video game experience

  • text
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • experience
  • story
  • narrative
  • perma-death
  • rpg
  • experimental
  • innovative
  • casual
  • book
  • fast-paced

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Word Spells: Word Puzzle Games (2022)

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early access PC Windows Android

In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.


  • hacking
  • typing
  • text
  • word
  • detective
  • psychological
  • logic
  • horror
  • drama
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • story
  • puzzle
  • realistic
  • mech

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Athanasy (2022)

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Linux Mac OS Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows

Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.


  • narration
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dynamic
  • sci-fi
  • lore
  • text
  • lovecraftian
  • cyberpunk
  • conversation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • choices
  • multiple-endings

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Choice of Rebels: Uprising (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux IOS iPhone

Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire! You grew up under the iron fist of the Hegemony. Now is your chance to end their blood-fueled magic, as you forge a ragtag outlaw band into a rebel army.

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  • text
  • choices
  • novel
  • empire
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • narration
  • romance
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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Buddy Simulator 1984 (2021)

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

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!


  • horror
  • text
  • 1980s
  • psychological
  • retro
  • rpg
  • typing
  • story
  • pixel
  • earthbound
  • adventure
  • crt
  • fiction

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Who Needs a Hero? (2021)

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PC Windows

A weak and dumb warrior, venturing into the world of Grimar, seeking for fame, lots of gold and power!

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  • choices
  • text
  • character
  • tabletop
  • medieval
  • action-adventure
  • customization
  • funny
  • 2d
  • cute
  • casual
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • rpg

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Roadwarden (2022)

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Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Roadwarden is a text-adventure set in a downbeat fantasy world of magic, monsters, and grinding poverty. As a newly minted roadwarden, you are tasked with patrolling the highways and byways of a peninsula while also exploring its commercial possibilities for your mysterious paymasters. You have to manage your time carefully to get everything done in the 40 days before autumn sets in.


What we like:
  • Unique take on text adventuring
  • Choices that really matter and an organic sense of muddling through that feels lifelike
  • Nuanced and low-key atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Depending on choices things can feel relentlessly downbeat
  • Lack of quest tracker can seem perverse
  • Very text heavy and not suitable for those who aren't into reading or plot

  • text
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • interactive

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