The Best Text Games for Mac OS - Page 3

Update : Dr. What & Detective Son added at rank #35.
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Guns of Infinity (2016)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Android IOS iPhone

Step into the role of a commander of a squadron of cavalry in Guns of Infinity. This 440,000 word interactive novel allows you to make choices that control the story. Will you befriend, betray, or romance the nobles, rogues, and spies? Will you fight for power, riches, love, or glory? Strategize to fight the Antari forces and support your family financially in this epic world. Combat, intrigue, and romance await in Guns of Infinity!


What we like:
  • Well-written and intricately designed CYOA game with several interesting paths and endings
  • Great character developments and story arcs
  • Game accounts for a whole lot of different choices, providing material for RP-ing your character through multiple playthroughs
  • Complex characters and decisions in moral grey-areas
What could be improved:
  • Romantic relationships are vague and unclear
  • Some choices seem confusing and less meaningful than the first game
  • Lack of decisions regarding your command may disappoint some players
  • Too much exposition by the end of some playthroughs

  • text
  • novel
  • romance
  • choices
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • century
  • rpg
  • low-fantasy
  • war
  • war-time
  • fiction
  • book

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Suzerain (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

A text-based RPG inspired by world political history in which the player, embodying newly elected president Anton Rayne, must set political goals and gain the support of the public, the Assembly, the Supreme Court and neighbouring nations to lead the country of Sordland, a fictional state inspired by real-life Turkey, into a future of their design with the help of their ministers and advisors.


  • political
  • diplomacy
  • historical
  • politics
  • text
  • choices
  • economy
  • immersive
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • alternate
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • adventure

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The Innsmouth Case (2020)

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

The Innsmouth Case is a choose-your-own-adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

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  • choices
  • lovecraftian
  • detective
  • text
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • visual-novel
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • combine
  • speculative
  • novel

24

AI Dungeon (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows web browser Android IOS iPhone

An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!

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  • choices
  • text
  • nonlinear
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • conversation
  • multiple-endings
  • experimental
  • cyberpunk
  • fiction
  • post-apocalyptic
  • drama
  • fantasy
  • visual-novel
  • adventure

25

Top Villain: Total Domination (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

How would you conquer the world? In this text-based supervillain rpg, you can vanquish your nemesis, fight heroes and villains, and find yourself!

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  • text
  • comedy
  • choices
  • 000-word
  • dark
  • comic
  • partner-in-crime
  • satire
  • speculative
  • humor
  • rpg
  • superhero
  • book
  • novel
  • first-person

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Turncoat Chronicle (2023)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Your father stole his throne, intending to leave it to you. When the long-lost heir resurfaces, will you defend the king—or betray him to his enemies?

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  • text
  • choices
  • 000-word
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • rpg
  • character
  • novel
  • multiple-endings
  • fantasy
  • customization
  • adventure

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I, the Forgotten One (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.

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  • psychological
  • medieval
  • text
  • war
  • 000-word
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • military
  • choices
  • instrument
  • adventure
  • casual
  • novel
  • rpg
  • gore

28

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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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!

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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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Atlantis Academy (2023)

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Arcane magic bubbles up from a forgotten city…can you harness the power of the depths? You’ve tamed a feral water dragon and are now eligible to train alongside other magical merfolk at the Academy. A sublime, underwater fantasy RPG!

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  • 250
  • text
  • 000-word
  • choices
  • interactive
  • underwater
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • rpg
  • novel
  • magic
  • character

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