The Best Text Games for Playstation 4

Update : Borefest added at rank #5.
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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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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

3

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

4

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.


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

5

Borefest (2023)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

"Why would you waste your time making this? Couldn't you have made something fun instead? Games are supposed to be fun..." - The Game Developer's Dad


  • simulation
  • life
  • immersive
  • text
  • comedy
  • logic
  • parody
  • memes
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • time-management
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • atmospheric

6

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature (2019)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Play as the Creature, a wanderer without memory or past, a virgin spirit in a completely fabricated body. To forge the destiny of this artificial being who is ignorant of both Good and Evil, you will have to explore the vast world and experience joy and sorrow.Dr. Frankenstein's founding myth is once again revealed in all its glory through the innocent eyes of his creature. A thousand miles from the horror stories, here is a sensitive wander in the shoes of a pop icon.


  • choices
  • text
  • nature
  • narration
  • hand-drawn
  • fiction
  • multiple-endings
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • hidden-object
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • relaxing

7

The War (2023)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS ds gamecube nokia n-gage ps2 Playstation 3 Playstation 4 Playstation 5 ps1 portable vita wii wii u xbox Xbox 360 Xbox Series X/s blackberry j2me Linux

Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.


  • text
  • violent
  • choices
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • novel
  • interactive
  • medieval
  • fantasy
  • politics
  • assassin

8

Witch Hunter (2015)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows mobile device Playstation 4

Contains chapters which are not included in the FREE version and an AD FREE experience. Witch Hunter is a text-based role playing mystery adventure game where your own decisions will determine your fate.

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  • mystery
  • text
  • inventory
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • rpg
  • challenging

9

We should talk. (2020)

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Linux Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?


  • romance
  • lgbtq
  • emotional
  • short
  • choices
  • text
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • casual
  • local

10

Lotus Reverie: First Nexus (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 4

Do you like adventure and strategy games? A visual novel at the end of the world with a focus on time management. Experience battles in original parallel turn-based strategy minigames or classic novel mode. Half of the survivors are not human, and only one pair will survive.


  • time-management
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • choices
  • resource-management
  • strategy
  • fantasy
  • drama
  • colourful
  • anime
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • turn-based
  • 2d
  • story

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