Text quest for PC — top best games in the Text quest genre

Romance Club - a game in the Text quest genre

Adventure, Simulation, Adult game, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PC → 13 October 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 79/100

A collection of interactive romantic novels where the player controls the fate of the character by making numerous decisions during each story. The game offers...

Memory Wastes

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Exploration, Old school, Survival

Game released: PC → 30 September 2026

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Steam: 40/100

A post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat, set in a world that has lost all memory of its own past. The protagonist wakes up with no memories and...

Needy Girl Overdose

Simulation, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Text quest, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character is the manager of the aspiring streamer Ame. He helps her reach her goal of gaining a million subscribers within a month. Ame is a mentally...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

An unusual detective adventure, the main feature of which is that dialogues with NPCs in it are generated in real time using artificial intelligence. The game takes...

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Visual novel, Text quest, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 4 March 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative role-playing game set in the pages of the protagonist's diary. You will find a story about a ruthless world...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 86/100

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Text quest, Medieval era, Replayability, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 20 July 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 73/100

A new narrative role-playing game from the creators of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. The game is not a direct sequel, but a standalone story in the same...

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Text quest, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 October 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature is a watercolor adventure with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of the Creature — a kind...

AI Dungeon

Adventure, Text quest, Fantasy, Visual novel, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 15 January 2021

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 50/100

A text adventure in which the story and world around the character are generated by artificial intelligence. Players just have to set some basic values like...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 10 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

The game takes you to New York City in 2024, where the fragile balance between the Camarilla and the Anarchs is ready to collapse at any moment. Amidst marble...

Your Story: Games with Death

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Text quest, Casual game, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 11 September 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 39/100

A variable text quest set in a medieval setting, where the fate of an ordinary person depends on the decisions made. Every action can change the further development...

Blood of Titans

Free game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Board / Group Game, Strategy, Top-down view, Collectible card game (CCG), Text quest

Game released: PC → 11 October 2021

Players: 5/10

Steam: 66/100

Blood of Titans is a free-to-play collectible card strategy in a fantasy setting. You have to plunge into the fairy-tale world of magical creatures and dragons, go...

Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Text quest, Fantasy, Demons, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC → 8 September 2026

Steam: 85/100

A text-based role-playing game about journeys through the afterlife, where souls go after death. The starting point is the Eternal City, reminiscent of...

60 Parsecs!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Text quest, Science fiction, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 18 September 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the game 60 seconds!, the events of which occur in open space. After the explosion of the station, the team of evacuated astronauts is one on one...

The Tales of Bayun

Fantasy, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 16 February 2023

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 74/100

An exciting adventure in a dark Slavic fantasy setting. The game takes place in a flat world that stands on the backs of three demon bears. In it, ordinary people...

what did the chicken see

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Comedy, Old school

Game released: PC → 29 April 2026

Steam: 81/100

A short, dark visual novel with elements of interactive prose, set in a distorted and gradually collapsing world. The player engages in dialogue with a cynical...

A Dark Room

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Text quest

Game released: PC → 6 July 2023

Steam: 90/100

A text adventure with survival and resource management elements, inspired by classic games in the genre, including Zork. The story begins in a dark room: the main...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Homicipher

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PC → 1 November 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 98/100

An unusual adventure visual novel that combines horror, exploration, and the deciphering of a fictional language. The main character finds herself in a mysterious...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 September 2017

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

Nighthawks

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Text quest

Game released: PC → 22 September 2026

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A text-based role-playing game about a vampire who returns to life six months after death in a world where the existence of bloodsuckers is no longer a secret. In a...

Wednesdays

Adventure, Visual novel, Casual game, Comics, Text quest

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

Steam: 99/100

An interactive story about growing up and memories of childhood trauma. The player returns to the world of the childhood video game Orco Park, where through...

家有大貓 Nekojishi

Visual novel, Free game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 12 November 2017

Steam: 92/100

A visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and a world of gods and spirits. In Nekojishi, the player follows the story and makes decisions shaped by...

Grim Quest - Old School RPG

Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Turn-based, Text quest, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 1 April 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Grim Quest — Old School RPG is a fantasy adventure role-playing game with turn-based tactics elements. Set in a dark fantasy world with elements of...

Bitburner

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Free game, Text quest, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 10 December 2021

Steam: 94/100

An unusual role-playing game with elements of programming and automation, set in a cyberpunk world. Instead of the usual battles and quests, the foundation of...

Wanderlust: Transsiberian

Visual novel, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Trains, Text quest

Game released: PC → 9 April 2020

Steam: 63/100

Wanderlust: Transsiberian — adventure visual novel with a non-linear narrative. The two main characters embark on an amazing journey through the easternmost...

Home Safety Hotline

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Text quest, Horror

Game released: PC → 16 January 2024

Steam: 91/100

The support service operator in 1996 answers calls from people who have discovered suspicious traces, noises, and pests in their homes. Each case needs to be...

Suzerain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Visual novel, Benchmark program, Text quest

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Suzerain is a political strategy game with elements of a text role-playing game in which the player controls a fictional state. The player's goal is to make the...

The Innsmouth Case

Adventure, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel, Text quest

Game released: PC → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 67/100

The Innsmouth Case is an adventure game inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical city — the case...

Katawa Shoujo

Adventure, Adult game, Visual novel, Free game, Anime / Manga, Text quest

Game released: PC → 16 August 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

A free visual novel about girls with disabilities. The main character, Hisao Nakai, is an ordinary high school student in his last year. One day he finds a letter...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 17 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

From Beyond

Visual novel, Free game, Text quest, Casual game, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 9 February 2025

Steam: 100/100

A free visual novel with hand-drawn art and multiple endings. After being stabbed, the main character, Ivran, finds himself in a strange and cruel world. He must...

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 14 June 2014

Steam: 79/100

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy is a text adventure with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will find yourself in an amazing world where...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Medieval era, Text quest, Old school, Strategy, Procedural generation, Survival

Game released: PC → 21 August 2023

Steam: 96/100

Sequel to Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind, which is a collection of survival stories combining interactive fiction and turn-based strategy. The world is ending, and...

Roadwarden

Visual novel, Text quest, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 12 September 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A text game about a brave wanderer who helps travelers and traders move between isolated villages. On the road you can encounter bandits, monsters and the undead...

Les Manley in: Search for the King

Adventure, Puzzle, Text quest, Comedy

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Steam: 80/100

This humorous adventure game follows Les Manley, a worker at a failing TV station whose dead-end job involves rewinding videotapes. When the station offers a...

VERSUS: The Lost Ones

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 21 August 2015

Steam: 81/100

This science-fiction text adventure follows an interstellar warrior held captive on the unfamiliar planet Versus. To survive and seek a way out, the protagonist...

Anachronism

Free game, Simulation, Text quest, Casual game, Old school, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 May 2021

Steam: 66/100

An old-school simulator of online communication, set in 1999, during the time of floppy disks and tube monitors. The main character finds a mysterious RemoteBoards...

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest

Visual novel, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Text quest

Game released: PC → 13 October 2020

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest is an atmospheric visual novel with role-playing elements in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. The events...

Text quest

Best Games in the Text quest genre for PC (Game released)