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...

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...

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...

Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon

Adventure, Indie, Text quest

Game released: PC → 30 May 2017

Steam: 88/100

This text-based adventure blends science fiction and horror in a story about investigating a distress signal from the far side of the Moon. Four astronauts are sent...

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie, Old school, Text quest

Game released: PC → 26 August 2020

Steam: 96/100

A small visual novel that turns a simple everyday task into a story with a deep emotional subtext. Behind the attempt to buy regular milk lies reflections on daily...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Choice of Zombies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Text quest, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 14 July 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Choice of Zombies is an adventure horror game with a first-person view in the style of a post-apocalypse. You have to fight for survival in a world overrun by...

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 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...

Lavender Dream

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Science fiction, Text quest, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 24 December 2024

Steam: 30/100

A text-based visual novel with a nonlinear story set in 2245, when corporations rule the world. The story features more than six characters controlled by artificial...

Zombie Exodus

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Text quest, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 October 2015

Steam: 84/100

Zombie Exodus is a role-playing adventure horror game with a first-person view. You'll create your own character and fight your way out of a zombie-infested city to...

Ratalorica

Free game, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Clicker, Indie, Casual game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 19 May 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

An unusual companion game that can be placed right on top of the desktop and run simultaneously with other programs or games. The main character GRATS automatically...

LoveKami -Useless Goddess-

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Text quest

Game released: PC → 29 May 2017

Steam: 81/100

This visual novel follows an attempt to reform Akane, an Aragami goddess who lives among humans in a Japan where countless goddesses have descended to Earth...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

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...

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

Visual novel, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 26 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

A detective visual novel about a locked-room murder aboard a cruise ship setting out on its maiden voyage half a century after two passengers died there. Gilligan...

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...

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...

Psy High

Indie, Role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 12 December 2014

Steam: 79/100

This text-based role-playing mystery follows high-school students who develop psychic powers and investigate supernatural secrets in their small town. The...

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...

Incremental Adventures

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Incremental Adventures — a shareware text auto-battler in which you will become a guide for a group of brave heroes in their never-ending adventure. Expect...

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...

[Redacted] The Safehouse

Detective, Text quest, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 10 April 2026

Steam: 99/100

This detective game, combining text-adventure and walking-simulator elements, follows an investigation into the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. The player...

Typefighters (Steam Edition)

Educational game (Education), Casual game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Steam: 70/100

A competitive two-player game built around typing contests, where success depends on more than speed and accuracy. Its eight modes also test reaction time...

Sepia Tears

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Text quest

Game released: PC → 8 January 2016

Steam: 87/100

Sepia Tears is a romance visual novel about a memory Mark is trying to forget and Myra, who helps uncover it. Together, they search for the kind of romance found in...

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...

Sockpuppet Noir

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 25 September 2026

Steam: 90/100

An absurd detective quest about private investigator Frank Sokowski, a woolen sock, who investigates crimes in a city mired in corruption and vice. The dark streets...

Wild Romance

Visual novel, Casual game, Anime / Manga, Text quest

Game released: PC → 19 October 2016

Steam: 61/100

This visual novel follows Kazuma, who leaves Tokyo for his hometown in the Japanese countryside and reconnects with four childhood friends. During their reunion...

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: 83/100

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...

Rhapsody of Zephyr

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Text quest

Game released: PC → 1998

Steam: 97/100

Rhapsody of Zephyr is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Softmax Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Softmax Co. , Ltd...

Killing Time at Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition

Indie, Adventure, Text quest

Game released: PC → 6 July 2016

Steam: 80/100

This interactive fiction story takes place aboard a transport ship moving away from Earth. A passenger follows friends’ social media posts as communication delays...

Buried: An Interactive Story

Indie, Adventure, Text quest

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Steam: 95/100

This text-based adventure follows logger Roger Hastings, who wakes to find his crew missing and has no memory of what happened. As he searches for them, he uncovers...

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...

Text quest

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