Top-Rated Free Text-Based Games on Steam
49 free Text-Based games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.
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Garisani Detective Agency - Garisani Detective Agency is a story-driven real-time co-op deduction game for two.In 1990s Korea, play as a brother and his ghost sister, taking cases from the living and the dead. Gather clues from two angles and solve puzzles together.An analog era of pagers and payphones.
Jul 14, 2026
The Red Pearls Of Borneo - A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Mar 27, 2026
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It - USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Nov 10, 2025
Ye Guild Clerk! - The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!
Oct 28, 2025
Scratch Inc. - Build an Empire, From Scratch, in this Scratch Card Idle/Incremental game.
Sep 17, 2025
I'm Pregnant at 16 - "I'm Pregnant at 16" is a visual novel about tough choices, growing up, and navigating relationships during an unexpected pregnancy. Personal stories and the consequences of decisions are balanced with awkward moments, chat messages, inner thoughts, and memes.
Mar 24, 2025
SIGame - Exciting quiz game where you can test your knowledge, compete with friends and smart bots, and explore a variety of topics!
Mar 22, 2025
Soccer Manager 2026 - Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Oct 23, 2024
Katawa Shoujo - Katawa Shoujo is a romantic visual novel set in the fictional Japanese Yamaku High School for disabled children. Hisao's congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.
Aug 15, 2024
The Dearest Person - A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Jun 26, 2024
Bring Me that Shawarma - A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.
Jun 7, 2024
Idle Heros - 《IDLE HEROS》 is a special placement game, invite your friends to form a fixed team, come to participate in the battle, placement can easily obtain a variety of resources
May 1, 2024
Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG - - "The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!
Jan 9, 2024
A Date with Death - Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Dec 7, 2023
Romance Club - Stories I Play - Immerse yourself in romantic visual stories where you control what happens!
Oct 13, 2023
Wolvesville - Wolvesville is a multiplayer game for up to 16 players. Each game has different teams such as villagers or werewolves all fighting to be the last team standing. Use special abilities to uncover the roles of other players and convince your fellow players to work with you.
Sep 1, 2023
Homicipher: Demo - Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
May 31, 2023
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Mar 31, 2023
Buriedbornes - Dungeon RPG - The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever.
Dec 13, 2022
Football Manager 2023 - Build your dream squad, outsmart your rivals and experience the thrill of big European nights in the UEFA Champions League. Your journey towards footballing glory awaits.
Nov 8, 2022
Ukraine War Stories - Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Oct 18, 2022
Absent in the Rain - A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?
Oct 13, 2022
Trapped with Jester - An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Oct 10, 2022
Idle Research - Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Jul 31, 2022
Trimps - A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.
May 2, 2022
Prosperous Universe - In Prosperous Universe start your galactic empire by trading on the real-time market exchange with other real players. Build your 1st base from humble beginnings & watch as your business flourishes with complex supply chain strategies. Economics, politics & realism fuel this immersive business MMO.
Apr 20, 2022
A Taste of the Past - What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Mar 11, 2022
Bitburner - Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
Dec 10, 2021
Knell of St. Godhrkar - In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Dec 4, 2021
Momotype - An experimental, horror visual novel about raising a virtual pet. Help a tamagotchi-like creature navigate his angst. We love Momo!
Dec 3, 2021
Soccer Manager 2022 - Sign official FIFPRO licensed players and compete to become the ultimate football manager!
Nov 26, 2021
Football Manager 2022 - The closest thing to real football management. FM22 brings new, progressive ways to find your winning edge, instill your footballing style and earn it on the pitch.
Nov 9, 2021
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft - Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Sep 24, 2021
cyberpunkdreams - 2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
May 14, 2021
Your Chronicle - "Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.
Apr 4, 2021
Soccer Manager 2021 - Be a top football manager in Soccer Manager 2021. Take a football team to the top and test your management skills against the best, or help a struggling team fight for glory!
Dec 16, 2020
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2 - A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Dec 1, 2020
Tribal Wars - Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.
Nov 12, 2020
Witches x Warlocks - Witches x Warlocks is a cute and light-hearted Halloween Raising Sim; featuring a customizable protagonist and 4 love interests of different genders!
Oct 31, 2020
Incremental Adventures - Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!
Aug 11, 2020
The Night Fisherman - A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Jun 29, 2020
家有大貓 Nekojishi - Nekojishi is a visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and the pressures and consequences that come with navigating the world of gods and spirits.
Nov 12, 2017
Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics - The 3D online multiplayer game of social deduction and mischief, inspired by medieval politics and the Werewolf/Mafia (1986) genre. Gather 'round the tabletop, uniting allies of the realm with strategy to distinguish friend from foe.
Sep 29, 2017
MINDNIGHT - Inspired by the party games Werewolf and The Resistance, MINDNIGHT is a cyberpunk online social deduction game of deceit, accusations and unpredictability. It challenges your ability to lie and detect others that are trying to be deceptive.
Aug 4, 2017
Idling to Rule the Gods - Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!
May 27, 2016
Sepia Tears - A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.
Jan 8, 2016
The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
Jan 5, 2016
Emily is Away - Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Nov 20, 2015
