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Top rated freefor Windows tagged Text based (1,080 results)

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A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,512 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Journey deeper into the unknown.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(801 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(590 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(392 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(297 total ratings)
Simulation
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(183 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(265 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(733 total ratings)
Simulation
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The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(170 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A wintry, magical holiday romance
VIOLETVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Vast Error Story
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(107 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(76 total ratings)
Adventure
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A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(280 total ratings)
Visual Novel
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(131 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(122 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Fantasy visual novel in development
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(73 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(232 total ratings)
Strategy
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The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Educational
Those we love are never truly gone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Visual Novel
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Simulation
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(257 total ratings)
Platformer
Sign In again.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(896 total ratings)
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Visual Novel
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Adventure
Get Joestar Struck
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(124 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Narrative roguelike with tokens
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(203 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The galaxy hungers. You own a foodtruck. Feed everyone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Simulation
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