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Text-Based.

A list of PC games filtered by the "Text-Based" tag — ranked by quality, popularity, and price.

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Heads Will Roll: Reforged - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
68Popularity
26Value
81
KinguinKinguin
-86%
$3.38$24.99
≈1d
STAY - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

STAY

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
55Popularity
43Value
82
KinguinKinguin
-86%
$1.69$11.99
≈1d
Trinoline All Ages Version - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Trinoline All Ages Version

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
65Popularity
33Value
76
KinguinKinguin
-66%
$12.00$34.99
≈2d
Insurmountable - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Insurmountable

Text-BasedStrategy
Quality
74Popularity
24Value
76
KinguinKinguin
-95%
$1.36$24.99
≈2h
Scourge of the village - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Historical Low!
Maybe

Scourge of the village

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
55Popularity
36Value
85
KinguinKinguin
-40%
$4.81$7.99
≈1d
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

Text-Based3D
Quality
67Popularity
24Value
81
KinguinKinguin
-90%
$3.80$39.99
Trolley Problem, Inc. - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Trolley Problem, Inc.

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
68Popularity
25Value
82
KinguinKinguin
-93%
$0.74$10.99
≈2d
Insomnia: Theater in the Head - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Insomnia: Theater in the Head

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
77Popularity
55Value
48
SteamSteam
$2.49
≈4d
Xiangsheng Simulator - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Xiangsheng Simulator

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
63Popularity
50Value
66
KinguinKinguin
-30%
$2.09$2.99
≈4d
Final Sentence - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Historical Low!
Maybe

Final Sentence

Text-BasedMultiplayer
Quality
68Popularity
24Value
83
SteamSteam
-30%
$6.99$9.99
≈15d
60 Parsecs! - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

60 Parsecs!

Text-BasedStrategy
Quality
73Popularity
28Value
71
KinguinKinguin
-58%
$4.15$9.99
≈2d
Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Historical Low!
Maybe

Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
66Popularity
38Value
70
SteamSteam
-75%
$3.49$13.99
≈29d
Football Manager 2024 - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Football Manager 2024

Text-BasedStrategy
Quality
74Popularity
38Value
50
Green Man GamingGreen Man Gaming
$59.99
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Historical Low!
Maybe

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Text-BasedFuturistic
Quality
89Popularity
27Value
54
KinguinKinguin
-98%
$0.32$15.99
HOPE LEFT ME - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

HOPE LEFT ME

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
77Popularity
47Value
50
SteamSteam
$1.99
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

The Shell Part II: Purgatorio

Text-BasedCinematic
Quality
75Popularity
22Value
73
KinguinKinguin
-49%
$12.62$24.99
≈1d
Noctuary - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Noctuary

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
75Popularity
27Value
64
KinguinKinguin
-44%
$16.87$29.99
≈1d
PROXIMATE - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

PROXIMATE

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
74Popularity
47Value
50
SteamSteam
$5.99
Please Be Happy - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Please Be Happy

Text-BasedSimulation
Quality
78Popularity
21Value
66
KinguinKinguin
-35%
$13.06$19.99
≈1h
Night Shift Nurses - Should you buy now or wait? Purchase decision analysis
Maybe

Night Shift Nurses

Text-BasedSingleplayer
Quality
68Popularity
22Value
76
KinguinKinguin
-64%
$7.19$19.99
≈8h

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