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Best Text-Based Games on Steam

Ranked selections from 3,118 matching catalog entries, using recorded player activity, reviews, trends, and release recency.

Best Text-Based Games on Steam

Explore Text-Based Games on Steam using recorded player activity, community reviews, trend momentum, and release recency.

Total Games

3,118

Ranking Method

Composite Score

Data Source

Recorded Steam observations

Overall Score Most Played Best Reviewed Trending

Showing 1–50 of 100 ranked games

#	Game	Players	Reviews	Price	Score	Trend
1	Football Manager 2024	12,502	91%	—	0.8	+11379.5
2	Football Manager 2023	1,949	90%	—	0.7	+1905.9
3	The Farmer Was Replaced	570	97%	$7.99	0.7	+620.5
4	Your Chronicle	2,688	80%	—	0.6	+2614.9
5	Football Manager 2022	665	92%	—	0.6	+652.2
6	60 Seconds! Reatomized	331	94%	—	0.6	+327.9
7	Ace Attorney Investigations Collection	244	97%	—	0.6	+259.3
8	Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy	347	90%	—	0.6	+374.1
9	NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE	230	95%	—	0.6	+243.0
10	Suzerain	259	93%	—	0.6	+243.1
11	A Date with Death	171	98%	—	0.6	+170.4
12	PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo	89	96%	$9.99	0.6	+91.2
13	Idling to Rule the Gods	882	86%	—	0.6	+915.4
14	Card Survival: Tropical Island	185	95%	—	0.6	+172.4
15	Increlution	324	86%	—	0.6	+291.9
16	Urban Myth Dissolution Center	81	89%	$12.59	0.6	+87.8
17	Pro Wrestling Sim	141	97%	—	0.5	+147.8
18	Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!	136	97%	—	0.5	+125.8
19	The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles	155	94%	—	0.5	+157.6
20	The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante	199	90%	—	0.5	+192.9
21	Book of Hours	288	85%	—	0.5	+280.5
22	私のリアルは充実しすぎているフルボイス版	81	96%	$9.99	0.5	+73.7
23	修仙小屋	177	91%	—	0.5	+164.4
24	Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure	64	95%	$16.99	0.5	+59.0
25	Football Coach: College Dynasty	106	96%	—	0.5	+103.4
26	The Chef's Shift	91	97%	—	0.5	+84.8
27	山河旅探 Murders on the Yangtze River	77	97%	—	0.5	+83.7
28	Homicipher:文字化化	80	96%	—	0.5	+86.4
29	Wednesdays	19	99%	$9.99	0.5	+20.8
30	AIR	20	99%	$29.99	0.5	+21.2
31	Katawa Shoujo	51	98%	—	0.5	+50.5
32	Magic Research 2	66	93%	—	0.5	+68.3
33	STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator	49	96%	—	0.5	+51.9
34	Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate	42	96%	—	0.5	+44.4
35	修仙立志传	128	79%	—	0.5	+133.4
36	Heads Will Roll: Reforged	70	88%	—	0.5	+76.9
37	Journey of Wrestling	31	98%	—	0.5	+32.5
38	Monster Prom 4: Monster Con	30	99%	—	0.5	+29.0
39	懒人修仙传2	170	73%	—	0.5	+156.1
40	Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk	31	97%	—	0.5	+32.9
41	Idle Research	71	85%	—	0.5	+72.4
42	Roadwarden	36	95%	—	0.5	+34.1
43	Citizen Sleeper	38	93%	—	0.5	+37.1
44	The Shell Part I: Inferno	38	92%	—	0.5	+36.9
45	Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector	30	94%	—	0.5	+27.1
46	AI Roguelite	54	82%	—	0.5	+59.2
47	Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk	19	97%	—	0.5	+20.5
48	No Case Should Remain Unsolved	19	97%	—	0.5	+17.8
49	Stone Story RPG	13	91%	$29.99	0.5	+14.0
50	CaseCracker	27	91%	—	0.5	+29.3

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Text-Based Games ranked?

Games are ranked using recorded player activity, community review scores, trend momentum, and release recency. Up to 100 ranked games are shown from the matching catalog.

How is the composite score calculated?

The score combines normalized player activity (40%), positive review share (30%), trend momentum (20%), and release recency (10%). It is a discovery aid, not an editorial review.

How fresh is the ranking data?

The ranking refresh time is shown on this page. Individual game observations may be older and are collected at different times. Open a game for its source details and observation times.

How these Steam games are ranked

The default score combines recorded player activity (40%), positive review share (30%), trend momentum (20%), and release recency (10%). Steam community tags and feature categories determine membership.

This list shows up to 100 ranked games from 3,118 matching catalog entries. Player counts and USD prices are recorded observations, not guaranteed live values. Open a game for its source details and observation times.

Ranking refreshed 2026-10-09 11:10 UTC. Individual observations may be older.