The Best Text Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : qualia added at rank #15.
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A Dark Room (2013)

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A Dark Room is a unique city-building RPG game that immerses you in a mysterious world with no instructions. You must light a fire and build structures, leading to RPG-like gameplay with mini-dungeons, battles and resource collection. The graphics and sound are minimalistic, but the gameplay is unpredictable and enjoyable. This game is perfect for fans of off-beat RPGs, experience-driven games or anyone looking for something different from the norm. However, the lack of sound and graphics may be a downside for some players.


What we like:
  • Unique gameplay
  • Engaging RPG elements
  • Mysterious story
  • Unpredictable gameplay
  • Incentives for multiple runs
What could be improved:
  • Slow-paced at times
  • Lack of graphics
  • Lack of sound
  • Can be a laborious experience
  • Gameplay can be a drag

  • text
  • rpg
  • experience-driven
  • rogue-like
  • adventure
  • traditional
  • open-source
  • exploration

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The Innsmouth Case (2020)

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The Innsmouth Case is a choose-your-own-adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

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  • choices
  • lovecraftian
  • detective
  • text
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • visual-novel
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • combine
  • speculative
  • novel

13

Vampire: The Masquerade Reckoning of New York (2024)

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York is a narrative game set in the World of Darkness Universe. Play as one of the members of the Vampire Clans in a shifting political landscape between the Camarilla and the Anarchs while trying your best to survive.


  • visual-novel
  • text
  • vampire
  • rpg
  • interaction
  • atmospheric
  • fan-fiction
  • conspiracy
  • choices
  • 2d
  • politics

14

Borefest (2023)

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"Why would you waste your time making this? Couldn't you have made something fun instead? Games are supposed to be fun..." - The Game Developer's Dad


  • simulation
  • life
  • immersive
  • text
  • comedy
  • logic
  • parody
  • memes
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • time-management
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • atmospheric

15

qualia (2025)

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Intellica thanks you for volunteering in this short text-based Research Study. Pay attention to the participants answers, and classify them as either Human or Artificial. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Remember, think happy!


  • choices
  • philosophical
  • dark
  • fmv
  • typing
  • horror
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • fiction
  • text
  • lore
  • humor
  • conversation
  • satire
  • point-and-click

16

Subsurface Circular (2017)

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When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.


  • text
  • detective
  • robots
  • narrative
  • story

17

How to Say Goodbye (2022)

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How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.


  • illustration
  • design
  • wholesome
  • emotional
  • grid
  • puzzle
  • movement
  • text
  • logic
  • narration
  • isometric
  • supernatural
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • 2d

18

Hookah Haze (2024)

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It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...


  • life
  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • psychedelic
  • point-and-click
  • choices
  • text
  • emotional
  • humor
  • pixel
  • cute
  • anime
  • drama
  • colourful
  • adventure

19

Sudoku Zenkai (2018)

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Sudoku Zenkai is a game for everyone, from beginning to advanced players. It brings a new dimension to sudoku - you can solve puzzles with your friends, wherever they are! You can start a new puzzle with a friend or call one over to help when you get stuck.

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  • solitaire
  • chess
  • logic
  • tabletop
  • text
  • abstract
  • high-quality
  • linear
  • education
  • minimalist
  • point-and-click
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • puzzle

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A Maiden Astrologer Divines the Future (2022)

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This work is an adventure game that you can enjoy about an astrologer named Izumi who feels happy and rewarded when "making someone happy" or "being able to support someone".


  • dating-sim
  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • text
  • drama
  • anime
  • otome
  • cute
  • story

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