The Best Adventure text Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 30 December 2023: Loco Motive added at rank #11.

Here are our 10 Best Adventure text Games for Nintendo Switch:

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Ord is a captivating text-based adventure game with five unique stories to choose from. Choose your own adventure as you become a god and create your world or take on an evil warlock in a thrilling quest. With fast-paced narratives, your choices matter, and you'll be engaged in no time. Plus, create and share your own stories with Steam Workshop support. Available in multiple languages.

• Cleverly conveys changes in atmosphere and mood with minimalistic visuals and sound effects
• Multiple scenarios with vastly different outcomes provide high replayability
• A fun and creative take on the text adventure genre
• Multiple languages supported
• Workshop support allows for user-generated content and experimentation with storytelling

• No save-states or continues, with every death resetting the player to the beginning
• Poor controls and other quirks make the game feel more like an art project than a polished video game experience

• text
• minimalist
• adventure
• experience
• story
• narrative
• perma-death
• rpg
• experimental
• innovative
• casual
• book
• fast-paced

Good match + 78 Bad match - 100

Play Video: Quarantine Circular

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Dive into Quarantine Circular, a riveting, dialogue-driven adventure that puts humanity under the microscope. You'll navigate complex social dynamics and ethical dilemmas as you uncover an alien's intentions amidst a global plague. Be captivated by the well-crafted story, sharp writing, and stunning visuals, as your choices shape multiple endings. A game that will leave you pondering about human nature and our place in the universe.

• Engaging and thought-provoking story
• Well-written dialogue
• Multiple endings based on your choices
• Stunning visuals
• Interesting exploration of human nature and ethics

• Abrupt and unsatisfying endings
• Lack of replayability due to linear gameplay
• Inconsistent character development

• text
• casual
• adventure
• visual-novel
• narrative
• sci-fi

Good match + 10 Bad match - 26

Play Video: The Wild Case

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Embark on a journey to an eerie village shrouded in mystery in The Wild Case. Solve puzzles, negotiate with inhabitants, and uncover supernatural occurrences in this atmospheric adventure. With stunning hand-drawn graphics and haunting sound effects, immerse yourself in an open world that will keep you on edge. Unravel the secrets of the forgotten village if you dare.

• Short but well-rounded gameplay
• Intriguing mystery with satisfying ending
• Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
• Atmospheric music and sound effects
• Adequate price point

• Lack of motivation for replayability
• Rough English translation
• Story not frightening for adults

• detective
• point-and-click
• story
• puzzle
• hand-drawn
• atmospheric
• 2d
• adventure
• text
• supernatural
• exploration
• first-person
• investigation
• linear
• narration

Good match + 18 Bad match - 12

Play Video: Goodbye World

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"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.

• platform
• visual-novel
• linear
• text
• cinematic
• pixel
• fiction
• narrative
• story
• atmospheric
• scroller
• emotional
• puzzle
• interactive
• adventure

Good match + 2 Bad match

Play Video: The Innsmouth Case

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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.

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

Good match + 28 Bad match - 35

Play Video: A Dark Room

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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.

• Unique gameplay
• Engaging RPG elements
• Mysterious story
• Unpredictable gameplay
• Incentives for multiple runs

• Slow-paced at times
• Lack of graphics
• Lack of sound
• Can be a laborious experience
• Gameplay can be a drag

• text
• rpg
• experience-driven
• open-source
• adventure
• ascii

Good match + 9 Bad match - 20

Play Video: In Other Waters

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In Other Waters is a captivating adventure game where you guide an underwater explorer to uncover the secrets of a mysterious alien planet. With a unique AI to guide you and a malfunctioning diving suit to navigate the alien landscape, you will be captivated by the game's narrative that asks deep questions about the nature of life. Unlock upgrades and explore the ocean depths, discovering strange creatures and environments. With intuitive controls and a beautiful UI, In Other Waters is a must-play for any adventure game enthusiast.

• Interesting exploration and unique framing
• Slow rhythm of exploration creates a cool vibe
• Fascinating ecosystems and scientific writing
• Great for a chill and read experience
• Exceptionally well-done concept and world-building with thoughtful gameplay

• Underutilized potential and disappointing story direction
• Lack of map tools and predictable story
• Tedious mechanics and hard-to-read text boxes

• underwater
• exploration
• discovery
• minimalist
• mystery
• sci-fi
• inventory
• narrative
• adventure
• atmospheric
• text
• story
• point-and-click
• relaxing
• aliens

Good match + 6 Bad match - 5

Play Video: Stories Untold

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"Stories Untold" offers a unique and fascinating interactive storytelling experience that combines text-adventure, point-and-click, and psychological horror with a gorgeous retro-aesthetic and a sublime synth-wave horror soundtrack. Play the four interconnected vignettes with its own gameplay and mechanics now and join the nightmare!

• Wonderful storytelling, sound design and visuals
• Real fun gameplay mechanics
• Short and sweet, can probably be played and finished in a few hours
• Good mix of horror/tension and puzzle solving
• A chilling adventure that draws players into its world and slowly twists it into something entirely different

• Puzzle answer hidden within a strobe effect which could be harmful
• Some trial and error on some parts of the mechanics
• The game's precise typing responses don't always work

• horror
• text-adventure
• text
• adventure
• puzzle
• 1980s
• interactive
• narrative
• retro
• story

Good match + 43 Bad match - 62

Play Video: Over the Alps

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Postcards written in invisible ink reveal a secret history... Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across 1939 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian World War Two spy thriller.

• choices
• world-war-2
• multiple-endings
• fiction
• thriller
• interactive
• story
• text
• adventure
• travel
• beautiful
• narrative
• time

Good match + 20 Bad match - 41

Play Video: SELF

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SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

• kafkaesque
• text
• adventure
• psychological
• nonlinear
• puzzle
• word
• mystery
• experimental
• story

Good match + 8 Bad match - 23

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