Best Text Based Apps & Games

230+ iOS apps & games curated and reviewed

4.6 avg rating
20 free apps & games
Updated May 2026

From beginner-friendly picks to power-user tools, our text based list covers 230+ iPhone apps and games updated through May 2026. Compare ratings, prices, and screenshots in one place.

Top Picks for Text Based

Seedship#1

Seedship by John Ayliff

Text-based colony ship game
Editor's Choice
🎮 Games
4.7😊(686 ratings)
Free
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A text-based strategy game where you guide a colony ship to find a new home for humanity. Make critical decisions about settling planets and navigating random events to ensure your colonists' survival and achieve a high score.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 🚀 Extremely replayable
  • 👍 Charming and engaging
  • 👍 Thought-provoking decisions

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Some small bugs that don't spoil the experience
  • 🐛 Occasional UI issues on iOS
  • 🔋 Lack of updates in recent years
Path of Adventure#2

Path of Adventure by Jordin Kee

Text-based roguelike
Strong Contender
🎮 Games
4.5😊(5.4K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Embark on a text-based fantasy adventure filled with turn-based combat, procedurally generated dungeons, and permadeath. Make choices, battle monsters, and explore ruins with unique characters. It's easy to learn but offers a deep challenge.

What We Love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging gameplay
  • 🚀 Engaging text-based adventure
  • 💡 Unique rogue-like mechanics
  • 👍 Witty and humorous writing

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Repetitive events and scenarios
  • 🔨 Difficulty can feel unbalanced
  • 🔨 Heavily reliant on RNG
AI Dungeon: RPG & Story Maker#3

AI Dungeon: RPG & Story Maker by Latitude Inc.

Infinite AI-driven RPG stories
Worth Considering
🎮 Games
4.4😐(26K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
#43in Games
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Create and play infinite AI-driven RPG stories and text adventures. Explore pre-built scenarios or customize your own, with an AI that responds realistically to your actions and generates a compelling world. Join a community of millions and experience dynamic storytelling without ads.

What We Love

  • 🤖 Impressive AI capabilities
  • 🌍 Endless possibilities for stories
  • 🎨 Highly creative and imaginative
  • 🕹️ Engaging and immersive gameplay

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent AI behavior
  • 🤯 Confusing and illogical story progression
  • 🔄 Repetitive and forgetful AI

More Text Based apps to explore

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The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPG
The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPG
The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPG
Survive the Unexpected
Free

Explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland, scavenge for supplies, and battle enemies in this Fallout-inspired RPG. Customize your character, upgrade stats, and find a companion to survive the harsh environment. Features include randomized maps, various locations to explore, and selectable difficulty levels for high replayability.

Post-apocalyptic RPG survivalCharacter customizationUpgradeable stats and items
🎮 Games
(43K)
free with in-app purchases
5
Re:play
Re:play
Re:play
by Gabrielle Chan
Free

Experience a text-based interactive game where you relive your past life from birth to adulthood. Make choices that shape your destiny, meet new characters, and discover one of nine possible endings. Can you survive and thrive on your second chance?

Text-based interactive gameplayRelive life from birth to adulthoodMultiple character choices
🎮 Games
(1.6K)
free
6
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
by Monomyth d.o.o.
Free

Embark on a dark fantasy adventure in this turn-based RPG. Explore a mysterious world, battle monsters, and delve into your character's psyche. Features deep customization, challenging combat, and a rich, lore-filled narrative.

Turn-based combatDeep character customizationText-based storytelling
🎮 Games
(4.3K)
free with in-app purchases
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Choice of Games
Choice of Games
Choice of Games
Interactive Stories
Free

Explore a vast library of over 100 text-based interactive novels across various genres. Create your character, make choices that shape the narrative, and experience unique stories driven by your imagination.

Over 100 interactive novelsText-based gameplayCharacter customization
🎮 Games
(1.2K)
free with in-app purchases
8
Farm RPG: Text-Based MMO
Farm RPG: Text-Based MMO
Farm RPG: Text-Based MMO
Play Freely. No Ads. Friendly.
Free

Engage in a relaxing, menu-based role-playing game focused on farming, fishing, crafting, and exploration. Build your farm at your own pace, discover new activities daily, and interact with a friendly community. Enjoy a non-competitive experience with regular updates and no ads.

Plant crops and expand farmRaise various farm animalsFish in unique locations
🎮 Games
(12K)
free with in-app purchases
9
Phantom City
Phantom City
Phantom City
Text-Based Cyberpunk RPG
Free

Embark on a cyberpunk adventure in a dystopian future where AI controls a city for a single individual. Engage in strategic turn-based combat and develop your character through unique body modifications and skills in this text-based roguelike RPG.

Text-based cyberpunk RPGRoguelike gameplayTurn-based strategic combat
🎮 Games
(21)
free with in-app purchases
10
Godville
Godville
Godville
Divine Comedy
Free

Experience a humorous, self-playing comedy game where you play as a deity whose hero often ignores your wishes. It's a parody of MMORPGs where your character progresses independently, creating a unique story with plenty of laughs and puns.

Self-playing comedy gameHero ignores deity wishesParody of MMORPGs
🎮 Games
(1.8K)
free with in-app purchases
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Eldrum: Untold - Text RPG
Eldrum: Untold - Text RPG
Eldrum: Untold - Text RPG
Text Based RPG Adventure
Free

Embark on a text-based RPG adventure where your choices shape the narrative. Explore a world of warring factions, gather equipment, and develop your character. Discover secrets and multiple endings in this immersive interactive fiction.

Text-based choices adventure RPGCharacter building and equipmentMultiple endings
🎮 Games
(1.4K)
free with in-app purchases
12
Vampire's Fall: Origins RPG
Vampire's Fall: Origins RPG
Vampire's Fall: Origins RPG
Old-School Open-World Fantasy
Free

Embark on an epic 2D open-world adventure as a village recruit facing a dark magic threat. Create your character, choose your bloodline, and engage in turn-based combat. Your choices will shape your destiny as you battle monsters or other players.

2D open world explorationTurn-based combat systemFully customizable characters
🎮 Games
(9.7K)
free with in-app purchases
13
Your Chronicle
Your Chronicle
Your Chronicle
Text-Based Idle RPG
Free

Embark on a text-based idle RPG adventure with over 3,000 unique story actions. Automate battles, summon and strengthen monsters, and make choices that lead to multiple endings. Progress even when offline with a rewarding bonus system.

Text-based story actionsAutomated battlesMonster summoning and strengthening
🎮 Games
(109)
free with in-app purchases
14
Able Black
Able Black
Able Black
A story driven puzzle game
Free

Embark on an immersive narrative adventure as a lonely android facing a crucial exam for survival. Solve poetic riddles and cryptic puzzles to uncover the secrets of an underground habitat and discover your true identity.

Immersive story experienceImage and sound guided puzzlesCitizenship Exam gameplay
🎮 Games
(3.7K)
free with in-app purchases
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Maze AI: Text based RPG
Maze AI: Text based RPG
Maze AI: Text based RPG
Adventure story game maker
Free

Experience dynamic, AI-generated narratives where your choices shape every adventure. Customize characters, explore rich worlds, and engage in deep role-playing. Create your own scenarios or enjoy predefined storylines.

AI-generated storytellingText-to-speech supportCustomizable character progression
🎮 Games
(85)
free with in-app purchases
16
Maginary. Adventure text book.
Maginary. Adventure text book.
Maginary. Adventure text book.
A literally engaging story
Free

Experience a unique interactive novel where you communicate with a protagonist aware of your presence. This app blurs the lines between fiction and reality, requiring you to use your device's hardware features to help the character survive a surreal and dangerous world.

Break the fourth wall communicationPhysical device interactivityExplore a surreal world
🎮 Games
(5.5K)
free with in-app purchases
17
Dungeons and Decisions RPG
Dungeons and Decisions RPG
Dungeons and Decisions RPG
Choices Game
Free

Embark on a massive, human-authored fantasy text RPG where your choices profoundly impact your destiny. Explore a world with deep branching narratives, stat-based consequences, and no "pay-to-choose" mechanics. Play offline and enjoy a story rich with imagination.

Human-authored fantasy sagaBranching narrative choicesStat-based consequences (Life, Mana, Sanity, Cool)
🎮 Games
(9.5K)
free with in-app purchases
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Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Survive the Zombie Apocalypse!
Free

Experience a text-based survival-horror novel where your choices shape your destiny during a zombie apocalypse. Create a unique character with diverse professions, skills, and backgrounds to navigate a collapsing society and confront the undead.

Text-based interactive storyCharacter customizationMultiple professions and backgrounds
🎮 Games
(765)
free with in-app purchases
19
Arclight City - Text based RPG
Arclight City - Text based RPG
Arclight City - Text based RPG
Text based sci-fi MMORPG
Free

Engage in a cyberpunk MMORPG set in a neon-drenched city. Build your gang, explore procedurally generated dungeons, and customize gear. Master turn-based combat and rise to power in this text-based adventure.

Unique mercenaries with special abilitiesUnlimited weapons and gear customizationProcedurally generated dungeons
🎮 Games
(156)
free with in-app purchases
20
Politics and War
Politics and War
Politics and War
Create your own country
Free

Build your own nation in this massively multiplayer political simulation. Customize your country, manage resources, engage in diplomacy, and wage war with other players. Experience a dynamic player-driven economy and a thriving community.

Create and customize your own countryPlayer-driven resource economyBuild armies and wage war
🎮 Games
(1.8K)
free with in-app purchases

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