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Topwith demos not in game jams tagged Text based (43 results)

Explore games not in game jams tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Sell your games not in game jams on itch.io to have them show up here.

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A story of love, death and lies.
Visual Novel
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Simulation
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Role Playing
Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
What would you do if you found yourself trapped on an eerie space station with nothing but a computer?
Adventure
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
Role Playing
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Interactive Fiction
An ode to text-adventures.
Interactive Fiction
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Visual Novel
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Visual Novel
Play in browser
What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
Visual Novel
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
Visual Novel
ansdorVerified Account
Platformer
Play in browser
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
Visual Novel
VT Harmony - Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Navigate intense job interviews with the help of a god who can stop time!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Adventure
Play in browser
An illustrated text adventure set in a vivid open world where everyone has an agenda.
Adventure
Aventura de texto de rol. Eres el mejor guerrero de tu tribu luchando por cumplir una misión en contra de tu voluntad.
Role Playing
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicides with a touch of black humor.
Interactive Fiction
A dark interactive novel
Interactive Fiction
Classic Old School Text Based Hacking Game
Simulation
Now witness the wrath of a true beast.
Visual Novel
The Classic Dice Rolling Game Now For ZZT v3.2!
Play in browser
A Short Table Top Role Playing Game. As Explorer you explore the Lost Lands invaded by Demons!
Role Playing
A "Based-Text" Adventure game, with an abusive amount of balls jokes.
Adventure
A story of running away and sacrifice.
Visual Novel
Embark on a thrilling, tongue-in-cheek train heist in the style of classic dice-rolling RPGs.
Role Playing
Solve SCP mysteries in this ARG with cryptic online clues, riddles, and puzzles.
Adventure
Play in browser
A full-scale retro JRPG with ambitious textmode graphics [Now available!]
Role Playing
Join a scientific study, compete in games, and avoid the manipulation of others before things take a turn for the worse.
Visual Novel
Clásico juego de lápiz y papel en español.
A text-mode adventure for your Rainbow 100 (and other inferior platforms)!
Adventure
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