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Top freetagged terminal and Text based (38 results)

Explore games tagged terminal and 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 · Upload your games to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Mysterious command line tools
Puzzle
An RPG text adventure to play in a terminal.
Role Playing
A text based RPG where you play as a highschool freshman.
Role Playing
Hacker simulator
Simulation
Open fire?
Role Playing
As much action as we could pack in one line of a terminal
Action
a laundry simulator
Simulation
Tetris for ANSI/VT100-compatible terminals and DOS PCs
Puzzle
How deep into cyberspace can you go?
Role Playing
Play in browser
Challenge yourself using linux commands to discover, and protect your machine!
Simulation
retro ascii terminal puzzles
Puzzle
Use your scanner to hunt the fugitive aliens!
Puzzle
Text based game where you have to monitor a server as administrator.
Simulation
Connection Established...
Puzzle
A command line hacking game
Puzzle
ascii, terminal, ASCII, commandline, Windows, OSX, Linux
Puzzle
"It's Kinda an OS"
Simulation
Play in browser
It's 2182 and you must use your computer console to defuse the missile!
Puzzle
Fight for liberty and justice.
Puzzle
X.E.N.A
Simulation
Welcome to the ASMRFactory! Type 'help' for more info.
ascii, terminal, ASCII, commandline, Windows, OSX, Linux
Action
it's all... AN ILLUSION
Interactive Fiction
Strategy
Play in browser
Game about programming (not real =3)
An 80s style hacking text game hiding an anagram puzzle
Puzzle
Play in browser
Play in browser
A game where you fight and buy 'stuff'! My first game. Please report bugs!
Role Playing
The goal in Clever Discard is to discard all cards onto two discard stacks.
Puzzle
Play in browser
Short text quest about escaping from Attraction Island made for Text-Based Jam by AnGuGames.
A collection of escape room / adventure / puzzle games that run in the terminal and use ascii art.
Adventure
text game about... idk, it's very random lol XD uwu :3
Adventure
A text-based adventure played in the terminal
Simulation
Text based anagram word game for killing ghouls! Are you sick enough in the head to complete these puzzles?
Puzzle
Play in browser
Join a friend to find the mystery
Puzzle
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