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New & popular$15 or less tagged Text based (311 results)

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Love, power, revenge. What will you fight for?
Interactive Fiction
Can you escape Halloween?
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Embark on an exciting adventure among fantastic creatures, bandits and wonderful places to become a hero.
Adventure
English rhyme dictionary and a game to play with rymes.
Educational
A chaotic journey to nowhere in a boat
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Interrogate the forest animals, your choices shape the outcome of this investigation! 🔍✨
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hey treat it nice, it's an innocent shape.
Play in browser
"I want someone to say they're sorry."
Survival
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
Interactive Fiction
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Educational
Confront your fears. Embrace the glitch. Find yourself.
Interactive Fiction
Lock in you
Visual Novel
Ever read a book and found your eyes running across the words and jumping over the spaces?
Platformer
A psychological profiling game, tailored to provide the player with self-insight.
Interactive Fiction
Diccionario y juego de rimas en español
Educational
Christian Bible game for kids, youth, and adults to explore Jesus' teachings as a family Church.
Educational
Become a detective and investigate mystery murders in this thriller story!
Puzzle
Text-based 4X with a focus on turf war and resource management.
Strategy
A new type of game in which you can clear many stages by controlling the robot with “WORDS"!
Strategy
Help Santa Claus deliver gifts around your town.
Simulation
In The Protocol Directive, a dark room and deadly choices await. Uncover secrets, solve dilemmas, and escape alive.
Undersea horror where your only form of navigation is an unreliable AI.
Adventure
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Role Playing
A Cassette Futuristic Space Adventure
Simulation
3-Hour Non-Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Working through the holidays can be hell, especially at Home Safety Hotline.
Puzzle
Ginger
$4.25
​Kevin writes a novel within a dictionary to seek what home is.
Adventure
Medieval fantasy open-world game
Adventure
A choose your own adventure game, featuring a fluffy boy
Interactive Fiction
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