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New & popularwith code under All rights reserved tagged Text based (525 results)

Explore games with code under All rights reserved 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 · Upload your games with code under All rights reserved to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
Visual Novel
Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
Embark on a self-discovery journey, just like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Interactive Fiction
An interactive horror fiction.
Interactive Fiction
Wake up—you’re toast. No, really. You were human, now time’s running out. Choose wisely, or stay this way forever.
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An AI spins a tale. You shape its fate—but one of you is a liar, twisting the story. Can you uncover the truth?
Adventure
completive text-based criminal simulator
Simulation
Ever read a book and found your eyes running across the words and jumping over the spaces?
Platformer
Stranded on the backroads of space.
Survival
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on the edge of extinction, people still go to work. try to make it through the week
Visual Novel
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miscommunication.
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Follow Aldren's adventure in this minimalistic RPG
Role Playing
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A short text adventure where you play as a repair drone exploring an abandoned space station .
Interactive Fiction
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 interactive text based simulator
Educational
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AI driven timeline
Adventure
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In The Protocol Directive, a dark room and deadly choices await. Uncover secrets, solve dilemmas, and escape alive.
A story of love, death and lies.
Visual Novel
Navigate a story of life and death in the trenches of WWI
Interactive Fiction
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An exciting, fast-paced typing game that infuses skill-building with refreshing, lemonade-themed challenges!
Simulation
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Role Playing
It's Armageddon-o-clock: Automate the end of the world and wipe out humanity!
Strategy
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Goblin King is a kingdom simulator where the player takes on the role of a hero or a villain.
Role Playing
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Protoype Text-based, for VN Project.
Role Playing
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Rewrite history in this narrative RPG set in the twilight of Imperial Russia.
Interactive Fiction
An entry for the SA Game Jam 2024.
Adventure
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A Cassette Futuristic Space Adventure
Simulation
The overcomplicated Text Roguelike
Role Playing
Your choices do matter.
Visual Novel
The text used in this game is taken from the "Gokan no Ge," the prayer recited by Zen Buddhist monks before eating.
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This is a proof-of-concept playtest game for a gamebook system I'm developing.
Adventure
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Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived adventure where everything is totally fine.
Interactive Fiction
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