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Games that challenge the player with critical thinking to solve levels. 

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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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TWO
A Puzzle Heavy Text Adventure Game Using Two Words
Adventuron
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Alpha Thread
Where does it end?
jaypeabee
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Chuk and the Arena
Fight in the Grand Galactic Tournament to get back your planet's stolen moon!
agat
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Switch
The word puzzle game
Papel Games
Puzzle
Play in browser
Memorytweet
A game in which the code and assets fits in a tweet
skovtrolden
Puzzle
Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box
It's the latest model, and it would really like to play with you.
Arthur DiBianca
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
THE TEST
A text-based puzzle game created by WorldForTime Studios. Enjoy!
WorldForTime Studios
Puzzle
Terminal de hackeo
Descubre la palabra oculta para hackear el wifi de tu vecino, tus notas del curso y el Banco de Chile.
Nikolay9x
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Start With Nothing
Start with "nothing" and grasp "victory" by moving letters around.
rubyleehs
Puzzle
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The Reader's Encounter
A puzzle/story about reading between the lines
senokos
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
I Wait For Your Word
A short text based puzzle game for Ludum Dare 45
HeartLamp
Puzzle
Renard
Renard is a puzzle adventure game played through a terminal.
VeryBadFrags
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hangman With Nothing
Game for Ludum Dare 45 Compo
frankhjwx
Puzzle
Well Wishes
You are a troll at the bottom of a wishing well. It's been a long time, but you hear something above you...
Thomas Sullivan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Senhalomaniacos - o jogo das senhas (PT-BR)
Jogo de senhas em português, você consegue chegar até o final?
caiokeidi
Puzzle
In the Halls of Mor'zhe
A Lovecraftian text-based horror game.
Kthomas2226
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
This game is good.
Hello. I am NOT a superintelligent A.I.
mosaicDev
Play in browser
TrollEngine
A simple text-based/dev-graphic anagram guessing game.
The7thCrest
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At the Derby
Investigate a crime at the horse races
toadheart
Puzzle
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Only O-N-E Director's Cut
GMTK Game Jam 2019 entry. Like Bejeweled but better.
reza1123
Puzzle
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Text Hacker
Simple game simulating hacking through anagrams (from "Complete Unity 3D Course).
Otterboros
Puzzle
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Domino of Evidence
You get one try to exonerate your friend.
toadheart
Puzzle
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Only O-N-E
Escort the letters safely to the scoring row to earn your one and only point.
Froghemoth
Puzzle
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Dryad: the Legend of the Magical Forest
A python text-based adventure game! Save the Dryad from the Lich!
SuperJakeJackson
Adventure
You Will Travel No More
Stay a while. Stay forever. Won't you come outside?
BanzaiBonsai
Puzzle
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Prime Number Speed
Type 100 prime numbers with infinite tries but only 10 seconds per number
NyanCake
Puzzle
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Seaside
A free, surreal text adventure.
jynell
Interactive Fiction
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Five Scarabs
A one-room puzzle made with Twine.
agat
Adventure
Play in browser
2048
for MS-DOS with source.
trinh.nguyen
Puzzle
Stealing Farmers
Catoner
Strategy
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Black White
A puzzle game where you push tiles to create paths
Sl1ngShot
Puzzle
Scrabble
A multiplayer spelling game
wheatup
Play in browser
Pale Luna (Remade)
Horror Text Adventure
RealPpTheBest
Puzzle
Camera Head
A quick number wizard copy
BurningSoup1
Puzzle
Transposition
Crack the Enemy's Code and Save Your Town from Destruction.
Tom_Clement
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Code Arena
Test your programming skills in this text adventure!
Draco9990
Puzzle
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