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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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Unwritten Fate
iBum
Puzzle
Play in browser
R A V E L K H I
A chaotic text-based roguelike played in the terminal!
kollumos
Action
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Miteoren
GIF
Crinchure Collector
Explore a Post-Apocalyptic World in this Incremental Collector!
BlushingKitsuneBasket
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
PAINPAL
Make twisted choices, spread despair, and outwit the devil in this fast-paced visual novel with mini gameplay.
Mimico 🃏
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Whispering Stone
TRIGGER WARNING: MENTION OF SUICIDE. We're sorry for putting this on the internet.
Funnystick
Play in browser
Patent, Please
Medieval inspired patent officer simulator
dimaetor
Simulation
AUTONOMIA
Mantén tu corazón latiendo. Mantén tus pulmones respirando. Mantén tus dolores aliviados. Mantente vivo.
Idea After Idea
Visual Novel
Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!
Search the school, find secrets, find love
Lacey Green
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Zone 6
An interactive sci-fi story about gaining mechanical parts.
Donata Geen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hamlet: Act VI, Scene I
Your name is Horatio. You can't save him.
soweliMosiwa
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Calendar
Simple calendar of events.
TheChainsawBoy
Quick Maths
Fly your Spaceship to the other side through mathematical functions!
Hexopus
Puzzle
Play in browser
Hallowed Ground
A text-based adventure through a strange and surprising world
Evergreen Games
Interactive Fiction
Carrefour des Abysses
Un visual novel basé sur l'univers d'Histoire Multiple
JuliaLInconnue
Visual Novel
Play in browser
First Day Inconvience
A text-based "choose your own path"
CoderPenguin1
Interactive Fiction
Notes
Make folders and notes.
TheChainsawBoy
Educational
Tessa Blackwood's Crime Time
Help Tessa solve Bell Farm's mystery while you complete your first true crime podcast!
thistlestudios
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Roulette - K&R Games
Play roulette in the Python terminal!
K&R Games
Oremus
Enquêtez dans une abbaye au XIVème siècle
Narkhos
Adventure
Play in browser
PerfectRed
Un viaje psicológico donde Rin enfrenta a su adicción a la VirtualBoy... ¿Podrá sanar?
ElCerezas
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Dandelion
a short poem about nature and hope in the changing of times
Sui-hin Mak
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Passerine Hills: Just a Bite
Don't miss out on the storytime.
Naarel
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
TypeIdle
Improve your typing speed, unlock achievements, and upgrade buildings to boost your keystroke production!
santtuz112
Play in browser
Les Attinantes
Une aventure interactive dans la ville de Les Idylles.
Korwen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
L'héritage de Tatie Lucette
ErwannS
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Le trajet
Un voyage de paysages sans horizon
paravaariar
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Number Not Available
A game made for Nokia 3310 Jam 7
Lyco_wolf
Adventure
Play in browser
Le béryl rouge
Le Conglomérat vous affecte à la direction des mines de béryl. Aucune grève ne sera tolérée.
fuegosuave
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cursed Item Road Trip (Made for Road Trip Game Jam 2025)
You're carrying a curse, driving for days.
Kate Beckett
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Curse of the Westsomer Necklace
Find the lost legendary diamond necklace that belonged to Lady Westsomer.
LozzyM
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Military Command
In this 2D text adventure, Lead two elite squads through intense, unpredictable military missions.
Mustapha Jobe
Simulation
Phenomena
Discover the truth among FBI files about alien encounters...
jhuenem2
Puzzle
Play in browser
Magus Getaway
A short puzzle dungeon game. Try to escape before it's too late!
MAGES Institute
Contracrostipunctus
A short text adventure based on a dialogue in Douglas Hofstadter's G.E.B: Eternal Golden Braid
Athenadis Roberts
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Svalbard Expedition
Text-based adventure exploring the island of Splitsbergen
sshook98
Educational
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