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Retro

Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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Text based

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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EVE project
Cow_a_banga
Puzzle
Play in browser
DracOS™
©1993 GâtSoft, inc. LON, UK
J. Isaac Gadient
Visual Novel
Play in browser
At the Strike of 12 (by Raiden)
An Ecto-Noir game draft
One Boat Crew
Adventure
Play in browser
Juegos Spectrum de los 80
Juegos que hice de preadolescente
Javi Prieto @ GeeseBumps
White.Black.Blood.
Outside the pages of the book
Kalina
MemoryScape
A journey through memories
Rinko0515
Adventure
Stranded
Survive the unknown, make every choice count – stranded on a hostile alien world.
Forgotten
Survival
Play in browser
Lost World🌍
a game about sailing to new lands and restoring the world🌊
mcjdh
Role Playing
Welcome to the Universe
We're all just dots on a screen.
Colton Olds
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
🔍Memory Abyss🌌
navigate the procedurally generated Abyss and collect memories📜
mcjdh
Role Playing
Noclip Echoes
a game about noclipping through walls and finding pages
mcjdh
Survival
Dimensional Architect
A game about building a civilization with a portal to another dimension
mcjdh
Simulation
Bright Circle
ZateFx
Adventure
Play in browser
Mini Cave Adventure
A Short Text Adventure Game
Big Green Games
Adventure
Slayer RPG Quest
A text based rpg about gathering gear, slaying bosses, and creating the world.
mcjdh
Role Playing
TTOS
The overcomplicated Text Roguelike
Smokey
Role Playing
Devotion
lesodus
Realms of the Maestro
Explore a surreal multiverse in your quest to destroy its evil ruler!
SILKOTCH
Adventure
CoinChase
CC
Amosnimos
Strategy
GIF
WHISPERSTRING
An 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”.
RocRac
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Oel Remake
Attempt to port C64 game OEL to modern system.
Zabbum
Strategy
Semester Ahead
Ambient philosophical game about discussing the road ahead with your high school friend/new college roommate.
Kobato Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Truck Batch Simulator
A text-based truck driving game, made in Batch/CMD.
Futuresoft
Simulation
Spire of Malshire
Aspire to climb the Spire
Geist Games
Strategy
Play in browser
Betting Now
This is gamble game where u gamble your own fake money
Kufati Games
Le miroir d'Ozivior
Relevez le défi imposé par votre ami Ozivior de l'académie de magie dans cette fiction interactive.
samuel_v2
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Infestity Assessment
An analog horror experience
pan-te
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Power of Words
Classic text adventure game with a lot of scale.
Cason Quisenberry
Adventure
Scales
DaLlamas Games
Puzzle
Play in browser
Doctor Eggman: Ace Attorney; Bridge to the Faded Turnabout
Press witnesses, present evidence, and find the truth!
Sonic15556
Visual Novel
"Papers, Please" Hebrew localization - ניירת, בבקשה
The Popular 2013 puzzle game is finally getting a Hebrew translation!
DawnHasSmolBren
Puzzle
Fremmy
A text-based Mascot horror game, like a retro game.
TheMascotHorrorTeam
Adventure
Ouro Maldito
A busca pelo tesouro perdido no Capão do Meio.
RenatoDegiovani
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Syntopia DEMO
Do you want to escape from the reality?
KaiLis
Role Playing
Achemical Trouble
This is my GameJam Submission or PirateSoftwareGameJam.
Heroic_Creation
Adventure
Play in browser
PIKR-033
An ancient computer with a puzzle game (picross, nonogram) in it
chainsawriot
Puzzle
Play in browser
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