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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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The World Is Doomed Unless I Can Raise My Power Level to 1,000,000 and Confront the Demon Lord
$2.99
reav
Adventure
Play in browser
TypeIdle
Improve your typing speed, unlock achievements, and upgrade buildings to boost your keystroke production!
santtuz112
Play in browser
Passerine Hills: Just a Bite
Don't miss out on the storytime.
Naarel
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
Number Not Available
A game made for Nokia 3310 Jam 7
Lyco_wolf
Adventure
Play in browser
Military Command
In this 2D text adventure, Lead two elite squads through intense, unpredictable military missions.
Mustapha Jobe
Simulation
The Origin of Adlers’ curse
Lucas Adler is dead. His Notion reveals a family mystery: every Adler man dies strangely. Can you uncover the truth?
Salomesquinerie
Puzzle
Svalbard Expedition
Text-based adventure exploring the island of Splitsbergen
sshook98
Educational
Pizzini
Ein klassisches Textadventure, 1989 als Indie-Game für den ZX-Spectrum geschrieben, ist nun auch im Browser spielbar.
Clio Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Asthore the Adventurer
Embark on an exciting adventure among fantastic creatures, bandits and wonderful places to become a hero.
Studio Gombo
Adventure
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
Maggot (A Prototype Demo)
A dark-fantasy, deck-builder RPG.
THE OPPONENT
Role Playing
Out of Prison (blind-accessible adventure)
Escape from prison and survive as a fugitive.
rburing
Adventure
Play in browser
Horrible, Horrible Puns
A short collection of horrible, terrible, despicable puns.
Billy_BobJohnson
Play in browser
Dreamland
Images of a strange dream drift through your mind, but when you try to conjure them, you draw a blank.​
mellyeliu
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
DSM
clinical psychology diagnostic tool.
TheChainsawBoy
Educational
Jude is Dead
what's done is done, all you can do is watch. but in tracing Jude's footsteps, do you push her closer to the edge?
abby blenk
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pacific Dominion
14 Friends Trapped in a Murder Mystery Death Game
jorannn
Visual Novel
Archipelago
Can Candice escape from their island?
Dereli_Ceraje
Visual Novel
Sweet Sorrow: an interactive story
An interactive playthrough inspired by my vampire romance novella.
Talli
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Fallen Branch
A very short simple not-so-interactive interactive story game set in a magical pre-medieval Celtic Ireland
Subeedei
Role Playing
feast
some stars taste wretched and heavy with nitrogen
chipswoon
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Alien in Vision
A short interactive story about an Alien Encounter
Mikay
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Dream Drifter
explore your memories as Luna in this nostalgic, liminal, interactive fiction
Dreamy Robot
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Contracrostipunctus
A short text adventure based off of a dialogue in Douglas Hofstadter's G.E.B: Eternal Golden Braid
adis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
OFFLINE
An exploratory journey through an artistic process.
Zachary Elliott-Hatton
Play in browser
Bawk
Life is a road. Every step is a choice.
gle5n
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Directory Hedgehogs - Demo
Single level demo of console app game
SleepyHedgehog
Puzzle
Rebels: Aliens in the West
luisporras
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Plasma Siphon
v2.2.3 [.EXE IN DIST FOLDER]
Dylan-CDN
Role Playing
Decadent Heir
A narrative RPG set in the last days of Imperial Russia.
Valkyrie Initiative
Role Playing
Ten Things I Learned In The Red Room
A short, surreal Twine game
Nessa Cannon
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Before the End
One message. One chance. Can you change the future
Scalebert Press
Role Playing
Panic Response...!
Fight Flight Flirt
Glow Star Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The House That Whispers
A parser interactive fiction, finding out why you are in the house
ronynn
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Lightyear
WackySlackyIV
Interactive Fiction
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