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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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Latest released$15 or less tagged Text based (237 results)

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3-Hour Non-Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Working through the holidays can be hell, especially at Home Safety Hotline.
Puzzle
Medieval fantasy open-world game
Adventure
A choose your own adventure game, featuring a fluffy boy
Interactive Fiction
A cozy mystery adventure game set in early 1900s Ontario, Canada!
Adventure
Life's easier when it isn't your fault.
Interactive Fiction
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary. Investigate appearance of “ghosts” and help residents.
Adventure
A Cassette Futuristic Space Adventure
Simulation
Prove Your Innocence, Find Your Destiny, Relish the Journey!
Interactive Fiction
Aventura de texto de rol. Eres el mejor guerrero de tu tribu luchando por cumplir una misión en contra de tu voluntad.
Role Playing
Solve SCP mysteries in this ARG with cryptic online clues, riddles, and puzzles.
Adventure
Play in browser
An 80KB interactive-fiction text adventure.
Adventure
Embark on a thrilling, tongue-in-cheek train heist in the style of classic dice-rolling RPGs.
Role Playing
A horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Interactive Fiction
The Ultimate Digital Assistant for 1982 - from C.Tech Industries
Interactive Fiction
A interactive game that brings text to life.
Educational
Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
An AI-Driven Interactive Fiction Engine
Interactive Fiction
Enemies on camera, enemies off camera!
Visual Novel
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Puzzle
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself.
Interactive Fiction
Text RPG
Role Playing
Not everyone can be the hero. You, for example, are the town drunk.
Role Playing
Christmas has come to Wayhaven! And it's magical…quite literally.
Interactive Fiction
Hope you like paperwork? Keep your business afloat in wonderful Muffinski.
Ask Fracine AI a question
Educational
A Choose Your Own Adventure Style text-based horror game
Interactive Fiction
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen.
Meredith GranVerified Account
Adventure
The video game adaptation of the infamous Dadaist anti-art sculpture
Issue #44 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Many revelations will be realized as Roxanne's year the the crew comes to an end in the finale of this episodic trilogy.
Visual Novel
The encounter of two Lonely Souls meant to find each other. Where will your choices lead you?
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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