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A Dark Forest
Incremental Minimalistic Idle Game
TinyTakinTeller
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Thrall
A vampire's semi-life.
Kanderwund
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Unauthorised
Hack a 1960s computer to uncover a secret society's cryptic conspiracies.
Red Indie Games
Simulation
Play in browser
The Wanderers
A simple text adventure about surviving the wasteland
goosey-games
Survival
Play in browser
A Dragon and the Tower
A Tiny Text Adventure Game
Khaelenmore Thaal
Interactive Fiction
Fate of Coin (1 Minute Game)
Flip a coin and it will make anything happen.
AiPoweredGames
Simulation
Play in browser
Steam Sky
Text-based roguelike in a sky with steampunk theme
thindil
Role Playing
In All My Dreams I Choke On Invisible Smoke [BETA]
Surreal visual novel/point and click exploration. Unsettling.
Kanderwund
Visual Novel
Play in browser
bash-pac
About bash-pac is an "clone of pacman" that is writen in bash
stuff by max
Action
The Hangman Game (Commandline)
The classic Hangman game implemented in the commandline. Made with Xcode. Currently supports macOS.
mrmagic2020
Puzzle
The Game of Life
Conway's Game of Life, but on PC
alecastroaraya
ConnectDOS
Connect Do- I mean... Four
alecastroaraya
Strategy
All The Games I Would Have Made For Seedcomp If I Had The Time (Which I Did Not) (Oh Well There's Always Next Year)
No other games included.
Kanderwund
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Codename: EMPTY
Free, Open-Source, Janky
A Donut with Sprinklez
Interactive Fiction
Lift Me Up
Narrative experience about humans and AI working together
vxdcxw
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Messages From the Universe Graveyard
Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Kanderwund
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Simple C++ RPG
a simple rpg for C++ tutorial
Snowy
Educational
Make Your Own Story
Make Your Own Story With Text Game
Frostcano Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Life's Crossroad
Life's Crossroad is 2D Story Adventure Game
Retro Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Helper of Humanity
Text based TIC80 helper Simulator
ronynn
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tiny Troves Of Dev Wisdom
A collaborative Unity 2D project for Hacktoberfest 2023
Mystic Mill Games
Play in browser
Pretzel Tycoon
Grow your pretzel empire at any cost
rocketnine
Simulation
Play in browser
Ash Boat
For the curious.
克勒卡尔
Visual Novel
灰舟
献给好奇者。
克勒卡尔
Visual Novel
Movie Watching Simulator
A "game" ported so I could actually run it on an operating system
Aviation6
Adventure
netbattleship
a network battleship game for window or terminal
Handle with Care
Strategy
Sunder
You are your tribe’s last hope. Find the cure to the disease before you run out of time.
MaeDay
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Monastery
Fantasy Text Adventure
BlackDahliaStudios
Adventure
Play in browser
TerminalCraft
A text based survival sandbox.
TurboWafflz
Survival
War
Conquer the globe
jkgaming
Strategy
Werewolf Online
ArjhanToteck
Strategy
Play in browser
Type: Unstable Vampire
4KB Typing Infinite Runner
ronynn
Survival
Play in browser
GRIM FOLLY
Text-based adventure anthology
Diefonk
Play in browser
Arc Relay
A text game on the terminal, more spicy and immersive than your usual CLI
Togra
Adventure
People Go Missing Here
A multiplayer survival game where you're trapped inside of a giant pharmacy!
ReturnToThisEra
Survival
Play in browser
V-RPG
text adventure im working on. very early in development
KiloBite
Adventure
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