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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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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 Silly Little Case
Detective game only by text
Robin_doblas
Puzzle
TTYL
Keep up with the group chat or get kicked out in this nostalgic typing game!
302 Slices
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ellis
A short, text-based, historical adventure game set during the heyday of Ellis Island!
Nattix
Adventure
Play in browser
A Dodecapedic Box
a 498 words text adventure
zeno pillan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Bluebeard's Not-Wives
of course he has a blue beard and pronouns
alyshkalia
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Yokai Assassination
Yokai hunting fun!
YungTreyGames
Action
Play in browser
Band Manager
Get your shitty band to ShitFire Fest, or go broke trying.
Jon Keevy
Simulation
Play in browser
Split-Flap Multiplication
Submission for Untitled Game Jam #94
MCHS productions
Puzzle
Reminisce
In which a Chronicler shares stories of the people she's met.
Zahdernia
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Please Don't Reap my Soul, Mr. Grim Reaper
That's gonna leave a mark
Bouqueted Bees
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
the sword of justice plays a sick bassline
oh shit!! you're late for your gig!!!
jay cee
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Lost Book
Textbased dungeon crawler
Marius_234_m
Strategy
Play in browser
Shrouded
A midnight church visitation.
sophiades
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
It can’t be true it mustn’t be true
He couldn't have... could he?
Charm Cochran
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
VitiS: Part One
ant
Platformer
Love, Sam
A quiet afternoon sitting with grief.
sophiades
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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why are you here, theo?
jay cee
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dragon's Of Legend
TheOmniscientDev
Role Playing
Losing Track
Choices DO matter.
obrouwer
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Evening
A cozy game for quiet evenings
uugr
Interactive Fiction
Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine
Alone in a dark, unfamiliar room
Charm Cochran
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ночь в Перу
Текстовый квест о психоделическом опыте
oliashili
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
When Dogs Go After Dogs
a short game made in Twine.
rotinviscera
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
CALLSIGN
A Solo RPG for the Post-Internet Era
SpelledCruz
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Non é o que parece
Juegito experimental
Rafael Alcalde Azpiazu
Visual Novel
Star Child
Text-based space survival and exploration.
dirtyFlusher
Survival
Play in browser
Seeing Stars
You finally have the chance to go out with your crush to see the meteor shower
404ErrorGameStudios
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Paralysis
an interactive short about waking up with sleep paralysis
Tris Perrillon
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Eclipse
kkengeri
Interactive Fiction
Six of Swords
a micro visual novel about passage
Requiem
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FromSoft Word
Like Microsoft Word, but way too hard.
Woe Industries
Survival
Play in browser
He Knows That You Know and Now There's No Stopping Him
How are you going to talk your way out of this?
Charm Cochran
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
My Grandfather's Clock
‘And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died.’
Kessie-Louise
Interactive Fiction
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Kel Versus the Kitchen
Help your chaotic family make dinner... without losing your cool.
alyshkalia
Interactive Fiction
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The eight-headed giant
a 499 words text adventure
zeno pillan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Formidolosa Nocte
A short, minimalist text-based horror experience.
D. Zenith
Visual Novel
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