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Latest freetagged terminal and Text based (38 results)

Explore games tagged terminal and Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Upload your games to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Simulation
text game about... idk, it's very random lol XD uwu :3
Adventure
A text-based adventure played in the terminal
Simulation
A collection of escape room / adventure / puzzle games that run in the terminal and use ascii art.
Adventure
Game about programming (not real =3)
Tetris for ANSI/VT100-compatible terminals and DOS PCs
Puzzle
An RPG text adventure to play in a terminal.
Role Playing
Strategy
Play in browser
retro ascii terminal puzzles
Puzzle
ascii, terminal, ASCII, commandline, Windows, OSX, Linux
Action
it's all... AN ILLUSION
Interactive Fiction
Short text quest about escaping from Attraction Island made for Text-Based Jam by AnGuGames.
Welcome to the ASMRFactory! Type 'help' for more info.
A game where you fight and buy 'stuff'! My first game. Please report bugs!
Role Playing
Join a friend to find the mystery
Puzzle
Use your scanner to hunt the fugitive aliens!
Puzzle
It's 2182 and you must use your computer console to defuse the missile!
Puzzle
How deep into cyberspace can you go?
Role Playing
Play in browser
"It's Kinda an OS"
Simulation
Play in browser
A command line hacking game
Puzzle
Fight for liberty and justice.
Puzzle
Open fire?
Role Playing
Text based anagram word game for killing ghouls! Are you sick enough in the head to complete these puzzles?
Puzzle
Play in browser
Text based game where you have to monitor a server as administrator.
Simulation
Play in browser
A text based RPG where you play as a highschool freshman.
Role Playing
As much action as we could pack in one line of a terminal
Action
An 80s style hacking text game hiding an anagram puzzle
Puzzle
Play in browser
hello friend, you were chosen to destroy the company (not completed)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The goal in Clever Discard is to discard all cards onto two discard stacks.
Puzzle
Play in browser
Connection Established...
Puzzle
Challenge yourself using linux commands to discover, and protect your machine!
Simulation
ascii, terminal, ASCII, commandline, Windows, OSX, Linux
Puzzle
Mysterious command line tools
Puzzle
Hacker simulator
Simulation
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