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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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Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
Simulation
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
Role Playing
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Visual Novel
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Platformer
Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.
Role Playing
Play in browser
Take a road trip through a valley.
An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Adventure
A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
Adventure
A short conversation about a relationship
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Adventure
All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Event[0]
$19.99
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative game where you build a relationship with a spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Adventure
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
Visual Novel
A moody textual stategy game about political tensions.​
Strategy
Play in browser
alien civilization extinction simulator
Play in browser
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
Action
Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!
Adventure
Play in browser
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
Role Playing
A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)
Visual Novel
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
Action
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Adventure
Mysterious command line tools
Puzzle
A short interactive story in which you are a 911 dispatcher. Lives depend on your choices.
Simulation
Play in browser
Free form text exploration
A short Twine game about understanding.
Play in browser
A short and light-hearted VN + art assets
Visual Novel
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Visual Novel
Lovecraftian first person point and click adventure
Adventure
A dark visual-novel about friendship + art assets
Visual Novel
Do you want to feel like REAL Mystery Solver and Explorer?
Adventure
You've tried the rest, now try the worst - DEMON DATE
ansdorVerified Account
Platformer
Play in browser
Text-based dungeon crawler in the vein of Ultima or Wizardry
Role Playing
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Role Playing
You've entered a bar and you're looking for love. What will you find?
Play in browser
Say 'HELLO' to the Corporation.
Simulation
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