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Top rated$15 or less with demos tagged Text based (23 results)

Explore games tagged 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 · Sell your games on itch.io to have them show up here.

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Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(155 total ratings)
Simulation
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Simulation
An ode to text-adventures.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Role Playing
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
VT Harmony - Visual Novel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Text-based open world roguelike
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Navigate intense job interviews with the help of a god who can stop time!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Role Playing
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
S.O.R.S
£6.99
A sci-fi doctor simulation game
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Simulation
ansdorVerified Account
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Aventura de texto de rol. Eres el mejor guerrero de tu tribu luchando por cumplir una misión en contra de tu voluntad.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicides with a touch of black humor.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
An illustrated text adventure set in a vivid open world where everyone has an agenda.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
A Short Table Top Role Playing Game. As Explorer you explore the Lost Lands invaded by Demons!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Text based game "Dungeon"
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
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