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Top rated$15 or less from 2020 tagged Text based (22 results)

Explore games from 2020 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 from 2020 on itch.io to have them show up here.

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A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(142 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
text-adventure MMORPG
Sokpop CollectiveVerified Account
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Role Playing
Issue #9 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Role Playing
Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Issue #1 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
A narrative game about tarot card readings for odd customers.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Text-based adventure sobre escolhas e consequências.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
A couple has been brutally murdered in their house last night. Are you up to solve the mystery?
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Mini-books within mini-books.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
A short horror story about werebeds... SO YOU MAY NEVER EVER AGAIN SLEEP!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Three Mini Games; One Fun Pack
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
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
Easy to understand mini game using coordinates!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Can you discover you?
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A text adventure game where you explore a "living" dungeon defeating otherworldly beasts, and avoiding deadly traps.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Text based game "Dungeon"
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
A mystery and terror text adventure about you, a detective, who must solve a case in a strange house.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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