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Top rated$15 or less from 2024 tagged Text based (20 results)

Explore games from 2024 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 2024 on itch.io to have them show up here.

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A horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Educational
A cozy mystery adventure game set in early 1900s Ontario, Canada!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Puzzle
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Enemies on camera, enemies off camera!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Undersea horror where your only form of navigation is an unreliable AI.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
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
An 80KB interactive-fiction text adventure.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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
Working through the holidays can be hell, especially at Home Safety Hotline.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Not everyone can be the hero. You, for example, are the town drunk.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
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
A young girl has been kidnapped, you have two hours to find and free her.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Life's easier when it isn't your fault.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
3-Hour Non-Visual Novel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An Educational Electricity Game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself.
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary. Investigate appearance of “ghosts” and help residents.
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Adventure
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