Top rated$5 or less that last about a half-hour tagged Text based (18 results)
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Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)Adventure
A playful, interactive graphic novel adventure by Krunchy Fried Games. Ages 13+.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)Visual Novel
Play in browser
Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
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
Explore your relationship with your best frined and discover a bit about yourself
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A young doctor enters the dream world to rescue the woman he loves
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
Спасти принцессу 2
$2.99
Много выборов, 5 концовок
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Microcrawl is a bite sized point and click 2D adventure text hybrid
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)Adventure
The Lurking Shadow
$1.99
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