Top rated games $5 or less that last a few minutes tagged Text based

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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

In bundle

A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.

Elliot Herriman

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(145 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

Type Knight

$3.99

Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.

chaikadev

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO

As suas escolhas não importam.

Virgula Leal

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

The Salt Keep

$4.99

A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror

Small Gray Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Date The Lizard!

Date a soft dragon boy! There is absolutely no fiery dystopia!

RoAnna Sylver

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Oatboy vs. Slime Mold

-100%

You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Action

You and Not You

sunny evans

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

3am

Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.

madameberry

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Pathway

Mini-books within mini-books.

Studio CloudScape

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Puzzle

Peculiar Fables: The Werebed

A short horror story about werebeds... SO YOU MAY NEVER EVER AGAIN SLEEP!

Whitewatt

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Christmas Time

Christmas short pick your path story

avarisclari

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Ultra Type-R

$1.99

ansdor

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

The Protocol Directive

1.49€

In The Protocol Directive, a dark room and deadly choices await. Uncover secrets, solve dilemmas, and escape alive.

CryneX

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

void.Resign

Text Adventure Game inspired by Cask of Amontillado

avarisclari

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Ovis of Greed

3-Hour Non-Visual Novel

Harpooned Cetus Studios

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Medieval Knight

$1.50

This game is for lovers of text-based adventures with role-playing elements.

Text and Art Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

accelerating hotkeys

$3.34

-33%

Try and survive working as a corporate drone while typing your anger away, making money hand over fist.

InvalidSpacebar

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Action

Evelyn's Farm

$2.99

Idle Paranormal Adventure

jsenter

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

This is Your House

$1.04

A short horror game, in twine.

jestershark

Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

10 Lil Monkeys - SMS Game

$0.99

10 Little Monkeys SMS Prank App For Android

Kevin Loring

Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

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