Top rated games $5 or less for Linux tagged Text based

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Throne of Ashes

Break the curse and uncover your fire.

13Leagues

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(490 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

WAS/WERE

-75%

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(52 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Eczema Angel Orifice

beautiful twine compilation

xrafstar

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Adventure

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

Paradise

Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.

Rek & Devine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Your Future Self

$2.99

A time-loop based experimental text adventure.

Contortionist Games

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(147 total ratings)

Adventure

IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT

£2.40

A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.

polymer despair

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus

-100%

ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get

MansterSoft

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Role Playing

Can You Come In?

Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.

spacetwinks

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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

Telvoikai

Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.

Corvaena

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Role Playing

Revenge of the Antagonist

$1.99

Enemies on camera, enemies off camera!

ChaniMK

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!

$3.49

In bundle

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

GIF

The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak

-100%

Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

GIF

The MansterSoft 3-in-1 Fun-Pak

-100%

Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail

MansterSoft

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Action

The Zen of Kayaking

$4.50

-10%

An 80KB interactive-fiction text adventure.

pixel_turkey

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Adventure

3am

Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.

madameberry

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)

Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.

Megan

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Snowdrop

A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!

LegendEx Games

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Visual Novel

[SIBERIA]

£1

A small text-adventure survival game.

MSSNG

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Adventure

Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu

$4.99

Aventuriers Intérimaires

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Pathway

$0.15

-95%

Mini-books within mini-books.

Studio CloudScape

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Puzzle

I Found a New Friend

A heart-warming story of friendship.

Adri

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Dream Warrior

$3.94

-21%

Not everyone can be the hero. You, for example, are the town drunk.

Robert from High Tower Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Role Playing

Hippo on Elm Street

A not-so-scary story.

Adri

Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Baking with Lizzie

a sweet story

Adri

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Electric Sleep

$4.50

Explore a miniature world as an emotionally driven robot and discover unique experiences with each new emotion.

Cryru

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Quarries of Scred 1982

$2.50

Text version of hit puzzle game Quarries of Scred

Kactus Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Saving the Princess 2

$2.99

A young doctor enters the dream world to rescue the woman he loves

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Спасти принцессу 2

$2.99

Много выборов, 5 концовок

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Pirateship

Pirate-themed clickable text adventure

Robin Johnson

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Christmas Time

Christmas short pick your path story

avarisclari

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Carrier Trail

$4.99

Deliver a package to the royal family in this Oregon Trail inspired game!

CrackedGhostGames

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Utopia, an Essay

A nonfiction essay etched into the architecture of a virtual space.

Bruno Dias

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Blood to Bone

Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based

euio

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

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