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Top rated$5 or less tagged Text based (104 results)

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Break the curse and uncover your fire.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(490 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
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
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 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
Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
As suas escolhas não importam.
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
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Adventure
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Date a soft dragon boy! There is absolutely no fiery dystopia!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Role Playing
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.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A kaleidoscopic vision of one woman seen through three rotating eyes.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
Crew stolen and forced to crash land on an alien planet, you must start fresh with nothing but a... talking cat?!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
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
Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Role Playing
Enemies on camera, enemies off camera!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Born
$3.33
today we are God and we create from our own image.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
A narrative game about tarot card readings for odd customers.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
3am
$1
Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
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
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