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Top ratedwith configurable controls tagged Text based (17 results)

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The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(539 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Adventure
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(200 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(89 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
Old windows themed horror game.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
3d first person shooter drawn using nothing but ascii characters!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
A horror tale of the Revolution on culture, heritage, and the anxieties elicited by a strange library.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Find your way through the clouds
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
É um jogo de aventura, com muito mistério, uma pitada de terror e suspense.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Text-based roguelike in a sky with steampunk theme
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
The House Remembers
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
near-future Sci-Fi roguelike and tactical squad game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
A text based computer input output game where you play as a Nigerian tribal leader who make revolutionary decision!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
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