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Explore games with one button tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Upload your games with one button to itch.io to have them show up here.

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a story of a frog in space.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(632 total ratings)
Adventure
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Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(159 total ratings)
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A fantasy twine game set is a world full of magic and mysteries.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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Those we love are never truly gone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(133 total ratings)
Visual Novel
beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Adventure
A historic gay romance set in Medieval Baghdad
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
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Spam has never been so deadly.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Finnish midsummer gender magic.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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An unsubtle metaphor.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Twenty-seven-year-old Casper Antilles was last seen on ███████ street Wednesday night around 9:00 PM.
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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🌺 a short story for coming out day 🌺
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Text-based space exploration game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
when a burden becomes too much
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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hunt for job
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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For the Forgotten Games Essay Jam, an excavation of one corner of the '90s Girl Games boom.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
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A Cozy Micro Twine for Rainy Days
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Goof off and eat marshmallows with your friend
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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How are you going to talk your way out of this?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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"And they lived happily ever after" might be the biggest cliffhanger of all
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Who knew there could be two kings to one castle?
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Adventure
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An exploration of meanings
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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He couldn't have... could he?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Guess about your favorite food or Pokemons!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Educational
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Throw together wild spells as you attempt to repair your broken spellbook!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Adventure
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And nothing more.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Alone in a dark, unfamiliar room
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Experimento interactivo sobre partir cosas como el Rey Salomón.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
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