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Top ratedthat last about a half-hour tagged Text based (432 results)

Explore games that last about a half-hour 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 that last about a half-hour to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(629 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(613 total ratings)
Role Playing
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(298 total ratings)
Simulation
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(176 total ratings)
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You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(738 total ratings)
Simulation
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Cut the Heavens - A grimdark fantasy Interactive Fiction
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(174 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(99 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(284 total ratings)
Visual Novel
One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(76 total ratings)
Adventure
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A supernatural horror story set in modern-day Seattle. Will you save the world or succumb to the darkness?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(173 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Can a gay disaster find love on the high seas?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A dystopian urban fantasy interactive fiction game
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(198 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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negative experiences after coming out as transgender
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(135 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Try to survive and perhaps eventually even tame an unknown planet in this incremental semi-idle game.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(166 total ratings)
Survival
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A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(101 total ratings)
Adventure
A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(57 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
You can't remember your name.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Adventure
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The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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An investigative IF journey into the unknown.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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will you rebel tradition?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(91 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Adventure
Your friend invites you to his house for a sleepover with a certain set of rules
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Adventure
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(81 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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alien civilization extinction simulator
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Narrative roguelike with tokens
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(135 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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what lies below esurio?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Spam has never been so deadly.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(86 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A writing experience with yourself.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
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