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Top ratedthat last about an hour tagged Text based (178 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
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Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(646 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(234 total ratings)
Strategy
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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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Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Vast Error Story
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A summer camp bird fighting text adventure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Regency Rom-Com
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(160 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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These people aren't like you.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(213 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Sign In again.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(882 total ratings)
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(58 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(200 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A pre-and-post-teen mystery
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(44 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A tumblr simulator.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(155 total ratings)
Simulation
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A maintenance text adventure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
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An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A slow, queer, post-war space opera
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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when in a place of infinite Darkness, do not drift apart
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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献给好奇者。
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Will your devotion reach them? Does it matter?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(40 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
(14 total ratings)
Role Playing
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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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An ode to text-adventures.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A cozy mystery adventure game set in early 1900s Ontario, Canada!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You don't know who you are, or where you are. How will you be remembered by your friends and enemies?
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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An Asian-American university student struggles with their Hamlet essay during the Spring 2021 semester That Never Was.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A dark fantasy novel.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Postal secret no longer counts! Short atmospheric puzzle solving for a relaxing evening.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Navigate your past, present and future while figuring out relationships, and dealing with some spirits.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Will you make love and risk death?
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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