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Top rated featuredtagged Text based (34 results)

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1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(602 total ratings)
Role Playing
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(164 total ratings)
Play in browser
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(280 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
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
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(257 total ratings)
Platformer
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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(893 total ratings)
beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Adventure
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Narrative roguelike with tokens
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(203 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
What would you do if you found yourself trapped on an eerie space station with nothing but a computer?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Adventure
A short story told through boating and lost letters
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(153 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen.
Meredith GranVerified Account
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Adventure
A collection of small and peculier stories from Somwhere.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
Adventure
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Educational
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Puzzle
Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.
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
Survival Horror Text Adventure
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Survival
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Role Playing
The Text Parser Adventure where you CAN'T STOP MOVING.
PowerhoofVerified Account
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
Will you make love and risk death?
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Event[0]
$19.99
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative game where you build a relationship with a spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
In the distant future, you join a strange organization to find the secret behind The Object
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
Issue #49 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
A Nightmare | Narrative Game (1-2 Hours)
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Free form text exploration
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Issue #44 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Issue #52 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
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