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Altgame

A movement in alternative games

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Zenosyne
Write your eulogy
Ezra Szanton
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
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Confessions of an NPC
Interview NPCs from a world not unlike our own...
Charles H. Huang
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Bottom Chef
Cooking game but your life is a mess
Nardo23
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
What is a video game?
12 small 'games' about breaking the boundary of what a game is
Rosden Shadow
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
rain
twine game/story about the experience of rain
eli fessler
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Play in browser
c i r c u i t s
a narrative journey through remembering, witnessing, and trauma
eileen mary
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Play A Hot Number
2015 // A Poem Generator
Lawra Suits Clark
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Play in browser
GIF
i think about you all the time
listing all the time I think about you
Zhanko
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
the dark is a soft, warm pressure.
isitjustmeinhere?
MARED JURPHY
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Cybernetic Ghost Symphony
A game about contact for the 2015 Loading Screen Jam
Jillian Maywhether
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Ten Good Dollars
Ten Good Dollars is a game about salary negotiation.
DensetsuNoGomez
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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paperplastic
secrets & grocery stores
eli fessler
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
Kill Monsters, Escape the Room
A text-based game with millions of options
Rafiki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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Tails Goes To The Liquor Store To Get A Cheeseburger
The lovable fox goes on an adventure for a cheeseburger
The Egg Muncher
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
DRMS-01
First part in a series about dreams
thatguynm
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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purpose
clicky thing
eli fessler
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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