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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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Fool Me Once
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(183 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(170 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Ouroborous Incident
Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.
DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(62 total ratings)
Play in browser
Tears of Tianchao
Trust none. Follow None
ERAgames
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Gilded
A dark fantasy fiction game
Dry Cappuccino Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
woebegone.
when breathing has become a chore. when to exist is a trial.
louey
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(112 total ratings)
Simulation
GIF
The Mouth Of The Woods
Twenty-seven-year-old Casper Antilles was last seen on ███████ street Wednesday night around 9:00 PM.
DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Adventure
A Twisted Place
Depressing Cosmic Horror
Volition Newlove
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
So I bought a little chainsaw
★★★★★ Works Good. Recommend it.
Akzidenz
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
He Knows That You Know and Now There's No Stopping Him
How are you going to talk your way out of this?
Charm Cochran
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Neotrogla
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Roxy S.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Six Shots
A text-based adventure game that puts you in the boots of a lone cowpoke bent on revenge.
BanzaiBonsai
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
I Am A Game.
This is a game. There's not much more to this. This is a game.
Codebolt
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Play in browser
13 Laurel Road
A game about places and the memories they hold.
Crosshollow
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
It can’t be true it mustn’t be true
He couldn't have... could he?
Charm Cochran
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ONLY THIS
And nothing more.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine
Alone in a dark, unfamiliar room
Charm Cochran
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Elysium
Immortal hero, here is where you lie.
ethersic
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Masks
On a campus under siege by riot police you count down to the end...
samplereality
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Heretic's Hope
What is it to be holy? What is it to be human?
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Cannery Vale
forget who you are
Hanon Ondricek
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Seethe
A Short Story
HEXRAE
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The End of Warren's House
nbgstudio
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Adventure
FromSoft Word
Like Microsoft Word, but way too hard.
Woe Industries
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Survival
Play in browser
The Nowhere
The Nowhere - Twine Game
Pedro Marques
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Remember To Forget
What if the things that go bump in the night are just pieces of our past?
josieking
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her...
cleaperie
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Weather Report
Trigger Warning! This game examines life in an abusive relationship
Syrrann
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Unmaking, Unmade
Is this not what you wanted?
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
VtM - Blood of the Dragon
A game about a vampire plastic surgeon
NightmareThrenody
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Din in the Seventeenth Minute
It started with a muted cacophony in the outer banks.
3 Halves Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Mind Space
Ed Curtis-Sivess
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Play in browser
The Message
A short horror game of a getting a message from an unknown person.
vengeancev
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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