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Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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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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Hamburger Hostage
A short text adventure game
daww
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Hangman's Gulch
You're a gold prospector down on his luck. Scavenge the abandoned town to find treasures to fund your trip back home.
DrDooriddle
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Talkworld
TalkWorld is a virtual chat environment
LtGray
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Bufanda
A Tale of Three Ghosts
Super Walrus Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Everlasting Household Love
The ghost of a domestic returns to his former workplace to clean up again.
Adel Faure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Fremmy
A text-based Mascot horror game, like a retro game.
TheMascotHorrorTeam
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
The Curious Four go to Black Devil Reef
A Gruescript adventure combining Lovecraft with The Famous Five.
cpdesign
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Mystery of Winchester High (TALP)
Your school was bequeathed by a rich philanthropist, but the whereabouts of the rest of his fortune is a mystery.
Garry Francis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
My Secret Life
A tiny adventure inside an old cryptic computer. Explore a virtual world filled with secrets ready to be uncovered.
Lucky Pixel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
I wouldn't sleep if I were you
Beta text based RPG
DRUNKBOYO
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
The Tomb of Darius Vöd
A puzzle adventure game.
WiL
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Something Made of Skin - demo
Your brother just brought home a new game on floppy disk and something knows you're playing.
HeroRobb
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
msngr v2
retro style choose your own story game - short and intimate with adaptive music
Tiboe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Courage Collector
text-based roguelite adventure
james downey
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
CLIMON
Pokémon, but CLI.
TiagoSinH
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
Tilper
The Text Platformer
Lucid Pixel Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
In the Trees - Story Version
The faster "story version" of 2017 text adventure "In the Trees" with simplified puzzles
Caspian Depression Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Portcullis
Zork-like retro text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hepburn: Takaishitai
A reimagining of classic 90s cult horror games.
emmahallows
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Plastic Cave Adventure 2
Exciting 80s style Text Adventure Game!
What is Luna
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
DOS Galaxy
Text-based space adventure with a DOS-like command prompt aesthetic.
doubleday
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Escape from RosSpell
A text adventure platformer about an Alien trying to learn and get home
theagedmen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
WHISPERSTRING
An 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”.
RocRac
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Who Kidnapped Mother Goose? (TALP)
Mother Goose has been kidnapped and it's up to you to rescue her.
Garry Francis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Spooky Mansion (TALP)
Find your lost dog in this mansion haunted by ghosts, monsters, and skeletons!
Quizlock
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
white rabbit.
Spooky Enhanced Text Adventure
PneumaJams
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Syntopia DEMO
Do you want to escape from the reality?
KaiLis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Captain Cutter's Treasure
Captain Cutter once had three of his crew hide a treasure nearby. Now, he wants it back.
Garry Francis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Rerbal Space Program
Design a roguish 2D rocket and try to get into space
Morph
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Labyrinth of the Sorcerer King
A short Twine text adventure in the style of 1980s dungeon crawlers.
Brandon Vout
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cosmic Cargo
A space trucking story generator! What will your tale be?
Seafarers Cafe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Lord of the Deep
Journey down into the depths to appease a cruel god.
Not Jam
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Eclipsia
An old school adventure - a whole new world to explore !
ICreateworlds
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Candy Wars
SFW reboot of Dope Wars
bkslsh
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Super Star Trek (Acorn Electron)
Stand-alone version of the classic terminal game
electron.greg
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Goblin Harvest - The Mighty Quest
A Strategy RPG set in a fantasy kingdom
Subjunctive Software
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
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