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Story Rich

Games with a heavy focus on storytelling and narrative.

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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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Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,513 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,517 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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What do you See?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,098 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,449 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(459 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An interactive fiction fantasy game made with Twine. Create your character, break a curse, fall in love & make it home.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(408 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Your journey begins in sand and sound and silence.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(401 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(609 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
(563 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
(691 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
(255 total ratings)
Strategy
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Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(260 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(186 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A fantasy twine game set is a world full of magic and mysteries.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(128 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(241 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You were exiled from Court. Now, you need to find your way back.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(272 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(249 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(170 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(182 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(409 total ratings)
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Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Vast Error Story
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Regency Rom-Com
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(163 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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summer camp crushes & alien bird dreams
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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These people aren't like you.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(220 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(281 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You are a Merfolk and was told all humans are bad. But are they?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(122 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Can a gay disaster find love on the high seas?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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“Sometimes, I become the ghost.”
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Bisexual teen ghost hunting romance
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(59 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Those we love are never truly gone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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You can't remember your name.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Adventure
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A dark fantasy fiction game
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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