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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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Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(153 total ratings)
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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
(400 total ratings)
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Sign In again.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(872 total ratings)
countless possibilities, one terrible reality
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A minimalist choose-your-own adventure story about two brothers who have grown apart.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Who knew there could be two kings to one castle?
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Adventure
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How a superheroine earns a living wage
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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A cyberpunk adventure.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
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A Chatroom Thriller
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A story about dating, growing up, and our relationships to our past and future selves.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
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Come down to the beach for a short illustrated text adventure, what kind of castle will you rule over?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
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A maiden leads a unicorn hunt.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
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Procedural Wasteland Rpg!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Role Playing
A film noir style audio-visual novella.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
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Another Twine game about gender issues
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
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It's bad to keep your negative thoughts for yourself.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
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A short text story
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A mini-romance.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A free fantasy visual novel about magic, monsters, and more--download now!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A micro-RPG made for Twiny Jam, where you needed to make a Twine game using 300 words or less.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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2015 // A Poem Generator
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
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295 words about faulty keyboards and absent mouse pads.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
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My bones were sturdy and cold.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
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Don't look up...
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Adventure
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feel bad about something? confess and be punished
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
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They say that some of the faerie folk can grant wishes...
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
You find a metal rabbit in the snow.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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An unsettling Point'n'Click Adventure on a broken VCR.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Adventure
A text game by Jerry Belich, published in A MAZE. Magazine, recreated in Twine by Sarah Sexton.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
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When they put you at the tail end of the train, they never predicted you'd be so good at violence...
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
An in-development first person/text adventure hybrid set in a fantasy world.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
A griffin pays an unwanted visit to a town. Adapted from Frank Stockton's classic story.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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Interactive fiction about mechs, monsters, the end of the world.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
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A jailbreak experiment.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The social simulation you'll be playing for minutes!
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Simulation
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