Top rated free games from 2016 tagged Text based

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The House Abandon - Now part of 'Stories Untold'!

A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.

jonNoCode

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(101 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Walkie Talkie

send messages, receive messages, play messages

Daniel Linssen

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(257 total ratings)

Platformer

Epitaph

alien civilization extinction simulator

Max Kreminski

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(91 total ratings)

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GIF

Please Tell Me I Love You

A short conversation about a relationship

A G Moody

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Worth Waiting

You could have sworn someone else was here.

TheNamelessOne

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

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Are You Ok?

A short Twine game about understanding.

jlevstein

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

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Well This is Awkward

Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.

Emma Kidwell

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(117 total ratings)

Role Playing

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Hymn

A Twine game of reassurance and reminders for those lost in themselves

june wilde

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

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Pyramid Builder

Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid

standardcombo

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(84 total ratings)

Simulation

An Afternoon Rippling

Take a road trip through a valley.

marslizard

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(46 total ratings)

inh-exh: a breathing game

a self-help tool, to help people who suffer anxiety attacks

celdavison

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

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GIF

Turing Trial

A Short, Replayable Text-Based RPG

Mary T.

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Puzzle

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All Hail The Spider God

All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.

Strange Scaffold

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dispatch

A short interactive story in which you are a 911 dispatcher. Lives depend on your choices.

Len Cunningham

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Simulation

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CRYPTID HUNTER

Get lost in the pine barrens! Take pictures of trees! Hunt for the Jersey Devil!

ceejus

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Adventure

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The horse is dead.

Short, twine-like (custom), experimental interactive poetry.

Nico May

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

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404 Missing Page Detective Agency

Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!

Snozbot

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Adventure

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MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate

A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.

Foolish Mortals

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(89 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Find Your Girlfriend

A queer and spooky twine game. You're a bi bookshop worker trying to find your girlfriend - where is she?

glitterflounce

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Adventure

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Keep Calm: An Interactive Short Story

No matter what you do, keep calm...

Adam Carriere

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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rain

twine game/story about the experience of rain

eli fessler

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

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GIF

And All Is Well

Nonsense happens all the time and all is well.

Rémy 🍬 Devaux

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

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Widemare

A voice and text driven horror experience.

Andrea Pignataro

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Visual Novel

KINSALE HORROR

Hitchhike. See what I saw.

Rarykos

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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QUIMER-B

The most advance AI to date takes over the facilities where it was born. But, you know, more complicated.

David T. Marchand

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

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Worldsmith

An intergalactic Interactive Fable

Interactive Fables

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Adventure

Clockwork Apple

A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)

Synapsed

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Take

katherine

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Reflections at Sunset - A meditative Twine experience

An ambient text-based experience inspired by meditation... Your thoughts are yours and yours alone...

Charles H. Huang

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Ask Her

A short parser-like game inspired by some of Sam Barlow's games. Made for the LD37.

bloomingbuds

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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When acting as a wave

A person has to make a decision that will affect the lives of many.

David T. Marchand

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

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GIF

Ray Bibbia

Play as the toughest private exorcist around and fight evil by dodging bullets and typing your formula.

Morbidware

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Action

A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS

A cyberpunk text-based game inspired by the 70s BBC short films.

Charlie Dart

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Adventure

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Nasty/Good/Badass

A multiple choice personality test

xeneth.design

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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

input

A Spambot in Love

Jillian Maywhether

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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