Top rated free games from 2016 tagged Text based - Page 3

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Kingsbane City

Explore a fantasy city in this text adventure walking simulator.

Jody Macgregor

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Six Months Demo

An interactive fantasy murder-mystery about family, power, and faking it until you make it

Laura Michet

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Chicken Head Jake

tedAgriogianis

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

The Excuse Machine

Your #1 solution for creating lies!

ManofPixels

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Play in browser

One man, one house, one city

Experimental text adventure (originally designed for LD37)

David Frank

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Creation (One Hour Game Jam 72)

Just another day at the office...

DivineOmega

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

Honeysuckle

Look closer.

catacalypto

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Play in browser

TIC TACS

pick up those tic tacs!!!!

HEAVENDELUXE

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

The Chancellor of Hydria

tedAgriogianis

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

Making a Mug of Hot Chocolate

A tiny interactive fiction game about making hot chocolate!

DrMelon

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

OrbitFall: A Text Adventure

A WebGL text adventure made in Unity!

Arcangel Games

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Politricks

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

Dave from Bungie

Ludum Dare 35 entry

Dmitri

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

Madrugada (DEMO)

a twine game about murder, natural disasters, fields, and who-dun-it.

Li Hieng

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Mouth of Ashes

verity v. lee

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Like Steps in the Snow

A short visual novel about the last two robots on the Moon.

In Solitudine Pax

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Transformation pursuit

A Transformation game based on trivial pursuit

icarue

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Puzzle

marshmallow

a game about waiting

drewby

Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Play in browser

burning alexandria

an exceptional day in archfield is a day when nothing happens. a twine adventure.

javid hornet

Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

Angel In The Dark

An Audio & Text based horror game, set in total darkness. Will you survive?

Philip Aldous

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

i'd like to let you know

all the things i am grateful for.

Vaida

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

the house

a glorified house-exploration simulator

liss wolverines

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Ms. Lojka or: In Despair to Will to Be Oneself

A game of darkness & inner turmoil

Jordan Magnuson

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Florida Road Trip

Take a trip on a Florida highway.

Mooeena

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

The Matter Realm

Short textual adventure, with sounds and images

Nomys_Tempar

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Play in browser

Climb

A game about climbing.

Sav Wolfe

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Role Playing

Play in browser

Orc Prom

Escape the house, defy your broodlords, and go to prom. It is your birthright.

TheGreatFort

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

Hello Chagall

str6tch

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Play in browser

Decay of Terethia Chapter 1

A text/ascii RPG with exploration, maps, quests and monster battles.

Claire Morwood

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Role Playing

paperplastic

secrets & grocery stores

eli fessler

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Play in browser

Charlene's Adventures in Hell

A little otter on a big journey (to hell) ((it is bad))

toothpasta

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Söz Nişan 1

Sözlü nişanlı interaktif bir hikaye oyunu

Efe Alaçamlı

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Home Alone (Demo/Unfinished)

You are home alone.

Eljay

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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^. BATWORLD .^

Enter a world very much like our own, in the sense that there are bats in it.

polymer despair

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Driving Across

Two friends go on a road trip to confront their grief

alex bennetts

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Diary of an NPC

A short, humorous homage to NPCs in RPGs.

Leah

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

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