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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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Shattered Head
short twine game about talking to gods head
Finel
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Out Of Memory
how far will you go to succeed?
quackoquack
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Jesus the Woman
Narrative game about toxic masculinity and Christianity.
Talita Rhein
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
REDemption ZONE
An interactive console-based text adventure.
Elseth
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
High Eight Video Rentals
A dark night, a lonely highway, a mysterious video store...
starkholborn
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
I am Groot
An adventure filled with rage and confusion. Narrated by Groot.
All Worms
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
EXTENDED CARE UNIT ROOM 19B
A Medical Adventure Game with Horror Elements
Ambrosio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
you are in the car with a friend
death is always kinder than you think.
jay cee
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ASCOMYCOTA
Decomposition and the re-emergence of life.
Newton Thorne
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Party Line
Point-and-click text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Construct
A horror text adventure game with a deep & engaging story with original music.
Aaron Wise
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
The Time Machine
Adventures in time. A quick Twine game.
Mandy J Watson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Snowset
The world is dying. Savor what little is left.
BoN
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
hey, how are you?
a conversation simulator
Isador
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Reflet
Promenez-vous dans une fiction étrange et symbolique, en quête de rien d'autre que votre propre personne.
Velvet
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Elevator
Enter the elevator and see where fate takes you...
Queen Nebula
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
MUSEUM RANAE
Explora el museo y déjate llevar a través de los ojos de la infancia.
Katia Meraki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Game of 1000+ poems
Valeriy Petrov
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Compliment Generator
Sit back, enjoy the music and get lavished in compliments.
Leaf Let
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Play in browser
The Cursèd Pickle of Shireton
Evil, sealed away for Aeons, has been Released.
Hanon Ondricek
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hallucinatory Machinations Of A Fragile Mind
A descent into confusion. SA Game Jam 2020 entry.
Mandy J Watson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Line-up
Line-up is a 2D point-and-click police investigation game.
DawnWorks
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Last Tsar
Two Suns Interactive
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
RetroBASIC
Classic BASIC Online Interpreter
Retronomicon Games Quality
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
Tristam Island - FREE DEMO
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Windowns 4-20
Uninstall FoF and repair Javi's life.
aburrron
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
No Phone Call
Message a friend and avoid a phone call in real-time.
bushn
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Rhythm
Play in browser
Speechless
An interactive narrative fiction inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s ‘Hush’
Tim Willers
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Watching Screens at Night: an Interactive Essay
An interactive essay (emphasis on that term as "essai" or attempt) that feels more like a text dump. #BitsyEssayJam
disjointed_whodini
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Play in browser
This is the End
Break a cycle of death by preventing your own murder
Martin
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Defund L.A.
poikorosso
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
Dyle Classic
Explore the ASCII world of Dyle in this hard-as-nails platformer
JaneStateDog
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Summoners Gate
A lighthearted text based fantasy game about adventure, mystery and friendship.
Patchworked Rainbow
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dinner at Suzanna's
Your friends invited you over for dinner, which wouldn't be so hard if you weren't a Vampire.
jwfreeman
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Absolute
A Psychological Fantasy Adventure
Laine & Aria Nichols
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Survive America
Try to survive America as a poor person
katbonbailey
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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