Top rated free games from 2021 tagged Text based

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Speaker

What do you See?

speakergame

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(1,081 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Trigaea

Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+

RynGM

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(590 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Nameless

A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?

Parker Lyn

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(524 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Eye of the Moon

Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.

atemaarte

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(260 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Swan Song

A short interactive story loosely based on Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

swansong-if

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(312 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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REDSUGARSOCIETY

Fake date. Fall in love. Murder. Party. Rinse and repeat.

riotdevs

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(251 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Snakeroot.

[ INACTIVE ] A fantasy horror IF WIP.

cerberus

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(184 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Buried Love

A dating game with a twist.

kittidot

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(152 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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(V0.3.3 | 25 Aug. 2024) Morshu The Game: Adventure road

Text based adventure game where you explore hundreds of locations in an attempt to uncover all the secrets.

koshkamatew

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(193 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Ascendance

A love story that surpasses death

Ascendance IF

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(168 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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walk with me.

conversations between a young god and a heart of stone.

cerberus

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(91 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Inner Demons

A supernatural horror story set in modern-day Seattle. Will you save the world or succumb to the darkness?

a.w. morgan

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(171 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Overtaken

“Sometimes, I become the ghost.”

Dao

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(88 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Right Todd

Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.

Shawn Bowers!

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(60 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Beau Ideals Chapter 1

Fantasy visual novel in development

Mouse & Ram

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(73 total ratings)

Visual Novel

What Girls Do in the Dark

A short slumber party text adventure ♡

olivebranche

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(66 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Progress Knight

ihtasham_42

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(228 total ratings)

Simulation

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Delphine's Discovery

Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.

LegendEx Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(105 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Alchemist

Play as an alchemist! Manage your shop, help (and romance!) people, and even try to brew a potion in a small mini-game!

Dariel Ivalyen

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(87 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Welcome Back

A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.

Nessa Cannon

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(69 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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4x4 Archipelago

A procedurally generated, text-based fantasy RPG

agat

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(45 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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FARA

A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure

BrianIsCreative

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(203 total ratings)

Role Playing

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Villain's Promise

Who will you be in your second life?

Felix

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(148 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Sevens Deadly

EJA

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(67 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition

A tumblr simulator.

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(41 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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One More Sleep🌙️

beats to relax/text to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(56 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Florence

A narrative game of Gothic romance

Anamika

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(32 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Things Unwanted

Conquer their hearts! Or break them.

illukimao

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(93 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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'The Attendant'

Flight 155’s landing gear has jammed and it's stuck in limbo, burning fuel ahead of an emergency landing.

andrewmck

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

MIND Psychometry

An employability assessment from a dystopian HR department

Juniper-C

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(48 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Hello Goodbyes

A writing experience with yourself.

Velvet

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

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Fantasy Tea Generator

-30%

Generate a name for your fantasy tea.

npckc

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(87 total ratings)

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Serenity at Dusk

Here is where a heavy heart asks for rest.

klaiis

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Deliverance

You are a messenger. Deliver the most important message yet. Restore balance to the world, else it succumbs to chaos.

Caevacior

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(52 total ratings)

Made With Love and Sparkles: Purple-Moon.com

For the Forgotten Games Essay Jam, an excavation of one corner of the '90s Girl Games boom.

aeta

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

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ASHES OF L'MANBERG - a Dream SMP text game

can you prevent L'Manberg's demise?

Fonetic Machine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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