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Top ratedfor Linux tagged Text based (550 results)

Explore games for Linux tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Upload your games for Linux to itch.io to have them show up here.

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A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,509 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Journey deeper into the unknown.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(801 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(590 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(392 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Break the curse and uncover your fire.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(490 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(182 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(733 total ratings)
Simulation
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The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(170 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A story of love, death and lies.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A wintry, magical holiday romance
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(106 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(94 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(76 total ratings)
Adventure
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negative experiences after coming out as transgender
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(130 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Fantasy visual novel in development
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(73 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Those we love are never truly gone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Simulation
Sign In again.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(892 total ratings)
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Visual Novel
beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Adventure
Get Joestar Struck
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(124 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Adventure
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An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(203 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The galaxy hungers. You own a foodtruck. Feed everyone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Simulation
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​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(134 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A tumblr simulator.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A dark fantasy visual novel with magic elements.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A dark fantasy visual novel, set in the same universe as The Violette Mage.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A thief on the run finds refuge on an abandoned spaceship. A lonely AI finds unexpected company.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Text-based space exploration game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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