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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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GIF
A Short Eternity
1000 words. A boat at the end of the world. Will you survive?
Halfstar
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Indiepocalypse #22
$15
Issue #22 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters
A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.
Vaccean
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Simulation
INEVITABLE
A game about toxic love.
Jon Oldblood
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Messages
An odd game about texting.
Jusiv
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Postal Secret
Postal secret no longer counts! Short atmospheric puzzle solving for a relaxing evening.
Ymar Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Alone Among The Stars (Game Boy port)
A Game Boy port of the journalling TTRPG
donotrunwithpixels
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
La Faille
Un visual novel fantastique sur un groupe de lycéens dont la vie est sur le point de basculer...
Chester
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Solo Records
A story for the lonely dreamers and the loved realists.
ArdenceVice
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Blackout: The Darkest Night
$5.99
Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.
MiniChimera
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Goblins Demise
Goblins seeking Refuge
Lodugh
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Bard Simulator 2K21
Write poems, get paid, try to avoid comitting high treason.
Chapel
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Dialogue 3-D
Ramsey Nasser
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
No !@#$s Left to Give
A short abstract visual novel about what you feel about having too many or too little !@#$s left to give
Knickknack PJ
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Visual Novel
SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Indiepocalypse #17
$15
Issue #17 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Emm1.r
A strange chatroom veils a very dark mystery...
Ayane Faeldori
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Moment of Reflection
Help a stranger in a moment of reflection
Brii-Nanas
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Away Team
$8
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Underflow Studios
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
CLOSED HANDS
An unflinching work of interactive fiction.
PΔSSENGER
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Type 'n Jump
A text-based platformer, made for Ludum Dare 41 | Combine 2 Incompatible Genres
The Jucas
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
The Monster Inside
A film noir style audio-visual novella.
x70x
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Play in browser
Can You Come In?
$2
Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.
spacetwinks
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Cannery Vale
forget who you are
Hanon Ondricek
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dungeon Mercenary
Modern ASCII roguelike - Can your mercenary beat the dungeon ?
smelc3
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
häx_processer
Process häxes using our state-of-the-art häx processing terminal
Tomi
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
night houses
squatters folklore. build a house in a single night
foresthexes
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Your Darkest Thoughts
It's bad to keep your negative thoughts for yourself.
Tyu
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Play in browser
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
Indiepocalypse #9
$15
Issue #9 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Femme
a text based, trans* femme dress-up party!
mayaxlove
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her...
cleaperie
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Tuuli
An interactive ritual
rubereaglenest
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dream Team
A Millennial Dream Simulator
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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