Top rated games from 2020 tagged Text based

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Scout: An Apocalypse Story

A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.

Anya

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(1,491 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Superstition S2

Journey deeper into the unknown.

13Leagues

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(789 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

SPACE FROG!

a story of a frog in space.

npckc

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(632 total ratings)

Adventure

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a man outside

a friendly horror game in your neighborhood

litrouke

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(604 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Tavern Crawler

Slaying the dragon? Easy. Collecting your pay? Not so much.

CogsAndSpanners

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(148 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Love & Friendship

A Regency Rom-Com

Salty Stories

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(160 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

In bundle

A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.

Elliot Herriman

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(142 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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There's A Bear Outside

Isn't it nice that there is a perfectly normal bear at the window?

The Very Worst Thing

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(99 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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BOAT PROM

A boat-themed gay teen love story

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(144 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Soft Underbelly

Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.

rosa✦dev

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(103 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

Latebus

You can't remember your name.

kapitha

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Adventure

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Disharmony

An investigative IF journey into the unknown.

Pink Soda Studios

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Sleepover Rules

Your friend invites you to his house for a sleepover with a certain set of rules

SjoerdHekking

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Congee

A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.

Starless

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(65 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Skynet Simulator

You are Skynet

edisgreat

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(92 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Scents & Semiosis

An interactive fiction about perfume, memory and new meanings, with heavy use of procedural generation.

Sam Kabo Ashwell

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Coffee Machine

Dr. Bright + SCP-294 fanfiction based on the SCP Stories.

Master Pose

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(61 total ratings)

Simulation

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Divide

I will not be just a sacrifice.

TrulyDrew

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(46 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Rebel Kitsune

A cute fox girl explores her small hometown on her way to a date with a friend.

fake gamer comics / ashlander games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf

Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)

Luke Burns

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Saint's Tomb

A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.

Sayeth

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Role Playing

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GIF

Pixel Fireplace

$4.99

Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy

Ted Martens

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(155 total ratings)

Simulation

I Knew You Would Find This

An experimental Twine game exploring a broken relationship.

Nessa Cannon

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Zenosyne

Write your eulogy

Ezra Szanton

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

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Tristam Island

An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers

Hugo Labrande

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

The Secret Life of Probes Prologue

Story in the far reaches of space and time.

Elyon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Villain Rehabilitation

A support group for villains having trouble with villaining.

Kryptic Kitty

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(55 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Deficit

An Interactive Semi-Fictional Experiential ADHD Story

Gav Sarafian

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Long Goodbye

a short narrative game about old friends saying goodbye over the phone.

fixgritt

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Zenith Skywave Transmission #2

A new transmission means a new adventure.

Zenith: The Last City

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Bewitching!

A girl's love game about cute witches!

sensh_ii

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Visual Novel

are u ok?

[ meltdown at a movie premiere ]

cryocannon

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN

A TEXT-BASED HORROR GAME ABOUT YOU.

knucklebones

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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the now we've named

a deep space coffee shop au

windbreak

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I

$1.50

A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles

Dave Microwaves Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

And yet it hurt

An adventure game in Notepad about a kid who seeks revenge.

Sheepolution

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Adventure

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