Top rated games from 2022 tagged Text based

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Wayfarer

Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?

Idrelle Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(1,307 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are

a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz

frannym

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,187 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Superstition S3

Learn the truth and unleash your potential.

13Leagues

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(350 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Project: Eden's Garden

16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.

Project: Eden's Garden

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(303 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The King's Hound

Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.

Kal Down

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(587 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Night Abridged

there is a whisper in the shadows...

ZICO

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(304 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Fool Me Once

Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction

PDRRook

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(159 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Sinners

Could you fall for a sinner?

veswrites

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(324 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Swallow The Moon

Luna🌙

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(182 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GUTLESS

hadopelagic false light

DOMINO CLUB

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(92 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder

$9.99

-50%

A story of love, death and lies.

Nim

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(92 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Dead Weight

Whisper Game

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(173 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Gray Ascendancy

Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.

grayascendancy

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(200 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dominion of Darkness

Text-based simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.

Adeptus7

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(90 total ratings)

Strategy

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Moonlight

K. Knight

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(165 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Ouroborous Incident

Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.

DOMINO CLUB

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(60 total ratings)

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Esper: Fugitive

A dystopian urban fantasy interactive fiction game

petrichor

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(164 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Just Cosplay

A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.

Deadnettle Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(49 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Danganronpa: Lapse

10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...

Cynthia

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(118 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Remnants Of The Past - Act 1

$6.99

A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.

Domakir

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(82 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Young's Home for Retired Robots

As its resident caretaker, go on an adventure to save a retirement home for robots

prince of the clouds

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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More a Haunting than a History

Understand your past. Decide your future. -- An urban fantasy narrative about life after death, in more ways than one.

ejadelomax

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Painting

A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.

Tymedust Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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The Archivist and the Revolution

The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(45 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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New Year's Eve, 2019

Social anxiety simulator/dating sim

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(42 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Grown-Up Detective Agency

A pre-and-post-teen mystery

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Xianxia Simulator

Survive as an immortal cultivator in a text-based life-simulation RPG set in Chinese Cultivation Fantasy world.

Captain Wabbit

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(59 total ratings)

Role Playing

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System Processing

Ov, a digital caretaker, spends their last day of work with Laðə, a curious alien.

albie

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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directions

a retrospective chatbot

cecile richard

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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stay with me

(you're not alone)

steff

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Still Shining

Watch the stars with your best friend.

HusbandoGoddess

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service

When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.

etherane

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(45 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Evanescent Eclipse

A story about two individuals.

nikkefort

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(49 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Forest Of The Lost

A WIP interactive fiction. Succeed your mission, find romance or die trying

CroWoods

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(62 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Grand Heist

Lily

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(62 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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