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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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Sencha Cinema Society
A Fun Way to Learn about Film Making
Uri Guri
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Latter-Day Pamphlets
A Victorian horror of decline and ruin
Robert from High Tower Games
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Carousel
$10
-50%
A minimalist TV typewriter for creative notetaking
Party Time! Hexcellent!
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Educational
Brand Yourself™
The totally legal stock market social media simulator
Kuzzi
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Sylvan Shadows
A horror themed text based adventure game where you're trying to escape a dark, spooky forest
Seedborne
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Apologies
An interactive poem.
Katie Campkin
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Estelle et le Cosmusicien
Incarnez une scientifique et un explorateur spatial dans une grande aventure.
Gavroche Games
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Big Day For [PLACEHOLDER]! (Jam Version)
Save your Princess. Save your Self. Save your World.
Ian_does_things
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Final Words
Confront your death in 10 seconds or less
Jakob Eneman
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Lycanthropy
University of Tulsa CSG 1003: Game Design Challenge 02
slvrfshston
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Last Vestiges
An escape room-whodunnit mystery
thesleuthacademy
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Frozen Lake
A seedy sort of game demo.
Dee Cooke
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Trapped Inside
A Twine Project
SukeBancho
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Brew - A Potion-Making Text Adventure
Create a love potion for an insane customer as a potioneer apprentice!
Catrys / Monica Iris
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Locked Together
All you have is each other
Krafter
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
Adventure
A modern text adventure game! Explore the mysterious island and discover the truth!
enigmabrand
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
TheHobbitRemake
Remake of The Hobbit 1982 text adventure by Melbourne House
jonathanmcc
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ALONE
A Horror Interactive Fiction
ahmed
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
RAIN OF LIES
Detective Jack Steel's office. Watersburg City. Rain dripping down the window. Choose between truth and deception.
Benjamin Pilbrow
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Hands Behind Fallout
Credits from the Fallout franchise.
Kanah Belflower
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
A Conversation With A Stranger
A sunrise on a distant planet. A commute to the fields, for harvest. A conversation with her.
Adam Burt
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pretzel Tycoon
Grow your pretzel empire at any cost
rocketnine
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Random Game Idea Generator
Krakendono
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
termtris
Tetris for ANSI/VT100-compatible terminals and DOS PCs
nuclear
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
WISH3S
Short story about a magic lamp and three wishes.
MurderDuck
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Encryption Harvester
A wordle-inspired game about harvesting key words in encrypted enemy files through guesswork and clues in the story
LandarVargan
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Purple Pearl-- A Two-Player Text Adventure
A stolen treasure. A desperate king. Two valorous volunteers.
Amanda Walker
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
THE Best Text Adventure (You Ever Done Did Play)
A short Gameboy Text Adventure
Shining Kitten Games
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Yin Peach Blossom
A love story of [dis]illusion in [super]natural.
Snowy
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Medieval Psycho
Use Ghost powers to save a kidnapped child.
VasantJ
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Steal 10 Treasures to Win This Game
Want a quick castle crawl? Find all 10 treasures and victory is yours.
spaceflounder
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Your New Job?
Beneath the job description lies a web of secrets. Uncover the truth, but beware, some mysteries are best left buried.
Priscilla
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Office Space
A text-based video game about the subtle horror of the monotony of the archetypal workplace
TheMadameAmadeus
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You Find Yourself in a Maze
The clock is ticking.
CSVidal
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Roots of the Beguiler
Interactive Fiction Solo RPG Adventure
diVISION+
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU!(Web.v)
Egor's toxic waste
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
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