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Top selling$15 or less that last about an hour tagged Text based (26 results)

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A cozy mystery adventure game set in early 1900s Ontario, Canada!
Adventure
Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Adventure
Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
In the distant future, you join a strange organization to find the secret behind The Object
Adventure
Explore a haunted theater with a gruesome past and go INSIDE several black-and-white films!
Visual Novel
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Find your missing father and uncover an ancient conspiracy in this haunting text adventure!
Visual Novel
An ode to text-adventures.
Interactive Fiction
Rap Career Simulator
Simulation
Be gay, travel through time.
Interactive Fiction
Shakespearean text adventure
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Discover hidden abilities to find your missing father
Role Playing
Your own adventure in a steampunk world! Find mysterious Alexander Cooper and unravel secrets in city of Staighrem.
Adventure
Now witness the wrath of a true beast.
Visual Novel
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself.
Interactive Fiction
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Adventure
Play in browser
A Text-Based RPG where you make tough decisions as captain of a commercial airship
Role Playing
A trip to cash out coins yields more than you bargained for.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicides with a touch of black humor.
Interactive Fiction
Navigate intense job interviews with the help of a god who can stop time!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary. Investigate appearance of “ghosts” and help residents.
Adventure
Dr. Diabolical is at it again! Can you escape his house of horrors?
Puzzle
Play in browser
A Short Table Top Role Playing Game. As Explorer you explore the Lost Lands invaded by Demons!
Role Playing
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
Action
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