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
The Filmmaker
$2.99
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
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Detective noir clickable text adventure
Interactive Fiction
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Lifestream
$2.99
Find your missing father and uncover an ancient conspiracy in this haunting text adventure!
Visual Novel
Shakespearean text adventure
Interactive Fiction
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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
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Adventure
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Sky Caravan
$9.99
A Text-Based RPG where you make tough decisions as captain of a commercial airship
Role Playing
Gift From A Roi
$1.99
A trip to cash out coins yields more than you bargained for.
Interactive Fiction
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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
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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
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Explorer of the Lost
$2.99
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