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Top selling$15 or less with demos tagged Text based (40 results)

Explore games tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Sell your games on itch.io to have them show up here.

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Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Role Playing
Embark on a thrilling, tongue-in-cheek train heist in the style of classic dice-rolling RPGs.
Role Playing
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
Role Playing
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Interactive Fiction
S.O.R.S
£6.99
A sci-fi doctor simulation game
Simulation
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Visual Novel
Play in browser
An ode to text-adventures.
Interactive Fiction
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
Visual Novel
An illustrated text adventure set in a vivid open world where everyone has an agenda.
Adventure
Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why. 他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。
Adventure
A Cassette Futuristic Space Adventure
Simulation
A young girl has been kidnapped, you have two hours to find and free her.
Visual Novel
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
Visual Novel
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Visual Novel
ansdorVerified Account
Platformer
Play in browser
Classic Old School Text Based Hacking Game
Simulation
Turn based roguelike with resource management on a ship
Strategy
VT Harmony - Visual Novel
Visual Novel
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Adventure
Play in browser
Now witness the wrath of a true beast.
Visual Novel
A dark interactive novel
Interactive Fiction
A full-scale retro JRPG with ambitious textmode graphics [Now available!]
Role Playing
Aventura de texto de rol. Eres el mejor guerrero de tu tribu luchando por cumplir una misión en contra de tu voluntad.
Role Playing
Solve SCP mysteries in this ARG with cryptic online clues, riddles, and puzzles.
Adventure
Play in browser
The Classic Dice Rolling Game Now For ZZT v3.2!
Play in browser
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicides with a touch of black humor.
Interactive Fiction
A text-mode adventure for your Rainbow 100 (and other inferior platforms)!
Adventure
Join a scientific study, compete in games, and avoid the manipulation of others before things take a turn for the worse.
Visual Novel
Navigate intense job interviews with the help of a god who can stop time!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Short Table Top Role Playing Game. As Explorer you explore the Lost Lands invaded by Demons!
Role Playing
A text based game, made in 2015?
Adventure
Look at you. You want to travel but do you have enough money? Lets find out...
Strategy
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