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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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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
Play in browser
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Visual Novel
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Visual Novel
GIF
sacrament iv.
calamity occult-horror rpg
melessthanthree
Role Playing
Play in browser
CLICK TO CONTINUE!
Run away.
Andrea Pignataro
She
A romance that ended yesterday, 150 years ago.
Sam☆Lewis
Interactive Fiction
Personality Quiz
Have you taken a personality quiz before?
monicaseldow
Sapphire Lung
A game of Industrial Injuries, Unions, and the Three Laws of Transmutation
Pleroma
Interactive Fiction
Redundant
Your ten years on the station are up. The Company sent a pair of clones to replace you-- and they've got a secret.
Laura Michet
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
A Happy New Year
Mood-game about being alone on New Year's Eve.
Beiwerk
Interactive Fiction
ADITL
Life is a journey.
Eric Koziol
Adventure
Heretic's Hope
What is it to be holy? What is it to be human?
Grim Baccaris
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Lotus Garden
A narrative game following the Flowers from Blaseball
Creepy Ellie
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Neotrogla
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Roxy S.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Master of the Land
Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Pseudavid
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Misplaced
An escape room as a text adventure!
Charu Tak
Puzzle
Play in browser
Alicio en la Kurioza Kongreso
Ĉu vi memoras vian unuan kongreson? Alicio neniam forgesos la sian.
Ariel Bonkorpa
Role Playing
Play in browser
proetry~
~ procedural poetry ~ THE DYING PILLOW NEAR THE SKY
Pitoum (Brice Dubat)
Play in browser
It wasn't me.
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Rosa Carbo-Mascarell
Role Playing
Blood Bath & Beyond
A humorous fantasy text adventure into the dark heart of retail.
Neil Floyd
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
The Ritual
a Princess & her Knight travel through the woods.
Megan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Mouth of the Devil
You’d better watch that mouth o’ yours, partner.
hatchling
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Knights' Conquest: World Champion
A Text-Based 2D RPG
Felix, J.
Role Playing
[System]
Test your correctness in this exercise that has nothing to do with grammar!
Ines Alcolea
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Factory
You find yourself in a mysterious factory where you must strive to fulfil your own goals whilst trying to survive.
Mighty CheBo
Role Playing
Next Door
This is an entry for Green Stories's Interactive Fiction competition.
aeta
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tales of Wocdes: The Silver Protector
A fantasy twine game set is a world full of magic and mysteries.
Tales Of Wocdes
Interactive Fiction
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Circlebound
Understand the mysterious planet
P. R. Saseta
Survival
Play in browser
No Substitutions
A word switch cooking game where the results are up to you.
aeta
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dream Planet : Loan Away
Get a job with alien lenders floating on a broken planet Earth!
weenayoung
Interactive Fiction
M.A.D.
A text-based game about a dystopian fascist U.S.A.
adexia
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Great Path
Sulkie learns the price of bread.
Sam☆Lewis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Beyond Eternity: A prelude of Scripted Fates
A metaphysical Visual Novel in the realm of NonExistence.
Razeacc
Visual Novel
Capybara Capriole
Dodge obstacles atop your trusty Capybara. When that gets boring build your own level.
MansterSoft
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