Top donated games that last a few hours tagged Text based

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GodAI

Immerse yourself in an AI-driven literary universe where anything can happen.

AWK

Interactive Fiction

Wayfarer

Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?

Idrelle Games

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

CLOSED HANDS

An unflinching work of interactive fiction.

PΔSSENGER

Interactive Fiction

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

Beau Ideals Chapter 1

Fantasy visual novel in development

Mouse & Ram

Visual Novel

4x4 Archipelago

A procedurally generated, text-based fantasy RPG

agat

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

A Colour Like No Other

The world's less scary when you're a monster.

TheNamelessOne

Play in browser

The Queen's Footsteps

A modern text adventure for vintage computers

Davide Bucci

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

SIlk Dust

Davide Bucci

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

One Thousand Acts of Decency

Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer

domedev

Visual Novel

Armchair Detective Case.1 + 1.5

Multiple Witnesses, One Criminal. Point out the contradiction and Expose the true culprit!

zeroaya/ADVangelist

Visual Novel

Tyrant - A Twist of Fate

Today marks the day fate is changed, your actions shape the world.

Diogo Luis

Adventure

The Delusion Dilemna

You are trapped in a maze of dreams, and must determine what is real

Nathaniel

Adventure

Crystal Orb Adventures

Prototype procedurally generated text adventure game without the typing.

Role Playing

forget who you are

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Two Days to the Race

A modern text adventure for vintage computers

Davide Bucci

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Known Unknowns

A bisexual high school ghost hunting romance

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Finance Game

The first Text-Based Game you can make real money from.

Gonzalo Muradas

Strategy

Don't Give Up On Me!

A confession goes wrong in multiple ways and days!

Stefannofornari Games

Visual Novel

Anima X

A console-based & systemic escape room

Silverfisk Games

Interactive Fiction

Ascendance

A love story that surpasses death

Ascendance IF

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

SAFESPACE

Chill out in a small text-based space. Craft, Destroy, Farm and Build.

BitRapture

Adventure

Island

Beginners text adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48k

Luny

Adventure

Eldritch Detective: The Case of the Startled Salon

A text-based mystery game based on Alexis Hall's Affair of the Mysterious Letter

Eldritch Detective: The Game

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

The Gilded

A dark fantasy fiction game

Dry Cappuccino Games

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

CANNA-BUS: 420

Follow 4 protagonists and celebrate 420 - where local dealers adapt to legalization, and good times keep on rolling

Imitate Fire

Visual Novel

Frequency

Join Eliza. Decide Together.

Ice Studios

Adventure

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