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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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A Dark Forest
Incremental Minimalistic Idle Game
TinyTakinTeller
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
Play in browser
Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
Play in browser
Turn Out the Lights
A short game about coming home again.
bijan
Adventure
Idyll
a cosy internet island
Demi
Siren for Hire
How a superheroine earns a living wage
Maddy Myers
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Accuse [C64]
a native implementation of the classic IF little game
Marco Giorgini
Adventure
Open Wrestling
A pro wrestling management simulation game. In development.
OpenWrestling
Simulation
Sands of Time: A Quest Through the West
Text-based RPG
jackthompson2002
Adventure
The Ceramic Uncertainty
A text-based "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" about a mysterious plant.
falpal
Adventure
Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Monster Inside
A film noir style audio-visual novella.
x70x
Play in browser
GIF
ZOZ
An open world deckbuilder adventure game for ZZT.
WiL
Card Game
Play in browser
You Are Likely To Be Eaten
A brief, text-only tale of darkness and woe with six endings, only one of them good.
Our Flag Means Fun
Interactive Fiction
Nesterin Trail [C64]
fantasy graphic text adventure for C64
Marco Giorgini
Interactive Fiction
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cyberphobia
Small and Simple Text based Roguelite
Wolfstudioz
Adventure
Play in browser
The Tree That Touched The Moon
agat
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Assessment
Bee BraunVerified Account
Apollo
A super-hard classic style text-based sci-fi game!
Pip
Survival
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
ADITL
Life is a journey.
Eric Koziol
Adventure
Who Will...
A party game about dividing an inheritance.
BlauwPrint
A Happy New Year
Mood-game about being alone on New Year's Eve.
Beiwerk
Interactive Fiction
Cypher
Decypher an alien language.
lemon juice
Interactive Fiction
5e Arena
A pit-fighting game for the famous 5th edition fantasy tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Role Playing
Play in browser
Fairy Tales of Innocent Children
Chase your shooting star. [Visual Novel, 5 mins]
Bruised Banana
Visual Novel
Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Visual Novel
Thy Dungeonman 1 & 2 for Playdate
A port of Thy Dungeonman from flash to the Playdate
tylorlilley
Interactive Fiction
Serum Run
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Avery Hiebert
Adventure
Play in browser
Swan Hill
A minimalist choose-your-own adventure story about two brothers who have grown apart.
Laura Michet
Interactive Fiction
clicky clicks dungeon of hand drawn computer graphics
Explore the dolphins artwork in the dungeon/coffee shop
chip-fork
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Ruby Arena
A Roguelike text adventure game. Battle and earn your way through the Arena!
GumpNerd
Role Playing
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