Top donated games in development tagged Text based

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Superstition S2

Journey deeper into the unknown.

13Leagues

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Steam Sky

Text-based roguelike in a sky with steampunk theme

thindil

Role Playing

Superstition S3

Learn the truth and unleash your potential.

13Leagues

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Bird Of Passage

A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.

SpaceBackyard

Visual Novel

GodAI

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

AWK

Interactive Fiction

FARA

A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure

BrianIsCreative

Role Playing

Play in browser

Idyll

a cosy internet island

Demi

L'île Tristam

Une aventure textuelle pour ordinateurs rétro

Hugo Labrande

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

Beau Ideals Chapter 1

Fantasy visual novel in development

Mouse & Ram

Visual Novel

GIF

Accuse [C64]

a native implementation of the classic IF little game

Marco Giorgini

Adventure

Son of Dionysus

A Homoerotic Text-Based Sandbox

Akida

Role Playing

Suffer The Night(Demo)

The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.

TaintedPact Games

Survival

Open Wrestling

A pro wrestling management simulation game. In development.

OpenWrestling

Simulation

The Wastes

Procedural Wasteland Rpg!

Huw2k8

Role Playing

Superlunary Episode 1.0

A slow, queer, post-war space opera

communistsister

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

The Nameless

A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?

Parker Lyn

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Candied Carols

A wintry, magical holiday romance

VIOLET

Visual Novel

Speaker

What do you See?

speakergame

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

chiaroscuro

An interactive novella about finding your muse.

Kim Berkley

Interactive Fiction

Well This is Awkward

Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.

Emma Kidwell

Role Playing

Play in browser

A Familiar Fairytale: Dyslexic text Based Adventure

A Dyslexic text Based Adventure that shows the frustration of Dyslexia.

LowtekGames

Educational

Unkindness (Asylum Jam 2015)

A Horror in Shades of Red

Studio Turtledove / Andrea Reventon

Adventure

Swapped

Old windows themed horror game.

Takeo Noname

Interactive Fiction

ClassicZoo

ZZT/Super ZZT world player and editor

asie

RNG Quest

Procedurally generated zero-player idle RPG.

Viktor

Role Playing

Play in browser

Eye of the Moon

Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.

atemaarte

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Orc Prom

Escape the house, defy your broodlords, and go to prom. It is your birthright.

TheGreatFort

Adventure

One Thousand Acts of Decency

Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer

domedev

Visual Novel

idleCMD

Text-based idle/clicker game

Finn Steffen

Play in browser

Hammer Crest Idle

Idle RPG with a focus on character customization

Woetnie

Role Playing

Mushroom Hunt

An entry for the Adventuron Cavejam

Polyducks

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Courage Collector

text-based roguelite adventure

james downey

Strategy

Fable Maker

Create your own branching narratives and play them too!

CDcruz

Visual Novel

Heartstring: BETA STORY

A multiversal RPG story that plays with your heartstrings.

pokeizel

Role Playing

Swan Song

A short interactive story loosely based on Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

swansong-if

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

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