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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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An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Adventure
Take a road trip through a valley.
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Visual Novel
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
Simulation
an exceptional day in archfield is a day when nothing happens. a twine adventure.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You've tried the rest, now try the worst - DEMON DATE
alien civilization extinction simulator
Play in browser
Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.
Role Playing
Play in browser
Your ten years on the station are up. The Company sent a pair of clones to replace you-- and they've got a secret.
Interactive Fiction
Escape the house, defy your broodlords, and go to prom. It is your birthright.
Adventure
Mysterious command line tools
Puzzle
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Adventure
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Visual Novel
Free form text exploration
An Audio & Text based horror game, set in total darkness. Will you survive?
Visual Novel
A Twine Game about a Vain, Alien Sky Deity getting Pissed at some Frogs
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Today marks the day fate is changed, your actions shape the world.
Adventure
A Transformation game based on trivial pursuit
Puzzle
Hacker simulator
Simulation
Ĉu vi memoras vian unuan kongreson? Alicio neniam forgesos la sian.
Role Playing
Play in browser
A Twine game of reassurance and reminders for those lost in themselves
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An ambient text-based experience inspired by meditation... Your thoughts are yours and yours alone...
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Take a moment to think of your past. Do you miss it, or are you ready to move on?
Adventure
~ procedural poetry ~ THE DYING PILLOW NEAR THE SKY
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in the dark. in the water. in my box.
Play in browser
a self-help tool, to help people who suffer anxiety attacks
Play in browser
And the captain said: "Antonio, tell us your favorite story!" And Antonio began:
Interactive Fiction
Puzzly text adventure about wandering in the big city.
Puzzle
A cyberpunk text-based game inspired by the 70s BBC short films.
Adventure
Play in browser
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Role Playing
Challenge yourself using linux commands to discover, and protect your machine!
Simulation
Say 'HELLO' to the Corporation.
Simulation
A Short, Replayable Text-Based RPG
Puzzle
Play in browser
Enter a world very much like our own, in the sense that there are bats in it.
A Dream | Narrative Game (20 Minutes)
Interactive Fiction
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