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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 Museum of Dubious Splendors.
A collection of small and peculier stories from Somwhere.
Studio Oleomingus
Adventure
GIF
Don't make love
Will you make love and risk death?
Maggese
Interactive Fiction
A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
Play in browser
Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Visual Novel
Play in browser
POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Simulation
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
Play in browser
Lab Assistant
Teach slime to do science in this machine-learning based puzzle game!
Izzy Fiacco
Puzzle
c ya laterrrr
a hypertext game based on a true story and some untrue stories
danhett
Play in browser
Which Naruto Character Are You? A Funteractive Quizsperience DX Director's Cut Anniversary Edition
The age old question!
Tapesoft
Role Playing
A Bathroom Myth
a folktale made in Twine about a sentient public restroom and trans woman surviving in a magical city.
Anya Johanna DeNiro
Interactive Fiction
Night House
You're eight years old and alone in the house tonight. But something is lurking outside...
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
Getting Things Done, or The Labyrinth of Doctor Bernstein
A Premier Hypertext Adventure Experience!
Aleks Samoylov
Adventure
Am I Part Of The Problem?
Did you hurt someone? Are you having trouble coming to terms with it? Are you unsure what to do next?
Elizabeth Sampat
Educational
Play in browser
Hygge
Last year, I moved to Denmark. This is a game about the struggles of moving to a new country.
gains
Play in browser
ADITL
Life is a journey.
Eric Koziol
Adventure
Fairy Tales of Innocent Children
Chase your shooting star. [Visual Novel, 5 mins]
Bruised Banana
Visual Novel
an easy lay
Romance is complicated. Romance with an ovipositor is complicateder.
SpiderFlorist
Play in browser
Tuuli
An interactive ritual
rubereaglenest
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Delusion Dilemna
You are trapped in a maze of dreams, and must determine what is real
Nathaniel
Adventure
Nod If You Can Hear Me
Visit Your Grandmother
Emma Kidwell
Simulation
Play in browser
Apology Simulator
We’ve all suffered inadequate apologies, or wished for apologies that never came...
Matthew S Burns
Play in browser
consciousness hologram
a game about mars.
slugzuki
Interactive Fiction
Borders
A game where you check passports and talk to people.
Van Andrew
Simulation
All Visitors Welcome
Spend the night at a state park with a sinister secret
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
Lars
A graphic psychological horror text adventure
hankworx
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Sea View, with Exit Wounds
An interactive short story about a woman returning to her family home in a seaside town after her father dies.
maxamillian
Play in browser
Crystal Orb Adventures
Prototype procedurally generated text adventure game without the typing.
Marasmusine
Role Playing
Egress
Finally, you are perfect...
Aleks Samoylov
Puzzle
Play in browser
Scant Assembly
Simple programming game
Daivuk
Puzzle
Guttersnipe: Carnival of Regrets
A street urchin escapes a sinister carnival full of weird horror clowns.
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
Going Down
Journey to another world. Return if you can.
Hanon Ondricek
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
LAND/LORD
Trivial strategy game for the ZX Spectrum
No Time To Play
Strategy
Play in browser
The Undead Cafe
The monsters have come, and they're... Surprisingly nice! You're the sole human employee of a new cafe!
Person of Few Talents
Simulation
GIF
Stink Bug Plague
​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
angela he
Role Playing
Play in browser
Lost in the Jungle
Silly little adventure game for the ZX Spectrum
No Time To Play
Adventure
Play in browser
Natural Pressure
A girl leaves her childhood home hoping to find something better, but she can't seem to escape her roots.
Olivia C Dunlap
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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