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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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The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
Interactive Fiction
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A wuxia-inspired text adventure game
Role Playing
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Raise a super powered kid.
Interactive Fiction
A short game about coming home again.
Adventure
a cosy internet island
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
Adventure
You wake at the cinema. The movie is over. Your friend is missing. Déjà vu grips you tight. It's all happened before.
Adventure
a native implementation of the classic IF little game
Adventure
An interactive survival horror adventure for your ZX Spectrum 48k
Interactive Fiction
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Randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters and diablo inspired equipment looting system!
Role Playing
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Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why. 他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。
Adventure
A short semi-autobiographical Visual Novel about work, stress, and imposter syndrome.
Visual Novel
fantasy graphic text adventure for C64
Interactive Fiction
The signs brought you here.
Visual Novel
Procedurally generated zero-player idle RPG.
Role Playing
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Small and Simple Text based Roguelite
Adventure
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negative experiences after coming out as transgender
Interactive Fiction
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An interactive fiction game made in Folia
Adventure
An RPG text adventure to play in a terminal.
Role Playing
Decypher an alien language.
Interactive Fiction
A game where you meet some demons!
Visual Novel
Three tickets, please.
Interactive Fiction
Chat with AI chatbots of Anyboty you want privately.
Simulation
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Adventure
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Interactive Fiction
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Interactive Fiction
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A port of Thy Dungeonman from flash to the Playdate
Interactive Fiction
A narrative adventure about gold, thoughts, and escaping the cycle.
Visual Novel
Use Ghost powers to save a kidnapped child.
Adventure
Find a way to protect yourself from a horny monster apocalypse outside!
Adventure
A little text-based game where roleplay is king.
Role Playing
an exploration of suicide and surveillance
Visual Novel
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An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
Interactive Fiction
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