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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 Red Boat
A short story told through boating and lost letters
PirxOS
Adventure
Play in browser
Certified Doomster
$2
The world is ending and nobody cares!
GAMC
Role Playing
Dungeon Mercenary
Modern ASCII roguelike - Can your mercenary beat the dungeon ?
smelc3
Role Playing
Play in browser
Long Journey Home
$1
Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms
skiddyhale
Interactive Fiction
Kevin(1997-2077)
Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why. 他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。
KevinDu
Adventure
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
Ghost Artifact Prototype
A game about chatting with your friends.
Taylor Gregory
Visual Novel
Candied Carols
A wintry, magical holiday romance
VIOLETVerified Account
Visual Novel
Pirateship
$5
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Nesterin Trail [C64]
fantasy graphic text adventure for C64
Marco Giorgini
Interactive Fiction
You and Not You
$1
sunny evans
Interactive Fiction
Doing Poorly and Living with Myself
A short semi-autobiographical Visual Novel about work, stress, and imposter syndrome.
NoahKittleson
Visual Novel
DC Anthology: Paranormal
$3.99
Discover hidden abilities to find your missing father
DC Inspiration
Role Playing
GIF
Indiepocalypse #55
$15
Issue #55 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Root_Directory
Go through 50 hand made levels and make your own in this DOS inspired game
Asra31
Platformer
Santa Carcossa Nights
A cosmic horror text game about a quiet beachside community
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
$16.99
What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
roseverte
Visual Novel
chiaroscuro
An interactive novella about finding your muse.
Kim Berkley
Interactive Fiction
Blood to Bone
$3
Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based
euio
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Getting Things Done, or The Labyrinth of Doctor Bernstein
A Premier Hypertext Adventure Experience!
Aleks Samoylov
Adventure
StreamINK
Collaborative Interactive Fiction for Twitch
Rothio Tome
Interactive Fiction
Doki Doki Ragnarok
$12.99
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
BrutalHack
Visual Novel
GIF
Indiepocalypse #9
$15
Issue #9 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$2.50
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Role Playing
Helmouth Halls
A narrative-driven teen slasher
Yarn Spinner
Interactive Fiction
CLICK TO CONTINUE!
Run away.
Andrea Pignataro
Moral Conflict
$2
Multiple endings, moral choices, and a quest for vengance.
Brainfont
Interactive Fiction
GIF
BBirthday
$9.99
In bundle
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Yun Seven
Visual Novel
Escort Yourself Out
a game about trauma, triggers, and self-compassion
bignastytruck (violet)
Simulation
Electric Sleep
$4.50
Explore a miniature world as an emotionally driven robot and discover unique experiences with each new emotion.
Cryru
Interactive Fiction
A Familiar Fairytale: Dyslexic text Based Adventure
A Dyslexic text Based Adventure that shows the frustration of Dyslexia.
LowtekGamesVerified Account
Educational
The Archivist and the Revolution
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Stares Back
The signs brought you here.
StephenW313
Visual Novel
You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Interactive Fiction
Unkindness (Asylum Jam 2015)
A Horror in Shades of Red
Studio Turtledove / Andrea Reventon
Adventure
The Rat Pack (Full version)
A rat colony simulator!
CaptainD
Strategy
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