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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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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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with subtitles tagged Short and Text based (66 results)

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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
Play in browser
Family Dinner
It only takes one night to change everything.
pansandpots
Interactive Fiction
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stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Puzzle
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reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
Those we love are never truly gone.
Tymedust Games
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Blood & Play: Consultation
POV: Your Vampire BFF Asks You Some Questions
tofurocks
Visual Novel
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Fantasy Tea Generator
Generate a name for your fantasy tea.
npckc
Play in browser
Escape! Frog Prison
Quick, dark and witty text adventure
William Rous
Adventure
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Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Play in browser
A Thousand Cuts: Early Edition
a texting game about finding justice
JAG
Simulation
Play in browser
Fear.exe
Two Suns Interactive
Play in browser
lost in myself: an interactive visual novel
You are the enemy of yourself, or maybe the friend? It's always the fight with you that's hard to win.
Luna Studios
Visual Novel
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GIF
Sleepy Tales
Tell your sister stories until she falls asleep
classheikki
Interactive Fiction
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Obsession
An unsubtle metaphor.
Rascal Devworks
Visual Novel
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Infestity Assessment
An analog horror experience
pan-te
Interactive Fiction
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Time Force X: Mission of Lennon
Go back and time and save John Lennon in this dumbass comedy game
Anime Sickos Podcast
Visual Novel
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Song of Stars
A conversation with those that came before us.
Rascal Devworks
Visual Novel
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The Nowhere
The Nowhere - Twine Game
Pedro Marques
Adventure
Play in browser
Le Héros dont vous êtes le livre
Vous surprenez une conversation suspecte… À vous d’écrire la suite.
Yakkafo
Interactive Fiction
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The Elf Who Came at Night
A sad love story about an elf and a human prince.
OctiWriter
Interactive Fiction
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Brainfog
A never-ending game about the mental effects of chronic illness.
Erin Kyan
Play in browser
Монарх
Меланхолійна історія з елементами детективу і трьома кінцівками.
ChiiAka
Visual Novel
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A night to remember
Experience a night as a Toreador participating in an art exhibition.
Anydel
Interactive Fiction
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The perfect surprise
Prepare the perfect birthday in this short visual novel!
Aurum Lingua Games
Visual Novel
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GIF
sometimes we just want someone to talk to, sometimes we don't
An empathy game about conversations and taking care of others. Entry for Extra Credits Game Jam #6
tanatb
Visual Novel
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Le Chant du sable
Vous parcourez la Mer des Dunes à la recherche du temple de votre dieu disparu.
Gavroche Games
Interactive Fiction
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Florida Road Trip
Take a trip on a Florida highway.
Mooeena
Simulation
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oblation
make an offering
raven
Adventure
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Escape the Romans part 3!
Continue your adventure!
firet
Role Playing
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Blind Guardian
Defend an ancient structure with hearing alone. Made for the Games for Blind Gamers Jam 3.
popcar2
Fighting
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Dogestory, a tale about Home
Dogestory is a short interactive tale written in Twine.
Alrunia
Interactive Fiction
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Variant
An interactive sci-fi/horror short story by ReindeerFlo.
ReindeerFlo
Adventure
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INTERVIEW
Text adventure in which you are a candidate for an elite secret service.
Gamedevshrimp
Visual Novel
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PROJECT HERO - Mutants Evolve (2020)
​You're not mutation, you are evolution. - Keith R. A. DeCandido
Kieran Ritchie
Interactive Fiction
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The Ivy Puzzle
A short & surreal horror text game about an ivy-wrapped puzzle box that arrives on your doorstep.
Nik Theorin
Interactive Fiction
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M.E.O.W.
Join the M.E.O.W. Foundation's experiment to liberate Schrödinger's cat.
Tereza Válková
Interactive Fiction
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