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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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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Wayfarer
Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Idrelle Games
Interactive Fiction
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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Interactive Fiction
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Those Long Dead
A WIP medieval fantasy interactive fiction story, with angelic imagery and themes, and a focus on romance.
Aevum Games
Interactive Fiction
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Fool Me Once
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Interactive Fiction
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Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
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Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Visual Novel
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Speaker
What do you See?
speakergame
Interactive Fiction
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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Adventure
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A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
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To Be Human
An eldritch being finds a child.
KingOverlord
Interactive Fiction
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REDSUGARSOCIETY
Fake date. Fall in love. Murder. Party. Rinse and repeat.
riotdevs
Interactive Fiction
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The Night Abridged
there is a whisper in the shadows...
ZICO
Interactive Fiction
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goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
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The King's Hound
Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Kal Down
Interactive Fiction
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Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Interactive Fiction
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Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Visual Novel
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emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
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The Nameless
A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?
Parker Lyn
Interactive Fiction
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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
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hic est nihilum
nightingale-writes
Interactive Fiction
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it doesn't have to be like this
finding community at the end of the world
attempting entertainment
Interactive Fiction
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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
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Superstition S3
Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
13Leagues
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
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Bird Of Passage
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
SpaceBackyard
Visual Novel
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The Gray Ascendancy
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
grayascendancy
Interactive Fiction
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Swan Song
A short interactive story loosely based on Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
swansong-if
Interactive Fiction
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MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Visual Novel
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Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Visual Novel
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Sinners
Could you fall for a sinner?
veswrites
Interactive Fiction
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Eye of the Moon
Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.
atemaarte
Interactive Fiction
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