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Explore Downloadable games on hold tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Upload your Downloadable games on hold to itch.io to have them show up here.

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An unofficial fangame in the Drakengard/Nier Lore entirely textual

Visual Novel

Fools Garden [HIATUS]

Get lost along the flower path

Visual Novel

Role Playing

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

Scythe & Genesis Games

Interactive Fiction

camp check? [v0.21]

hanging out at a camp all night grinding XP with a bunch of randos

Simulation

雲書 | 云书 | Cloud Book

A Blog Post of Fake Chinese Characters

sudo >execute enemy

A text based game based on the development of games in the 80’s

Visual Novel

Ever wanted to scroll trough 16000 lines dictionary? Then this is the right thing for you...

Puzzle

PyGKB - rock paper scissors game(beta 1.0)

2021 - LILLE | Journal Intime - Visual Novel

Roman Grzegorzewski - AmeSunshine

Visual Novel

Failure with Silver (unfinished)

A plague takes over...Can you find out why?

Role Playing

Text Based RPG

Interactive Fiction

Theo's C++ Zombies

In-development zombie game in the C++ console.

Survival

Faster Than Time

Simulation

aekan — Mighty Artefacts

An adventure card game where you collect mighty artefacts and deal with moral choices.

Card Game

Making a game work with the most basic java coding

Adventure

This is very alpha version of the game, and this is my first game. And actually, this game is short as f*ck

Retorno: De cara al recuerdo

(ES)Regresas a tu hogar solo con una fotografía de extraños en tu bolsillo ¿Cuanto cuesta recuperar el pasado?

Interactive Fiction

Don't Go Into the Woods

Does a monster really live in the woods?

Interactive Fiction

Text based adventure game

Adventure

The Game Where You Simulate Yourself - WizardJam 7 Entry

Simulation

Rebooted DOS game from the 70's!! Turn-Based. Seek and Destroy

Simulation

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Interactive Fiction

ＳＰＥＣＴＲＵＭＧＩＲＬＳ

It's about lesbians on motorcycles. The end.

Visual Novel

Metaphorical Wizard

Retro Text-Based RPG

Adventure

CVIE (Open Beta)

Welcome to C.V.I.E This is THE most unstable AI in the works. Aggressive, speciest, and somehow lovable.

Adventure

Lovecraftian first person point and click adventure

Adventure

text-based multiple choice adventure

Adventure

Church of Darkness

A text-based horror-puzzle RPG with religious and occult themes.

Interactive Fiction

Krampus Crusade

Have they been naughty or nice?

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