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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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Who Kidnapped Mother Goose? (TALP)
Mother Goose has been kidnapped and it's up to you to rescue her.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Estrategos (Prototype 1)
A small strategy game running entirely in your terminal
SergioEduP
Strategy
You're My Poison
Sometimes poison is the only way to treat a virus.
StephenW313
Visual Novel
Alchemy's Descent
A drug dealer simulator in a text-based game
rcbeatz
Simulation
GIF
ARES - Automated Relay System
Awaiting command...
ChXris
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Messages From the Universe Graveyard
Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Kanderwund
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
城堡大冒險 [ZH_TW] (Pivot)
Traditional Chinese (TW) pivot version of Avventura nel Castello JS
judypao29
Adventure
Play in browser
Cargo Breach
While serving aboard a steam ship during The Great War, something goes wrong and it's up to you to work out what.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Transliminal Space
Quality-based narrative choose 'em up in space
Robert from High Tower Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Esbozo de feto investigando crimen
Eres un feto detective, tu mayor enemiga es tu madre
Strollersoft
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Sun Gem
A game about stealing a gem in order to save the world
ch0ccyra1n
Adventure
Steal 10 Treasures to Win This Game
Want a quick castle crawl? Find all 10 treasures and victory is yours.
spaceflounder
Adventure
Play in browser
Search for the Lost Ark
The Ark of the Covenant has been hidden in the local forest. You must find it and return it to your church.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
SSiS
roguelike textbased RPG game
Hubert Nafalski
Role Playing
The Mystery of Winchester High (TALP)
Your school was bequeathed by a rich philanthropist, but the whereabouts of the rest of his fortune is a mystery.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Interactive Adventurer's Tutorial Adventure (TALP)
Cobwebbed Dragon
Adventure
Play in browser
Dreams of Gold
A narrative adventure about gold, thoughts, and escaping the cycle.
Robert from High Tower Games
Visual Novel
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Visual Novel
Beneath
A twine ghost story for Scream Jam 2022+1.
iot-games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The King's Ball
The king is throwing a ball to support local businesses, but you're not invited. Can you find a way to sneak in?
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Submarine Sabotage
You are serving aboard a top-secret submarine, when a saboteur gasses the crew. Can you survive and save the sub?
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Purpose
Choose Your Own Adventure inspired by Telltale's The Walking Dead
Christopher
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Re:Discover a Life: Halloween
Will our stock up college student come any closer to enjoying his life? Find out in Re:Discover a Life: Halloween.
Crimson Blood Games
Visual Novel
Colors
A colorful experience where you have to find the seven colored crystal balls
Kimi
Visual Novel
Alchemist's Gold
It's rumoured that an alchemist in the forest has been turning base metals into gold. You set out to steal some of it.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Carpathian Vampire (TALP)
A vampire has been killing children in a village in the Carpathian Mountains. The villagers have hired you to kill it.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Kenny Koala's Bushfire Survival Plan (TALP)
It's Kenny Koala's turn to be the bushfire warden. Help Kenny to complete all the tasks on his checklist.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Mensagens de Naomi
Explore um celular desconhecido e tire suas conclusões sobre o que aconteceu.
Be Geek Studio
Puzzle
In Auctorem Credimus
"And they lived happily ever after" might be the biggest cliffhanger of all
Franzinyte
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ClassicZoo
ZZT/Super ZZT world player and editor
asie
Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Luis S.
Role Playing
Tránsito
Una Ficción Interactiva Liminar
n2n
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Officer Jones Trouble in Sekai City
jaydalyn
Visual Novel
A Dark Void
A submission to The Summer Incremental Game Jam 2021, made in two weeks!
SebastianH2000
Play in browser
Acid Rain
You stopped on a dark country road to have a sleep. When you wake, it's raining heavily and you've got a flat battery.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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