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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
Domination: Take the States
a text based strategy game where you have one goal - Conquer. Will YOU take the states?
Mr. President
Strategy
Hangman's Gulch
You're a gold prospector down on his luck. Scavenge the abandoned town to find treasures to fund your trip back home.
DrDooriddle
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cyber Purge
Post-cyberpunk shooting action for ZZT
The Green Herring
Action
Play in browser
GIF
ARES - Automated Relay System
Awaiting command...
ChXris
Puzzle
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
GIF
I doesn't exist
$12.99
An ode to text-adventures.
DreadXP
Interactive Fiction
Howzit.
A Mysterious Flash Drive Arrived At Your Front Door
Fandrest
Puzzle
Castle Moldvay Alpha 1.1
Interactive Fiction FRPG in the Rogue / Bard's Tale / Zork / Ultima tradition
Vectory Games
Role Playing
Play in browser
The Sun Gem
A game about stealing a gem in order to save the world
ch0ccyra1n
Adventure
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
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
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
Wychwood
1985 BBC Micro Text Adventure by Geoff Larsen implemented in Inform 7
ferkung
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Enclosure 3-D
Arctic horror adventure, now in full 3D.
mausimus
Adventure
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
Vainsville
n2n
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hi-Res Brazil
Pedro Henrique Baretta
Adventure
Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Luis S.
Role Playing
L'île Tristam
Une aventure textuelle pour ordinateurs rétro
Hugo Labrande
Interactive Fiction
Arc Relay
A text game on the terminal, more spicy and immersive than your usual CLI
Togra
Adventure
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
Captain Cutter's Treasure
Captain Cutter once had three of his crew hide a treasure nearby. Now, he wants it back.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
Play in browser
Dream Team
A Millennial Dream Simulator
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Visual Novel
The Lost Mountain
A text-based Planescape: Torment tribute
okushimo
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Simulation
Tristam Island
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Interactive Fiction
White Mask
A text-based horror adventure game
BAD PXL
Adventure
Play in browser
Food Crisis
An original story set in a post-apocalyptic world of isolation, disease, and decay.
Stormy
Adventure
Igor's Quest
Help Igor find the body parts for Frankenstein's monster.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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