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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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Hard Rain
Survive the coming storm
Not Jam
Survival
Play in browser
Castle Mistdark
Did you enjoy playing Zork in the late 70's / early 80's? Enjoy this text-based adventure much like Zork!
Seth Grimes
Adventure
HBreaker Hub
Time to scroll, scroll, & scroll some more.
Kezthier
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Golden Apple
Buddy really wants his apple, but there's no apples in the house! How will you help him?​​
rabidwinter
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Him (and Us)
a conversation
alyshkalia
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Short Text-Based War Thing
Just a short text-based game I made
katorina_gaming
Visual Novel
Play in browser
project movie maker
pmm
j4ckzz_
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fallout: Canada Demo
text based choose-your-adventure type canada based fallout rpg game
skylight games
Role Playing
Play in browser
Imago
Rogue-Like Monologue Experiment
Shinø's Brainworks
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
I don't want to talk about it.
What, so like, we're just going to sit here for an hour?
Nick Gelling
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Termitaire
Text-based klondike solitaire that is run in the terminal
RodakDev
Card Game
Mysteries of the Star Odyssey
This is a very short but completed IF for personal practice. All critiques are welcome! 5 achievements to unlock
Lainy Literati Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Stuck with you
A late night conversation between two best friends
teletuu
Visual Novel
Aura [DEMO]
BearyGames
Visual Novel
What's in a Name?
Equipped with a strange database, you must find what happened to a missing girl.
KingBun
Play in browser
The Floppy Disk of Forbidden Creatures
What will you summon? And what consequences will it bring?
Cole Cecil
Interactive Fiction
GIF
summoned at 2
That time I summoned a demon lord to avoid my 2pm meeting
Fabi
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
bash-pac
About bash-pac is an "clone of pacman" that is writen in bash
stuff by max
Action
Hammy
A desktop fantasy HAM radio
foothold
Simulation
World Runner Gamebook
Gamebook inspired by book World Runner. Can you make right choices?
YTMikosek
Adventure
Play in browser
The Web of Shadows
A chivalric romance in text
homo-carbonis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Hangman Game (Commandline)
The classic Hangman game implemented in the commandline. Made with Xcode. Currently supports macOS.
mrmagic2020
Puzzle
Market Trader
Lost Legacy Games
Play in browser
Dragon Dares
A parser adventure game where one needs to solve the riddles of a sarcastic dragon.
peterhoppe
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Boned
Desperately trying to spin a tale to gets out from being attacked by skeleton pirates.
peterhoppe
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Crown and Dagger (Demo)
Story driven, text-based RPG
GeorgesKaplan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Heavy is the Hand
See the past, present, and future... decide the outcome.
Ed
Puzzle
GIF
The 8th Hour
A time-looping text adventure.
4RT1F1C1AL
Adventure
Play in browser
My Mech Bleeds
A Sci-Fi Metaphor.
Beaulieu
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
XOY
Wizard battle sim
SasSosis
Simulation
Kel (2024, words on screen)
An interactive portrait
alyshkalia
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Declining the Terms of Service
DTS
lane.fiedler@outlook.com
[7drl - 2024] - A Snake on a Plane
A thrilling game about a Snake and a Plane.
ceccopierangiolieugenio
Survival
Play in browser
L'Orsimonous
L'orsimonous de mon père a disparu. Un monologue interactif.
Louphole
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Un Songe sans fin
... ou les rêveries d'une Mère Michel qui a perdu chat + amoureux + travail, mais qui a enfin retrouvé le sommeil
Lilie Bagage
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Lonely Catfish
a story of a lonely ruler and a cat
Fabi
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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