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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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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
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
Day Out (TALP)
Text adventure
zeno pillan
Adventure
Play in browser
The Floppy Disk of Forbidden Creatures
What will you summon? And what consequences will it bring?
Cole Cecil
Interactive Fiction
Estrategos (Prototype 1)
A small strategy game running entirely in your terminal
SergioEduP
Strategy
bash-pac
About bash-pac is an "clone of pacman" that is writen in bash
stuff by max
Action
Domination: Take the States
a text based strategy game where you have one goal - Conquer. Will YOU take the states?
Mr. President
Strategy
GIF
The 8th Hour
A time-looping text adventure.
4RT1F1C1AL
Adventure
Play in browser
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
The Babysitter
You've been left to babysit little Anna, but she's gone missing. Can you find her before her parents arrive home?
DrDooriddle
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Escape from the Troll's Cave
You mistakenly entered the Troll's Cave at the carnival because the admission was free. Now you need money to get out.
DrDooriddle
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Text RPG Crafter
The story continues.. probably until you close the game.
Siopaoboy
Interactive Fiction
Cyber Purge
Post-cyberpunk shooting action for ZZT
The Green Herring
Action
Play in browser
XOY
Wizard battle sim
SasSosis
Simulation
CLI Dungeon
"Port" of CLI JAM entry
high-impact
Adventure
Cold Case
a Nokia 3310 Jam game
Olaf Moriarty Solstrand
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
SuperRPG (DEMO)
A text-based RPG that procedurally generates a world of adenture.
GRRLWARE
Adventure
Play in browser
CLIMON
Pokémon, but CLI.
TiagoSinH
Strategy
Void Bullet
Action Roguelike inspired by the graphics of classic dungeon crawlers
The Duck
Shooter
Manhattan's Fallout - WIP
A text-based reimagining of the original Fallout game.
Kanah Belflower
Interactive Fiction
hello adventure
CLI game jam entry
high-impact
Adventure
terminalOS
stuff by max
Simulation
GIF
ARES - Automated Relay System
Awaiting command...
ChXris
Puzzle
Play in browser
CHAT_V2
LAN chat app with file sharing capability and cool theme blue
ab_IY
Survival
TTYL
Keep up with the group chat or get kicked out in this nostalgic typing game!
302 Slices
Interactive Fiction
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
SurFire Pt.1 : The Village Destruction (PUBLIC RELEASE)
Prevent the Destruction of your home village by fighting enemies! ​
Omega Net Games
Role Playing
Voyager II Control
Control Voyager II before crashes (Terminal Based)
JackPrograms
Simulation
Play in browser
Do you remember?
Caught in the static, you have forgotten. Find your way back.
lumin
Don't Be A Stranger
A nostalgic self reflection exercise disguised as a Gameboy game.
Harry Tortus
Simulation
Play in browser
End Of History
An interdimensional visitation narrative.
n2n
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Syntopia
Two realities, two girls, one secret.
Kailis
Role Playing
æ
fading..
Nire
Visual Novel
GIF
Five Nights at Freddy's - REPROGRAMMED
FNAF_REPROGRAMMED
Arno Capostagno
Visual Novel
Howzit.
A Mysterious Flash Drive Arrived At Your Front Door
Fandrest
Puzzle
COMMAND
A short filesystem dystopia puzzle game.
Matt Higgins
Puzzle
Play in browser
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