Oldest$15 or less that last a few hours tagged Text based (17 results)
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A text based computer input output game where you play as a Nigerian tribal leader who make revolutionary decision!
Role Playing
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
Role Playing
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Interactive Fiction
A new place with new rules—a new life, a new future. Will the public authority's desperate efforts bear fruit?
Visual Novel
A couple has been brutally murdered in their house last night. Are you up to solve the mystery?
Puzzle
Play in browser
A classic tale of revenge, local politics, pseudoscience, questionable botany, love, and loss.
Interactive Fiction
The encounter of two Lonely Souls meant to find each other. Where will your choices lead you?
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Many revelations will be realized as Roxanne's year the the crew comes to an end in the finale of this episodic trilogy.
Visual Novel
Join a scientific study, compete in games, and avoid the manipulation of others before things take a turn for the worse.
Visual Novel
Ever read a book and found your eyes running across the words and jumping over the spaces?
Platformer
When a coach is murdered, Iron Heights High’s secrets, grudges, and rivalries boil over. Who’s hiding the truth?
Puzzle