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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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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
$19.99
A story of love, death and lies.
Nim
Visual Novel
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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
$5
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
etherane
Interactive Fiction
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Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Visual Novel
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Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
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WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
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if not us
$7
an IF anthology about five heroes who die
ub4q
Interactive Fiction
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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
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Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Simulation
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
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goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
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Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Visual Novel
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Gender Dysphoria
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
exodrifter
Interactive Fiction
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emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
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Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Visual Novel
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Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Interactive Fiction
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Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Platformer
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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Vast Trivia Of The Void
What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Whales And Games
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Gods of Savvarah | Part I
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG.
ST Sinovar
Visual Novel
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The Writer Will Do Something
You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.
Matthew S Burns
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Pyramid Builder
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
standardcombo
Simulation
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Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Visual Novel
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Dungeon Crawler on Demand!
Randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters and diablo inspired equipment looting system!
Repulzor
Role Playing
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What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Interactive Fiction
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Perfect Tides
$14.99
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen.
Meredith Gran
Adventure
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Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Adventure
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The Away Team
$8
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.
Underflow Studios
Interactive Fiction
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Beyond the Chiron Gate
$10
Text-based space exploration game
John Ayliff
Interactive Fiction
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POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Simulation
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Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Interactive Fiction
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Sorry We're Open
$7.99
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
oates
Role Playing
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Holiday Magic: A Wayhaven Christmas Story
$6.49
Christmas has come to Wayhaven! And it's magical…quite literally.
Seraphinite Games
Interactive Fiction
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Your Phone Dies in 20 Seconds
You have 20 seconds to determine your fate.
Crimson Arcade
Interactive Fiction
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