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Games that aim to startle and unnerve the player.

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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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Top rated$15 or less for Windows tagged Horror and Text based (22 results)

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A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
beautiful twine compilation
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Adventure
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Puzzle
a story about computers, memory, and the end of the world
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Adventure
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(145 total ratings)
Adventure
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Role Playing
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Issue #1 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
A horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A short horror story about werebeds... SO YOU MAY NEVER EVER AGAIN SLEEP!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Multiple endings, moral choices, and a quest for vengance.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Discover what lies within the Vault
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
An indie 2.5D post-apocalyptic adventure designed in pixel art
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Idle Paranormal Adventure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
A mystery and terror text adventure about you, a detective, who must solve a case in a strange house.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Interactive fiction, solo roleplaying, and literary discussion based on "Dracula"
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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