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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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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,377 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Gender Dysphoria
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
exodrifter
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Latebus
You can't remember your name.
kapitha
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Adventure
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The Saint's Tomb
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Role Playing
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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(188 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
John Q Adams
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Adventure
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Trans Pyre
Finnish midsummer gender magic.
Xurxe Toivo García
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Untrusted - Web of Cybercrime
The Social Deduction Multiplayer Hacking Game
evolvedlabs
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Drift Mine Satellite
A maintenance text adventure
Everest Pipkin
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
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A Miner Problem
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Role Playing
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venial sin
when a burden becomes too much
nadia nova
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Banquet
Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
RaeJune
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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I Am A Game.
This is a game. There's not much more to this. This is a game.
Codebolt
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
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Typing...
A Chatroom Thriller
DancingEngie
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(184 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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COLD SCREAM
Survival Horror Text Adventure
1AM TRAIN
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
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Wumpus Wump You
Proof of concept randomized text-driven undirected graph simulator
gate
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Puzzle
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ONLY THIS
And nothing more.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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sacrament iv.
calamity occult-horror rpg
melessthanthree
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
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All Hail The Spider God
All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.
Strange Scaffold
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Ace Baker
A cyberpunk cake-baking game about an asexual couple... in the future!
*AAmici
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Ravaged Space
Your spaceship was hit by an asteroid. Can you repair it before your systems fail?
Steven Lambert
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Survival
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Turing Trial
A Short, Replayable Text-Based RPG
Mary T.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Monoliths
a Shutter Stroll fiction
Jannik Boysen
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
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Path of Adventure
A text-based roguelike, for mobile
Alinea Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Role Playing
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BTC King
Do you have what it takes to be the BTC King? Challenge yourself in this semi-text based game!
aklgupta
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
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Meltdown - A Chernobyl Story
WhibbsGames
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Bottom Chef
Cooking game but your life is a mess
Nardo23
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Terminal Sickness
Post-pandemic story driven text adventure.
Turnaround Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Luis S.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The Weather Report
Trigger Warning! This game examines life in an abusive relationship
Syrrann
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
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RCI
A short game about examining three colorful, floating cubes in your apartment.
Kyle
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
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Escape from Kettuloch
Escape the dungeon before you fully transform into a fox!
SnepShark
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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🥚⌛🍳 TIME OMELETTE 🍳⌛🥚
A cooking mystery game about time. Except it's not a cooking game.
adriel
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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5e Arena
A pit-fighting game for the famous 5th edition fantasy tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Role Playing
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