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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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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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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(602 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Play in browser
Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Adventure
Fantasy Tea Generator
Generate a name for your fantasy tea.
npckc
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(86 total ratings)
Play in browser
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Jack Rampage and the Disasters
A game where you meet some demons!
Frankie☆
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Sleepy Tales
Tell your sister stories until she falls asleep
classheikki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
lost in myself: an interactive visual novel
You are the enemy of yourself, or maybe the friend? It's always the fight with you that's hard to win.
Luna Studios
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Nowhere
The Nowhere - Twine Game
Pedro Marques
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Food From a Stranger
A creepy stranger offers a girl candy.
IntStories
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Everything Ends In 0
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
findaeden
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Bad Connection
a chat before christmas
Josia Roncancio
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Remember When
Journey through the life of Sarah and Noah in this interactive narrative experience.
Arrow Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Dungeon of Choices
As a knight, you're in the dungeon, will you get the grail?
alias_tof
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Fear.exe
Two Suns Interactive
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Play in browser
CLICK TO CONTINUE!
Run away.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Brainfog
A never-ending game about the mental effects of chronic illness.
Erin Kyan
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Play in browser
Copycat / Подражатель
О близнецах, зеркале и проблеме идентичности
WanderingLighter
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
:Cider.
:my lgbt story for gay western jam.
Violet_Neon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Elf Who Came at Night
A sad love story about an elf and a human prince.
IntStories
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Escape the Romans part 3!
Continue your adventure!
firet
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Le Chant du sable
Vous parcourez la Mer des Dunes à la recherche du temple de votre dieu disparu.
Gavroche Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Time's Novel
A guy finds a novel that can see the past and the future.
IntStories
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Jack Johnson: The Spy
Open fire?
firet
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
sometimes we just want someone to talk to, sometimes we don't
An empathy game about conversations and taking care of others. Entry for Extra Credits Game Jam #6
tanatb
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The perfect surprise
Prepare the perfect birthday in this short visual novel!
Aurum Lingua Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
The Eco of Tammy's Ghost
A short Visual Novel about a girl that went missing.
IntStories
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Florida Road Trip
Take a trip on a Florida highway.
Mooeena
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Pale Luna (Remade)
Horror Text Adventure
RealPpTheBest
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Trash Typing
dfxf
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
PROJECT HERO - Mutants Evolve (2020)
​You're not mutation, you are evolution. - Keith R. A. DeCandido
Kieran Ritchie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
2 Bees in a Pot
A little story about two bees and a pot of honey.
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Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
The Ivy Puzzle
A short & surreal horror text game about an ivy-wrapped puzzle box that arrives on your doorstep.
Nik Theorin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Le Héros dont vous êtes le livre
Vous surprenez une conversation suspecte… À vous d’écrire la suite.
Yakkafo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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