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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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Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Latebus
You can't remember your name.
kapitha
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
New Year's Eve, 2019
Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Good Weapon
Will you nuke the world to save it?
ninecoffees
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Neotrogla
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Roxy S.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Content Moderator Sim
A workplace horror game, playable in 5 minutes.
samplereality
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tarot
Pick a card.
Kryptic Kitty
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
Look Closer
You've been hired to slay a dragon. But don't worry, it's only as hard as you make it....
Cass Aleatory
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
I don't want to talk about it.
What, so like, we're just going to sit here for an hour?
Nick Gelling
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Little Red
​An text game based on Little Red Riding Hood.
illuminesce
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Mother of Pearls
A short visual novel about a mother reading her daughter a fairytale before bed.
Midge
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Worst Wing: An Oval Office Simulator
Can you avoid impeachment, assassination, and nuclear armaggedon long enough to win re-election?
CogsAndSpanners
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
23 Skidoo
A single-room survival horror game in real in-game time.
designergaze
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Survival
Play in browser
Apex Point
A short sci-fi text adventure game
vargtimme
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Clover
A book of puzzles and riddles
Liero
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
The Tale of Aisha Qandisha Demo
A spin-off of the Moroccan folklore tale "Aisha Qandisha"
Diyae Doua
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
ESCAPE
You're locked in a deserted amusement park, but the walls trapping you and your friends inside aren't just physical....
Cass Aleatory
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Eco of Tammy's Ghost
A short Visual Novel about a girl that went missing.
IntStories
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Politricks
Politricks
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Limb-o-matic
Sí, estás muerto. Ahora ya no tienes que preocuparte por las calorías...
Fran Sánchez
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Labyrinth of the Sorcerer King
A short Twine text adventure in the style of 1980s dungeon crawlers.
Brandon Vout
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Road to Adventure
A well-commented Twine adventure gamebook.
Mighty Owlbear
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Implementors' Lunch
Old school Graphic Adventure Game based on a 1980s Text Adventure
OSTA
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Excuses Galore!
Your friends have got shedloads of plans you're just itching to get out of. How many excuses have you got?
Eldridge Misnomer
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Crystal Orb Adventures
Prototype procedurally generated text adventure game without the typing.
Marasmusine
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Encryption Harvester
A wordle-inspired game about harvesting key words in encrypted enemy files through guesswork and clues in the story
LandarVargan
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Dune2000 Arakis Battle Commander
Be a War Commander. Construct a Base, Perform Research, Produce Units. Fight Epic Battles.
ArakisGames Products
Rated 2.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Strategy
Evo
Rpg, simulation, and text-based with realistic ballistic physics and injuries
Limb Damage Games
Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
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