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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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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
(27 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Starsight
When a star dies, time collaspes.
graceinthemachine
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Typeless
A visual novel typing game where you must sacrifice your keyboard letters​.
Naihto
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
(12 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
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
La pequeña cerillera
Una ficción interactiva basada en el cuento de H. C. Andersen
J. Francisco Martín Lisaso
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Murder on the Disorient Express
Can you navigate the train and its interpersonal web of deceit to figure out whodunnit?
shaynehayes
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
RetroBASIC
Classic BASIC Online Interpreter
Retronomicon Games Quality
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
A Journey Through the Unknown
A text adventure entirely generated by AI
Aurélien
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
VIRTUAL BUTTERFLY GARDEN
a larval, experimental text-based "strategy" game
lilith nil
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
ENDUSER
A short text adventure about a person trying to get through a day of their life.
Samsai
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Low Oxygen
A quick IF game about the exploration of a dying ship and yourself.
Otterboros
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A·L·I·E·N: The Adventure
All is in silence... Too much silence...
Alpha Aventuras
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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 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
Malleus
Narrative medievale story, Meet the villagers of Yorringham
Unformed
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Hacker's Heist
An interactive fiction caper
TheAaronSegal
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Trash Typing
dfxf
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
TerminalCraft
A text based survival sandbox.
TurboWafflz
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Survival
Steam Sky
Text-based roguelike in a sky with steampunk theme
thindil
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
The Integration Game
Integrate in Finland
OneGameDad
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Daily Quests (FloppyJam)
Hyperagon
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Afterlife
An oldschool point and click adventure; made in PowerPoint!
Logham
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
I Hunger
The volcano demands sacrifice.
David Yates
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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