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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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WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(582 total ratings)
Role Playing
The House Abandon - Now part of 'Stories Untold'!
A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
jonNoCode
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(245 total ratings)
Platformer
An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Pyramid Builder
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
standardcombo
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Simulation
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Role Playing
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Visual Novel
SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Somi
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Event[0]
$19.99
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative game where you build a relationship with a spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Ocelot Society
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Clockwork Apple
A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)
Synapsed
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Ray Bibbia
Play as the toughest private exorcist around and fight evil by dodging bullets and typing your formula.
Morbidware
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Adventure
The Phantom of the Hospital
A short and light-hearted VN + art assets
Hidden Masquerade
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Worldsmith
An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Interactive Fables
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
Isles Of Umbra
Lovecraftian first person point and click adventure
riffst
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
It wasn't me.
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Rosa Carbo-Mascarell
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
Midnight's Café
A dark visual-novel about friendship + art assets
Hidden Masquerade
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Nightowl
Old friends reunite over a chat room. (LD37)
Crystal Game Works
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Intimate Codex
Free form text exploration
AndyMakes
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
❤ DEMON DATE ❤
You've tried the rest, now try the worst - DEMON DATE
polymer despair
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
GIF
The MansterSoft 3-in-1 Fun-Pak
$0
-100%
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
MansterSoft
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
The Brigand's Story
And the captain said: "Antonio, tell us your favorite story!" And Antonio began:
Laura Michet
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
ASCII Dungeon
Text-based dungeon crawler in the vein of Ultima or Wizardry
Jack Morgan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
CyBer//zDvAç
Türkçe
Nabi Hamdi Mortan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
GIF
Terminal Town
Mysterious command line tools
AndyMakes
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Five Star Freeloaders: The Demo
A visual novel about a NEET and their freeloading roommates.
Candy✩Giants
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Hello: A Talking Simulator
Say 'HELLO' to the Corporation.
benjo durbin
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Simulation
How to Brighten up the Life
$2.49
Relive a story of a young girl who is desperately lost.
Wonderful Tree Studio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Six Months Demo
An interactive fantasy murder-mystery about family, power, and faking it until you make it
Laura Michet
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
One man, one house, one city
Experimental text adventure (originally designed for LD37)
David Frank
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Like Steps in the Snow
A short visual novel about the last two robots on the Moon.
In Solitudine Pax
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Madrugada (DEMO)
a twine game about murder, natural disasters, fields, and who-dun-it.
Wei Yuan Lee
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Transformation pursuit
A Transformation game based on trivial pursuit
icarue
Rated 3.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Puzzle
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