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For that old school look and feel.

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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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that last about a half-hour tagged Retro and Text based (29 results)

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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(294 total ratings)
Simulation
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
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
GIF
The Secret Life of Probes Prologue
Story in the far reaches of space and time.
Elyon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
COLD SCREAM
Survival Horror Text Adventure
1AM TRAIN
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
häx_processer
Process häxes using our state-of-the-art häx processing terminal
Tomi
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
Terminal Sickness
Post-pandemic story driven text adventure.
Turnaround Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Swapped
Old windows themed horror game.
Takeo Noname
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Seek A Way Out
A Capitalist Dystopian Escape Room
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
TTYL
Keep up with the group chat or get kicked out in this nostalgic typing game!
302 Slices
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Asciipocalypse
3d first person shooter drawn using nothing but ascii characters!
wonrzrzeczny
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Meadows XP
The newest and most advanced OS in the globe as of today, March 22nd, 2005
Mario Lois
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Psychological Assessment Test V1.0
We are there to guide you, thank you for putting your trust in PAT.
Tanija
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Colosseum
Create your gladiator and battle all the way to Colosseum Champion!
drakeclausen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
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
>AFFIXION
Immersive horror text adventure.
Electric
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dream Warrior
What if you dreamed of defeating ancient evil?
Robert from High Tower Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
The strange case of Walter Donovan
No one is capable of defeating your own demons, not even you.
Girl in Red Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Do you remember?
Caught in the static, you have forgotten. Find your way back.
lumin
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Despot
Expand your kingdom and make it prosper, or just enjoy a luxurious lifestyle while your peasants starve to death.
Undestroyed
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Enter the Props Room... (a virtual haunted adventure)
Enter the props room if you dare, but be careful, you might not be the only one inside.
alteriproductionsalteri
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Porter Cave Adventure
text adventure about history and game design
rowan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
Courage Collector
text-based roguelite adventure
james downey
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
The Nightland
A board & video game for Commodore
Alessio Scanderebech
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Blood Bath & Beyond
A humorous fantasy text adventure into the dark heart of retail.
Neil Floyd
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Talk To Me personality test
TTM is a free mysterious horror game. You play yourself, and You answer questions that the program asks you,.
RedGames102
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Seeker of Magic
There's rumoured to be a treasure in The Cave of Magic. You must go there to find out if it's true.
Garry Francis
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Charlie the Chimp
Some idiot zookeeper has put you in the gorilla enclosure. You must find your way home to the chimpanzee enclosure.
Garry Francis
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Astra Protocol
Explore space in this retro inspired survival game
Slice Bar
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Survival
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