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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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Top ratedthat last about a half-hour from 2016 tagged Text based (19 results)

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1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(582 total ratings)
Role Playing
A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Adventure
alien civilization extinction simulator
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
Play in browser
You could have sworn someone else was here.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Play in browser
A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You arrive at Úrquel’s castle to rescue a princess. Things are almost, but not quite, what they seem.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Help a scientist understand the stranger parts of human culture.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Can you navigate the train and its interpersonal web of deceit to figure out whodunnit?
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Play in browser
Experimental text adventure (originally designed for LD37)
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Explore a fantasy city in this text adventure walking simulator.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
An interactive fantasy murder-mystery about family, power, and faking it until you make it
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Divine, Decisive, Delightful, Delicious, Diva, D'princess
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The words are from his mouth. But they are typed by my hand.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hacker simulator
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Simulation
an exceptional day in archfield is a day when nothing happens. a twine adventure.
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Mirror is a metaphorical role-playing game about self-image, reflections, and reality.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
in the dark. in the water. in my box.
Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
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