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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 an hour tagged Narrative and Text based (37 results)

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A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
"Dominion of Darkness" - interactive fiction, story of the Dark Lord
Text-based Simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Adeptus7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Visual Novel
DEVOTIONALIA
Will your devotion reach them? Does it matter?
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
I doesn't exist
$12.99
An ode to text-adventures.
DreadXP
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Detectiveland
$5
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Master of the Land
Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Pseudavid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Elsinore: After Hamlet
An Asian-American university student struggles with their Hamlet essay during the Spring 2021 semester That Never Was.
Lapin Lunaire Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Flawed Crystals
A Steven Universe fangame
A Friendly Irin
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
C.R.U.D.D.Y.
wake up. check the logs. talk to your computer. die. repeat. try to escape.
windbreak
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Alvion's Imperator
Multiple choice textual-narrative game in a medieval fantasy world.
LightFromVoid
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
chiaroscuro
An interactive novella about finding your muse.
Kim Berkley
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Sleep on, Dear Willie
A text-based adventure set in Vimy Ridge
Dumb Luck/Inelegant
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Never A Matter Of Time
A wholesome visual novel about timestops and friendships!
Esbi
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
watching paint dry: for 1 hour
paint ain't gonna watch itself
Ohtmiel
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
What's Wrong With You?
An indie horror game. Please note: There is no sound, nor is there visuals. This is intentional.
dovelycallum
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Windgap Bluff
Queer fantasy. You are a conman working in a fine manor house, solve the mystery of this town or surrender to your fate.
honey
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
An Asylum Tale - Shellshock
Follow in this text adventure the horror of a war Veteran inside a Mental Asylum.
Fleischshake Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Sky Caravan
$9.99
A Text-Based RPG where you make tough decisions as captain of a commercial airship
Studio Bravarda
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Role Playing
Pirateship
$5
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
The Xylophoniad
Greek mythology text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Zeppelin Adventure
Sci-fi puzzly clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Transliminal Space
Quality-based narrative choose 'em up in space
Robert from High Tower Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ash Carrying
Grief and storytelling on your childhood home.
M. Campbell
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Portcullis
Zork-like retro text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
An Appealing Story
A branching story about someone's life (yours) slipping out of control pretty quickly.
Mickehh/Nader
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Forest
The start of a story about a bear longing to be someone else.
Rymdlingen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GLITCHED: REBORN [DEMO]
You join forces with your tumblr crush to solve the mystery of the unfinished cyberpunk webseries GLITCHED.
toasterite
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You're My Poison
Sometimes poison is the only way to treat a virus.
StephenW313
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Colors
A colorful experience where you have to find the seven colored crystal balls
Kimi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Aunts and Butlers
Wodehouse-esque text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One Last Page
Simon Thomson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
The Numerus Corporation Virtual Orientation
Complete this assessment before applying to join the Numerus Corporation!
Israel Ownbey
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Hamlet - The text adventure
$5
Shakespearean text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
미연시전선
girls_loveline
Joonery
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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