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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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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,109 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(602 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Play in browser
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Soft Underbelly
Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.
rosa✦dev
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Dear Toki
Write letters to reconnect with a friend
DDRKirby(ISQ)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Trans Man's Grindr DMs
A curation of favorites.
cain
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Congee
A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.
Becci
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(58 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Still Shining
Watch the stars with your best friend.
HusbandoGoddess
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
You Bird.
A day in the life of a bird.
Wandering Basil
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
please tell me you love me
can you admit your feelings at the end of the world?
ellis dex
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(63 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
When my life begins
Thoughts about labour, retirement and the workplace
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Lid Astray
A blink-detecting text adventure.
Avery Hiebert
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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venial sin
when a burden becomes too much
nadia nova
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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night confessional
absolution in a phone booth
sweetfish
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Banquet
Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
RaeJune
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Eleutheria
Trust. Rebirth. Life after death.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Blood and Company
A vampire and a grad student walk into a bar...
alyshkalia
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
a purrfect catastrophe
The daily chaotic adventures of a little cat
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ONLY THIS
And nothing more.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Sleepy Tales
Tell your sister stories until she falls asleep
classheikki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Salt Keep
$4.99
In bundle
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
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GIF
leaving the nest
Little Magpie's first home away from the nest
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Masks
On a campus under siege by riot police you count down to the end...
samplereality
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Habeas Corpus
Abandoned spaces in the bowels of a wandering fortress.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Sacred Text
One god. One message. One faith. Right?
vgel
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Simulation
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Messenger
Open your heart.
Bonnie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
RCI
A short game about examining three colorful, floating cubes in your apartment.
Kyle
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Play in browser
差异 // Disconnect
The struggle between cultures on the basis of language
pen_ultimate
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Unmaking, Unmade
Is this not what you wanted?
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Meltdown - A Chernobyl Story
WhibbsGames
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Hacker's Cave
A short twine adventure
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
1 4 the $
Charm Cochran
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Local signal
Interactive story as an emergency dispatcher
YerkoAndrei
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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