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Games that challenge the player with critical thinking to solve levels. 

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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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pureblue
Cyborg repossession. Temporal compression. All the fun of waiting for an .exe to finish running.
Ruffian Rabbit
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Typo Type
How good are you at typing huh?
ChillyField
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Play in browser
Themengi (Gamejam prototype)
a text adventure without your language
vgel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Hallucinatory Machinations Of A Fragile Mind
A descent into confusion. SA Game Jam 2020 entry.
Mandy J Watson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
SECRETMART: Cryptspace Constraint!
A wordsy GameJamDOR 7 entry written in I7
serendiff
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Still
You are the monster.
Mike Guthrie-Plouffe
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
CRAMMM: Totally Accurate Studying Simulator
Crack the books HARD on Maths, Trumpology and Communism. Toss the irrelevant stuff out of your head!
Steven Tu
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
2 Tales
Short experimental text game.
ianwrites
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Terminal Escape
A text based escape room game with a twist!
sandycane
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
C://TEXTRIS.EXE
A text based puzzle adventure that finally answers the question: What if Tetris but words?
Treeherder
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Airwaves
Become a radio operator to translate and decipher codes in this 4 part visual novel.
cathode radiator
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Game Crashed
Try to absolutely break this game by finding different crashes.
_superspaceturtle
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
The Reader's Encounter
A puzzle/story about reading between the lines
senokos
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Mind The Gap
an Underground race against time to visit all your friends
quackoquack
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
My Death Story
A high-velocity text adventure
Akzidenz
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Death Incarnate - Part 1
Can you escape madness?
Xevi Hafeez Aqeel
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Vessels of Vantos' Will
Can Brother Cruoix make it to Head Brother Seinte in time?
Hyper
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
The Clay Files
A murder mystery puzzle game
Kaius
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Markovian Prince
Scam your targets with emails based on authentic scams from the Internet!
sebjugate
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
Lysidice and the Minotaur (TALP)
Will you escape the maze?
manonamora
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Forbidden City
The living text adventure
Inkbox Software
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Camilla in the mirror
A game prototyped during the Global Game Jam 2022
antonio-turco
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
DirectXSucks
Abbie Gonzalez
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Trailways Railways & Tradeways
As Railway Proctor of the New World, how will you navigate these new connections?
Icewyrm Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Time Fragmented
Sci-fi adventure as the sole survivor of a tragedy that destroyed your world.
Crimson Arcade
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fragment
Will we ever remember?
Fragment/d
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Roll-Off (GMTK Jam 2022)
It's just you, some text, and a dice... Totally just that.. Nothing else. Nope.
arthur
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Les Prophéties Perdues
Une fiction interactive où le destin de l'humanité est entre vos mains
Louphole
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Prism Song
Serve the Prism in this boss-rush fantasy platformer on the commandline!
Lowsun
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
The Lab: Mutations
A text-adventure escape
Fwoop Inc.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Heavy is the Hand
See the past, present, and future... decide the outcome.
Ed
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Ghost Hunt
Search for a ghost in a locked room full of clues and bric-a-brac.
solipsistgames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Anguis.h
A text adventure where you'll need to outsmart a crazy PC virus to regain control over your life.
VitoPalermo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
We Failed
A short puzzle game, made for Wowie Game Jam 2021
SinisterX5
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
500 Word Hotel Escape
Escape a locked hotel in a 500 word Twine game.
Kobato Games
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
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