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

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Text based

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 rated free Puzzle
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Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(94 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
And yet it hurt
An adventure game in Notepad about a kid who seeks revenge.
Sheepolution
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Vast Trivia Of The Void
What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Whales And Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Leximan - ORIGINAL CONCEPT PROTOTYPE
Throw together wild spells as you attempt to repair your broken spellbook!
MaxAmaden
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Misplaced
An escape room as a text adventure!
Charu Tak
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Context Catacombs
​A first person dungeon-delving adventure where text and context are everything.
chompdev
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Postal Secret
Postal secret no longer counts! Short atmospheric puzzle solving for a relaxing evening.
Ymar Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Word Whip
challenging word puzzler
KR
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
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
I wish I was
A narrative dungeon-crawler
lulatschia
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
sphinx of black quartz judge my vow
a post-mortality puzzle-hex
shrunken studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
ChatHuman
Instead of you prompting AI, AI prompts you.
MraveniskoDev
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Letters To The Metro
In the middle of a lonely night, the man remembers home...
Arya B
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Профессия следователь
casper_nn
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GENBA no Kizuna - Demo
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Ardilous
Uncover international spies in this investigative text puzzle game inspired by the classic Carmen San Diego.
Alexander Sheep
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
Messages From the Universe Graveyard
Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Kanderwund
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
CEEFAX: IN THE TIME OF PLAGUE
BBC CEEFAX is your only source to figure out what food isn't plague-ridden
HeyYeh
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Dear Murder Diary
A murder-mystery game
marcgenesis
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Full Version)
Your daughter wants to hear a bedtime story
Greasy Paint
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Tricks of light in the forest
Climate change interactive fiction
Pseudavid
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hifuu OS
Gensokyo Cyber Outlaw.
Hefan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Gruesome
Classic-style text adventure from a new perspective
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
TWO
A Puzzle Heavy Text Adventure Game Using Two Words
Adventuron
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Friendship Tests
A game about skool, aliens and... cheating.
Felipe Peticov
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
A Type of Adventure
A 2D adventure typing game.
poronite
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Clover
A book of puzzles and riddles
Liero
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
Suspicion
A Found Phone Detective Game
Akshay Goel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Kevin(1997-2077)
Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why. 他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。
KevinDu
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Word Game
Priborg
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
The Construct
A horror text adventure game with a deep & engaging story with original music.
Aaron Wise
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
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
Kenikari
SobreDunas
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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