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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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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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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
GIF
Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(165 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(148 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Right Todd
Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.
Shawn Bowers!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Just Cosplay
A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.
Deadnettle Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
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
Play in browser
Welcome Back
A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
i've been drinking again
a conversation between two lovers.
yuveim
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Girls' Day
A brief memory.
Nice Gear Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Growing Pain
A chat with a childhood friend.
cassian
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
(almost eleven)
a prose poem about the end of a friendship
spacedfoxes
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
a bunch of you in a crowded room
it helps to talk to yourself
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Please Tell Me I Love You
A short conversation about a relationship
A G Moody
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Fantasy Tea Generator
Generate a name for your fantasy tea.
npckc
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(86 total ratings)
Play in browser
how do i love you?
remembering how things happened, mostly.
sophiades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Hot Soup
A Cozy Micro Twine for Rainy Days
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 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
Marshmallow Nights
Goof off and eat marshmallows with your friend
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Canvas Colors: In The Moving City
Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
UnfinishedCircl
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Neotrogla
A Twine story of bugs and bodies.
Roxy S.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Family Dinner
It only takes one night to change everything.
pansandpots
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
WHOM I SHOULD LOVE ABOVE ALL THINGS
A chance confessional reunion.
sophiades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
TYPE:CAST
Cast demons back to hell with the power of speed typing.
Not Jam
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
House of Loki
A story about the children of Loki and the perils of prophecy.
Keikube
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
CRYPTIdate
CRYPTIdate: helping cryptids find love for generations!
Jessica Padkin
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
EXSP-Tech
A game scarier than actual customer service
Ascendance IF
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 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
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