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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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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,379 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
REDSUGARSOCIETY
Fake date. Fall in love. Murder. Party. Rinse and repeat.
riotdevs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(238 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snakeroot.
[ INACTIVE ] A fantasy horror IF WIP.
cerberus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(176 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Petty Puny Planet
Why have a pet rock when you can have a pet planet? Micromanage this cosmic rock to places never thought possible!
Whales And Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(181 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
hollowsheart
[ INACTIVE ] proof of concept of a text-based horror game.
cerberus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Kobold Dungeon Tester
A multiple-choice-adventure-roguelike about testing a dungeon.
st33d
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Your Hogwarts Story
A Choose your own Adventure Text Game about going to Hogwarts
DigiTale
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
The Dragon's Curse {Hiatus}
Fantasy interactive fiction based on asian mythology and other cultures
XNueX
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
L'Hiver: Of Time and Death
The sole heiress of a declining noble family must make a choice.
st-chem-atelier
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Isles Of Umbra
Lovecraftian first person point and click adventure
riffst
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
grim home
help the grim reaper decorate their apartment
scareoset
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Seltani
Hypertext MMO
zarf
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Warding: Demo
Text based horror game, where you play as Cecilia, a blind woman, on the night that someone breaks into her house.
risraelwriter
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Space Goats: Tales from Bah'nana IV.
A Text Adventure based on Tim Ruswick's "Space Goats 2"
Star Banner Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
My Bully-Boyfriend <3
Matthew starts dating his high-school bully in college.
IntStories
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
CVIE (Open Beta)
Welcome to C.V.I.E This is THE most unstable AI in the works. Aggressive, speciest, and somehow lovable.
AMBU5H
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Unwanted Hero, part 1
a twisted, tangled fairy tale
No Time To Play
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Buried Figure
You are on a submarine.
poky.cactus
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Faster Than Time
Mark Mandriota
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Mouth of the Devil
You’d better watch that mouth o’ yours, partner.
hatchling
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ophelia's Secret (WIP)
A cyberpunk interactive fiction about talking your way into places where you don't belong.
Leo Andrade
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
noigeL reiN
An unofficial fangame in the Drakengard/Nier Lore entirely textual
Corentin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Oneiron
text-based multiple choice adventure
Insania404
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
THE HOUSESITTER - DEMO
A short demo for an ASCII, horror, text-based adventure.
RUMBLEBOX_
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Thirsty - The Thirst For Adventure (Demo)
A short demo for an up and coming interactive story
jonathan_schon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Daily Quests (FloppyJam)
Hyperagon
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
ＳＰＥＣＴＲＵＭ ＧＩＲＬＳ
It's about lesbians on motorcycles. The end.
TUB
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
JASON'S QUIRKY QUICKFIRE QUIZ!
This quiz does not live up to it's name at all...
🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
Failure with Silver (unfinished)
A plague takes over...Can you find out why?
numijulie
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Role Playing
Metaphorical Wizard
Retro Text-Based RPG
Hyperpotato
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Untitled Gardening Game
there's a maze, a garden, and a giant magpie (he's a dick)
Aislinn Evans
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Baleen
Please enter your username.
koimarina
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
C0untd0wn: The Dem0
Kimba Rose
Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Number Guesser
Just Think of a Number
7jks
Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
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