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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
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Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(734 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(464 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Superstition S3
Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
13Leagues
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(334 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(291 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(294 total ratings)
Simulation
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Fool Me Once
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(152 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(240 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(682 total ratings)
Simulation
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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
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Candied Carols
A wintry, magical holiday romance
VIOLET
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(143 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)
One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
etherane
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(72 total ratings)
Adventure
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Bird Of Passage
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
SpaceBackyard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(271 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Gender Dysphoria
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
exodrifter
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(838 total ratings)
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Beau Ideals Chapter 1
Fantasy visual novel in development
Mouse & Ram
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(245 total ratings)
Platformer
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When Rivers Were Trails
A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
indianlandtenure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Educational
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POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Simulation
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(193 total ratings)
Strategy
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Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(114 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Stink Bug Plague
​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
angela he
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(116 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Serum Run
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Avery Hiebert
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Adventure
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Pageant
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(188 total ratings)
Role Playing
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A Colour Like No Other
The world's less scary when you're a monster.
TheNamelessOne
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
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The Archivist and the Revolution
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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New Year's Eve, 2019
Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(40 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
(42 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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GIF
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We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Adventure
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