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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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In the middle of a lonely night, the man remembers home...
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
A system-based investigative adventure. Ludum Dare 50.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
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It's like algebra, but more abstract
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
a game about unwritten rules
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Survivre face à une machine à écrire possédée
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A Twine game about high school and friends
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Pure Construct 3 CRT and ANSI emulation
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Infiltrate a hostile network by entering the right passwords!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A timed text-based puzzle
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Uncover international spies in this investigative text puzzle game inspired by the classic Carmen San Diego.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Text Adventure in the deep dark ocean.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You come home from work and find an email survey in your inbox.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A word switch cooking game where the results are up to you.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A text-based puzzle horror game.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A couple has been brutally murdered in their house last night. Are you up to solve the mystery?
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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BBC CEEFAX is your only source to figure out what food isn't plague-ridden
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Comic horror clickable text adventure
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A murder-mystery game
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Subtext
$6.99
A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Issue #44 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Your daughter wants to hear a bedtime story
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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一个与现代汉语有关的文字解谜游戏
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A one-room puzzle made with Twine.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Break into Rumpelstiltskin's house. Find the answers to his riddles. Save your horse.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Gensokyo Cyber Outlaw.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Climate change interactive fiction
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Your daughter wants to hear a bedtime story
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Mini-books within mini-books.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
A D&D-inspired tavern visit.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Point-and-click text adventure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Mysterious command line tools
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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