Top rated paid games for Linux tagged Text based

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Throne of Ashes

Break the curse and uncover your fire.

13Leagues

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(431 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder

$19.99

A story of love, death and lies.

Nim

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(91 total ratings)

Visual Novel

WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Remnants Of The Past - Act 1

$6.99

A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.

Domakir

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(77 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Eczema Angel Orifice

beautiful twine compilation

Porpentine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Code 7 - Episodes 2 & 3 Available Now

$22.99

What would you do if you found yourself trapped on an eerie space station with nothing but a computer?

Goodwolf Studio

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(64 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Pixel Fireplace

$4.99

Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy

Ted Martens

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(152 total ratings)

Simulation

Beyond the Chiron Gate

$10

Text-based space exploration game

John Ayliff

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

Type Knight

$3.99

Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.

chaikadev

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

if not us

an IF anthology about five heroes who die

ub4q

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(81 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

I doesn't exist

$12.99

An ode to text-adventures.

DreadXP

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Fallacy Quiz

Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.

Tim Krief

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Educational

Paradise

Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.

Rek & Devine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Your Future Self

$2.99

A time-loop based experimental text adventure.

Contortionist Games

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(145 total ratings)

Adventure

IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT

£2.40

A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.

polymer despair

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

GIF

Indiepocalypse #22

$15

Issue #22 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.

PIZZAPRANKS

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus

-100%

ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get

MansterSoft

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Role Playing

GIF

Blackout: The Darkest Night

$5.99

Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.

MiniChimera

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO

As suas escolhas não importam.

Virgula Leal

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

$14.99

In bundle

A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.

GosatsuVNs

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Indiepocalypse #17

$15

Issue #17 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.

PIZZAPRANKS

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Can You Come In?

Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.

spacetwinks

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

The Away Team

In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.

Underflow Studios

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(36 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Oatboy vs. Slime Mold

-100%

You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Action

GIF

Indiepocalypse #9

$15

Issue #9 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.

PIZZAPRANKS

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Swords of Freeport

$15

Text-Mode Social RPG

Elissa Black

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Role Playing

Telvoikai

Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.

Corvaena

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Role Playing

Trackless

$10

In the distant future, you join a strange organization to find the secret behind The Object

12East

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Adventure

Doki Doki Ragnarok

$12.99

Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)

BrutalHack

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Upheaval

$4.99

-50%

Text-based open world roguelike

Alex Leone

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak

-100%

Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Open Sorcery: Sea++

$14.99

You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by broken memories. Reclaim your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.

OpenSorceryGames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

3am

Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.

madameberry

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)

Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.

Megan

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

Indiepocalypse #1

$15

Issue #1 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.

PIZZAPRANKS

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition

A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.

Scarlet String Studios

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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