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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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Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Play in browser
Banquet
Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
RaeJune
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Jack Rampage and the Disasters
A game where you meet some demons!
Frankie☆
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Making dumplings
Two girls make dumplings on Chinese New Year's.
Autumn Chen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Daily Murder
Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.
phaddius
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Loss for Words
An experiential typing game where you aren't sure what you're typing.
undefinist
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Play in browser
Frank's Noir Story: A Rat's Nest
A text adventure about Frank's time infiltrating the Mafia
Extra Nice
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
City Lights
A man, a drink, a city.
badsprite
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Final Fantasy XIV: Seven Minutes in Heaven
The warrior of light has a new mission, and it may involve a kiss!
darthsuki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Through the dark nowhere
random event driven space journey to the new home
JJBlazej
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Arachnid
A (very) short horror story about spiders and bad dreams
Echer
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
EMALGIA (Demo)
Who Is Lying To You?
lowkeydeveloper
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Daydream
I knew betraying Vestige would catch up with me.
mattvella
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Windowns 4-20
Uninstall FoF and repair Javi's life.
aburrron
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
First Days in Centaurus A
A text based choose-your-own-adventure game that establishes your career in a star fleet.
Lauren August
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
pureblue
Cyborg repossession. Temporal compression. All the fun of waiting for an .exe to finish running.
Ruffian Rabbit
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Girl In Your Bed
A disturbing discovery that could change your life.
axmn
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Death to Eerick (Prototype demo)
Horror visual novel
pahisananas
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Letters in the Wind
Bezerra
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
goat game
you accidentally turned your sister into a goat
Jenna Yow
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Who Will...
A party game about dividing an inheritance.
BlauwPrint
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
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Bruhstin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Coast Starlight (DEMO)
Short text adventure about a trip gone wrong
Page Murray
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Heavy is the Hand
See the past, present, and future... decide the outcome.
Ed
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
The Envelope
An in-browser interactive story for InkJam 2020
garoo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ashes of the Net - Demo
Be an AI finding their purpose by hacking people using social engineering!
bleese
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Caverns of Coryst!
Old-school note-taker's text-ploration cartography!
goop lord
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
gotta get stinkier!
It's your first day at Notebook High...a school known for its stinky students!
ihaverabies
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Play in browser
Neurogame
Do Androids Dream of Neurogames? A game by neural network* about post-apocalypse.
BetelgeuseMan
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Book of Mars
A literary virtual Escape Room, set on an exploratory Mars base.
eripias
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Simulador de Risco
Um treinamento digital gamificado para gestores
hugojuca
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Educational
Play in browser
Text Adventure based Horror EARLY DEMO
A short horror game early demo
cryptiboy
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Walk
Ignorance is bliss. To what extent does the attention you pay to certain things in your life break your spirits ?​
Chamiks
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Insatiable Jeunesse
Incarnez une créature avide de jeunesse et tentez d'échapper à la faim, aux autorités et au vieillissement.
filiaa
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
intrusive thoughts
dangerous thought loops
xed
Rated 2.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
GIF
Food.Quest
A short Twine Game in which you are a Hungry Faerie.
Lick
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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