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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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WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(582 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The House Abandon - Now part of 'Stories Untold'!
A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
jonNoCode
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
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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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Epitaph
alien civilization extinction simulator
Max Kreminski
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
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GIF
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Please Tell Me I Love You
A short conversation about a relationship
A G Moody
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Worth Waiting
You could have sworn someone else was here.
TheNamelessOne
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
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Are You Ok?
A short Twine game about understanding.
jlevstein
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
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Hymn
A Twine game of reassurance and reminders for those lost in themselves
june wilde
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
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Well This is Awkward
Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.
Emma Kidwell
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(104 total ratings)
Role Playing
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An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
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Pyramid Builder
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
standardcombo
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Simulation
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inh-exh: a breathing game
a self-help tool, to help people who suffer anxiety attacks
celdavison
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
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404 Missing Page Detective Agency
Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!
Snozbot
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
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CRYPTID HUNTER
Get lost in the pine barrens! Take pictures of trees! Hunt for the Jersey Devil!
ceejus
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Adventure
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The horse is dead.
Short, twine-like (custom), experimental interactive poetry.
Nico May
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
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Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Role Playing
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All Hail The Spider God
All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.
Strange Scaffold
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Dispatch
A short interactive story in which you are a 911 dispatcher. Lives depend on your choices.
Ellen Cunningham
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Simulation
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Find Your Girlfriend
A queer and spooky twine game. You're a bi bookshop worker trying to find your girlfriend - where is she?
glitterflounce
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Adventure
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MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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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
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Turing Trial
A Short, Replayable Text-Based RPG
Mary T.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Keep Calm: An Interactive Short Story
No matter what you do, keep calm...
Adam Carriere (Pyjama Bottom Studios)
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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rain
twine game/story about the experience of rain
eli fessler
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
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Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
GIF
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Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Somi
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
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Event[0]
$19.99
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative game where you build a relationship with a spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Ocelot Society
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
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And All Is Well
Nonsense happens all the time and all is well.
R茅my 馃崿 Devaux
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
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KINSALE HORROR
Hitchhike. See what I saw.
Rarykos
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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QUIMER-B
The most advance AI to date takes over the facilities where it was born. But, you know, more complicated.
David T. Marchand
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
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Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Clockwork Apple
A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)
Synapsed
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Reflections at Sunset - A meditative Twine experience
An ambient text-based experience inspired by meditation... Your thoughts are yours and yours alone...
Charles H. Huang
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Ask Her
A short parser-like game inspired by some of Sam Barlow's games. Made for the LD37.
bloomingbuds
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Take
katherine
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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When acting as a wave
A person has to make a decision that will affect the lives of many.
David T. Marchand
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
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