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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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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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The Dark Veil (El velo oscuro)
An interactive survival horror adventure for your ZX Spectrum 48k
Furillo Productions
Interactive Fiction
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Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
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VIC-20 Unexpanded Adventures
Two text adventures (100% assembler) for your unexpanded VIC-20 (or C-64)
epicadventures
Interactive Fiction
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RNG Quest
Procedurally generated zero-player idle RPG.
Viktor
Role Playing
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Transformation pursuit
A Transformation game based on trivial pursuit
icarue
Puzzle
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
Adventure
GIF
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emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
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Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Visual Novel
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Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Visual Novel
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Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Interactive Fiction
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Tristam Island
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Interactive Fiction
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Bird Of Passage
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
SpaceBackyard
Visual Novel
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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Simulation
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GodAI
Immerse yourself in an AI-driven literary universe where anything can happen.
AWK
Interactive Fiction
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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Interactive Fiction
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a Museum of Dubious Splendors.
A collection of small and peculier stories from Somwhere.
Studio Oleomingus
Adventure
GIF
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Don't make love
Will you make love and risk death?
Maggese
Interactive Fiction
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CLOSED HANDS
An unflinching work of interactive fiction.
PΔSSENGER
Interactive Fiction
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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
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The Writer Will Do Something
You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.
Matthew S Burns
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Worldsmith
An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Interactive Fables
Adventure
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A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
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The Forest of Candles (And The Man With A Lighter)
An interactive fiction game about fire season.
Nessa Cannon
Interactive Fiction
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An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
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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
Visual Novel
GIF
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And yet it hurt
An adventure game in Notepad about a kid who seeks revenge.
Sheepolution
Adventure
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POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Simulation
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The Saint's Tomb
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Role Playing
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
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Something A Little Super
Raise a super powered kid.
Barbara Truelove
Interactive Fiction
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Lab Assistant
Teach slime to do science in this machine-learning based puzzle game!
Izzy Fiacco
Puzzle
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Idyll
a cosy internet island
Demi
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Turn Out the Lights
A short game about coming home again.
bijan
Adventure
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L'île Tristam
Une aventure textuelle pour ordinateurs rétro
Hugo Labrande
Interactive Fiction
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