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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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Break the curse and uncover your fire.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A young girl has been kidnapped, you have two hours to find and free her.
Visual Novel
Hey there, welcome to the Echo of Mobius! Here, you’ll step into a world shaped by everyone’s wildest dreams.
Role Playing
A narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another.
Simulation
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
Role Playing
Journey deeper into the unknown.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
SAY ANYTHING in this dungeon adventure where words control everything.
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Adventure
Text-based open world roguelike
Interactive Fiction
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
Visual Novel
Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Educational
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
Visual Novel
Immerse yourself in an AI-driven literary universe where anything can happen.
Interactive Fiction
Text-Mode Social RPG
Role Playing
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
Role Playing
Play in browser
a cosy internet island
Une aventure textuelle pour ordinateurs rétro
Interactive Fiction
Explore a haunted theater with a gruesome past and go INSIDE several black-and-white films!
Visual Novel
Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Fantasy visual novel in development
Visual Novel
The dating sim where not everyone wants to date you.
Visual Novel
A Homoerotic Text-Based Sandbox
Role Playing
a native implementation of the classic IF little game
Adventure
A pro wrestling management simulation game. In development.
Simulation
The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.
Survival
Procedural Wasteland Rpg!
Role Playing
Rap Career Simulator
Simulation
A slow, queer, post-war space opera
Interactive Fiction
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A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?
Interactive Fiction
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What do you See?
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A wintry, magical holiday romance
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Visual Novel
An interactive novella about finding your muse.
Interactive Fiction
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
Visual Novel
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