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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
Role Playing
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Transformation pursuit
A Transformation game based on trivial pursuit
icarue
Puzzle
GIF
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Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Somi
Adventure
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Worldsmith
An intergalactic Interactive Fable
Interactive Fables
Adventure
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The Temporal Invasion (ARG)
$6.99
Do you want to feel like REAL Mystery Solver and Explorer?
Hybriona Labs
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
Adventure
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The Camp - Caravan Edition (C64)
$2.99
More Rooms - More Riddles - and even more Tea!
Protovision
Adventure
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Leisure Suit Leo 2 - The Secret of Maniac Island (C64)
$3.99
Protovision
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
Visual Novel
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An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
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Pyramid Builder
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
standardcombo
Simulation
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SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
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burning alexandria
an exceptional day in archfield is a day when nothing happens. a twine adventure.
javid hornet
Interactive Fiction
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❤ DEMON DATE ❤
You've tried the rest, now try the worst - DEMON DATE
polymer despair
GIF
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Hotwriting
$10
A book of playable poems by Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
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Epitaph
alien civilization extinction simulator
Max Kreminski
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Well This is Awkward
Buying condoms is awkward. This games reminds you of that.
Emma Kidwell
Role Playing
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Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Role Playing
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Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Action
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Ultra Type-R
$1.99
ansdor
Platformer
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Redundant
Your ten years on the station are up. The Company sent a pair of clones to replace you-- and they've got a secret.
Laura Michet
Interactive Fiction
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Orc Prom
Escape the house, defy your broodlords, and go to prom. It is your birthright.
TheGreatFort
Adventure
GIF
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Terminal Town
Mysterious command line tools
AndyMakes
Puzzle
GIF
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Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
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Who Are You, Mr. Cooper?
$3.99
Your own adventure in a steampunk world! Find mysterious Alexander Cooper and unravel secrets in city of Staighrem.
TheLastFairyTale
Adventure
GIF
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Intimate Codex
Free form text exploration
AndyMakes
GIF
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Angel In The Dark
An Audio & Text based horror game, set in total darkness. Will you survive?
Philip Aldous
Visual Novel
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OURANOS, BESET BY FROGS
A Twine Game about a Vain, Alien Sky Deity getting Pissed at some Frogs
rexsc
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The Writer: A Change Of Identity
$2.99
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
GameAboutGames
Adventure
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Take
katherine
Interactive Fiction
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Alicio en la Kurioza Kongreso
Ĉu vi memoras vian unuan kongreson? Alicio neniam forgesos la sian.
Ariel Bonkorpa
Role Playing
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Widemare
A voice and text driven horror experience.
Andrea Pignataro
Visual Novel
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Tyrant - A Twist of Fate
Today marks the day fate is changed, your actions shape the world.
Diogo Luis
Adventure
GIF
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Console Hack Typer
Hacker simulator
Geniusy
Simulation
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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
Interactive Fiction
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proetry~
~ procedural poetry ~ THE DYING PILLOW NEAR THE SKY
Pitoum (Brice Dubat)
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