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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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IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT
£2.40
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
polymer despair
GIF
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_transfer
$10
a story about computers, memory, and the end of the world
Abyssal Uncreations
Adventure
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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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A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
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Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Visual Novel
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Trackless
$10
In the distant future, you join a strange organization to find the secret behind The Object
12East
Adventure
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POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Simulation
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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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Lab Assistant
Teach slime to do science in this machine-learning based puzzle game!
Izzy Fiacco
Puzzle
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c ya laterrrr
a hypertext game based on a true story and some untrue stories
danhett
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Which Naruto Character Are You? A Funteractive Quizsperience DX Director's Cut Anniversary Edition
The age old question!
Tapesoft
Role Playing
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A Bathroom Myth
a folktale made in Twine about a sentient public restroom and trans woman surviving in a magical city.
Anya Johanna DeNiro
Interactive Fiction
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Night House
You're eight years old and alone in the house tonight. But something is lurking outside...
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
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CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~
$16.99
What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death?
roseverte
Visual Novel
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Getting Things Done, or The Labyrinth of Doctor Bernstein
A Premier Hypertext Adventure Experience!
Aleks Samoylov
Adventure
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Am I Part Of The Problem?
Did you hurt someone? Are you having trouble coming to terms with it? Are you unsure what to do next?
Elizabeth Sampat
Educational
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You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Interactive Fiction
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Hygge
Last year, I moved to Denmark. This is a game about the struggles of moving to a new country.
gains
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Utopia, an Essay
$1
A nonfiction essay etched into the architecture of a virtual space.
Bruno Dias
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ADITL
$3
Life is a journey.
Eric Koziol
Adventure
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Text Wormhole
$6.99
Text Wormhole is a dodge game of bullet hell generated by the roguelike way dynamically based on the theme of letters
elknightstudio
Action
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Star Story: The Horizon Escape
$11.99
Join a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. Explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out!
EvilCoGames
Visual Novel
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Fairy Tales of Innocent Children
Chase your shooting star. [Visual Novel, 5 mins]
Bruised Banana
Visual Novel
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The Delusion Dilemna
You are trapped in a maze of dreams, and must determine what is real
Nathaniel
Adventure
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Tuuli
An interactive ritual
rubereaglenest
Interactive Fiction
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Nod If You Can Hear Me
Visit Your Grandmother
Emma Kidwell
Simulation
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A Sea View, with Exit Wounds
An interactive short story about a woman returning to her family home in a seaside town after her father dies.
maxamillian
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All Visitors Welcome
Spend the night at a state park with a sinister secret
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
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an easy lay
Romance is complicated. Romance with an ovipositor is complicateder.
SpiderFlorist
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Egress
Finally, you are perfect...
Aleks Samoylov
Puzzle
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Apology Simulator
We’ve all suffered inadequate apologies, or wished for apologies that never came...
Matthew S Burns
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Borders
A game where you check passports and talk to people.
Van Andrew
Simulation
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Crystal Orb Adventures
Prototype procedurally generated text adventure game without the typing.
Marasmusine
Role Playing
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Lars
A graphic psychological horror text adventure
hankworx
Visual Novel
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Monster Maker
$1
A silly character creation toy.
Adri
Interactive Fiction
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