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Top rated$5 or less tagged Text based (33 results)

Explore physical games tagged Text based on itch.io. Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great a · Sell your physical games on itch.io to have them show up here.

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a journaling game of solitary journeys on post-apocalyptic highways
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
a character creation game that makes you clean your room
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
A solo game about loving a malicious monarch.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
A one-page RPG about a party of adventurers being guided by an Oracle that may not exactly be what it seems.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
A one-page RPG about Witches resolving a Disturbance through flashy Magic
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
A new revised rules set for solo journal RPGs, based on the Epistolary solo journal RPG system.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
A solo RPG and journaling game set in a labyrinthine mall.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
A one-page RPG about humanity, purpose, and combat constructs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
A storytelling game about breaking free of a time loop that has ensnared your Home.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
a single-move, single-sheet, setting-agnostic PbtA microgame
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
A solo game about haunting a bed and breakfast around Halloween.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
You're a fan of mechs and their pilots: spectate their glory.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
A Horror Solo Journaling TTRPG about Paranormal Investigation
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
A GMless, one player game about a mad scientist that aims to build the greatest creation anyone's ever seen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
define 'play'
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Is your revolution worth pursuing?
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
An expansion pack for Heroes of Lite featuring the new Gauntlet weapon type, new Skills, and new Combat Arts!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
An epistolary game of love and letters.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
reveal your true names
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Aiming to blend role-playing with turn-based tactical combat, to create an immersive TRPG experience.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
and the Accounts of the Changeling Child whom was brought crosst the Veil
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Yes, who’s this? A LARP about re-getting to know a life long lover or friend.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
reaching out from isolation
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
a decidedly un-heroic pen-and-paper dungeon crawl
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
An extraterrestrial being has made contact and invaded... your group chat in this text-based guessing game using emojis.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
A micro-world re-architecting game/ art game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Dracula in the world of The Blood
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
A TTRPG about Welcoming and Friendship
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
An expansion pack for The Masks We Wear with a playable combat-navigator hybrid arcana and new Reaper build
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
A solo journaling game about death and discovery
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Cheats, hacks, and alt. play modes for Fight Item Run
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
An expansion pack for The Masks We Wear with new enemy-recruitment mechanics for a playable Fool Arcana
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
and the twists and turns of how we seal our fates, as this way or -- another
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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