Top games from the last 30 days tagged Text based

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Tears of Tianchao

Trust none. Follow None

Kanri Siomay

Interactive Fiction

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To Be Human

An eldritch being finds a child.

KingOverlord

Interactive Fiction

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Those Long Dead

A WIP medieval fantasy interactive fiction story, with angelic imagery and themes, and a focus on romance.

Aevum Games

Interactive Fiction

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hic est nihilum

nightingale-writes

Interactive Fiction

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SAY ANYTHING in this dungeon adventure where words control everything.

Akupara Games

Adventure

All The Birds With One Stone

moments before a brief extinction event

chia

Interactive Fiction

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you need to buy a phone charger

online shopping in a late capitalist hellscape

zorkie

Interactive Fiction

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Hard Rain

Survive the coming storm

Not Jam

Survival

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There's just something about u

A literal text adventure about a conversation between u and i

GooseStranger

Platformer

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Who Stole My Sausages?

Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.

estif

Interactive Fiction

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Stuck with you

A late night conversation between two best friends

teletuu

Visual Novel

Deferred Action

A frustratingly fun interactive adventure in navigating bureaucracy.

Grokkist

Interactive Fiction

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Dreaming After You

Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.

mangomakes

Interactive Fiction

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Cure for Mother

Mother is sick. Her cure is in the Cavern. Do you have what it takes to save her?

Sugarmantis

Interactive Fiction

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Code: Roses

Help Rose to prove her girlfriend's innocence when discovering a deadly incident.

Koro

Visual Novel

The Disappearance of Kevin from Finance

"not to sound rude 'cause a guy is Missing but also,,, who the hell is kevin?"

yveseas

Interactive Fiction

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Lysidice and the Minotaur (TALP)

Will you escape the maze?

manonamora

Interactive Fiction

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In All My Dreams I Choke On Invisible Smoke

Exploratory visual novel. Unsettling. Somewhat Yume Nikki inspired.

Kanderwund

Visual Novel

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Progress Knight: Multiplayer

Multiplayer PvP incremental game

Gawaak

Role Playing

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Him (and Us)

a conversation

alyshkalia

Interactive Fiction

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The Ink Stained Chessboard (Public Testing Demo)

Shen

Interactive Fiction

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The Devil's Folly

Explore a forest mutated by mythology.

Jacob Moore

Adventure

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I don't want to talk about it.

What, so like, we're just going to sit here for an hour?

Nick Gelling

Interactive Fiction

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Geo-Terra: The First Dawn

An interactive fiction game.

Loukas

Interactive Fiction

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HBreaker Hub

Time to scroll, scroll, & scroll some more.

Kezthier

Interactive Fiction

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The Civil War Adventure Experience

Educational

enter the spiral

Visual Novel

an escape-whats-outside-the-room interactive fiction about quitting your job quietly

Odette Ditto

Interactive Fiction

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KEEP SACRIFICING OR THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!

The gods are extremely angry! Can you, the king of a vaguely Sumerian/Akkadian city state, appease them?

Stark Raving Sane Games

Strategy

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Saphira & Ori

A text-based puzzle game

Poppy1345

Puzzle

Mors Omnibus

Death To All

cloverjoyed

Interactive Fiction

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Stairs (REALLY BAD IF Jam)

An interactive fiction about Stairs.

Hochimo

Interactive Fiction

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clock out [playtest demo - survey in desc]

a game about a job interview

devkity

Interactive Fiction

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The Secret Sauce

An Espionage Adventure

Mann Sy Tha

Interactive Fiction

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The Best Game Ever

WIP - Current Version: [WEEK 3].

TinyTakinTeller

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Fairy Tale Felonies: The Case of The Fallen Egg

Investigate the cause of Humpty Dumpty's Fall.

Amy Davidson

Interactive Fiction

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