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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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Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(443 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
WAS/WERE
$4
Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
RodFireProductions
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
Porpentine
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(153 total ratings)
Simulation
GIF
Type Knight
$3.99
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
chaikadev
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Fallacy Quiz
$5
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Tim Krief
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Educational
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
$1
As suas escolhas não importam.
Virgula Leal
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Paradise
$1
Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.
Rek & Devine
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Adventure
IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT
£2.40
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
polymer despair
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Can You Come In?
$2
Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.
spacetwinks
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Role Playing
Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Telvoikai
$1
Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.
Corvaena
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Role Playing
3am
$1
Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.
madameberry
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak
$0
-100%
Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!
MansterSoft
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
[SIBERIA]
£1
A small text-adventure survival game.
MSSNG
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Adventure
Revenge of the Antagonist
$1.99
In bundle
Enemies on camera, enemies off camera!
ChaniMK
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu
$4.99
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Pathway
$3
Mini-books within mini-books.
Studio CloudScape
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Snowdrop
$5
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
The MansterSoft 3-in-1 Fun-Pak
$0
-100%
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
MansterSoft
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Action
I Found a New Friend
$3
A heart-warming story of friendship.
Adri
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Hippo on Elm Street
$5
A not-so-scary story.
Adri
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Baking with Lizzie
$5
a sweet story
Adri
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Electric Sleep
$4.50
Explore a miniature world as an emotionally driven robot and discover unique experiences with each new emotion.
Cryru
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Спасти принцессу 2
$2.99
Много выборов, 5 концовок
wolfgames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Saving the Princess 2
$2.99
A young doctor enters the dream world to rescue the woman he loves
wolfgames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Quarries of Scred 1982
$2.50
Text version of hit puzzle game Quarries of Scred
Kactus Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Pirateship
$5
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Utopia, an Essay
$1
A nonfiction essay etched into the architecture of a virtual space.
Bruno Dias
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Carrier Trail
$4.99
Deliver a package to the royal family in this Oregon Trail inspired game!
CrackedGhostGames
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Christmas Time
$3
Christmas short pick your path story
avarisclari
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Blood to Bone
$3
Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based
euio
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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