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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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The Unsolvable Mystery
William Rous
Puzzle
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What happened to the crew?
A terminal-based sci-fi mystery
bushmonkey
Puzzle
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One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Visual Novel
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12 Word Searches
Find all the words!
Playcebo
Puzzle
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LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
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Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
A brutally challenging Puzzle Novel RPG with multiple endings
Cuddle Code
Puzzle
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The City of Gold - Part 1
grottkral
Adventure
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Skynet Simulator
You are Skynet
edisgreat
Puzzle
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GIF
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Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Puzzle
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Vast Trivia Of The Void
What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Whales And Games 🐳
Puzzle
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Divide
I will not be just a sacrifice.
TrulyDrew
Interactive Fiction
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Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
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A MANSION on the HILL
$4.99
Is killing ever justified?
DirigoGames
Adventure
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Misplaced
An escape room as a text adventure!
Charu Tak
Puzzle
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I doesn't exist
$12.99
An ode to text-adventures.
DreadXP
Interactive Fiction
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Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Adventure
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The Den
Vee and Aiden live together in ‘The Den’, but tonight, a chance discovery is about to change their lives forever…
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
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SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
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Subtext
$6.99
A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.
William O'Connell
Interactive Fiction
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I wish I was
A narrative dungeon-crawler
lulatschia
Puzzle
GIF
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Indiepocalypse #17
$15
Issue #17 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
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stay with me
(you're not alone)
rye
Puzzle
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The Dust Below
The horizon is a haze of polluted ash.
TrulyDrew
Interactive Fiction
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GENBA no Kizuna
$24.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
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Sleepover Rules
Your friend invites you to his house for a sleepover with a certain set of rules
SjoerdHekking
Interactive Fiction
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Terminal Town
Mysterious command line tools
AndyMakes
Puzzle
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The Kuolema
An abandoned ship is found adrift. Look for clues and uncover the secrets of The Kuolema...
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
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Home Safety Hotline: Seasonal Worker
$7.99
Working through the holidays can be hell, especially at Home Safety Hotline.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
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Leximan - ORIGINAL CONCEPT PROTOTYPE
Throw together wild spells as you attempt to repair your broken spellbook!
MaxAmaden
Adventure
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The Queen's Footsteps
A text adventure set in a steampunk Italy in 1904
Davide Bucci
Interactive Fiction
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Indiepocalypse #51
$15
Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
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Hifuu OS
Gensokyo Cyber Outlaw.
Hefan
Adventure
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Escape! Frog Prison
Quick, dark and witty text adventure
William Rous
Adventure
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Tessa Blackwood's Crime Time
Help Tessa solve Bell Farm's mystery while you complete your first true crime podcast!
thistlestudios
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Echoes
Three very different stories, three different ways to play.
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
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OSTRO - A System Investigation
A system-based investigative adventure. Ludum Dare 50.
Totteri
Puzzle
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