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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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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
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Burning Academia
A fantasy dark academia IF about finding yourself in a world that has no place for you.
HeartSyncProductions
Interactive Fiction
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Tales of Wocdes: The Silver Protector
A fantasy twine game set is a world full of magic and mysteries.
Tales Of Wocdes
Interactive Fiction
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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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Dominion of Darkness
Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Adeptus7
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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emily is away
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kyleseeley23
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The King's Hound
Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Kal Down
Interactive Fiction
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Tristam Island
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Interactive Fiction
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Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Visual Novel
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The Bar on the Abyss
This tale starts with your death. Manage a spectral bar in the Abyss and find love beyond the mortal coil.
Esh Cohen
Interactive Fiction
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Diabaig
A traditional ascii roguelike for the terminal
conornally
Adventure
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Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Interactive Fiction
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Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
John Q Adams
Interactive Fiction
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Upheaval
$4.99
-50%
Text-based open world roguelike
Alex Leone
Interactive Fiction
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Canvas Colors: In The Moving City
Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
UnfinishedCircl
Visual Novel
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God of The Red Mountain
Chinese folklore-inspired interactive fiction.
Friendly Bowl of Soup
Interactive Fiction
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The Crimson Diamond FULL GAME
$14.99
A cozy mystery adventure game set in early 1900s Ontario, Canada!
JuliaMinamata
Adventure
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The Grown-Up Detective Agency
Solve a case with your time-travelling kid self
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Don't make love
Will you make love and risk death?
Maggese
Interactive Fiction
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Superlunary Episode 1.0
A slow, queer, post-war space opera
communistsister
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Somi
Adventure
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BIRDLAND
summer camp crushes & alien bird dreams
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Interactive Fiction
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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Visual Novel
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Nova: Synthesis Creaturum
A free fantasy visual novel about magic, monsters, and more--download now!
Nova: Synthesis Creaturum
Visual Novel
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I doesn't exist
$12.99
An ode to text-adventures.
DreadXP
Interactive Fiction
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Dragon's Heir
BeastInTheCave
Visual Novel
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Hybrid
These people aren't like you.
HeartForge
Role Playing
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The Master of the Land
Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Pseudavid
Interactive Fiction
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Everyday Devil
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
alleesaur
Visual Novel
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Jellyfish Egg
$4.99
A deep RPG set in procedurally generated dark fantasy worlds
edmond00
Role Playing
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Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Lunar Finch
Role Playing
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Mind Games: Obsession
Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Bottlecap Rabbit Games
Interactive Fiction
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A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
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Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade
Solve a magical mystery in this lighthearted fantasy RPG inspired by Baroque Venice.
Lamp Post Projects
Interactive Fiction
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Love & Friendship
A Regency Rom-Com
Salty Stories
Interactive Fiction
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Path of Adventure
A text-based roguelike, for mobile
Alinea Games
Role Playing
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