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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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A Tale of Crowns
A Middle Eastern fantasy/romance story.
qeresî
Interactive Fiction
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Wayfarer
A fantasy interactive fiction RPG where you are marked by immunity to magic.
Idrelle Games
Interactive Fiction
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The War of the Worlds (C64)
A Text Adventure (Interactive Story) on Commodore 64 based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Michel Molenaar
Adventure
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Terraformental
$5.99
Try to survive and perhaps eventually even tame an unknown planet in this incremental semi-idle game.
Shadowsand
Survival
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Cantata
A low fantasy IF about song, strength, & finding your voice.
Fir & Fireweed
Interactive Fiction
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Mind Bender Simulator
Master the art of persuasion in this text-based adventure where every choice shapes the outcome.
Fantastico Studio
Simulation
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Type Help
The Unsolvable Mystery
William Rous
Puzzle
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The World Is Doomed Unless I Can Raise My Power Level to 1,000,000 and Confront the Demon Lord
$2.99
reav
Adventure
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GIF
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Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
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Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
mythridate
Visual Novel
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Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An Affair of the Heart
Customisable MC romance detective game! 🖤
Doriana Gray
Interactive Fiction
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What happened to the crew?
A terminal-based sci-fi mystery
bushmonkey
Puzzle
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Love After Death
Echo_
Interactive Fiction
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FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
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Project: Eden's Garden (Cancelled)
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
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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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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
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Cultivators Chronicles: Idle Wuxia
Cultivation Wuxia Incremental Game
Wuxia Comp
Role Playing
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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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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
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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Fool Me Once
$5
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
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 Exile
A dark-fantasy interactive-fiction epic.
Pheo
Interactive Fiction
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Roses In The Flames
One day, Dragons took over the world and you're the only remaining human left of our society.
CringleDragons
Visual Novel
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The Night Market Book 2 (WIP)
The sequel to the Night Market
The Night Market
Interactive Fiction
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
Space Goblin Games
Strategy
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Something A Little Super
Raise a super powered kid.
Barbara Truelove
Interactive Fiction
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Forever Gold
A dark fantasy RPG.
Dan & LS
Interactive Fiction
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The City of Gold - Part 1
grottkral
Adventure
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Bladeweaver Demo
Cut the Heavens - A grimdark fantasy Interactive Fiction
conrif
Interactive Fiction
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A Dark Forest
Incremental Minimalistic Idle Game
TinyTakinTeller
Adventure
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