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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.
qeres卯
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(2,950 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Wayfarer
A fantasy interactive fiction RPG where you are marked by immunity to magic.
Idrelle Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,986 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The Unsolvable Mystery
William Rous
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,200 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,723 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Speaker
What do you See?
speakergame
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,300 total ratings)
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
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,712 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Cantata
A low fantasy IF about song, strength, & finding your voice.
Fir & Fireweed
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(989 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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God-Cursed: Demo
An interactive fiction fantasy game made with Twine. Create your character, break a curse, fall in love, & make it home.
Lunan
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(919 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(2,254 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(681 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An Affair of the Heart
Customisable MC romance detective game! 馃枻
Doriana Gray
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(492 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(817 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Shepherds of Haven (Public Demo)
A dark fantasy interactive fiction RPG.
Manifold Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(452 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(703 total ratings)
Adventure
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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(3,136 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(734 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The King's Hound
Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Kal Down
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(890 total ratings)
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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
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(335 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(628 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The Nameless
A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?
Parker Lyn
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(587 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Sentience
An Interactive Novel
st.sleepy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(406 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(588 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Love After Death
Echo_
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(301 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(711 total ratings)
Survival
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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(308 total ratings)
Simulation
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The Exile
A dark-fantasy interactive-fiction epic.
Pheo
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(293 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Eye of the Moon
Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.
atemaarte
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(283 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(417 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Swan Song
A short interactive story loosely based on Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Swan Lake.
swansong-if
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(347 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Fool Me Once
$5
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(275 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Bladeweaver Demo
Cut the Heavens - A grimdark fantasy Interactive Fiction
conrif
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(283 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The Gray Ascendancy
What are you, a person with no memories, if not a liar?
grayascendancy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(373 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Social Democracy: An Alternate History
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(254 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(219 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(242 total ratings)
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(785 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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