October 13, 2020
Adventure, 2D, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, World of Darkness, Text, Werewolves.
An adventure game set in the universe of the World of Darkness. The creation of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest is the responsibility of Polish studio Different Tales, creators of Wanderlust Travel Stories.
Gamepressure
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March 2026
Arcade, Battle Royale, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Online, Text.
An unusual battle royale-type game with a first-person perspective. Our main goal in Final Sentence is to type words on the typewriter flawlessly. The matter is complicated by the fact that there's an executioner standing next to us. He can fire his revolver after we make three typos.
March 4, 2021
RPG, 2D, Fantasy, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative RPG that refers in its gameplay model to classic paragraph games. The game is set in a dark fantasy world, and the storyline focuses on an attempt to overcome destiny.
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December 2, 2025, Early Access
RPG, Crafting, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text, Turn-based.
A team RPG with turn-based combat and graphics based entirely on colored text symbols (ASCII) - letters, numbers, and other characters. In Effulgence RPG, we find ourselves inside an interactive signal that has arrived from a distant galaxy.
Steam
October 25, 2025
Adventure, Horror, Singleplayer, Text, Free-to-play.
A text-based adventure game set in a horror style, created by the author of the best-selling Lethal Company, and available for free. Welcome to the Dark Place takes us to the titular location. We must seek a way out, reading text descriptions, listening, and sketching maps on a virtual piece of paper.
Steam
June 23, 2020
Adventure, Cthulhu, Puzzle Elements, Horror, Humorous, Indie Games, Gamebook, Singleplayer, Text.
Adventure game realized in the form of a virtual gamebook, based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. In The Innsmouth Case we play the role of a detective who comes to the town to solve the mysterious disappearance of little Tabitha Marsh.
OpenCritic
February 16, 2017
Adventure, Horror, Singleplayer, World of Darkness, Text, Urban Fantasy.
An adventure storytelling game for mobile devices, created by White Wolf Entertainment and Swedish novelist Karin Tidbeck. Mage the Ascension: Refuge is based on a tabletop role-playing game. The production takes place in today's Sweden, and you play as a woman, who recently learned that she's a mage and gradually discovers her powers, which allow her to shape reality. Unfortunately, enemy factions want to use her powers to conquer the magical society. There are no arcade sequences in the game, which focuses on the plot, shown via text with occasional pictures, and on conversing and making decisions, which affect the story. To succeed, you need to achieve balance between your desire for power and the risk of the so-called Paradox.
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November 9, 2021
Adventure, Indie Games, Books, Gamebook, Polish, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Text, Visual Novel.
Paragraph game with visual novel elements. The Sin Collector: Repentless allows us to take on the role of one of the Sin Collectors, who have been sent to Earth to obtain payment from mortals for their sins and thus end the biblical apocalypse.
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February 16, 2017
Adventure, Horror, Singleplayer, World of Darkness, Text, Urban Fantasy, Vampires.
A narrative adventure game from White Wolf Entertainment’s team, based on the popular tabletop game Vampire The Masquerade. It takes place in alternative reality, known as World of Darkness, where many supernatural beings live besides humans. We play as a young vampire, who only recently started to feel the great hunger and noticed changes in his body. Players will help him cope with this new reality and discover the truth about the supernatural world that surrounds him. Vampire The Masquerade: We Eat Blood focuses on story and the decisions that affect it. What’s unusual is that the game’s interface looks like an operating system of a modern smartphone, through which we discover new plot threads or contact other characters.
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October 1, 2015
Adventure, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text.
A text-based adventure game, based on the movie The Martian by Ridley Scott. The Martian: Bring Him Home was released for mobile devices as a premium game. Just like in the movie, the main task is to help the astronaut stranded on the surface of Mars. You play as a NASA specialist, who aids Mark Watney by giving him useful tips and takes care of his emotional state. The gameplay consist of conversing with the “Martian” and choosing the right dialogue options. Your answers have a huge impact on the story, which can end in several ways. The Martian: Bring Him Home is also quite educational — before helping Wantey, you often have to learn the scientific ways of solving problems, since a wrong decision may end up in the astronaut's death. Additionally, you can consult the systems monitoring the situation on Mars and Watney's health.
February 2026
RPG, 2D, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text, Urban Fantasy, Vampires.
Nighthawks is a text RPG in which we play the role of a young vampire trying to survive in a world where humanity has learned the truth about the existence of bloodthirsty people. The game places great emphasis on the storyline, offering a non-linear adventure and forcing us to make difficult choices.
September 26, 2019
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, Text.
A narrative adventure game in the convention of an interactive travel journal. In Wanderlust: Travel Stories, developers from the Polish studio Different Tales tell stories of travelers whose lives are shaped by our decisions.
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September 25, 2019
RPG, 2D, Adventure Elements, Episodic, Horror, Indie Games, Singleplayer, The Middle Ages, Text.
An R-rated hybrid game combining elements of RPG and visual novels. The players assume the role of the executioner who handles torturing and killing people on a daily basis, and at the same time is trying to take care of his mental health.
Steam
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July 23, 2024
Adventure, 2D, Modern Times, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, World of Darkness, Text, Werewolves.
A text adventure game with RPG elements. Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Purgatory allows us to play as Samira - a werewolf refugee finding herself in a crisis situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. She's trying to solve a murder mystery and learn about a local werewolf pack.
Steam
September 12, 2022
RPG, 2D, Adventure Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
A text-based RPG with adventure and survival elements. In Roadwarden we take on the role of one of the rangers, and our task is to investigate a mysterious peninsula.
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October 25, 2017
Adventure, 2D, Experimental/artistic, Games for Impact, Singleplayer, Text, Modern Conflicts.
Majd and Nour are the main characters in Bury me, my Love - they are a married couple from one of the Syrian towns destroyed as a result of bombings. The player is required to make choices while reading and sending back text messages and images.
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March 31, 2021
Adventure, RPG Elements, Arcade Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text, Isometric View.
A spiritual successor to Epistory: Typing Chronicles. In Nanotale: Typing Chronicles, the players find themselves in a dying fantasy world. The main character of the game, the archivist Rosalina, travels the distant corners of the land, discovering its secrets. The characteristic feature of this production are the controls, which are based on manually typed verbal commands.
November 25, 2022
Adventure, Detective, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, 80s, Multiplayer, Gamebook, Singleplayer, Text.
A text adventure game focusing on co-op experience and investigation-related aspects. It was created by Mi-Clos - a French developer. The year is 1983 and the plot is set in the titular Antioch - a fictional town surrounded by sea and mountains. The game follows the adventures of two detectives working on an exceptionally complicated case. The entire action takes place in a small, open world, where a large number of side cases await for solving, apart from the main storyline the game presents the player with. When it comes to the mechanics, Antioch makes references to classic gamebooks - for the most part, the player is engaged in reading, which is accompanied by numerous graphics and animations displayed. However, the game stands out with its focus on cooperation between two players assuming the roles of the detectives mentioned above. Their mutual interactions, decisions made and teamwork during interrogations all shape the course of the story and affect the final results of the investigation.
March 10, 2025
RPG, 2D, Indie Games, Polish, Post-apocalypse, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text.
A Polish text-based RPG about travelling through a post-apocalyptic world. The gameplay in Songs of Rats is about developing our characters, making difficult decisions and combat - we can fight as a team, dealing with robots or humans who underwent cybernetic modifications.
Steam
February 9, 2022
Adventure, 2D, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, Platformers, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Verbal, Text.
Adventure platform game in which we accompany a teenage Sarah in her adolescence. In Letters: A Written Adventure the gameplay is about filling in gaps in texts with selected words, which we literally push into the right places.
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January 9, 2025
Adventure, 2D, Indie Games, Romances, Singleplayer, Text.
A text-based adventure game about a girl named Miki. In S4U: Citypunk 2011 and Love Punch we spend most of the time in front of a virtual computer screen, completing architectural projects and typing with other people on the Internet. We can gain new friends or find potential love interests. The game is also full of choices.
Steam
cancelled
Simulation, Alternative History, Experimental/artistic, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, 90s, Point-and-click, Singleplayer, Text.
Sim adventure game, which is a spiritual successor of Hypnospace Outlaw. In Dreamsettler we play as a private detective who surfs the Sleepnet, looking for secret information necessary to solve new cases.
September 26, 2022
RPG, 2D, Fantasy, Singleplayer, Text, Turn-based, Free-to-play.
The second part of a series of text-based RPGs, started by Eldrum: Untold. In Eldrum: Red Tide we find ourselves in a war-torn fantasy world, which we traverse as a former soldier searching for his missing sibling.
May 15, 2019
Adventure, 2D, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
Alt-Frequencies is a unique text game in which we listen to fragments of radio broadcasts in an attempt to extract information about experiments with time loops conducted by the government. The production was created in cooperation with Accidental Queens and ARTE France.
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October 13, 2020
Adventure, 2D, Crowdfunding, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Singleplayer, Text, Visual Novel.
The original noir adventure game realized in the form of a text-visual novel. In Unmemory we play the role of a hero trying to find the killer of his girlfriend. To do this, we have to go through a journal and solve a number of puzzles.
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August 31, 2016
Adventure, Adventure Elements, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text.
A text-based science-fiction adventure game from SNK Productions, loosely related to the previous games from the 2002’s series of Space Rangers. It tells a story of mysterious threat that can eradicate all living creatures in galaxy. We play as a space pilot that tries to find out the source of this danger and stop it. We travel across many parts of galaxy, completing plot quests. Gameplay doesn’t differ from the genre’s formula: all events, dialogues and even combat take form of text, while the player chooses one of the available choices or answers to progress the plot. Unlike typical gamebooks, however, the Space Rangers: Quest offers attractive visuals.
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December 31, 1981
RPG, Fantasy, Classic RPG, Singleplayer, Text.
One of the first games released for PCs with MS DOS. The title is a simple text RPG in which, as an adventurer, we enter the castle of a sorcerer in search of treasures and a powerful artifact.
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October 17, 2013
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Singleplayer, Espionage, Text.
DEVICE 6 is an unusual Simogo adventure released for iOS, in which the text narration on the screen not only describes the events, but also the visual arrangement of letters and sentences on the screen represents a map of the explored world. The game consists mainly in finding the way to the destination using this unusual method of navigation and solving logical puzzles.
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March 12, 2019
Simulation, Alternative History, Experimental/artistic, Adventure Elements, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Indie Games, 90s, Singleplayer, Text.
Hypnospace Outlaw is an unconventional production from Tendershoot studio. The player takes on the role of the guardian of the Internet simulation - Hypnospace. Its task is to deal with reports of various types of abuse committed in the network.
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January 17, 2019
Adventure, 2D, Episodic, Historical, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text, 17th Century.
When Silence Fell is an episodic interactive story told during the Thirty Years' War, a production of Inkborne Tales studio. With the help of a logbook the player learns the fate of Sophie. Depending on the decisions taken, its history will turn out differently.
February 14, 2019
Action, 2D, Indie Games, Shoot 'em Up, Singleplayer, Text, Top-down.
Bullet hell shooter, in which we play as an exorcist fighting with demons trying to take control of Rome. Characteristic feature of The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia is control - entering into interaction with the game world and leading out attacks is done here by typing specific words.
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April 24, 2017
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text, Free-to-play.
A text adventure maintained in the convention of horror science fiction. Players direct the actions of four astronauts sent to the Moon to investigate the source of the disturbing signal that reached Earth in 2021. During the game we get acquainted with the text messages sent by our charges (from time to time enriched with graphics stylized on photographs) and we make decisions that lead us to one of the several endings.
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May 16, 2018
Adventure, 2D, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text, Thriller.
An adventure/text game hybrid, in which you help the amnesiac Quinn. The protagonist has been most likely kidnapped and your task is to help him escape.
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Steam
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December 12, 2019
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Full Motion Video, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
An adventure game which is a continuation of the 2017 production. The title gives the player the task of solving a criminal riddle. The authors of the first part, i.e. developers from the independent Kaigan Games studio, are responsible for its development.
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October 26, 2017
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
Original adventure game, in which our task is to find the owner of the found phone. We need to collect information by chatting with her friends, checking the content of files stored on the device, and sometimes fixing corrupted data.
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April 2, 2020
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, Text.
A stand-alone add-on to the warmly welcomed text adventure Wanderlust Travel Stories. Wanderlust: Transsiberian tells the story of two travellers on board the Trans-Siberian Railway, whose fate is shaped by our choices.
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February 8, 2018
Adventure, Interwar Period, 2D, Detective, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Singleplayer, Text.
A Case of Distrust is a text noir adventure game set in San Francisco in the 1920s. In the production of the independent studio The Wandering Ben, we play the role of a young woman, Phyllis, who decided to become a private detective.
April 22, 2015
RPG, Fantasy, Gamebook, Singleplayer, Text.
Third entry in the series of fantasy gamebook RPGs, started in 2013 by inkle Ltd.. The story of Sorcery! 3 connects to two previous titles, but it is not necessary to know them in order to play the game. That’s because we are taken to a completely new region, Kakhabad, where a powerful artifact known as The Crown of Kings is hidden in one of cities. We are given the task of retrieving this relic, though our mission will be much more difficult due to five snake lords standing in our way, each of them determined to kill us. Game mechanics remained mostly the same as in the previous titles, offering a more interactive approach to gamebooks than most other games of this genre. Aside from battles and decisions, we will take part in many conversations, and explore many locations. The game features good-looking visuals.
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November 30, 1981
Strategy, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Star Trek, Text, Turn-based.
A strategic text game in which the player's task is to defeat a certain number of Clingo ships and prevent them from attacking the command center of the Federation. This is one of the first games released on IBM PCs.
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November 20, 2015
Adventure, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text, Free-to-play.
A nostalgic text-based adventure game developed by the independent developer Kyle Seeley. The game calls back to the beginnings of the internet boom and the first instant messengers that made it possible to befriend people online. The objective of the game is to develop an internet friendship with a student named Emily. The gameplay consists of typing commands and selecting dialogue sequences using interface that looks like classic communicators such as AOL Instant Messenger. The story encompasses five years of the virtual characters' lives and is non linear, encouraging the player to complete the game many times and experiment with different dialogue options. Emily is Away also draws from historical software layouts with its modest visual style and the lack of any soundtrack.
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June 22, 2016
Adventure, 2D, Singleplayer, Text, Free-to-play.
A simple text adventure game developed by Pixelberry (a studio established by former employees of Electronic Arts) known for creating High School Story and Hollywood U. In Choices: Stories You Play, the player gets to learn diverse stories – in one case, he can be fighting for a lost throne, in another, he can become a private detective trying to catch a murderer. The player can also be a student at a school, where teenagers form life-long relationships, while others are looking for love. The gameplay revolves around reading the text describing what given characters say and making decisions – sometimes, one has to e.g. choose one of the available questions or select who is going to talk next. Player’s actions affect the story. The game is available for free, however, it features an optional microtransaction system. With real money, the player can purchase the in-game currency in the form of diamonds, which can be used to make certain decisions. Additionally, certain episodes require special serial keys.
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July 7, 2016
Adventure, Space, Gamebook, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text.
A mobile adventure game developed by French studio Mi-Clos. The story of Out There: Chronicles is related to the exploration strategy game Out There. The title is not a direct sequel but a rather spin-off. Once again the player travels to the distant galaxy inhabited by various alien species. The main protagonist is a lone human astronaut. Out There: Chronicles expands the player's knowledge player about the universe by, for example, explaining who created the so-called Arcs. Out There: Chronicles is an adventure game of the gamebook subgenre. The gameplay focuses on reading the descriptions of events that are accompanied by graphics and animations. Between the descriptions the player must select one of several available reactions to the events that occur on the screen. The decisions can lead the story to different outcomes. The title is enriched with small RPG and strategy features – during the game the player must develop the protagonist and manage the resources of his ship. Out There: Chronicles features nice, cartoonish 2D graphics.
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May 24, 2016
Adventure, Gamebook, Singleplayer, Survival, Text.
Another installment in a series of mobile adventure titles developed by 3 Minute Games. The plot is centered around a man called V. Adams, who wakes up in a distant corner of the Earth one day, right in the middle of a raging snow storm. Without remembering how he got there, he realizes he has no chances of survival just on his own. However, a special text message system allowing him to contact the player becomes helpful in his attempt to make his way out of that dangerous place. The player's task is to give various advices to the protagonist, in order for him to be able to make it out alive and find a way back to civilization. Along the way, the player also helps the protagonist in discovering the truth behind his past and the events that led to this miserable situation. Similarly to the previous installments, Lifeline: Whiteout is a form of a gamebook that requires the player to respond to the messages received, choosing from several reponse options available. These affect the actions of the protagonist and further developments of the story.
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May 4, 2021
RPG, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Text, Urban Fantasy.
A text-based RPG set in a postapocalyptic world. In Knights of San Francisco we play as a young necromancer who explores the city and faces various threats.
December 11, 2021
Simulation, 2D, Cyberpunk, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Programming, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Text, Free-to-play.
An unusual idle game, Bitburner lets you play as a hacker and discover the secrets of the cyberpunk world using a real programming language. The game is available completely for free.
October 20, 2021
Adventure, 2D, Games for Impact, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
Narrative adventure game in which we play as a heroine who tracks secrets of her company. In Rubicon: A Conspiracy of Silence the gameplay is based on conversations and making choices influencing the further course of the story and how much information we manage to gain.
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RPG, 2D, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Text.
A text-based RPG in which we find ourselves in a world standing at the threshold of the apocalypse. In Dimday Red we play Cillian, an assassin working for the Syndicates, who tries to protect himself and his partner Meg at all costs.
October 25, 2022
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Full Motion Video, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
Third part of the series of adventure games, the action of which takes place on the screen of a smartphone. In Simulacra 3 we find ourselves in the town of Stonecreek, and our task is to unravel the mystery of mysterious disappearances.
May 9, 2024
RPG, Dungeon Crawler, Experimental/artistic, Puzzle Elements, Fantasy, FPP, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Text.
A unique hybrid of RPG and adventure game, made in the convention of FPP dungeon crawler. In Cryptmaster we take control of four heroes traversing the dungeon, and interacting with the world and fighting are based on typing in keywords.
Steam
March 30, 2016
Adventure, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Text, Isometric View.
An action-adventure game with metroidvania features. The player assumes the role of a muse, one of the goddesses of fine arts from the Greek mythology – the main protagonist is tasked with finding inspiration for the female writer who asked her for help in writing a new book. In order to complete this objective, the protagonist will travel through a fantasy, fairy-tale world, face various dangers and solve numerous environmental riddles. What makes Epistory – Typing Chronicles unique in comparison to other games are the mechanics based on the player typing specific words on the keyboard. By doing so the player can fight the encountered enemies, cast elemental spells and interact with the game world. The game was developed in many language versions and varied difficulty levels allow us to choose the appropriate complication level of words and endurance of the opponents. The game has a nicely looking graphics – the character models, enemies and surrounding elements look as if they were made of paper. The title features an original, fairytale-like soundtrack.
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