
A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.
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A text-based sandbox PC game about exploring the world through short phrases in the terminal. The player roams through events, acquires new items, locations, facts, or acquaintances, and combines them to unlock new events.

Oremus
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.

Exploring Friscott
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Narration 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 20.9%, Adventure 4.9%
You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Narration 10.2%
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
Why similar: Narration 24.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Point & Click 10.7%
Do you enjoy listening to stories and having the ability to influence their unfolding? If so, then immerse yourself in the role of an active participant as you join Yaren on her quest for freedom.
Why similar: Narration 25.9%, Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Minimalist 5.5%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.8%, Text-Based 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Puzzle 3%
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Why similar: Narration 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Exploration 5.6%
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Why similar: Narration 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 10.2%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Text-Based 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Text-Based 18%, Point & Click 12%, Exploration 6.8%
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Why similar: Narration 37.4%, Text-Based 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Casual 3.2%
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Why similar: Text-Based 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Point & Click 11.1%, Adventure 5.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 25.6%, Narration 24.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Casual 4.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Text-Based 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.9%, Adventure 12.1%, 2D 3.6%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Adventure 10.7%
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Why similar: Narration 25.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Point & Click 10.2%
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Why similar: Narration 24.7%, Text-Based 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Point & Click 9.1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 40%, Interactive Fiction 37.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Casual 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 0.9%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Text-Based 25.5%, Narration 23.3%, Minimalist 9.2%, Puzzle 7.4%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Narration 20%, Casual 7.8%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Text-Based 30%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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Why similar: Text-Based 38.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Adventure 12%, Indie 1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 33.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Casual 7%, Adventure 5.3%
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Why similar: Narration 24.2%, Text-Based 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Minimalist 6.3%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.6%, Text-Based 42.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Indie 1.1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Minimalist 7.6%, Old School 6.5%
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Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Exploration 6.1%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 6.1%
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Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Text-Based 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Puzzle 6.2%, Adventure 6%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Text-Based 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Adventure 3.9%, Indie 0.4%
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Why similar: Narration 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Point & Click 12.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Narration 23.8%, Text-Based 19.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Old School 5%
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Why similar: Narration 25.5%, Text-Based 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
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Why similar: Text-Based 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Adventure 9%, Indie 0.9%
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Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Minimalist 6.1%, Adventure 4.9%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Text-Based 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.3%, Adventure 4.6%, Casual 3.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Narration 22.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Minimalist 7.5%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 16.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Level Editor 12.4%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Text-Based 30.6%, Narration 26.8%, Adventure 5.4%, Casual 4.7%
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Why similar: Narration 62.3%, Point & Click 18.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, Casual 7.8%, 2D 2.7%