Text-Based Games
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0Sign White
"Sign White" is a text visual novel set in a fictionalized medieval era. Send letters from your pigeon house to communicate with people for a limited period of time. Make connections to save people, listen to their worries, and participate in important decisions to change the fate of the world.
0Transregnum
Step into a dystopian visual novel where secrets, betrayal, and self-discovery collide. Follow Garrett Marek's text-driven journey through a world ruled by Deus Magnus Rotamea. Unravel family mysteries, confront fate, and explore a linear story where every revelation brings you closer to the truth!
0Arcana Famiglia -La storia della Arcana Famiglia- Rinato
This is a story of destiny and bonds centered around Felicita, the daughter of the boss of Arcana Famiglia, an organization on a small island that possesses mysterious powers.
0DECRYPTO Project
Our algorithm has chosen you for inclusion in the DECRYPTO project. Your job is simple: we send encrypted texts, you decipher them. Loyalty and diligence will be rewarded with upgrades and customization options for your system. Disobedience and sabotage will be punished.
0Fortune Paradox
How much can you increase your money with the upcoming elections? Do you want exactly $900, or $1,000 with a 90% probability? Test it yourself!
0Idle Colors
Strategize with 8 unique currencies, each with upgradable production chains. Master triple prestige systems, evolve your economy, upgrade generators tiers, optimize through conversion, and dominate leaderboards in this deep idle experience.
0OTHERS
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.

BakeryDiary
This isn’t a bread-making game. Listen carefully to customers’ strange requests, discover many kinds of bread, and satisfy even the most picky tastes — from strawberry to chocolate, whole wheat to nuts.
0Rising Odds
Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!

Throne of Blood
Celestial power thrums in your veins, Hell’s throne calls, and demons conspire. Will you ascend as savior, tyrant, or something in between? A text-based horror novel, 295,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
0토끼의 거짓말
Bunny's Lie is a real-time card game based on a moon rabbit in a Korean myth. Your luck doesn't matter in this match. You can win even if you don't have a good hand, if you just have wits and bluffing. Enjoy a fierce battle under the moonlight, with the cute bunnies. (ENG ver will be updated later.)
0Error: Girlfriend Not Found
One-room cyberpunk VN about doubt, guilt and memory. Talk to a girl who claims to be your girlfriend, question reality, and unlock multiple endings in a short, replayable psychological story.
0Echoes of MK-ULTRA
In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.
0Machinations: Fog of War
Gunpowder diplomacy in a city primed to explode! Steal, lie, and persuade your way to success. Navigate plots and treachery as a shapeshifting android.
0Choice of the Star Captain
Fight on the front lines of the war between humanity and the hideous Blobs. (Not that anyone has actually seen a Blob up close, but everyone knows they’re hideous!) Go on stealth missions, run alien blockades, and investigate mysterious planets, "aided" by Lloyd, your insufferably obnoxious shipboard computer.
0Choice of Zombies
Fight for survival in a world overrun by zombies! Can you stay alive long enough to get your friends to a place of safety? Will you keep your humanity intact or become a bloodthirsty zombie hunter? And will you discover the secret behind the zombie virus?
0NOLA is Burning
A blood-soaked interactive noir thriller! Rescue your lover from the mob before dawn; more likely, die trying. But in New Orleans, death is only the beginning.
0Doomsday on Demand
Survive in the demolished district after the nuclear bombings. Face mutants born of the nuclear radiation, while dealing with what humans are left in the struggle for the hope to end your living nightmare. Decide who you'll trust and overcome the challenges that await you.
0Beyond The Veil
Beyond the Veil is a dark, hybrid-genre game. Guide the wanderer in his journey across ancient lands. Gather food, water, weapons, and resources to overcome the challenges that lie before you.
0Choice of Broadsides: HMS Foraker
Take command of HMS Foraker, a crack 38-gun frigate. Train your crew, face wild storms and sudden crises, and prepare yourself for the ultimate challenge: a showdown with a powerful enemy warship.