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Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut restaurant? The games below have the most in common with it — text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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- FairPlays on pyramidif.itch.io
As the most famous self-published Science Fiction author residing in Hillview, you are eminently qualified to judge their annual Elementary School Science Fair. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Sting of the Wasp
A darkly comedic adventure of "interactive damage-control" following the exploits of wealthy socialite Julia Hawthorne through a country club. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Broken Legs
A blurb? In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- A Day for Fresh Sushi
You are in your girlfriend's studio. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Being Andrew PlotkinPlays here
A piece of interactive fiction written by J. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Lady Thalia and the Seraskier SapphiresPlays on ejoyce.itch.io
Navigate fraught social situations by day and pull off heists by night as Lady Thalia, the not-actually-aristocratic thief bent on making a mockery of British… In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Screw You, Bear DadPlays on xalaviermakeswords.itch.io
SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD! In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Secret Agent CinderPlays on mielie.itch.io
An interactive comic, in which you play as under-cover operative Cinder. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
- Sand-dancerPlays here
It figures that your pickup would die on a night like this and leave you stranded in the dark New Mexico desert. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction.
- 5 Minutes to Burn Something!
You burnt some toast, which set off your smoke alarm and called the fire department. In common: text adventure, interactive fiction, comedy.
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Every game like Gourmet
PlayableFair
Interactive Fiction · 2016

Sting of the Wasp
Interactive Fiction · 2008

Broken Legs
Interactive Fiction · 2009

A Day for Fresh Sushi
Interactive Fiction · 2006
PlayableBeing Andrew Plotkin
Interactive Fiction · 2008
PlayableLady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires
Interactive Fiction · 2021
PlayableScrew You, Bear Dad
Interactive Fiction · 2016
PlayableSecret Agent Cinder
Interactive Fiction · 2015
PlayableSand-dancer
Interactive Fiction · 2010

5 Minutes to Burn Something!
Interactive Fiction · 2015
PlayableAlias 'The Magpie'
Interactive Fiction · 2018
PlayableBirdland
Interactive Fiction · 2015
PlayableEven Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone
Interactive Fiction · 2021
PlayableLost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
Interactive Fiction · 2007

Tale of the Kissing Bandit
Interactive Fiction · 2008
PlayableThe Bat
Interactive Fiction · 2024
PlayableThe Matter of the Monster
Interactive Fiction · 2011

Violet
Interactive Fiction · 2008
PlayableHamlet: The Text Adventure
Interactive Fiction · 2003
PlayableHorse Master
Interactive Fiction · 2013
PlayableInside the Facility
Interactive Fiction · 2016

Pick up the Phone Booth and Die
Interactive Fiction · 1996
PlayableThe Bones of Rosalinda
Interactive Fiction · 2022
PlayableU R Hell
Interactive Fiction · 2023

The Meteor, the Stone, and a Long Glass of Sherbet
Interactive Fiction · 1996

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Interactive Fiction · 2004

Taco Fiction
Interactive Fiction · 2011

The Wizard Sniffer
Interactive Fiction · 2017