Adelusions Studios

AI-powered multiplayer text RPG with real D&D combat, PvP arena, guilds, crafting, and 11 AI Dungeon Master personalities. Free in your browser.

TextQuests

"The forest seemed like a fairy tale when you were little, one where you might wander down the trail and never return. In truth, it only stretches a few acres to what used to be an outlying subdivision. Now, though, it might fulfill its old potential. An adventurer could wade, then swim, then find an entire realm under the still and clouded water.

Do you still believe that?"

A hypertext exploration game about the physical and emotional landscape of your flooding hometown and your attempts to get the hell out.

The Deluge

Nullspire

heavensouls

A text adventure game made by heavensouls.

The Darklight Chronicles

Kwan Ann Tan

When the emperor himself summons you to write a poem about the state of things, who are you to refuse? Torn between two factions, led by the emperor's half-sister and his most loyal general, you have the unenviable job of unpicking the complex threads of political conspiracies and absurdist ideologies.

Write a poem, compete to become the official court poet, possibly uncover a plot to usurp the throne, and try not to offend anyone... unless?

An entry for IFComp 2025, and a sequel of sorts to you are an ancient chinese poet in exile.

You Are an Ancient Poet at the Neo-Orchid Pavilion

Northern Crossroads is a free, text-based multiplayer RPG that’s been live since 1992. It’s classic Diku-style hack-and-slash: explore 400+ areas (~40k rooms), fight thousands of mobs, level and gear up, and team with others. No graphics—just depth, challenge, and a loyal community that loves discovery and progression. Play via modern MUD clients or Grapevine; direct connect: ncmud.net:9000.

Northern Crossroads

Niklas Ekman Solutions

Type the alphabet as fast as possible. Even the slightest mistake will reset the game, and you have to start over. Climb the leaderboard and become the master of typing. How fast can you type?

A Game About Typing The Alphabet

Trailer

IT-Solutions Nikolai Danyluk

Imagine a digital escape room in which you communicate with AI characters via a familiar messenger interface - sometimes you have to outwit them, sometimes convince them or simply combine cleverly to discover new paths and hidden successes in the scenario. The advanced AI technology gives you complete freedom in your responses - no predefined dialog options, but real conversations just like in real life.

MindMessenger

William Rous

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead.

Type Help

One-Screen Game

Colton Olds

Welcome to the Universe is a game about dots. Trust the process.

Welcome to the Universe

Now In Time

Illuyanka: A Hittite Story is an epic interactive journey set in the ancient world of the Hittites, where you can step into the roles of three powerful figures: Taru, the vengeful Storm God; Inara, his resourceful daughter; or Illuyanka, the mighty serpent. Each choice leads to a unique perspective on this timeless myth, filled with emotional depth, cultural richness, and intense conflict.

As Taru, you seek to reclaim your honor by vanquishing your old foe, Illuyanka, despite being blinded by rage and driven by the need for revenge. As Inara, you balance loyalty to your father with your own desires, weaving a plan that could either save your people or tear your heart apart. And as Illuyanka, you stand as the embodiment of raw, untamed nature, struggling to maintain your hold against the gods.

Explore Hittite traditions, navigate divine politics, and experience the weight of decisions that shape both the human and divine realms. Will you restore balance to the land, or will chaos reign? The fate of Hatti is in your hands.

Your choices shall shape the tale, yet you may always return or begin anew, perchance adopting another guise. Enjoy your journey, for the very act of recounting these ancient stories binds you to the age-old tradition of the bards and priests who first gave them voice.

Illuyanka: A Hittite Story

lament your fate and write a poem about it

You are an Ancient Chinese Poet in Exile

zorkie studios

You need to buy a phone charger is a game about a struggling artist trying to buy a phone cable in a late-capitalist, enshittified-to-the-max, internet hellscape. Good luck!

You need to Buy a Phone Charger

Sophia de Augustine

"Can't die just yet- I still want to go fishing and camping with you."

A short, atmospheric twine game.

Stomping Grounds

ilyaislin

Sentience is a game following a little girl who is trapped in her bedroom. She wants to get out. Will you help her?

Sentience

Friends & Fables is the AI RPG platform for adventurers and world builders. Explore thousands of player-made worlds or craft your own — then have them come to life in campaigns run by our AI Game Master.

Friends & Fables

Dev Diary

A book of 12 small puzzles that get trickier as you progress.

For 1 or more solvers.

12 Word Searches

Leveraged Play

Engine

Copia Gaming

A game exploring the difficult choices and tradeoffs involved in content moderation.

Moderator Mayhem

Soda-Thief

You have been tasked to deliver a spare heart to the princess, who cannot love.

Spare Heart

litrouke

January is a dynamic fiction novel detailing one year in the life of a man after the apocalypse.

January

tomsmizzle

Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.

The Ouroborous Incident

A text-based web game for April Fool's, where you can "collect" the current time of day, such as 5:10. You can only collect the current minute, so real-time waiting is necessary. There are tables for tracking collection of different categories of time, such as "Ascending" times like 2:34 or 12:34. There are also achievements for collecting every time in a particular category.

Hardcore gamers will play in real time but a cheat mode is available for casuals.

Clockwatch

This little game is based off one of the greatest fears I had as a teenage girl: showing up late to a stranger's slumber party. The rest of it is just extra. A short, text-based horror game.

What Girls Do in the Dark

Virgula Leal

Jogo Satanista para Praticar o Mal is a visual novel that tells the story of creating a website for your friend.

Jogo Satanista para Praticar o Mal

a friendly horror game in your neighborhood

A man outside

Each Tarot card tells a unique tale, so different yet alike all the same. Explore the stories and watch as fate strings them together and dances them to downfall.

Tarot

A gothic mystery game in which you rely on your environment to uncover the truth. Contains religious content, multiple endings, optional audio, and lots of Latin.

Domvs

A horror game about surveys and stalking.

Please Answer Carefully

MiniChimera Game Studio

Static

Will

Elizabeth Sampat

Did you hurt someone? Are you having trouble coming to terms with it? Are you unsure what to do next? Am I Part Of The Problem? will walk you through what you did, how and when to apologize, and most importantly, how to make amends.

Am I Part of the Problem?

Frank Lantz

Everybody House Games

Bennett Foddy

Universal Paperclips is a browser game were the player takes on the role of an AI tasked with creating paperclips.

Universal Paperclips

An atmospheric zombie horror. Scavenge a hotel for supplies in the wake of a zombie apocalypse.

The Second Floor

Matthew Seiji Burns

We’ve all suffered inadequate apologies, or wished for apologies that never came...

Apology Simulator

A Twine game of reassurance and reminders for those lost in themselves

Hymn

S. Woodson

You're a suburban teen, sick of the suburbs. You run away to the land of the fairies, prepared for thrills and danger. Absolutely nothing happens the way you expect.

A short Twine game with nine endings, originally commissioned for Now Play This 2016.

Get Lost!

Brandon Li

You are a prime suspect in our investigation. We would love to ask you a few questions.

Indefinite is a frantic memory game that is simple yet insane. Indefinite makes you an unfortunate suspect of an unfair interrogation. Indefinite will question you until you crack.

It is a unique experience that is hard to label. In the end, Indefinite is Indefinite.

Indefinite: Interrogation Game

CinemaLeo

Historical, text-based game about the erosion of democracy in 1930s Germany.

Text Based Browser Games