Hidden gem Text-Based games
60 overlooked Text-Based games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Indie 1498
Adventure 1323
Casual 1271
2D 1167
Singleplayer 1077
Action 1061
Puzzle 927
Pixel Graphics 698
Story Rich 691
RPG 664
Cute 621
Exploration 536
Strategy 531
Anime 508
Visual Novel 496
Simulation 490
◆ 88Seiga Kaku uses her amazing Taoist arts and gives you a life lesson
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual
▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 87Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
🕳 ×20 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~6k players$27.99
◆ 86The HeartBeat
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$0.99
◆ 85Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier
Indie
▮ ~7k players$13.99
◆ 85The Specter's Desire
🕳 ×23 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 84Buried: An Interactive Story
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players-20% $2.39
◆ 83ROGUE-FP
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
RPG, Strategy
▮ ~1k players-30% $3.49
◆ 82You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~14k players$9.99
◆ 82REPLAY BOYS
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure
▮ ~4k players-30% $6.99
◆ 82ESC
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~4k players$4.99
◆ 82Murder on the Marine Express
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 82STAR FLEET II - Krellan Commander Version 2.0
🕳 ×6 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 821f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
🕳 ×5 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players-50% $3.49
◆ 82貢がせろ！女苑ちゃん！！
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Simulation
▮ ~5k players$6.99
◆ 82WikiArena
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~3k players-49% $1.01
◆ 82Hellink
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 81Grim Quest - Old School RPG
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$5.99
◆ 81活字引擎
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Video Production
▮ ~11k players-26% $10.35
◆ 81Mutant Gate
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 81CozyTyper
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~10k players$4.99
◆ 81Pro Wrestling Sim
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~20k players$19.99
◆ 80ComicKingdom
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~2k players-52% $1.43
◆ 79I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
🕳 ×4 gap
Adventure, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~9k players$14.99
◆ 79The Sin Collector: Repentless
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players-70% $4.49
◆ 79Cartomante – Fortune Teller
🌱 Solo grassroots
Indie
▮ ~5k players$4.99
◆ 79Tidal Therapy
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$8.99
◆ 79梦蝶
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~5k players$5.99
◆ 79AIR
🕳 ×3 gap
Adventure, Casual, Simulation
▮ ~11k players-65% $10.49
◆ 78Natsuno-Kanata: Beyond Summer
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure
▮ ~4k players-50% $5.49
◆ 78Elysium
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 78Slaughter Horse 2
🕳 ×5 gap🔁 Franchise
Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~6k players-33% $4.01
◆ 78Art Reborn: Painting Connoisseur
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, RPG
▮ ~13k players$6.99
◆ 78Ostera : The curse of...
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 78BO020880
🕳 ×9 gap
Adventure
▮ ~680 playersFree
◆ 78Arcadie: Second-Born
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~14k players$7.99
◆ 78Ceiba
🕳 ×3 gap
Indie
▮ ~9k players-48% $3.63
◆ 77Uncover the Smoking Gun
🕳 ×5 gap
Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~15k players$19.99
◆ 77Butterfly//Circuit
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~1k players-66% $3.39
◆ 77Au Revoir
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players-30% $3.49
◆ 77The Crimson Diamond: Chapter 1
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🔁 Franchise
Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 77Hélène est dans mon Ventre.
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie
▮ ~840 players-51% $0.49
◆ 77Murder Is Game Over
🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 77The Peresmeshnik
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Free To Play
▮ ~4k playersFree
◆ 77Door Game Deluxe
🌱 Solo grassroots
RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~5k playersFree
◆ 77Open Sorcery
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~14k players$3.99
◆ 77The Crimson Diamond
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure
▮ ~22k players$14.99
◆ 77Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players-80% $2.99
◆ 77How to Say Goodbye
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~5k players$12.99
◆ 77Destiny Star Girlfriend
🕳 ×7 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure
▮ ~3k players-60% $5.99
◆ 77My Dear Prince
🕳 ×4 gap
Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 77LA FORET DE PAGO : LA VENGEANCE DU DRAGON
🕳 ×4 gap
Indie
▮ ~2k players$5.99
◆ 77Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players-34% $7.91
◆ 76World Seed Classic
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~4k players$5.99
◆ 76Gore Screaming Show
🕳 ×5 gap
Casual, Indie
▮ ~5k players-35% $19.49
◆ 76文字遊戯 第零章(日本語版)
🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 76PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE
🕳 ×5 gap
Indie
▮ ~720 players-50% $2.99
◆ 76Avian Enigma
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players$7.99
◆ 75WORDLAND
Casual
▮ ~1k players-65% $0.69
◆ 75Tin Star
🕳 ×14 gap
Indie, RPG
▮ ~12k players$11.99
◆ 75夏末白夜
💎 Genre outlier
Indie, RPG
▮ ~15k players$5.99