Hidden gem Text-Based games
60 overlooked Text-Based games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Adventure 4168
Casual 3706
Action 3667
2D 3429
Puzzle 2517
Story Rich 2313
Pixel Graphics 2051
RPG 2048
Cute 1975
Strategy 1899
Simulation 1821
Anime 1703
Atmospheric 1692
Exploration 1563
Visual Novel 1459
Female Protagonist 1386
◆ 88Love Exalt 8372
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 87Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder
🕳 ×11 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~6k players$27.99
◆ 87Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
🕳 ×16 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~3k players$19.99
◆ 86Seiga Kaku uses her amazing Taoist arts and gives you a life lesson
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual
▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 85Buried: An Interactive Story
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players$2.99
◆ 85The Specter's Desire
🕳 ×11 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k players$19.99
◆ 84WikiArena
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~3k players-50% $1.99 $0.99
◆ 84Roots of Harmony
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$8.00
◆ 83The HeartBeat
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$0.99
◆ 83STAR FLEET II - Krellan Commander Version 2.0
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 82Misericorde Volume Two: White Wool & Snow
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~7k players$13.99
◆ 82REPLAY BOYS
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure
▮ ~4k players-30% $9.99 $6.99
◆ 82Lagoon Lounge 2 : The Secret Roommate
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🔁 Franchise
Casual, Indie
▮ ~6k players-30% $13.99 $9.79
◆ 82Tide Girl: Phenomena
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~4k players$2.99
◆ 82Mutant Gate
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 82Super Planet Life
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 81You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~11k players$9.99
◆ 81Butterfly//Circuit
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 81ESC
🕳 ×6 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~4k players$4.99
◆ 81For the GHOSTs
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~13k players$7.99
◆ 80Whispers in the Moss
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 80Door Game Deluxe
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~5k playersFree
◆ 80Raspberry Cube
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~6k players$29.99
◆ 80Au Revoir
🕳 ×6 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 80Fragile Feelings
🕳 ×7 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~3k players$12.99
◆ 80Hellink
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 80ROGUE-FP
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
RPG, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 80Cleansuit
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k players-62% $3.99 $1.51
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◆ 80Who Needs to Study?
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 79green ogre gives you terrible life advice and dies
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie
▮ ~4k players$0.99
◆ 79Guns of Infinity
🕳 ×17 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~6k players$7.99
◆ 79String Tyrant
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~920 players$4.99
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◆ 79铁道少女:梦想轨迹 2.0 Railway To Dream
🕳 ×4 gap✅ Organic reviews
▮ ~8k players$6.99
◆ 79Pro Wrestling Sim
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~20k players$19.99
◆ 79Perfect Tides
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~14k players$14.99
◆ 781f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
🕳 ×4 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$6.99
◆ 78EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK-
🕳 ×7 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~7k players-50% $39.99 $19.99
◆ 78Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Simulation
▮ ~8k players-30% $4.31 $3.01
◆ 78A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
🕳 ×13 gap✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~7k players$6.99
◆ 77Choice of Alexandria
🕳 ×10 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-25% $3.99 $2.99
◆ 77Campus Legends College Basketball
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 77Embraced by Autumn
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$18.99
◆ 77SLAMMED!
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$6.99
◆ 77ComicKingdom
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~1k players-15% $2.99 $2.54
◆ 76Still Joking
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-70% $14.99 $4.49
◆ 76Sabres of Infinity
🕳 ×8 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~8k players-34% $5.99 $3.95
◆ 76CozyTyper
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~10k players$4.99
◆ 76Chief Emoji Officer
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76Cheese Runner
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76Slaughter Horse 2
🔁 Franchise✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~6k players$5.99
◆ 76Grim Quest - Old School RPG
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$5.99
◆ 76A Curse From Beyond
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 76Wanderlust: Bangkok Prelude
🕳 ×7 gap
Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 76Ord.
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
▮ ~10k playersFree
◆ 76Trackless
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
◆ 76Journey of Wrestling
🌱 Solo grassroots
Simulation, Sports
▮ ~10k players$14.99
◆ 76An Outcry
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players-50% $9.99 $4.99
◆ 76The Sin Collector: Repentless
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 75Dear Agony Aunt
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~1k players-50% $3.99 $1.99
◆ 75Idle ShowOff
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$1.99