Hidden gem Text-Based games
60 overlooked Text-Based games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
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Adventure 4232
Casual 3762
Action 3739
2D 3472
Puzzle 2552
Story Rich 2342
Pixel Graphics 2083
RPG 2069
Cute 1998
Strategy 1932
Simulation 1855
Anime 1720
Atmospheric 1717
Exploration 1600
Visual Novel 1471
Female Protagonist 1406
◆ 88Love Exalt 8372
🕳 ×7 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
🕳 ×17 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
🕳 ×9 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$1.99
◆ 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
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 82Mutant Gate
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 82Lagoon Lounge 2 : The Secret Roommate
🌱 Solo grassroots🔁 Franchise✅ Organic reviews
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
◆ 81You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~11k players$9.99
◆ 81Super Planet Life
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 81Butterfly//Circuit
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~1k players-40% $9.99 $5.99
◆ 81ESC
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~4k players$4.99
◆ 80Whispers in the Moss
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 80For the GHOSTs
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~13k players$7.99
◆ 80Door Game Deluxe
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~5k playersFree
◆ 80Hellink
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 80Au Revoir
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players-30% $4.99 $3.49
◆ 80Raspberry Cube
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~6k players$29.99
◆ 80Fragile Feelings
🕳 ×7 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~3k players$12.99
◆ 80ROGUE-FP
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
RPG, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$4.99
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◆ 80Who Needs to Study?
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 79Cleansuit
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie
▮ ~2k players-62% $3.99 $1.51
◆ 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
◆ 79Pro Wrestling Sim
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~20k players$19.99
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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
◆ 78Perfect Tides
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~14k players$14.99
◆ 781f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$6.99
◆ 78Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
✅ 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
◆ 77Campus Legends College Basketball
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 77Embraced by Autumn
🕳 ×12 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$18.99
◆ 77Choice of Alexandria
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-25% $3.99 $2.99
◆ 77ComicKingdom
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 77SLAMMED!
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$6.99
◆ 76Cheese Runner
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76Grim Quest - Old School RPG
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players$5.99
◆ 76Chief Emoji Officer
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76Wanderlust: Bangkok Prelude
🕳 ×7 gap
Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 76CozyTyper
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~10k players$4.99
◆ 76Still Joking
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-70% $14.99 $4.49
◆ 76Ord.
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
▮ ~10k playersFree
◆ 76A Curse From Beyond
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 76Slaughter Horse 2
🔁 Franchise✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~6k players$5.99
◆ 76Sabres of Infinity
🕳 ×8 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~8k players-34% $5.99 $3.95
◆ 76Trackless
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
◆ 76EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK-
🕳 ×4 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~7k players-50% $39.99 $19.99
◆ 76The Peresmeshnik
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Free To Play
▮ ~4k playersFree
◆ 76The Sin Collector: Repentless
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 75An Outcry
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~5k players-50% $9.99 $4.99
◆ 75Idle ShowOff
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$1.99
◆ 75Journey of Wrestling
🌱 Solo grassroots
Simulation, Sports
▮ ~10k players$14.99