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A short, challenging text adventure about a stranded 19th-century explorer, where careful examination of every detail is key to progress.

Palinurus
A single-player sci-fi text adventure about a traveler and an AI pilot adrift in uncharted space, with a meaningful story that takes about 98 minutes to play.
2016-12-09
- Science fiction
- Text

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Games like Mainland

A short, challenging text adventure about a stranded 19th-century explorer, where careful examination of every detail is key to progress.

Palinurus
A single-player sci-fi text adventure about a traveler and an AI pilot adrift in uncharted space, with a meaningful story that takes about 98 minutes to play.
2016-12-09
- Science fiction
- Text

Drama

Romance

Visual Novel

Welcome To The Dark Place

A free-to-play solo adventure horror where you navigate a dreamlike train-focused world through text and sound, with a chilling atmosphere and roughly 7-8 hours of cryptic gameplay.

2025-10-24

Adventure
Indie

The Last Oath

A short, solemn single-player text-based adventure about a fallen knight completing their final oath, lasting around 10 minutes.

2025-04-10

Adventure
Indie
Side view

Fallstreak

A single-player casual adventure through a dreamlike gilded wonderland, centered on a spiral staircase and a moving, tightly written story.

2018-10-19

Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Visual Novel

I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure

A short, atmospheric text adventure with pixel art and multiple endings, exploring control, isolation, and mental health.

2023-10-05

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Drama

Inversed

A very short psychological-horror visual novel about a 19th-century poet writing under time pressure, with branching choices and voice acting.

2024-10-18

Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Simulator
Historical
Mystery
Visual Novel

THE WELL

A brief, bleak single-player indie about isolation and starvation, with an unsettlingly strange atmosphere.

2025-12-12

Indie

Darkward

A brief, disorienting point-and-click text adventure where you guide the Wanderer through ruins and tombs in a purgatorial world.

2026-02-17

Adventure
Indie

Adrift

A short interactive-fiction adventure about exploring a derelict spacecraft, unraveling a missing-crew mystery, and experiencing multiple endings.

2026-04-30

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie

La Vida de Andrea

A brief, free single-player adventure puzzle game about a battery-dependent cyborg stuck in daily routine, with a contemplative existential tone.

2026-04-30

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

The Pilgrim

A short, free single-player exploration game about finding symbols in a mysterious world to progress.

2019-08-16

Indie

The End of the World and Her Room

A very short, contemplative point-and-click puzzle game about observing a room and unlocking a phone in the world's final moments, but weak puzzle design and unclear direction leave it underwhelming.

2026-03-04

Indie
Point-and-click

Palinurus