If you've ever played a text-based game you know how addictive in can be. With Playfic you can make your own!

The news that old-school adventure game pioneers Roberta and Ken Williams are returning to gaming after 25 years with a virtual reality version of c ...

RPGs excel when combining narrative and worldbuilding through engaging text. Roadwarden, Wildermyth, Citizen Sleeper, Suzerain, and Disco Elysium stand out for their immersive text-based ...

In the late 70s, the first real text-based game, Colossal Cave Adventure, was burning up the very limited interconnected networks of ARPANET, which was the precursor to the internet.

That was probably my last foray into text-based games, around 2005/2006. Cut to this week when I came across Zorlok. A text-based horror game over on itch.io by solo developer Albie.

MMORPGs and even social media can trace their roots to games that used simple text commands to construct vivid, fantastical worlds.