textadventures
nounUK /ˈtɛkst ədˌvɛntʃəz/
US /ˈtɛkst ædˌvɛntʃərz/
Text adventures are computer games you play by reading words and typing what to do next.
My brother and I spent the afternoon playing old text adventures on his laptop.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Stories that let the reader choose what happens next by typing commands.
The library club wrote their own text adventures about a lost robot.
3. A genre of computer games that use only words instead of pictures.
Long before fancy graphics, text adventures were how people explored made-up worlds.
4. The plural form of a single text adventure game.
He collects classic text adventures from the 1980s.