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Remnants Of The Past - Act 1
$6.99
A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.
Domakir
Interactive Fiction
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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Interactive Fiction
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Those Long Dead
A WIP medieval fantasy interactive fiction story, with angelic imagery and themes, and a focus on romance.
Aevum Games
Interactive Fiction
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Classic Rogue - Oryx Design Lab Tiles
A new version of classic Rogue, updated using Ultimate Roguelike Tileset
oryxdesignlab
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RNG Quest
Procedurally generated zero-player idle RPG.
Viktor
Role Playing
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Chatventures
$3
In bundle
text-adventure MMORPG
Sokpop Collective
Role Playing
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Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Visual Novel
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Villain's Promise
Who will you be in your second life?
Felix
Interactive Fiction
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In Time
In Time Demo
ShayDae
Interactive Fiction
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Swords of Freeport
$15
Text-Mode Social RPG
Elissa Black
Role Playing
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Has sobrevivido: Wyrm
A Lovecraftian horror short visual novel set in the Wild West. Spanish and English.
Gorgon Games
Visual Novel
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Mystic Samsara
A wuxia-inspired text adventure game
Mustapha Jobe
Role Playing
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U.F.O Text Quest
A classic text adventure in the style of interactive fiction from computers from the 80s
Tuesday Street
Interactive Fiction
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Survey
A brief survey.
EsperSoft
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Electric Sleep
$4.50
Explore a miniature world as an emotionally driven robot and discover unique experiences with each new emotion.
Cryru
Interactive Fiction
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Be the Indie Wrestler
Experience the thrill of wrestling in front of 12 people in an Elk's Lodge from the comfort of your own home
Chris Hutton
Interactive Fiction
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CLICK TO CONTINUE!
Run away.
Andrea Pignataro
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No Phone Call
Message a friend and avoid a phone call in real-time.
bushn
Rhythm
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The Tale of Aisha Qandisha Demo
A spin-off of the Moroccan folklore tale "Aisha Qandisha"
Diyae Doua
Interactive Fiction
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NeuroTown - a Game with ChatGPT AI
A game prototype using ChatGPT AI for gameplay !
RetroValou
Interactive Fiction
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Another RPG Engine
Engine for creating RPGs in Twine 2 and SugarCube.
Another RPG Enthusiast
Role Playing
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Earth - Text-Based Life Sim
A text-based life simulator allowing you to create your own destiny!
Ponsalayte
Simulation
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Bottom Chef
Cooking game but your life is a mess
Nardo23
Puzzle
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My Bully-Boyfriend <3
Matthew starts dating his high-school bully in college.
IntStories
Interactive Fiction
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X.E.H.A. Rogue NVL
$1
Crew stolen and forced to crash land on an alien planet, you must start fresh with nothing but a... talking cat?!
Corvaena
Role Playing
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OCD: A Bedtime Story
Navigate obsessive compulsive disorder, try to get some sleep
Anamika
Interactive Fiction
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Monster Girl Generator
mcphersonsound
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Subway
Make your own sub at a strange Subway shop.
aspacexpl
Interactive Fiction
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The Elf Who Came at Night
A sad love story about an elf and a human prince.
IntStories
Interactive Fiction
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Castillo Belmar / Castle Belmar (ES+EN) [C64 & VIC20 & MAX & MEGA65 & Matra Alice & ORIC]
Commodore Plus
Adventure
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The Message
A short horror game of a getting a message from an unknown person.
vengeancev
Interactive Fiction
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Haraal
Tulga
Adventure
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It wasn't me.
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Rosa Carbo-Mascarell
Role Playing
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Elfame
Tactical Party-Based MMORPG
elfame
Role Playing
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Wrong Number
An unknown number is calling you. Are you going to answer?
wym_lawson
Visual Novel
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proetry~
~ procedural poetry ~ THE DYING PILLOW NEAR THE SKY
Pitoum (Brice Dubat)
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