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Something A Little Super
Raise a super powered kid.
Barbara Truelove
Interactive Fiction
The Coffee Machine
Dr. Bright + SCP-294 fanfiction based on the SCP Stories.
Master Pose
Simulation
Play in browser
Messages
An odd game about texting.
Jusiv
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Five Minutes a Day
Every day, for the rest of your life.
Andrea Pignataro
Adventure
Apology Simulator
We’ve all suffered inadequate apologies, or wished for apologies that never came...
Matthew Seiji Burns
Play in browser
GIF
BTC King
Do you have what it takes to be the BTC King? Challenge yourself in this semi-text based game!
aklgupta
Play in browser
Unhallowed
A spooky short story/adventure game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Plus/4, Amstrad CPC, and modern web browsers
Blerkotron
Adventure
Idle Mage Life
Incremental idle game
Szklanka Herbaty
Simulation
Play in browser
Subtext
$6.99
A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.
William O'Connell
Interactive Fiction
GIF
IF - Dancetale
You don't know where you are. You don't know who you are. All you know is that you have to find [REDACTED].
Darkpetal16
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Stink Bug Plague
​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
angela he
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
Jellyfish Egg
$4.99
A deep RPG set in procedurally generated dark fantasy worlds
edmond00
Role Playing
Which Naruto Character Are You? A Funteractive Quizsperience DX Director's Cut Anniversary Edition
The age old question!
Tapesoft
Role Playing
Morgi Rescue
Rescue tiny creatures in a burning forest
Gabriel Cornish
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Long Goodbye
a short narrative game about old friends saying goodbye over the phone.
fixgritt
Interactive Fiction
Buried Love
A dating game with a twist.
kittidot
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
13 Laurel Road
A game about places and the memories they hold.
Crosshollow
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hamurabi
A port of the classic 1968 resource management game
Adventuron
Strategy
Play in browser
Strange Potions
Choices. Characters. Clipart. Chaos.
MeltyAutumn
Interactive Fiction
SilverBound
A post-apocalyptic dystopian survival romance. Which is more dangerous, falling in love or the radioactive fallout?
Zesna
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Rabbit Starvation
A late night conversation in a diner with someone claiming to be your spouse.
vileidol
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Indiepocalypse #51
$15
Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
woebegone.
when breathing has become a chore. when to exist is a trial.
louey
Simulation
What is a video game?
12 small 'games' about breaking the boundary of what a game is
Rosden Shadow
GUTLESS
hadopelagic false light
DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Echoes of Olympus
A myth-based interactive story about gods, rebellion, and slow-burn romance.
FableForge
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
System Processing
Ov, a digital caretaker, spends their last day of work with Laðə, a curious alien.
albie
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Disharmony
An investigative IF journey into the unknown.
Pink Soda Studios
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Teen Island Simulator
On an oversee trip twelve teenagers find themselves stranded on a remote island...
watabou
Simulation
Play in browser
GIF
Cryptmaster
$24.99
SAY ANYTHING in this dungeon adventure where words control everything.
Akupara GamesVerified Account
Adventure
Herra 47: Midsummer Festival
$6.90
Vector5 Games
Adventure
Erinia (2025) [English]
$2
-50%
Dareint
Interactive Fiction
A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Fall of Mezentople
Mezentople will fall, but your choices will shape the course.
vgel
Simulation
Play in browser
Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
John Q Adams
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Path of Adventure
A text-based roguelike, for mobile
Alinea Games
Role Playing
Play in browser
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