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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tears of Tianchao
Trust none. Follow None
Kanri
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
Play in browser
Pick & Poke
Narrative roguelike with tokens
Christophe Coyard
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Remnants Of The Past - Act 1
$6.99
A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.
Domakir
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Adventure
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Visual Novel
if not us
$7
an IF anthology about five heroes who die
ub4q
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Salt Keep
$4.99
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Beyond the Chiron Gate
$10
Text-based space exploration game
John Ayliff
Interactive Fiction
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Visual Novel
A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
Play in browser
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Simulation
The Good Weapon
Will you nuke the world to save it?
ninecoffees
Interactive Fiction
Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Visual Novel
answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Platformer
Your Phone Dies in 20 Seconds
You have 20 seconds to determine your fate.
Crimson Arcade
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pyramid Builder
Grow a civilization, Build a Pyramid
standardcombo
Simulation
GIF
Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
$5
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
etherane
Interactive Fiction
Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
Play in browser
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
$19.99
A story of love, death and lies.
Nim
Visual Novel
Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Visual Novel
Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Adventure
When Rivers Were Trails
A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
indianlandtenure
Educational
The Writer Will Do Something
You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.
Matthew S Burns
Play in browser
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
Vast Trivia Of The Void
What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!
Whales And Games
Puzzle
Play in browser
it doesn't have to be like this
finding community at the end of the world
attempting entertainment
Interactive Fiction
Tavern Crawler
Slaying the dragon? Easy. Collecting your pay? Not so much.
CogsAndSpanners
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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