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Upheaval
$4.99
-50%
Text-based open world roguelike
Alex Leone
Interactive Fiction
Terraformental
Try to survive and perhaps eventually even tame an unknown planet in this incremental semi-idle game.
Shadowsand
Survival
Play in browser
Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
Wayfarer
Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Idrelle Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Tale of Crowns
A Middle Eastern fantasy/romance story.
qeresî
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
God-Cursed: Demo
An interactive fiction fantasy game made with Twine. Create your character, break a curse, fall in love & make it home.
Lunan
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fool Me Once
$5
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Interactive Fiction
The World Is Doomed Unless I Can Raise My Power Level to 1,000,000 and Confront the Demon Lord
$2.99
reav
Adventure
Play in browser
PROXIMATE
$5.99
In bundle
Undersea horror where your only form of navigation is an unreliable AI.
cain
Adventure
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
mythridate
Visual Novel
GIF
We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Adventure
Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
Play in browser
Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Beyond the Chiron Gate
$10
In bundle
Text-based space exploration game
Space Goblin Games
Interactive Fiction
12 Word Searches
Find all the words!
Playcebo
Puzzle
Viatica
Your journey begins in sand and sound and silence.
Fir & Fireweed
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cantata
A low fantasy IF about song, strength, & finding your voice.
Fir & Fireweed
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Indiepocalypse #67
$15
Issue #67 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKSVerified Account
MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.
Foolish Mortals
Visual Novel
if not us
$7
an IF anthology about five heroes who die
ub4q
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Burning Academia
A fantasy dark academia IF about finding yourself in a world that has no place for you.
HeartSyncProductions
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Connect the Dots
Our songs will all be silenced.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Visual Novel
WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Role Playing
Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
Jinlai | Domineering CEO Simulator
NickyDicky
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Visual Novel
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
Space Goblin Games
Strategy
Play in browser
The Great Protector
Play as the knight responsible for protecting the crown of the tiny kingdom of Tabalos.
cassian
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Petty Puny Planet
Why have a pet rock when you can have a pet planet? Micromanage this cosmic rock to places never thought possible!
Whales And Games 🐳
Simulation
Play in browser
Social Democracy: An Alternate History
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Autumn Chen
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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