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WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Eczema Angel Orifice

beautiful twine compilation

Porpentine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Adventure

if not us

an IF anthology about five heroes who die

ub4q

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(80 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Fallacy Quiz

Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.

Tim Krief

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Educational

GIF

Blackout: The Darkest Night

$5.99

Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.

MiniChimera

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Telvoikai

Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.

Corvaena

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Role Playing

GIF

The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak

-100%

Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Witches and Bandits and Swords (Oh My)

-100%

A playful, interactive graphic novel adventure by Krunchy Fried Games. Ages 13+.

Krunchy Fried Games

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

Long Journey Home

Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms

skiddyhale

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)

Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.

Megan

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Subtext

$6.99

A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.

William O'Connell

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition

A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.

Scarlet String Studios

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

[SIBERIA]

£1

A small text-adventure survival game.

MSSNG

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Adventure

S.O.R.S

£6.99

A sci-fi doctor simulation game

RichSG

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Simulation

Saving the Princess 2

$2.99

A young doctor enters the dream world to rescue the woman he loves

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

D E A D S P E A K

$10

a game about ghosts, Fate, and a very worried younger brother

a.c.d

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Спасти принцессу 2

$2.99

Много выборов, 5 концовок

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Post War

$7.99

An indie 2.5D post-apocalyptic adventure designed in pixel art

PostEastern

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

Blood to Bone

Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based

euio

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Escape from Norwood

$5.99

An illustrated text adventure set in a vivid open world where everyone has an agenda.

Singular Works

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

ALL @ ONCE

$2.99

Can you discover you?

Lawrence Marable

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Microcrawl

$2.99

Microcrawl is a bite sized point and click 2D adventure text hybrid

ZPJ Interactive

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

The Lurking Shadow

$1.99

A mystery and terror text adventure about you, a detective, who must solve a case in a strange house.

LegosDeveloper

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

oooh.ga

£1.99

Gather round... it's time to die.

BlueDeadpool

Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

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