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Indiepocalypse #51
$15
Issue #51 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
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
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Role Playing
Swords of Freeport
$15
Text-Mode Social RPG
Elissa Black
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Role Playing
Telvoikai
$1
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
Trackless
$10
In the distant future, you join a strange organization to find the secret behind The Object
12East
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
You and Not You
$1
sunny evans
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Doki Doki Ragnarok
$12.99
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
BrutalHack
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Indiepocalypse #33
$15
Issue #33 of a curated monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Upheaval
$4.99
-50%
Text-based open world roguelike
Alex Leone
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak
$0
-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)
$0
-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
Open Sorcery: Sea++
$14.99
You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by broken memories. Reclaim your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.
OpenSorceryGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Proper Detective 2000
1.50€
A couple has been brutally murdered in their house last night. Are you up to solve the mystery?
kernel_dc
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Story of You: The Allied Kingdoms
$2.99
Text-based adventure sobre escolhas e consequências.
3 Gentle Giants
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
3am
$1
Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.
madameberry
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Cartomante - Fortune Teller
$4.99
A narrative game about tarot card readings for odd customers.
Garoa Studios
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Devil's Collection - Beware the Festival of Fools
$5
Gerrark
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Indiepocalypse #1
$15
Issue #1 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
SUPERSTRING
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition
$7
A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.
Scarlet String Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Fruit Salad Theory
$5.99
A night to remember...in more ways than one..
Pixels and Pins
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
GIF
The MansterSoft 3-in-1 Fun-Pak
$0
-100%
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
MansterSoft
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Indiepocalypse #44
$15
Issue #44 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
[SIBERIA]
£1
A small text-adventure survival game.
MSSNG
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Adventure
Love Exalt 8372
$9.99
A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train
Veki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Fountain 1917
$2.99
The video game adaptation of the infamous Dadaist anti-art sculpture
Somnolent Succulent Studio, LLC
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu
$4.99
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Pathway
$3
Mini-books within mini-books.
Studio CloudScape
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Life Eater
$14.99
A horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Strange Scaffold
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Snowdrop
$5
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
I Found a New Friend
$3
A heart-warming story of friendship.
Adri
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Moral Conflict
$2
Multiple endings, moral choices, and a quest for vengance.
Brainfont
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Hippo on Elm Street
$5
A not-so-scary story.
Adri
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Ultra Type-R
$1.99
ansdor
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
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