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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

In bundle

A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.

Elliot Herriman

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(137 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Remnants Of The Past - Act 1

$6.99

A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.

Domakir

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(77 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Eczema Angel Orifice

beautiful twine compilation

Porpentine

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Pixel Fireplace

$4.99

Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy

Ted Martens

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(152 total ratings)

Simulation

Warsim: The Realm of Aslona

$9.99

Huw2k8

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Simulation

Beyond the Chiron Gate

$10

Text-based space exploration game

John Ayliff

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

Type Knight

$3.99

Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.

chaikadev

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

if not us

In bundle

an IF anthology about five heroes who die

ub4q

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(81 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

I doesn't exist

$12.99

An ode to text-adventures.

DreadXP

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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

Detectiveland

Detective noir clickable text adventure

Robin Johnson

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus

-100%

ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get

MansterSoft

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Role Playing

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

Date The Lizard!

Date a soft dragon boy! There is absolutely no fiery dystopia!

RoAnna Sylver

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

$14.99

In bundle

A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.

GosatsuVNs

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Away Team

In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship.

Underflow Studios

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(36 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Oatboy vs. Slime Mold

-100%

You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Action

GIF

Replica

$2.99

Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.

Somi

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Adventure

X.E.H.A. Rogue NVL

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

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

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

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

-100%

Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!

MansterSoft

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Long Journey Home

Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms

skiddyhale

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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

3am

Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.

madameberry

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

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

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

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

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

[SIBERIA]

£1

A small text-adventure survival game.

MSSNG

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Adventure

Night in the Unpleasant House

A classic tale of revenge, local politics, pseudoscience, questionable botany, love, and loss.

Porch Weather Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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)

Pathway

Mini-books within mini-books.

Studio CloudScape

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Puzzle

Peculiar Fables: The Werebed

A short horror story about werebeds... SO YOU MAY NEVER EVER AGAIN SLEEP!

Whitewatt

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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