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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
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
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Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
Porpentine
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Adventure
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_transfer
$10
a story about computers, memory, and the end of the world
Abyssal Uncreations
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Adventure
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Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I
$1.50
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Dave Microwaves Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
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Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(144 total ratings)
Adventure
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Sorry We're Open
$7.99
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
oates
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Role Playing
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The Salt Keep
$4.99
In bundle
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Adventure
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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
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BBirthday
$9.99
In bundle
BBirthday - Visual Novel
Yun Seven
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Can You Come In?
$2
Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.
spacetwinks
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The Devil's Collection - Beware the Festival of Fools
$5
Gerrark
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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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
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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)
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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
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Peculiar Fables: The Werebed
$1
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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Life Eater
$14.99
A horror fantasy kidnapping sim.
Strange Scaffold
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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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
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The Writer: A Change Of Identity
$2.99
You have a unique opportunity to study the data regarding an identity change experiment.
GameAboutGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
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Evelyn's Farm
$2.99
Idle Paranormal Adventure
jsenter
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
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Nox Dies
$2
A story of running away and sacrifice.
Ylvanaar
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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La Estrella de la Mañana - Remake (2023)
$2
Dareint
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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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
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Dracula: Eternal Nightfall
$3
Interactive fiction, solo roleplaying, and literary discussion based on "Dracula"
FoxSynergy
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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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This is Your House
$1.04
A short horror game, in twine.
jestershark
Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
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Escape the Room
$0.25
kamalHesham
Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
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