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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,382 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Gender Dysphoria
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
exodrifter
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Latebus
You can't remember your name.
kapitha
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
The Saint's Tomb
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
John Q Adams
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Adventure
Trans Pyre
Finnish midsummer gender magic.
Xurxe Toivo García
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Untrusted - Web of Cybercrime
The Social Deduction Multiplayer Hacking Game
evolvedlabs
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
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
Drift Mine Satellite
A maintenance text adventure
Everest Pipkin
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Play in browser
A Miner Problem
A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
Sayeth
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
venial sin
when a burden becomes too much
nadia nova
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Banquet
Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
RaeJune
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
I Am A Game.
This is a game. There's not much more to this. This is a game.
Codebolt
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Play in browser
COLD SCREAM
Survival Horror Text Adventure
1AM TRAIN
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
Typing...
A Chatroom Thriller
DancingEngie
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(185 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ONLY THIS
And nothing more.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Wumpus Wump You
Proof of concept randomized text-driven undirected graph simulator
gate
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Role Playing
All Hail The Spider God
All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.
Strange Scaffold
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Ace Baker
A cyberpunk cake-baking game about an asexual couple... in the future!
*AAmici
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Turing Trial
A Short, Replayable Text-Based RPG
Mary T.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Away Team
$8
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
Ravaged Space
Your spaceship was hit by an asteroid. Can you repair it before your systems fail?
Steven Lambert
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Survival
Play in browser
Monoliths
a Shutter Stroll fiction
Jannik Boysen
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
RCI
A short game about examining three colorful, floating cubes in your apartment.
Kyle
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Play in browser
Bottom Chef
Cooking game but your life is a mess
Nardo23
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Path of Adventure
A text-based roguelike, for mobile
Alinea Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
GIF
BTC King
Do you have what it takes to be the BTC King? Challenge yourself in this semi-text based game!
aklgupta
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Play in browser
Meltdown - A Chernobyl Story
WhibbsGames
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Terminal Sickness
Post-pandemic story driven text adventure.
Turnaround Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Lunarrota
Climb the Mountain. Kill the Goddess.
Luis S.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Role Playing
The Weather Report
Trigger Warning! This game examines life in an abusive relationship
Syrrann
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Escape from Kettuloch
Escape the dungeon before you fully transform into a fox!
SnepShark
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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