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Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(165 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Soft Underbelly
Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.
rosa✦dev
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Dear Toki
Write letters to reconnect with a friend
DDRKirby(ISQ)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 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
The Sun Goes Out
A micro game about what happens when there is no sun.
Sun Labyrinth
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Good Weapon
Will you nuke the world to save it?
ninecoffees
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Bard Simulator 2K21
Write poems, get paid, try to avoid comitting high treason.
Chapel
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
rédiger
fermentum tempus
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Ritual
a Princess & her Knight travel through the woods.
Megan
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(21 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
0808-1718
text-based mystery about seas, sins, and gods
Button Cupcake
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Din in the Seventeenth Minute
It started with a muted cacophony in the outer banks.
3 Halves Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Girl I Met At The End Of The World
How can you find a purpose, when the entire world has been destroyed?
PneumaVoid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Roads not Taken
Make your choice, but choose it well...
manonamora
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Getting to Know You
Get attached to a stranger in five minutes or less.
hadbeen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
EXTENDED CARE UNIT ROOM 19B
A Medical Adventure Game with Horror Elements
Ambrosio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Alvion's Imperator
Multiple choice textual-narrative game in a medieval fantasy world.
LightFromVoid
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
The Mischievous Thievery Of Jessica The Cat
Jessica the cat has been stealing people's things! A GGJ2021 narrative-puzzle prototype that's now a full game!
Mandy J Watson
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Malcookie
Malcookie is a 4th wall breaking game, you are tasked with finding bugs in games, and one day a virus comes across.
KevinWho
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
El Monte de las Ánimas
La ficción interactiva sobre el relato original de Bécquer
cKolmos
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Main Course - Director's Cut
This time, *you're* the Alien! Play as a captured SoMorph, trying to get home...
Quantum Sheep
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
You Are (Not) A Jerk 1.11
Today, you rescue the Princess of Dawn.
Chrysoula Tzavelas
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Warrior Tycoon
WarriorTycoon is Tycoon game where you train warriors and send them on missions to earn gold.
Stusse Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Simulation
SECRETMART: Cryptspace Constraint!
A wordsy GameJamDOR 7 entry written in I7
serendiff
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One man, one house, one city
Experimental text adventure (originally designed for LD37)
David Frank
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Hallucinatory Machinations Of A Fragile Mind
A descent into confusion. SA Game Jam 2020 entry.
Mandy J Watson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
$player disconnected
Florent "Makorj" Vain
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ultimate Possession!
Follow the story of a reluctant medium and the ghost haunting him.
st-chem-atelier
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
:Cider.
:my lgbt story for gay western jam.
Violet_Neon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Thrall
To be enthralled by love is murder on the soul in this paranormal, point-and-click, otome visual novel.
Z. Knight
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Time Machine
Adventures in time. A quick Twine game.
Mandy J Watson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Time's Novel
A guy finds a novel that can see the past and the future.
IntStories
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Fun-Zer0
A text adventure about earning your license
asteroidskeeper
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Reflections (TALP)
Acquire the magical power that is your birthright
Grizel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
This is Love
a horror game
bushwah
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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