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A Long Goodbye
a short narrative game about old friends saying goodbye over the phone.
fixgritt
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
An Afternoon Rippling
Take a road trip through a valley.
marslizard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
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
GIF
_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
Escort Yourself Out
a game about trauma, triggers, and self-compassion
bignastytruck (violet)
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Simulation
Swan Hill
A minimalist choose-your-own adventure story about two brothers who have grown apart.
Laura Michet
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
And yet it hurt
An adventure game in Notepad about a kid who seeks revenge.
Sheepolution
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Adventure
Sepia Tears
A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.
Scarlet String Studios
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Paradise
$1
Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.
Rek & Devine
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Adventure
Idyll
a cosy internet island
Demi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Don't Give Up On Me!
A confession goes wrong in multiple ways and days!
Stefannofornari Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Jack Rampage and the Disasters
A game where you meet some demons!
Frankie☆
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Holiday Magic: A Wayhaven Christmas Story
$6.49
Christmas has come to Wayhaven! And it's magical…quite literally.
Seraphinite Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Chatventures
$3
In bundle
text-adventure MMORPG
Sokpop Collective
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Role Playing
IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT
£2.40
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
polymer despair
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Suffer The Night(Demo)
The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.
TaintedPact Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
COLD SCREAM
Survival Horror Text Adventure
1AM TRAIN
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
Sorry We're Open
$7.99
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
oates
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Role Playing
What is a video game?
12 small 'games' about breaking the boundary of what a game is
Rosden Shadow
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
In the Pause Between the Ringing.
An unbublished tale of telephone mining in India.
Studio Oleomingus
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters
A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.
Vaccean
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Simulation
GIF
Indiepocalypse #22
$15
Issue #22 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.
PIZZAPRANKS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
INEVITABLE
A game about toxic love.
Jon Oldblood
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Postal Secret
Postal secret no longer counts! Short atmospheric puzzle solving for a relaxing evening.
Ymar Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
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
La Faille
Un visual novel fantastique sur un groupe de lycéens dont la vie est sur le point de basculer...
Chester
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Stares Back
The signs brought you here.
StephenW313
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Serial Adventures of Dick Jack BB!
Episode One - The Montebello Dance and Dump Ball
angelboydiscoman
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Solo Records
A story for the lonely dreamers and the loved realists.
ArdenceVice
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
$1
As suas escolhas não importam.
Virgula Leal
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
MOOD demo
MOOD - it is a dark visual novel in a slavic setting.
TenebraeStudio
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Son of Dionysus
A Homoerotic Text-Based Sandbox
Akida
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Role Playing
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