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Trigaea

Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+

RynGM

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(470 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO

Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!

Not a Sailor Studios

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(294 total ratings)

Simulation

Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery

Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.

Tom McHenry

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(146 total ratings)

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A Witch's Word

You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.

RainbowStarbird

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(684 total ratings)

Simulation

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GUTLESS

hadopelagic false light

DOMINO CLUB

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(88 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)

One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.

etherane

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(73 total ratings)

Adventure

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Inner Demons

A supernatural horror story set in modern-day Seattle. Will you save the world or succumb to the darkness?

a.w. morgan

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(165 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Bird Of Passage

A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.

SpaceBackyard

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(272 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The House Abandon - Now part of 'Stories Untold'!

A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.

jonNoCode

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(100 total ratings)

Adventure

BOAT PROM

A boat-themed gay teen love story

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(134 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Gender Dysphoria

negative experiences after coming out as transgender

exodrifter

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(120 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Social Democracy: An Alternate History

You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Esper: Fugitive

A dystopian urban fantasy interactive fiction game

petrichor

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(159 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Disharmony

An investigative IF journey into the unknown.

Pink Soda Studios

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Just Cosplay

A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.

Deadnettle Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(45 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Sleepover Rules

Your friend invites you to his house for a sleepover with a certain set of rules

SjoerdHekking

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Latebus

You can't remember your name.

kapitha

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(41 total ratings)

Adventure

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Pageant

An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(64 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Epitaph

alien civilization extinction simulator

Max Kreminski

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(84 total ratings)

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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

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The Archivist and the Revolution

The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(41 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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VANGUARD

will you rebel tradition?

Jaye

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(62 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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an unreal city

what lies below esurio?

labyrinthines

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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New Year's Eve, 2019

Social anxiety simulator/dating sim

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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ONE DAY HIKE

kit

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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

Hello Goodbyes

A writing experience with yourself.

Velvet

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(32 total ratings)

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Don't Die Alone

Spam has never been so deadly.

StephenW313

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(71 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Worth Waiting

You could have sworn someone else was here.

TheNamelessOne

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

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Such, Such Were the Joys

A text-based queer historical dating sim

Anamika

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Aesthetic

🌺 a short story for coming out day 🌺

Olive

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Secret Life of Probes Prologue

Story in the far reaches of space and time.

Elyon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Mouth Of The Woods

Twenty-seven-year-old Casper Antilles was last seen on ███████ street Wednesday night around 9:00 PM.

DOMINO CLUB

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(29 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Untrusted - Web of Cybercrime

The Social Deduction Multiplayer Hacking Game

evolvedlabs

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Role Playing

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how do i love you?

remembering how things happened, mostly.

sophiades

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Gonzague

A historical court intrigue and swashbuckling interactive story.

Oscar Arcane

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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