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kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(840 total ratings)
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
A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tristam Island
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Visual Novel
灰舟
献给好奇者。
克勒卡尔
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Survival Games
You don't know who you are, or where you are. How will you be remembered by your friends and enemies?
cooldevo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Master of the Land
Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Pseudavid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Emm1.r
A strange chatroom veils a very dark mystery...
Ayane Faeldori
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Dream Team
A Millennial Dream Simulator
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Nova: Synthesis Creaturum
A free fantasy visual novel about magic, monsters, and more--download now!
Nova: Synthesis Creaturum
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Enclosure 3-D
Arctic horror adventure, now in full 3D.
mausimus
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
L'île Tristam
Une aventure textuelle pour ordinateurs rétro
Hugo Labrande
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Ash Boat
For the curious.
克勒卡尔
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Messages From the Universe Graveyard
Experimental social game. Leave messages for other players in a dead world.
Kanderwund
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ClassicZoo
ZZT/Super ZZT world player and editor
asie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Tricks of light in the forest
Climate change interactive fiction
Pseudavid
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
chiaroscuro
An interactive novella about finding your muse.
Kim Berkley
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Upon A Darkening Flood
A horror tale of the Revolution on culture, heritage, and the anxieties elicited by a strange library.
Rastagong
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Carpathian Vampire (TALP)
A vampire has been killing children in a village in the Carpathian Mountains. The villagers have hired you to kill it.
Garry Francis
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cyber Purge
Post-cyberpunk shooting action for ZZT
The Green Herring
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Never A Matter Of Time
A wholesome visual novel about timestops and friendships!
Esbi
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Sleep on, Dear Willie
A text-based adventure set in Vimy Ridge
Dumb Luck/Inelegant
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Storm
A short existentialist horror game
Stéphane F.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ovine Replica
What do you desire? However odd or however wonderful, it can always come true.
Amorous Ursidae
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Cargo Breach
While serving aboard a steam ship during The Great War, something goes wrong and it's up to you to work out what.
Garry Francis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Alchemist's Gold
It's rumoured that an alchemist in the forest has been turning base metals into gold. You set out to steal some of it.
Garry Francis
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Bathroom Myth
a folktale made in Twine about a sentient public restroom and trans woman surviving in a magical city.
Anya Johanna DeNiro
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Anyboty
Chat with AI chatbots of Anyboty you want privately.
Anyboty
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Allure of the Stars
near-future Sci-Fi roguelike and tactical squad game
Man of Letters
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Captain Cutter's Treasure
Captain Cutter once had three of his crew hide a treasure nearby. Now, he wants it back.
Garry Francis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hangman's Gulch
You're a gold prospector down on his luck. Scavenge the abandoned town to find treasures to fund your trip back home.
DrDooriddle
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tránsito
Una Ficción Interactiva Liminar
n2n
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Mobius Mesa
Explore a box canyon and uncover the mysteries of the mysterious desert cliffs
Skelemagus
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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