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SPACE FROG!

a story of a frog in space.

npckc

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(629 total ratings)

Adventure

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God-Cursed: Demo

An interactive fiction fantasy game made with Twine. Create your character, break a curse, fall in love & make it home.

Lunan

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(341 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Viatica

Your journey begins in sand and sound and silence.

Fir & Fireweed

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(242 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dominion of Darkness

Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.

Adeptus7

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(231 total ratings)

Strategy

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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

(184 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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WASTE EATER

The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.

cain

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(163 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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walk with me.

conversations between a young god and a heart of stone.

cerberus

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(91 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Rose garden sentiments

You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden

teletuu

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(89 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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reunion

find your ex at the end of the world

caeth

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(100 total ratings)

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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

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Gender Dysphoria

negative experiences after coming out as transgender

exodrifter

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(128 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Demonology 101

A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.

Ludipe

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(119 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Dear Toki

Write letters to reconnect with a friend

DDRKirby(ISQ)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(71 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Right Todd

Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.

Shawn Bowers!

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(59 total ratings)

Puzzle

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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

(101 total ratings)

Adventure

What Girls Do in the Dark

A short slumber party text adventure ♡

olivebranche

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(66 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

(52 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Painting

Those we love are never truly gone.

Tymedust Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Walkie Talkie

send messages, receive messages, play messages

Daniel Linssen

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(255 total ratings)

Platformer

The Archivist and the Revolution

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

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Delphine's Discovery

Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.

LegendEx Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(103 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Pageant

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

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(74 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Welcome Back

A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.

Nessa Cannon

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(69 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Wake Up

Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.

Inverge Studios

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(96 total ratings)

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New Year's Eve, 2019

Social anxiety simulator/dating sim

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(45 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Pick & Poke

Narrative roguelike with tokens

Christophe Coyard

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(126 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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i've been drinking again

2023 Neo-Twiny jam entry

yuveim

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Epitaph

alien civilization extinction simulator

Max Kreminski

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(90 total ratings)

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Growing Pain

A chat with a childhood friend.

cassian

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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One More Sleep🌙️

beats to relax/text to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(57 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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stay with me

(you're not alone)

steff

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(48 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Please Tell Me I Love You

A short conversation about a relationship

A G Moody

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Read This When You Turn 15

For a little someone who will grow up to be a beautiful person.

Kastel

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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(almost eleven)

a prose poem about the end of a friendship

spacedfoxes

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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eurydice exhumed

orpheus descends into the underworld

sweetfish

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Violette Mage (Demo)

A dark fantasy visual novel with magic elements.

Citrus Koi

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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