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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,109 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(602 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(469 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,943 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
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
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(293 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(522 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(148 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GUTLESS
hadopelagic false light
DOMINO CLUB
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tavern Crawler
Slaying the dragon? Easy. Collecting your pay? Not so much.
CogsAndSpanners
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
walk with me.
conversations between a young god and a heart of stone.
cerberus
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Visual Novel
BIRDLAND
A summer camp bird fighting text adventure
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(74 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
There's A Bear Outside
Isn't it nice that there is a perfectly normal bear at the window?
The Very Worst Thing
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
BOAT PROM
A boat-themed gay teen love story
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(132 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Something A Little Super
Raise a super powered kid.
Barbara Truelove
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Known Unknowns
A bisexual high school ghost hunting romance
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(79 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
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(840 total ratings)
Disharmony
An investigative IF journey into the unknown.
Pink Soda Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
A Trans Man's Grindr DMs
A curation of favorites.
cain
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(194 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
GIF
Latebus
You can't remember your name.
kapitha
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
The Alchemist
Play as an alchemist! Manage your shop, help (and romance!) people, and even try to brew a potion in a small mini-game!
darielivalyen
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
More a Haunting than a History
Understand your past. Decide your future. -- An urban fantasy narrative about life after death, in more ways than one.
ejadelomax
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tears of Tianchao
Will you follow the command of the Emperor or support the rebellion of the exiled prince?
Kanri
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(62 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Welcome Back
A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Stink Bug Plague
​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
angela he
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Scents & Semiosis
An interactive fiction about perfume, memory and new meanings, with heavy use of procedural generation.
Sam Kabo Ashwell
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One More Sleep🌙️
beats to relax/text to
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
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