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a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,959 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
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
The Night Abridged
there is a whisper in the shadows...
ZICO
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(295 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
Snakeroot.
[ INACTIVE ] A fantasy horror IF WIP.
cerberus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(176 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
Mind Games: Trepidation
Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Bottlecap Rabbit Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(60 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
The Ouroborous Incident
Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.
DOMINO CLUB
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(59 total ratings)
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
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
Rabbit Starvation
A late night conversation in a diner with someone claiming to be your spouse.
vileidol
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Disharmony
An investigative IF journey into the unknown.
Pink Soda Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(57 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
Rebel Kitsune
A cute fox girl explores her small hometown on her way to a date with a friend.
fake gamer comics / ashlander games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ONE DAY HIKE
kit
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Come to Jesus
An apocalyptic cult pick-your-path game! Neato!
Bone Octopus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
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
domvs
a gothic mystery
litrouke
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Jagged Bone
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
eurydice exhumed
orpheus descends into the underworld
sweetfish
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Forest Of The Lost
A WIP interactive fiction. Succeed your mission, find romance or die trying
CroWoods
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(62 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Florence
A narrative game of Gothic romance
Anamika
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
carnificare
a stranger tells you a story about a monster.
cerberus
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf
Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)
Luke Burns
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
Jeremy Fischer
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Action
GIF
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
Play in browser
GIF
MIND Psychometry
An employability assessment from a dystopian HR department
Juniper-C
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You Will Travel No More
Stay a while. Stay forever. Won't you come outside?
BanzaiBonsai
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Adventure
This Too Too Solid Flesh
Recover your memories after losing everything - even your own body.
vileidol
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Twisted Place
Depressing Cosmic Horror
Volition Newlove
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The good people
Explore the weird, until the sunken things come for you
Pseudavid
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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