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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
(1,098 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(602 total ratings)
Adventure
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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,894 total ratings)
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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
(165 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(518 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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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
(72 total ratings)
Adventure
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reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
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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
(70 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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Something A Little Super
Raise a super powered kid.
Barbara Truelove
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Puzzle
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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
(54 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Skynet Simulator
You are Skynet
edisgreat
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Puzzle
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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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Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
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woebegone.
when breathing has become a chore. when to exist is a trial.
louey
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(97 total ratings)
Simulation
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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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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
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The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
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please tell me you love me
can you admit your feelings at the end of the world?
ellis dex
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(60 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Still Shining
Watch the stars with your best friend.
HusbandoGoddess
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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Drown With Me Demo
Mermaids vs Pirates
Barbara Truelove
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
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Girls' Day
A brief memory.
Nice Gear Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
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Growing Pain
A chat with a childhood friend.
cassian
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
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i've been drinking again
a conversation between two lovers.
yuveim
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
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Jagged Bone
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
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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 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Adventure
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(almost eleven)
a prose poem about the end of a friendship
spacedfoxes
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
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a bunch of you in a crowded room
it helps to talk to yourself
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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System Processing
Ov, a digital caretaker, spends their last day of work with Laðə, a curious alien.
albie
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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carnificare
a stranger tells you a story about a monster.
cerberus
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Half
A short experience around cultural identity.
Emma Kidwell
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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
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I Knew You Would Find This
An experimental Twine game exploring a broken relationship.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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