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Wayfarer
Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Idrelle Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,269 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,382 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
(470 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,949 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(439 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
Horse Master: The Game of Horse Mastery
Master a horse. Become a Horse Master.
Tom McHenry
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
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
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
$19.99
A story of love, death and lies.
Nim
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(91 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Love & Friendship
A Regency Rom-Com
Salty Stories
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(155 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
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
Moonlight
K. Knight
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(162 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hybrid
These people aren't like you.
HeartForge
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(196 total ratings)
Role Playing
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
Bird Of Passage
A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.
SpaceBackyard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(272 total ratings)
Visual Novel
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
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
The Gilded
A dark fantasy fiction game
Dry Cappuccino Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 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
The Right Todd
Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.
Shawn Bowers!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Beau Ideals Chapter 1
Fantasy visual novel in development
Mouse & Ram
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(840 total ratings)
Skynet Simulator
You are Skynet
edisgreat
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
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
Social Democracy: An Alternate History
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
WAS/WERE
$4
Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
RodFireProductions
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(115 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Wake Up
Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Inverge Studios
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(93 total ratings)
Play in browser
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