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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,625 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(702 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(623 total ratings)
Role Playing
Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(534 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fool Me Once
$5
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(248 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Terraformental
Try to survive and perhaps eventually even tame an unknown planet in this incremental semi-idle game.
Shadowsand
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(484 total ratings)
Survival
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 4.8 out of 5 stars
(188 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(198 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
(754 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder（涛敦编年史：残波）
$27.99
A story of love, death and lies. 一个充满爱，死亡，与谎言的故事。
Nim
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(109 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Candied Carols
A wintry, magical holiday romance
VIOLETVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(148 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(127 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Crown of Velvet Thorns
Prince Leonidas wears devotion like a sin and bleeds like a saint. But not for his kingdom. He does it all for you.
Anonymous Soul
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Mind Games: Obsession
Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Bottlecap Rabbit Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(92 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Last Divine
The Gods want you back, but he won't let them take you. You walk a path you were never meant to survive...
Anonymous Soul
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(78 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(62 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
(149 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
(77 total ratings)
Adventure
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
(299 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
Space Goblin Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(291 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
Those we love are never truly gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Archivist and the Revolution
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
mythridate
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(177 total ratings)
Visual Novel
POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(86 total ratings)
Simulation
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(941 total ratings)
Remnants Of The Past - Act 1
$6.99
A semi-linear dark fantasy and romance interactive story.
Domakir
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(110 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
When Rivers Were Trails
A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
indianlandtenure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Educational
Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
xrafstar
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Adventure
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(111 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Connect the Dots
Our songs will all be silenced.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(37 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
(86 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
New Year's Eve, 2019
Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(217 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
SilverBound
A post-apocalyptic dystopian survival romance. Which is more dangerous, falling in love or the radioactive fallout?
Zesna
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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