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tagged Narrative, Short and Text based (222 results)

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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
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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)
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
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Puzzle
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GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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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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Girls' Day
A brief memory.
Nice Gear Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Drown With Me Demo
Mermaids vs Pirates
Barbara Truelove
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Still Shining
Watch the stars with your best friend.
HusbandoGoddess
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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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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
(63 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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Zenosyne
Write your eulogy
Ezra Szanton
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
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
Bee
A story about work and spelling
Emily Short
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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how do i love you?
remembering how things happened, mostly.
sophiades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Serenity at Dusk
Here is where a heavy heart asks for rest.
klaiis
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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When my life begins
Thoughts about labour, retirement and the workplace
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 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
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Family Dinner
It only takes one night to change everything.
pansandpots
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Long Goodbye
a short narrative game about old friends saying goodbye over the phone.
fixgritt
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Unbecoming
A revisionist body horror denouement
-hexcavator-
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
House of Loki
A story about the children of Loki and the perils of prophecy.
Keikube
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Banquet
Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.
RaeJune
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Eleutheria
Trust. Rebirth. Life after death.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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NieR:Cogito
You are a Machine. Make choices about Machines.
Silver Stitch
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Blood and Company
A vampire and a grad student walk into a bar...
alyshkalia
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
a purrfect catastrophe
The daily chaotic adventures of a little cat
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
A Short Eternity
1000 words. A boat at the end of the world. Will you survive?
Halfstar
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Sleepy Tales
Tell your sister stories until she falls asleep
classheikki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
leaving the nest
Little Magpie's first home away from the nest
Fabi
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Masks
On a campus under siege by riot police you count down to the end...
samplereality
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Stares Back
The signs brought you here.
StephenW313
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Habeas Corpus
Abandoned spaces in the bowels of a wandering fortress.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Forever and Ever
A father will do anything to keep his son safe.
PetricakeGames-IF
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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