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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
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Threshold
A ghost game about being trans
FaerieFire
Visual Novel
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The Salt Keep
$4.99
In bundle
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
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please tell me you love me
can you admit your feelings at the end of the world?
ellis dex
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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Type Knight
$3.99
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
chaikadev
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Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Interactive Fiction
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Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
SUPERSTRING
Interactive Fiction
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Nocked! True Tales of Robin Hood
$19.99
You are Robin Hood! An epic story-driven strategy-RPG blending narrative choice, resource management, and base building.
ManOfNottingham
Role Playing
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Little Antifa Novel
A playable leaflet about a Fascist march and our counter-demonstration
Mauro Vanetti
Visual Novel
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3am
$1
Enjoy a relaxing cup of tea.
madameberry
GIF
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WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
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VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
$1
As suas escolhas não importam.
Virgula Leal
Interactive Fiction
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Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
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Turn Out the Lights
A short game about coming home again.
bijan
Adventure
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Idyll
a cosy internet island
Demi
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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Interactive Fiction
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Siren for Hire
How a superheroine earns a living wage
Maddy Myers
Visual Novel
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Pathway
$3
Mini-books within mini-books.
Studio CloudScape
Puzzle
GIF
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Accuse [C64]
a native implementation of the classic IF little game
Marco Giorgini
Adventure
GIF
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Hotwriting
$10
A book of playable poems by Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
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Sands of Time: A Quest Through the West
Text-based RPG
jackthompson2002
Adventure
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Open Wrestling
A pro wrestling management simulation game. In development.
OpenWrestling
Simulation
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The Ceramic Uncertainty
A text-based "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" about a mysterious plant.
falpal
Adventure
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The Monster Inside
A film noir style audio-visual novella.
x70x
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void.Resign
$3
Text Adventure Game inspired by Cask of Amontillado
avarisclari
Adventure
GIF
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ZOZ
An open world deckbuilder adventure game for ZZT.
WiL
Card Game
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You and Not You
$1
sunny evans
Interactive Fiction
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Doki Doki Ragnarok
$12.99
Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)
BrutalHack
Visual Novel
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The Tree That Touched The Moon
agat
Interactive Fiction
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goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
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Date The Lizard!
$1
Date a soft dragon boy! There is absolutely no fiery dystopia!
RoAnna Sylver
Interactive Fiction
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Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Action
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Ultra Type-R
$1.99
ansdor
Platformer
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Nesterin Trail [C64]
fantasy graphic text adventure for C64
Marco Giorgini
Interactive Fiction
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