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Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Simulation
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
$5
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
etherane
Interactive Fiction
Fallacy Quiz
$5
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Tim Krief
Educational
The Salt Keep
$4.99
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Paradise
$1
Paradise is an interactive fiction playground.
Rek & Devine
Interactive Fiction
Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Adventure
Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
Porpentine
Adventure
Chatventures
$3
In bundle
text-adventure MMORPG
Sokpop Collective
Role Playing
Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I
$1.50
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Dave Microwaves Games
Adventure
GIF
Replica
$2.99
Everything in the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State.
Somi
Adventure
IN THE ARMS OF THE NIGHT
£2.40
A novel-length "bat-romance" Twine.
polymer despair
Detectiveland
$5
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
$1
As suas escolhas não importam.
Virgula Leal
Interactive Fiction
The Devil's Collection - Beware the Festival of Fools
$5
Gerrark
Adventure
Lifestream
$2.99
Find your missing father and uncover an ancient conspiracy in this haunting text adventure!
Unimatrix Productions
Visual Novel
Pathway
$3
Mini-books within mini-books.
Studio CloudScape
Puzzle
Chimera Crusader: Defender of Dominicus
$0
-100%
ASCII Action! As minimal as an RPG can get
MansterSoft
Role Playing
Oatboy vs. Slime Mold
$0
-100%
You're an ASCII Oat; Dodge the ASCII Slime Mold!
MansterSoft
Action
Can You Come In?
$2
Your boss has called to ask if you can come into work on your day off - and you don't have much choice but to go.
spacetwinks
Interactive Fiction
Snowdrop
$5
A winter themed otome game where you get to romance a jerky singer!
LegendEx Games
Visual Novel
GIF
The MansterSoft 3-in-1 Fun-Pak
$0
-100%
Laser Moles, Knife-Fighting Chimps, and an ASCII Snail
MansterSoft
Action
Sokfest
$3
In bundle
An online festival celebrating the 100th Sokpop game!
Sokpop Collective
Adventure
DUNGEONBLADE - HAUNTED KINGDOM
$0
-100%
A text adventure game where you explore a "living" dungeon defeating otherworldly beasts, and avoiding deadly traps.
Bitl Development Studio
Adventure
Transmissions
$1
These are the log entries of a grumpy space traveler.
rembrandx
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Filmmaker
$2.99
Explore a haunted theater with a gruesome past and go INSIDE several black-and-white films!
Unimatrix Productions
Visual Novel
Pirateship
$5
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ultra Type-R
$1.99
ansdor
Platformer
Play in browser
Electric Sleep
$4.50
Explore a miniature world as an emotionally driven robot and discover unique experiences with each new emotion.
Cryru
Interactive Fiction
Witches and Bandits and Swords (Oh My)
$0
-100%
A playful, interactive graphic novel adventure by Krunchy Fried Games. Ages 13+.
Krunchy Fried Games
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Date The Lizard!
$0.50
-50%
Date a soft dragon boy! There is absolutely no fiery dystopia!
RoAnna Sylver
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Life of Saint Fiona Bianco Xena
$4
A kaleidoscopic vision of one woman seen through three rotating eyes.
Fantasia Malware
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Interactive Fiction
Telvoikai
$1
Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.
Corvaena
Role Playing
[SIBERIA]
£1
A small text-adventure survival game.
MSSNG
Adventure
You and Not You
$1
sunny evans
Interactive Fiction
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