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Blackout: The Darkest Night

$5.99

Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.

MiniChimera

Interactive Fiction

Sleepover Rules

Your friend invites you to his house for a sleepover with a certain set of rules

SjoerdHekking

Interactive Fiction

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Esper: Fugitive

A dystopian urban fantasy interactive fiction game

petrichor

Interactive Fiction

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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)

One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.

etherane

Adventure

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VANGUARD

will you rebel tradition?

Jaye

Interactive Fiction

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Aesthetic

🌺 a short story for coming out day 🌺

Olive

Interactive Fiction

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Sleight of Hand

A fantasy interactive story with mild horror elements (16+)

Leo Schmidt

Interactive Fiction

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H U N T E D

Gather craft survive #49/1922 LDJam50

Survival

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Inner Demons

A supernatural horror story set in modern-day Seattle. Will you save the world or succumb to the darkness?

a.w. morgan

Interactive Fiction

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I wish I was

A narrative dungeon-crawler

lulatschia

Puzzle

COLD SCREAM

Survival Horror Text Adventure

1AM TRAIN

Survival

Hello Goodbyes

A writing experience with yourself.

Velvet

Play in browser

Subtext

$6.99

A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.

William O'Connell

Interactive Fiction

Neotrogla

A Twine story of bugs and bodies.

Roxy S.

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Epitaph

alien civilization extinction simulator

Max Kreminski

Play in browser

Your Hogwarts Story

A Choose your own Adventure Text Game about going to Hogwarts

DigiTale

Role Playing

Play in browser

Clockwork Apple

A BL Visual-novel featuring kidnapping and characters of doubtful morality. (English and Italian)

Synapsed

Visual Novel

🥚⌛🍳 TIME OMELETTE 🍳⌛🥚

A cooking mystery game about time. Except it's not a cooking game.

adriel

Interactive Fiction

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Escort Yourself Out

a game about trauma, triggers, and self-compassion

bignastytruck (violet)

Simulation

Disharmony

An investigative IF journey into the unknown.

Pink Soda Studios

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GUTLESS

hadopelagic false light

DOMINO CLUB

Interactive Fiction

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Tales from the Road

A SFW interactive fiction game

Iforgotmybrain

Interactive Fiction

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I Told You This Was A Bad Idea

Jessica Padkin

Interactive Fiction

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FMG game (Mary story)

megakub32

Simulation

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The Ritual

a Princess & her Knight travel through the woods.

Megan

Interactive Fiction

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Moving (On)

nostalgia, jumping around in time, and clearing out your childhood room

quackoquack

Interactive Fiction

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Snow Day

A short innocent gender bender game

Aaaac

Interactive Fiction

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Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition

A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.

Scarlet String Studios

Visual Novel

Structural Integrity

Navigate a queer relationship on the rocks

alyshkalia

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

RogueType

Yet another text-based roguelike game.

Pecon

Adventure

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Cyborg Arena

In a dystopian future, cyborgs gladiators must fight for their owners' entertainment

John Ayliff

Interactive Fiction

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Remember When

Journey through the life of Sarah and Noah in this interactive narrative experience.

Arrow Games

Visual Novel

S.O.R.S

£6.99

A sci-fi doctor simulation game

RichSG

Simulation

IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN

A TEXT-BASED HORROR GAME ABOUT YOU.

knucklebones

Interactive Fiction

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The Daily Murder

Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.

phaddius

Puzzle

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Bard Simulator 2K21

Write poems, get paid, try to avoid comitting high treason.

Chapel

Adventure

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