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Name that Shape
$1
Hey treat it nice, it's an innocent shape.
BengeCartogrphy
Play in browser
Split Times
Fight off the speculators while on your quest to lower the rent prices in your city!
GustiDegen
Where are my keys?
Find your keys before you miss your bus.
Uncle Laptop
Puzzle
Play in browser
A Beautiful Night
A short chat on a balcony.
Flanman20
Trapped in my phone
A 10-minute text game with no sounds or graphics. A starter game made by an old man.
Uncle Laptop
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Catch-Release System
chronically online creature collector
catchrelease-if
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
MAGIKINGDOM Daymare: Chapter UNO
You are stuck in hyperreality or the hyperobject known as the GWB........
MOYOGASH
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dragon Among Snakes
Star Neon
Visual Novel
Niebla
Juego de aventura de horror basado en texto
palonso444
Interactive Fiction
Корра: Відлуння Минулого
Dzien_ki
Visual Novel
Gaming History
Sprinkle of Sparkle
Educational
Play in browser
Fallacy Quiz
$12
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Tim Krief
Educational
Sentient Combat Mechanic
Play as a sentient combat mechanic.
L✦liFE
Strategy
Play in browser
Croissant Maker
A croissant-making journey from Paris to NYC
Jamie
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Rouletta
Would you like to play some Russian Roulette?
MissingWilliam
Strategy
Popping the Fermi Paradox
Event-based strategy sci-fi game
private101st
Strategy
Play in browser
Verlock Holmes: The Missing Donuts
A mystery visual novel fan project for Ver Vermillion
Villions Game Studio
Visual Novel
Look Ahead
A game where you list your steps one by one
Cs3306n
Puzzle
The Locks
$1.99
Lock in you
Author
Visual Novel
THE WANDERER
An interactive digital narrative. No download needed!
sophiestories
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Run The Words
$1
Ever read a book and found your eyes running across the words and jumping over the spaces?
It Could Be Something
Platformer
The Lindqvist Chronichles Story One: The Icelandic Sheep Farm
Markus Lindqvist: putting the normal in paranormal and the natural in supernatural
Bjorn Lindsey
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Goober's World
Goober's friends . . . did they all betray him?
Goober
Adventure
Play in browser
Brainfuck Challenge DEMO
LyricSeraph
Puzzle
Play in browser
Didactic Jesus Game
$4.99
Christian Bible game for kids, youth, and adults to explore Jesus' teachings as a family Church.
Joan Sabé
Educational
Point And Click
Demuestra tu destreza al leer el lenguaje corporal de diferentes personas y acumula puntos para comentar tu record.
PS
Educational
LIZARD
"Only the simplicity of death shines upon me like the moon"
MagFri
Visual Novel
Cry of the damned
simple rpg made in a single night, please enjoy
Keyboard Mage
Role Playing
Enough Time
The game will eventually end. Feel free to pass the time.
blastmatt
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Aldren's Quest
Follow Aldren's adventure in this minimalistic RPG
Whimsical Wyrm
Role Playing
Play in browser
Crimebot 2: Unsolved Cold Case
$4.99
Become a detective and investigate mystery murders in this thriller story!
RoboBot Studio
Puzzle
Girls' Day (Updated)
A brief memory. Remade in Unity
Nice Gear Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Are You a Good Person?
A brief personality quiz designed to assess your moral beliefs
CheesePenguin
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Roots of Harmony
$4
Text-based 4X with a focus on turf war and resource management.
Guillaume Beaumel
Strategy
MINISTRY
Welcome to Ministry. So... You think you can follow God (GOOD LUCK)
MTRF@ink
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dumpster Diving
taylorhooten
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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