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AUTONOMIA
Mantén tu corazón latiendo. Mantén tus pulmones respirando. Mantén tus dolores aliviados. Mantente vivo.
Idea After Idea
Visual Novel
Roulette - K&R Games
Play roulette in the Python terminal!
K&R Games
Dandelion
a short poem about nature and hope in the changing of times
Sui-hin Mak
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Le béryl rouge
Le Conglomérat vous affecte à la direction des mines de béryl. Aucune grève ne sera tolérée.
fuegosuave
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido
Agitprop
ubaer666
Action
Play in browser
Military Command
In this 2D text adventure, Lead two elite squads through intense, unpredictable military missions.
Mustapha Jobe
Simulation
The Origin of Adlers’ curse
Lucas Adler is dead. His Notion reveals a family mystery: every Adler man dies strangely. Can you uncover the truth?
Salomesquinerie
Puzzle
Dreamland
Images of a strange dream drift through your mind, but when you try to conjure them, you draw a blank.​
mellyeliu
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Maggot (A Prototype Demo)
A dark-fantasy, deck-builder RPG.
THE OPPONENT
Role Playing
Pizzini
Ein klassisches Textadventure, 1989 als Indie-Game für den ZX-Spectrum geschrieben, ist nun auch im Browser spielbar.
Clio Games
Adventure
Play in browser
Before the End
One message. One chance. Can you change the future
Scalebert Press
Role Playing
Paper Crimes
Un crimen particular requiere un detective particular…
MateoTorija
Simulation
Hell Was 2 Full
Casino Game
Paul Robert
Squid CMD
A squid game text-based game made in CMD
perzoa
Interactive Fiction
Never Second in Rome
Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements.
NuclearShrimpi
Simulation
A Beautiful Night
A short chat on a balcony.
Flanman20
Where are my keys?
Find your keys before you miss your bus.
Uncle Laptop
Puzzle
Play in browser
Split Times
Fight off the speculators while on your quest to lower the rent prices in your city!
GustiDegen
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
Dragon Among Snakes
Star Neon
Visual Novel
MAGIKINGDOM Daymare: Chapter UNO
You are stuck in hyperreality or the hyperobject known as the GWB........
MOYOGASH
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Niebla
Juego de aventura de horror basado en texto
palonso444
Interactive Fiction
Gaming History
Sprinkle of Sparkle
Educational
Play in browser
Корра: Відлуння Минулого
Dzien_ki
Visual Novel
Echoes of the Past - January Game
A game made in the month of January representing the past, the future and the regret
lPandora
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Sentient Combat Mechanic
Play as a sentient combat mechanic.
L✦liFE
Strategy
Play in browser
Rouletta
Would you like to play some Russian Roulette?
MissingWilliam
Strategy
Croissant Maker
A croissant-making journey from Paris to NYC
Jamie
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Popping the Fermi Paradox
Event-based strategy sci-fi game
private101st
Strategy
Play in browser
Look Ahead
A game where you list your steps one by one
Cs3306n
Puzzle
Verlock Holmes: The Missing Donuts
A mystery visual novel fan project for Ver Vermillion
Villions Game Studio
Visual Novel
THE WANDERER
An interactive digital narrative. No download needed!
sophiestories
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The half legal Casino Game
A small text based game for gambling addicts
Carlostt
Role Playing
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
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