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Mystery

Weaving intrigue and suspense, these experiences challenge players to uncover hidden truths, solve puzzles, and piece together clues in enigmatic narratives or atmospheric settings.

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Visual Novel
The Girl Who Sees Spirits
Noemi is a strange girl; she can see spirits. But what happens when she encounters a red box?
LynSbear
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Out of the Yinshan
Out of the Yinshan, the shadows disperse.
wizim
Interactive Fiction
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RIFTBORN
Awake. Alone. Hunted.
Nat Branco
Interactive Fiction
Corrupt Grapevine
Find the corrupt cop at Grapevine Police Dep.
Noah Penrat
Visual Novel
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The Locks
$1.99
Lock in you
Author
Visual Novel
Type Help
The Unsolvable Mystery
William Rous
Puzzle
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The Bar on the Abyss
This tale starts with your death. Manage a spectral bar in the Abyss and find love beyond the mortal coil.
Esh Cohen
Interactive Fiction
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Runefeld: Shadows Past
Fidjetbox
Adventure
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Wolfsbane
rainingdown
Interactive Fiction
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Scarlet Sorceress: The Mystery of Castle Alaire
Romance and mystery awaits at Castle Alaire.
ChanceOfFire
Interactive Fiction
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Crimebot 2: Unsolved Cold Case
$4.99
Become a detective and investigate mystery murders in this thriller story!
RoboBot Studio
Puzzle
MKM-76
Access the terminal to unlock mysterious rooms, uncover their hidden purposes, and re-activate critical systems.
viniciusemferreira
Simulation
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The Beast That Follows
Can you survive being its prey?
Sethiepooh4
Survival
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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
Dumpster Diving
taylorhooten
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Dark Attic
RPG_Vexivy
Adventure
Play in browser
project perfect
a text-adventure game in which you must discover the secrets hidden beneath your childhood home
froggiemoons
Interactive Fiction
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Stones of Flesh
$5
Joe Renwick
Role Playing
Маяк, Та Сторона и Твоё имя
Оттуда не возвращаются
Маячники!
Visual Novel
Peacock Room
Project for Archaeology & Society
111522
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Двері
Не відчиняй
Anna Rzhevska
Visual Novel
The Last Record
A conversation with a doomed man.
Cork In The Sea
Interactive Fiction
At the Strike of 12 (by Raiden)
An Ecto-Noir game draft
One Boat Crew
Adventure
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Sundown
Before you feed your dog, you have to find him.
Charm Cochran
Interactive Fiction
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Deep Space Stranded
Trapped in a room on a wrecked Space Station. What will you do? A text based Adventure.
Semor1539
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Hollow Mirror (teaser!)
a gothic horror text-based game
Christi Kerr
Interactive Fiction
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Noclip Echoes
a game about noclipping through walls and finding pages
mcjdh
Survival
Mind Bender Simulator
Master the art of persuasion in this text-based adventure where every choice shapes the outcome.
Fantastico Studio
Simulation
Devotion
lesodus
The Echoes of Riverwood
University of Tulsa CSG 1003: Game Design Challenge 2
Saad Keyani
Adventure
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Terror in Toowoomba
True crime, mystery, and meats
mathematastic
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The Gray Ascendancy
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
grayascendancy
Interactive Fiction
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Icarus
A retelling of the Icarus myth in interactive form
Amy Davidson
Interactive Fiction
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The Den
Vee and Aiden live together in ‘The Den’, but tonight, a chance discovery is about to change their lives forever…
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
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Netherworld Arbiter
Be a hell judge, uncover the truths behind cases, and pass judgement on ghosts involved.
NetherworldArbiter
Visual Novel
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