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Interactive Fiction

Blending narrative storytelling with player choice, often text-based experiences where readers shape the story through their decisions. These works can range from simple branching narratives to complex simulations, offering immersive worlds and character-driven plots that unfold based on user input.

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three women, three stories, three springs.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(242 total ratings)
Visual Novel
a fantasy visual novel & little tea-making simulator.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(492 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Astrid wakes up in Purgatory and has to make peace with her death. Only problem is... she doesn't remember anything!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(108 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Harvest berries to repair the town (that you destroyed)! A fantasy gardening visual novel & clicker game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Visual Novel
you are a vampire with a distaste for blood
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Second installment of the Fears to Fathom anthology
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Adventure
Tabby and her friends get trapped in a barrow. Hijinks ensue.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(125 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Surrealist point-and-click adventure game with a touch of existential dread and a whole lot of escapism.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Queer Celestial Witches Navigate Scary Woods And Each Other
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
An atypical detective story, inspired by classical noir novels and Lovecraftian horrors.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
A retro adventure game of mystery and madness!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Adventure
A werewolf survival horror story in Kievan Rus'
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An essay game about navigating systems of power beyond your control
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
CAT-protagonist short story
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Bizarro Horror Visual Novel Adventure
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Escape a short time loop.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
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A first person family horror adventure.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
Unearth a long-buried history to bring peace to both the living and the dead.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A short interactive love story set during an epidemic in a 1920s style fantasy world.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
At the heart of the action are the children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
🐙Amazing сomics style game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
A book worthy romance
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
You wake to a thump from beneath the bed....
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A dark and thrilling, story-driven point-and-click-adventure – find out what happened!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
Princess Rosavel is on a deep space mission but can’t quite remember her purpose. Can she recollect her memories?
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Ichika is in love with Hana, her former best friend. Can she work her feelings out, or is she too ditzy to do it right?
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
To Burn in Memory. Ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Explore a haunted theater with a gruesome past and go INSIDE several black-and-white films!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Find your missing father and uncover an ancient conspiracy in this haunting text adventure!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Pirate-themed clickable text adventure
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Rule over Space Court and keep the universe safe! Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Your own adventure in a steampunk world! Find mysterious Alexander Cooper and unravel secrets in city of Staighrem.
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Go West
$2.99
Explorons les Rocheuses canadiennes.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A heartwarming story about learning new things in the later years in life
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A short narrative puzzle game about...game development!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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