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Trigaea

Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+

RynGM

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(496 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Who Stole My Bone?

Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!

Kryptic Kitty

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(172 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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BIRDLAND

A summer camp bird fighting text adventure

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(76 total ratings)

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

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(75 total ratings)

Adventure

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Bird Of Passage

A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.

SpaceBackyard

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(274 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Soft Underbelly

Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.

rosa✦dev

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(103 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Dear Toki

Write letters to reconnect with a friend

DDRKirby(ISQ)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(71 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Known Unknowns

A bisexual high school ghost hunting romance

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(81 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Gender Dysphoria

negative experiences after coming out as transgender

exodrifter

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(123 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Beau Ideals Chapter 1

Fantasy visual novel in development

Mouse & Ram

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(71 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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emily is away

kyleseeley23

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(853 total ratings)

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Latebus

You can't remember your name.

kapitha

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Adventure

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Sleepover Rules

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

SjoerdHekking

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Coffee Machine

Dr. Bright + SCP-294 fanfiction based on the SCP Stories.

Master Pose

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(58 total ratings)

Simulation

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FARA

A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure

BrianIsCreative

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(193 total ratings)

Role Playing

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Xianxia Simulator

Survive as an immortal cultivator in a text-based life-simulation RPG set in Chinese Cultivation Fantasy world.

Captain Wabbit

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(59 total ratings)

Role Playing

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One Thousand Acts of Decency

Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer

domedev

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Visual Novel

A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf

Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)

Luke Burns

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(36 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Untrusted - Web of Cybercrime

The Social Deduction Multiplayer Hacking Game

PlayUntrusted

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Role Playing

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Pitch Black Serenade

- A non conventional romance game. -

97Circle

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Visual Novel

灰舟

献给好奇者。

克勒卡尔

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Sun Goes Out

A micro game about what happens when there is no sun.

Sun Labyrinth

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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A Miner Problem

A gamebook-style fantasy adventure for the 5th edition of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.

Sayeth

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Role Playing

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Banquet

Enjoy a pompous lifestyle in the 19th century.

RaeJune

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Good Weapon

Will you nuke the world to save it?

ninecoffees

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Don't Give Up On Me!

A confession goes wrong in multiple ways and days!

Stefannofornari Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GuessMe!

Guess about your favorite food or Pokemons!

Zetoman77

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Educational

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Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters

A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.

Vaccean

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Simulation

Tales from the Road

A SFW interactive fiction game

Iforgotmybrain

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

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Don't make love

Will you make love and risk death?

Maggese

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Waybinder

A city bound by ritual to prosper — or so it was hoped...

Gemma Thomson

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Legend

Navigate your past, present and future while figuring out relationships, and dealing with some spirits.

Bunny in the stars

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Bard Simulator 2K21

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

Chapel

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Adventure

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MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate

A murder is committed in a secluded mansion, and it's up to you to solve it.

Foolish Mortals

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(88 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Keep Calm: An Interactive Short Story

No matter what you do, keep calm...

Adam Carriere (Pyjama Bottom Studios)

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Emm1.r

A strange chatroom veils a very dark mystery...

Ayane Faeldori

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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