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Worth Waiting

You could have sworn someone else was here.

TheNamelessOne

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

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GIF

The Secret Life of Probes Prologue

Story in the far reaches of space and time.

Elyon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Gonzague

A historical court intrigue and swashbuckling interactive story.

Oscar Arcane

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Firsthand Murder Ballad

you have haunted them for years. now they're haunting you.

azrael.

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Red Boat

A short story told through boating and lost letters

PirxOS

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(156 total ratings)

Adventure

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Made With Love and Sparkles: Purple-Moon.com

For the Forgotten Games Essay Jam, an excavation of one corner of the '90s Girl Games boom.

aeta

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

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H U N T E D

Gather craft survive #49/1922 LDJam50

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Survival

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a Museum of Dubious Splendors.

A collection of small and peculier stories from Somwhere.

Studio Oleomingus

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(54 total ratings)

Adventure

So I bought a little chainsaw

★★★★★ Works Good. Recommend it.

Akzidenz

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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I Told You This Was A Bad Idea

Jessica Padkin

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(43 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

(60 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Structural Integrity

Navigate a queer relationship on the rocks

alyshkalia

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Neotrogla

A Twine story of bugs and bodies.

Roxy S.

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Escort Yourself Out

a game about trauma, triggers, and self-compassion

bignastytruck (violet)

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Simulation

GIF

Vast Trivia Of The Void

What would an omniscient creature do with all that knowledge? Well, host a trivia game, of course!

Whales And Games 🐳

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Sleight of Hand

A fantasy interactive story with mild horror elements (16+)

Leo Schmidt

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN

A TEXT-BASED HORROR GAME ABOUT YOU.

knucklebones

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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TTYL

Keep up with the group chat or get kicked out in this nostalgic typing game!

302 Slices

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(57 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Sepia Tears

A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.

Scarlet String Studios

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Jack Rampage and the Disasters

A game where you meet some demons!

Frankie☆

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

AL - A Choose Your Own Adventure

Gabriel Cornish

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

And yet it hurt

An adventure game in Notepad about a kid who seeks revenge.

Sheepolution

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Adventure

Apology Simulator

We’ve all suffered inadequate apologies, or wished for apologies that never came...

Matthew Seiji Burns

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

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Mass of Consumption

The Church has been waiting for you.

cmrnprry

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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13 Laurel Road

A game about places and the memories they hold.

Crosshollow

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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I'll Drive

A gay road trip romance

alyshkalia

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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COLD SCREAM

Survival Horror Text Adventure

1AM TRAIN

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Survival

Stumbling upon meaning in an old town abandoned to its fate

An exploration of meanings

mut

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Silent Earth

Silent Earth is a short sci-fi text adventure about finding one’s place despite an uncertain future

Fring Frang

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Stares Back

The signs brought you here.

StephenW313

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Family Dinner

It only takes one night to change everything.

pansandpots

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(70 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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A Halo, Flaring

a widow is contacted by an AI version of their partner

audo

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

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GIF

sacrament iv.

calamity occult-horror rpg

melessthanthree

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(56 total ratings)

Role Playing

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he's not my

a multiple choice game about discerning friendship

xed

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The good people

Explore the weird, until the sunken things come for you

Pseudavid

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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They Will Not Return

Lonely robots in the post-apocalypse

John Ayliff

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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