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WORLD OF HORROR

$19.99

1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito

panstasz

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(600 total ratings)

Role Playing

WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Eczema Angel Orifice

beautiful twine compilation

xrafstar

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(48 total ratings)

Adventure

Fallacy Quiz

Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.

Tim Krief

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Educational

if not us

an IF anthology about five heroes who die

ub4q

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(82 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

Blackout: The Darkest Night

$5.99

Once you glimpse behind the shadows, you’ll never be the same.

MiniChimera

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Witches and Bandits and Swords (Oh My)

-100%

A playful, interactive graphic novel adventure by Krunchy Fried Games. Ages 13+.

Krunchy Fried Games

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

Telvoikai

Choose between exploring jungle tropics or navigating deep into a bioluminescent sea.

Corvaena

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Role Playing

Long Journey Home

Alone, but for the worms and mushrooms

skiddyhale

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

GIF

The Mr. Dude 4-in-1 Poopy-Pak

-100%

Four ASCII Games; One Poopy Pack!

MansterSoft

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)

Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.

Megan

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition

A romance visual novel about memories best left forgotten.

Scarlet String Studios

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Subtext

$6.99

A mystery told through real SMS messages, phone calls, and emails.

William O'Connell

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

[SIBERIA]

£1

A small text-adventure survival game.

MSSNG

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Adventure

Dream Warrior

$4.99

Not everyone can be the hero. You, for example, are the town drunk.

Robert from High Tower Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Role Playing

S.O.R.S

£6.99

A sci-fi doctor simulation game

RichSG

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Simulation

Crossroads

Explore your relationship with your best frined and discover a bit about yourself

May Barros

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

D E A D S P E A K

$10

a game about ghosts, Fate, and a very worried younger brother

a.c.d

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Спасти принцессу 2

$2.99

Много выборов, 5 концовок

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Saving the Princess 2

$2.99

A young doctor enters the dream world to rescue the woman he loves

wolfgames

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Blood to Bone

Interactive royalty novel, with romance. Text based

euio

Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

ALL @ ONCE

$2.99

Can you discover you?

Lawrence Marable

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Rodeo Clown

$6.99

Life's easier when it isn't your fault.

Xavier Bell

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Escape from Norwood

$5.99

An illustrated text adventure set in a vivid open world where everyone has an agenda.

Singular Works

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

Microcrawl

$0.59

-80%

Microcrawl is a bite sized point and click 2D adventure text hybrid

ZPJ Interactive

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

The Lurking Shadow

$1.99

A mystery and terror text adventure about you, a detective, who must solve a case in a strange house.

LegosDeveloper

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

oooh.ga

£1.99

Gather round... it's time to die.

BlueDeadpool

Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Adventure

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