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Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(452 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The King's Hound
Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Kal Down
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(574 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Mind Games: Trepidation
Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Bottlecap Rabbit Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(67 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
BIRDLAND
A summer camp bird fighting text adventure
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(76 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Love & Friendship
A Regency Rom-Com
Salty Stories
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(155 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Hybrid
These people aren't like you.
HeartForge
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(198 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(847 total ratings)
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(192 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Trouble Brewing: A Romantic Comedy About Beer, Rebellion, & Skipping Out On Your Responsibilities
A Rarely Accurate Medieval Romp Full of Romance and Hijinks
John Q Adams
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
A pre-and-post-teen mystery
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(153 total ratings)
Simulation
A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dominion of Darkness
Text-based simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Adeptus7
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Tristam Island
An Infocom-style adventure for retro computers
Hugo Labrande
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
Drift Mine Satellite
A maintenance text adventure
Everest Pipkin
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Play in browser
GIF
Our Winding Road
Former heroes try to save their relationship.
Nim
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(34 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
Superlunary Episode 1.0
A slow, queer, post-war space opera
communistsister
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
DEVOTIONALIA
Will your devotion reach them? Does it matter?
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ineffable escape
when in a place of infinite Darkness, do not drift apart
smolalienbee
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Canvas Colors: In The Moving City
Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!
UnfinishedCircl
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Play in browser
In Auctorem Credimus
"And they lived happily ever after" might be the biggest cliffhanger of all
Franzinyte
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
I doesn't exist
$12.99
An ode to text-adventures.
DreadXP
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Detectiveland
$5
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Survival Games
You don't know who you are, or where you are. How will you be remembered by your friends and enemies?
cooldevo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Master of the Land
Dynamic text world | Alternate history intrigue
Pseudavid
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Elsinore: After Hamlet
An Asian-American university student struggles with their Hamlet essay during the Spring 2021 semester That Never Was.
Lapin Lunaire Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Postal Secret
Postal secret no longer counts! Short atmospheric puzzle solving for a relaxing evening.
Ymar Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Longing
A dark fantasy novel.
Nim
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
GIF
Don't make love
Will you make love and risk death?
Maggese
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Honey Twigs
A warm and fluffy adventure.
Charu Tak
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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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