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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are

a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz

frannym

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,371 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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SPACE FROG!

-30%

a story of a frog in space.

npckc

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(637 total ratings)

Adventure

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Please Answer Carefully

a horror survey game

litrouke

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(2,341 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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goodbye

say goodbye before you go

barrels

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(329 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

(187 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Exile

A dark-fantasy interactive-fiction epic.

Pheo

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(168 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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a man outside

a friendly horror game in your neighborhood

litrouke

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(609 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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WASTE EATER

The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.

cain

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(170 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Moonlight

K. Knight

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(179 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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reunion

find your ex at the end of the world

caeth

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(100 total ratings)

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A Trans Man's Grindr DMs

A curation of favorites.

cain

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(111 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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RECIPE FOR LOVE

Help a robot list all the ingredients for love

Shelly Alon

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(119 total ratings)

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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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The Right Todd

Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.

Shawn Bowers!

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(60 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Seedship

An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race

John Ayliff

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(232 total ratings)

Strategy

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The Painting

Those we love are never truly gone.

Tymedust Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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A Dark Forest

Incremental Experimental Minimalistic Game

TinyTakinTeller

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(91 total ratings)

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Oath

The battle is over. The battle is over. The battle is over.

vileidol

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(75 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Congee

A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.

Starless

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(66 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Fall of House Black

Rise from the grave and start anew.

ethersic

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(66 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Pairidaeza

A historic gay romance set in Medieval Baghdad

mostopha

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(55 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Serum Run

A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.

Avery Hiebert

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(154 total ratings)

Adventure

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Wake Up

Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.

Inverge Studios

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(96 total ratings)

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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

(61 total ratings)

Simulation

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i've been drinking again

2023 Neo-Twiny jam entry

yuveim

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Accidental Character Generator

countless possibilities, one terrible reality

caeth

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(147 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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stay with me

(you're not alone)

steff

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(49 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Come to Jesus

An apocalyptic cult pick-your-path game! Neato!

Bone Octopus

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(57 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Your Merman Boyfriend

Meet your merman boyfriend.

Ntagonistic

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(174 total ratings)

Simulation

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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

(41 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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One More Sleep🌙️

beats to relax/text to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(56 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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night confessional

absolution in a phone booth

sweetfish

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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(almost eleven)

a prose poem about the end of a friendship

spacedfoxes

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Evanescent Eclipse

A story about two individuals.

nikkefort

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(53 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Kiss the Ghoul

Date, kiss, exorcise demons!

chamomeow

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(78 total ratings)

Simulation

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