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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
(1,301 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(632 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(2,296 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(322 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
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
(185 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(603 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Exile
A dark-fantasy interactive-fiction epic.
Pheo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(150 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(165 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Moonlight
K. Knight
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(175 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Play in browser
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(142 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
RECIPE FOR LOVE
Help a robot list all the ingredients for love
Shelly Alon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(119 total ratings)
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
A Trans Man's Grindr DMs
A curation of favorites.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(104 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Dear Toki
Write letters to reconnect with a friend
DDRKirby(ISQ)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
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
(225 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
Those we love are never truly gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Oath
The battle is over. The battle is over. The battle is over.
vileidol
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(74 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Congee
A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.
Becci
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(65 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pairidaeza
A historic gay romance set in Medieval Baghdad
mostopha
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Dark Forest
Incremental Experimental Minimalistic Game
TinyTakinTeller
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(85 total ratings)
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
The Fall of House Black
Rise from the grave and start anew.
ethersic
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(63 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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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)
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
i've been drinking again
2023 Neo-Twiny jam entry
yuveim
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Accidental Character Generator
countless possibilities, one terrible reality
caeth
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Come to Jesus
An apocalyptic cult pick-your-path game! Neato!
Bone Octopus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(55 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One More Sleep🌙️
beats to relax/text to
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(57 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
stay with me
(you're not alone)
steff
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Your Merman Boyfriend
Meet your merman boyfriend.
Ntagonistic
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(173 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
(almost eleven)
a prose poem about the end of a friendship
spacedfoxes
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
(40 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Kiss the Ghoul
Date, kiss, exorcise demons!
chamomeow
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(78 total ratings)
Simulation
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night confessional
absolution in a phone booth
sweetfish
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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