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Celestia - Guarded by the Mist

SixFry

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Out in the Dark

A short horror story, made in Twine

Healy

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Another RPG Engine

Engine for creating RPGs in Twine 2 and SugarCube.

Another RPG Enthusiast

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Role Playing

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We'll Be In Touch

A short silly interview simulator

moohm

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Simulation

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Don't Be A Stranger

A nostalgic self reflection exercise disguised as a Gameboy game.

Harry Tortus

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Simulation

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U.F.O Text Quest

A classic text adventure in the style of interactive fiction from computers from the 80s

Tuesday Street

Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Сиреневый рассвет

korj_morj

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Robbery Reverie

A thief realizes at the last minute that their mark is a witch

Natasha Luna

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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morning drive to gifu

A brief memory told in binksi.

Nice Gear Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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flower

[ a poem about nier, death, and robots ]

cryocannon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Wrong Number

An unknown number is calling you. Are you going to answer?

wym_lawson

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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It wasn't me.

What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.

Rosa Carbo-Mascarell

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Role Playing

Survey

A brief survey.

EsperSoft

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

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From Champagne To Murder

an experimental detective game, using a new form of dialog system

Vin Botthin

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Has sobrevivido: Wyrm

A Lovecraftian horror short visual novel set in the Wild West. Spanish and English.

Gorgon Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Monster Girl Generator

mcphersonsound

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

I Like Dreams

A tiny text adventure about dreams

TheMysticSword

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Thrall

To be enthralled by love is murder on the soul in this paranormal, point-and-click, otome visual novel.

Z. Knight

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

Life: the game of chance

25 diferent life paths, choose carefully.

Tim Krief

Rated 3.2 out of 5 stars

(386 total ratings)

Simulation

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You Are The Server

GUI game. Play this if you like to click on buttons and read text.

SpaghettiCupcakeGames

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Simulation

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hello plant.

solid 15 seconds of cute gameplay

lylychii

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

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clock out.

a game about a job interview

devkity

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Je fais pousser des ronces

Un poème pour GameBoy

Velvet

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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No Phone Call

Message a friend and avoid a phone call in real-time.

bushn

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Rhythm

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The Door is Jammed

You have a test; find a way out!

Frances

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Vermin Throne

A multiplayer twine experience.

Damian Sommer

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Role Playing

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CLICK TO CONTINUE!

Run away.

Andrea Pignataro

Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

proetry~

~ procedural poetry ~ THE DYING PILLOW NEAR THE SKY

Pitoum (Brice Dubat)

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

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body change problems

(📱💻) - a story about waiting until it ends

Dev Vand™

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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What to do?

A tiny anti-game

Janos Biro

Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Castillo Belmar / Castle Belmar (ES+EN) [C64 & VIC20 & MAX & MEGA65 & Matra Alice & ORIC]

Commodore Plus

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

you are here

a randomly generated haunted house

kaylee rowena

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Elf Who Came at Night

A sad love story about an elf and a human prince.

OctiWriter

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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VtM Tophet

Vampire the Masquerade text game made for the VtM Game Jam 2021

Azardev

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Role Playing

GIF

Hengähtänet

Bilingual autofictive poetry.

Samuli Pietikäinen

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Game of Runes

Fantasy solo adventure

GameofRunes

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Role Playing

Play in browser

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