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Buried Love

A dating game with a twist.

kittidot

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(148 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Candied Carols

A wintry, magical holiday romance

VIOLET

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(147 total ratings)

Visual Novel

(V0.3.3 | 25 Aug. 2024) Morshu The Game: Adventure road

Text based adventure game where you explore hundreds of locations in an attempt to uncover all the secrets.

koshkamatew

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(193 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Ascendance

A love story that surpasses death

Ascendance IF

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(166 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dead Weight

Whisper Game

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(177 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Writer Will Do Something

You are the head writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate™ franchise.

Matthew Seiji Burns

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(402 total ratings)

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Rabbit Starvation

A late night conversation in a diner with someone claiming to be your spouse.

vileidol

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(73 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Moonlight

K. Knight

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(175 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Gods of Savvarah | Part I

Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG.

ST Sinovar

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(65 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

(71 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Snowbound Blood

A Vast Error Story

DECONRECONSTRUCTION

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(88 total ratings)

Visual Novel

BIRDLAND

A summer camp bird fighting text adventure

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(79 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Love & Friendship

A Regency Rom-Com

Salty Stories

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(160 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Social Democracy: An Alternate History

You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(102 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Hybrid

These people aren't like you.

HeartForge

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(213 total ratings)

Role Playing

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The Ouroborous Incident

Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.

DOMINO CLUB

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(62 total ratings)

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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)

One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.

etherane

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(76 total ratings)

Adventure

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Obey Me! The Rewrite

aceofcolours

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(105 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Bird Of Passage

A free night ride across Tokyo, searching for our home with the help of some stranger.

SpaceBackyard

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(280 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Something A Little Super

Raise a super powered kid.

Barbara Truelove

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(56 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Inner Demons

A supernatural horror story set in modern-day Seattle. Will you save the world or succumb to the darkness?

a.w. morgan

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(169 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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There's A Bear Outside

Isn't it nice that there is a perfectly normal bear at the window?

The Very Worst Thing

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(99 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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As the Ocean Lures

You are a Merfolk and was told all humans are bad. But are they?

aurelim

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(116 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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BOAT PROM

A boat-themed gay teen love story

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(144 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Insert Rich Family Name

Play as a billionaire, spend your money on frivolous things, make poor life decisions, or start planning for the future.

C.C.Hill

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(117 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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A Trans Man's Grindr DMs

A curation of favorites.

cain

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(104 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Overtaken

“Sometimes, I become the ghost.”

Dao

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(88 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Known Unknowns

A bisexual high school ghost hunting romance

Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(83 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Crash Course in You

Star in a Korean drama and fall in love~

fakeyellow

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(102 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Esper: Fugitive

A dystopian urban fantasy interactive fiction game

petrichor

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(178 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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

(226 total ratings)

Strategy

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Beau Ideals Chapter 1

Fantasy visual novel in development

Mouse & Ram

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(73 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Tears of Tianchao

Trust none. Follow None

ERAgames

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(80 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Latebus

You can't remember your name.

kapitha

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Adventure

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When Rivers Were Trails

A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.

indianlandtenure

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(49 total ratings)

Educational

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