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a story of a frog in space.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(632 total ratings)
Adventure
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An interactive fiction fantasy game made with Twine. Create your character, break a curse, fall in love & make it home.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(350 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Your journey begins in sand and sound and silence.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(258 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(239 total ratings)
Strategy
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Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(185 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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The world is saved. Its heroes wait to die.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(166 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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conversations between a young god and a heart of stone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(91 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(92 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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find your ex at the end of the world
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
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negative experiences after coming out as transgender
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(119 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Write letters to reconnect with a friend
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Only one Todd has the key that other Todd needs to escape.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(60 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(101 total ratings)
Adventure
A game about being a teen in the early 2010s.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A short slumber party text adventure ♡
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Those we love are never truly gone.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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send messages, receive messages, play messages
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(255 total ratings)
Platformer
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(76 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Live authoritarianism through a minimalist narrative experience.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
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Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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alien civilization extinction simulator
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(91 total ratings)
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2023 Neo-Twiny jam entry
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Narrative roguelike with tokens
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(126 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A chat with a childhood friend.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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beats to relax/text to
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(57 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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(you're not alone)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A short conversation about a relationship
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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For a little someone who will grow up to be a beautiful person.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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a prose poem about the end of a friendship
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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orpheus descends into the underworld
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A dark fantasy visual novel with magic elements.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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