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please tell me you love me

can you admit your feelings at the end of the world?

ellis dex

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(76 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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The Violette Mage (Demo)

A dark fantasy visual novel with magic elements.

Citrus Koi

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Scarlette Mage (Demo)

A dark fantasy visual novel, set in the same universe as The Violette Mage.

Citrus Koi

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Evanescent Eclipse

A story about two individuals.

nikkefort

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(53 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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domvs

a gothic mystery

litrouke

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(65 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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eurydice exhumed

orpheus descends into the underworld

sweetfish

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(37 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Don't Die Alone

Spam has never been so deadly.

StephenW313

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(85 total ratings)

Visual Novel

a bunch of you in a crowded room

it helps to talk to yourself

caeth

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(36 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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You Bird.

A day in the life of a bird.

Wandering Basil

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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alt_tarot

an unnaturally augmented tarot deck in twine

blake stone / fenced forest

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

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Girls' Day

A brief memory.

Nice Gear Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Obsession

An unsubtle metaphor.

Rascal Devworks

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Build-A-Monster

a scientist juggles monster-building and having a social life

zorkie

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(32 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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'The Attendant'

Flight 155’s landing gear has jammed and it's stuck in limbo, burning fuel ahead of an emergency landing.

andrewmck

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

MIND Psychometry

An employability assessment from a dystopian HR department

Juniper-C

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(48 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Hello Goodbyes

A writing experience with yourself.

Velvet

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

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how do i love you?

remembering how things happened, mostly.

sophiades

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Such, Such Were the Joys

A text-based queer historical dating sim

Anamika

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Our Winding Road

Former heroes try to save their relationship.

Nim

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Fantasy Tea Generator

Generate a name for your fantasy tea.

npckc

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(87 total ratings)

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GIF

The Secret Life of Probes Prologue

Story in the far reaches of space and time.

Elyon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Still Shining

Watch the stars with your best friend.

HusbandoGoddess

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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an easy lay

Romance is complicated. Romance with an ovipositor is complicateder.

SpiderFlorist

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

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Trans Pyre

Finnish midsummer gender magic.

Xurxe Toivo García

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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venial sin

when a burden becomes too much

nadia nova

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Deliverance

You are a messenger. Deliver the most important message yet. Restore balance to the world, else it succumbs to chaos.

Caevacior

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(53 total ratings)

Making dumplings

Two girls make dumplings on Chinese New Year's.

Autumn Chen

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Bluebeard's Not-Wives

of course he has a blue beard and pronouns

alyshkalia

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Sun Goes Out

A micro game about what happens when there is no sun.

Sun Labyrinth

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Mushroom Hunt

An entry for the Adventuron Cavejam

Polyducks

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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(K)night Under The Mountain

Farewell; and, sweet dreams

vermis

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Lid Astray

A blink-detecting text adventure.

Avery Hiebert

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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All I Am Is This

(I don't know what "this" is, actually.)

letifoxcat

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Villain Rehabilitation

A support group for villains having trouble with villaining.

Kryptic Kitty

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(56 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Canvas Colors: In The Moving City

Travel along with Maggie and Vale inside a moving city in Canvas Colors!

UnfinishedCircl

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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