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Weaving intrigue and suspense, these experiences challenge players to uncover hidden truths, solve puzzles, and piece together clues in enigmatic narratives or atmospheric settings.

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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(480 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(611 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Gray Ascendancy
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
grayascendancy
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(253 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Night Market Book 2 (WIP)
The sequel to the Night Market
The Night Market
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(88 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Ascendance
A love story that surpasses death
Ascendance IF
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(168 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(90 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(127 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Known Unknowns
Bisexual teen ghost hunting romance
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(83 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One Thousand Acts of Decency
Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
domedev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Visual Novel
What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(107 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(145 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Fall of House Black
Rise from the grave and start anew.
ethersic
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Divide
I will not be just a sacrifice.
TrulyDrew
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Grown-Up Detective Agency
Solve a case with your time-travelling kid self
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
domvs
a gothic mystery
litrouke
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(62 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Vestiges of the Hallowing
Buttercup Fiction
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Briarheart
saving the world cost the briarheart their life - it was supposed to also claim your own. but you failed. why?
wilderlingdev
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(65 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pitch Black Serenade
- A non conventional romance game. -
97Circle
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Bar on the Abyss
This tale starts with your death. Manage a spectral bar in the Abyss and find love beyond the mortal coil.
Esh Cohen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
ineffable escape
when in a place of infinite Darkness, do not drift apart
smolalienbee
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Reaper Watches Me
itzaryn
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Stumbling upon meaning in an old town abandoned to its fate
An exploration of meanings
mut
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Miss Spring Pomegranate 2019
A short text adventure about a story that's way more trouble than it's worth
olivebranche
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Suffer The Night(Demo)
The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.
TaintedPact Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Survival
CRYPTID HUNTER
Get lost in the pine barrens! Take pictures of trees! Hunt for the Jersey Devil!
ceejus
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Warp Cinema
You wake at the cinema. The movie is over. Your friend is missing. Déjà vu grips you tight. It's all happened before.
Cosmic Void
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Adventure
Who Stole My Sausages?
Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.
estif
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
404 Missing Page Detective Agency
Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!
Snozbot
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
La Faille
Un visual novel fantastique sur un groupe de lycéens dont la vie est sur le point de basculer...
Chester
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Waybinder
A city bound by ritual to prosper — or so it was hoped...
Gemma Thomson
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Daily Murder
Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.
phaddius
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Kuolema
An abandoned ship is found adrift. Look for clues and uncover the secrets of The Kuolema...
radiosity
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Cannery Vale
forget who you are
Hanon Ondricek
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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