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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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answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(1,449 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(639 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(297 total ratings)
Simulation
Dominion of Darkness
Story-driven simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Adeptus7
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(255 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
The Exile
A dark-fantasy interactive-fiction epic.
Pheo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(175 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Snakeroot.
[ INACTIVE ] A fantasy horror IF WIP.
cerberus
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(187 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
(124 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Play in browser
The Ouroborous Incident
Uncover the dark dealings of the Turing Corporation and their mysterious RAVENOUS project.
DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(62 total ratings)
Play in browser
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
(281 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A Trans Man's Grindr DMs
A curation of favorites.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(112 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Overtaken
“Sometimes, I become the ghost.”
Dao
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(90 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
Soft Underbelly
Take a break. Talk to your cat about friendship, trust & care.
rosa✦dev
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Dear Toki
Write letters to reconnect with a friend
DDRKirby(ISQ)
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Archivist and the Revolution
The world is ending, and you are still paying rent. A future history.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(59 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
Those we love are never truly gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
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
The Gilded
A dark fantasy fiction game
Dry Cappuccino Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(71 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
(105 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Congee
A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.
Starless
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Alchemist
Play as an alchemist! Manage your shop, help (and romance!) people, and even try to brew a potion in a small mini-game!
Dariel Ivalyen
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(87 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pageant
An interactive story about a girl who joins a beauty pageant to improve her college applications.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Welcome Back
A text-based game about the space between endings and beginnings.
Nessa Cannon
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
New Year's Eve, 2019
Social anxiety simulator/dating sim
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(46 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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DOMINO CLUBVerified Account
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Pick & Poke
Narrative roguelike with tokens
Christophe Coyard
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(130 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Drown With Me Demo
Mermaids vs Pirates
Barbara Truelove
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
System Processing
Ov, a digital caretaker, spends their last day of work with Laðə, a curious alien.
albie
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
night confessional
absolution in a phone booth
sweetfish
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Paradox Between Worlds: IFComp Edition
A tumblr simulator.
Autumn Chen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(85 total ratings)
Visual Novel
ONE DAY HIKE
kit
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
(73 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
You Bird.
A day in the life of a bird.
Wandering Basil
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Girls' Day
A brief memory.
Nice Gear Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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