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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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No !@#$s Left to Give
A short abstract visual novel about what you feel about having too many or too little !@#$s left to give
Knickknack PJ
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Assessment
Bee BraunVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
lost in myself: an interactive visual novel
You are the enemy of yourself, or maybe the friend? It's always the fight with you that's hard to win.
Luna Studios
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
GIF
Learning a foreign language is no easy task, for sure
Have a talk with this foreign language simulator
Martian's Parlor Entertainment
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Moment of Reflection
Help a stranger in a moment of reflection
Brii-Nanas
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Out of Touch
It's your first date at the cinema. Will you hold hands?
Games For Crows
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!
Search the school, find secrets, find love
Lacey Green
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
night houses
squatters folklore. build a house in a single night
foresthexes
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Morning Ritual
It's morning. Again. A short interactive story about getting up and depression.
emavel
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Play in browser
差异 // Disconnect
The struggle between cultures on the basis of language
pen_ultimate
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FromSoft Word
Like Microsoft Word, but way too hard.
Woe Industries
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Survival
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The Boy
A mini-romance.
deecity
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
The Nowhere
The Nowhere - Twine Game
Pedro Marques
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
An Exact Map of the Empire
What the Emperor demands is impossible. Or is it?
Avery Hiebert
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
closed circuit television
gotta fix that cctv situation.
sukinapan
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Remember To Forget
What if the things that go bump in the night are just pieces of our past?
josieking
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Town Crier
Choose the events that happen to your city - good and bad!
Florian van Strien
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Cozy Simulation 2999
Cozy horror game.
Kanderwund
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
The Hacker's Cave
A short twine adventure
Gabriel Cornish
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Where the Sun Always Shines
A self-obsessed writer searches for inspiration.
ebi-hime
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time, there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her...
cleaperie
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
In My Friend Carrie's Car
An autobiographical text-based game about memory and a car ride.
bignastytruck (violet)
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Loss for Words
An experiential typing game where you aren't sure what you're typing.
undefinist
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Play in browser
boy kisser
boys kissing
girl software
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Play in browser
Locked Room on Rails
A trip back home turns into an impromptu murder mystery.
solarProtag
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Purpose
A Playable Essay on Design and Community
WiL
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Great Path
Sulkie learns the price of bread.
Sam☆Lewis
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Why I Haven't Had a Haircut in Eight Years
Based on a true haircut.
Ashley M.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Nobody Cares About Charley
One of the many benefits of your position is full access to the Employee Breakroom!
PetricakeGames-IF
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Getting to Know You
Get attached to a stranger in five minutes or less.
hadbeen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
to the ends of each of my fingers
a reflection on past selves, potential futures, bodies, and touch
bignastytruck (violet)
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Play in browser
I don't want to talk about it.
What, so like, we're just going to sit here for an hour?
Nick Gelling
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Clean Getaway
A five minute push-your-luck game.
Requiem
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Felt Futures
Textile fortune-teller #transoracular
rionduffymurphy
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Play in browser
I am here.
feelin not so good
garden robot
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Play in browser
vanitas
swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon
Lapin Lunaire Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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