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how do i love you?

remembering how things happened, mostly.

sophiades

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Drift Mine Satellite

A maintenance text adventure

Everest Pipkin

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

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Gonzague

A historical court intrigue and swashbuckling interactive story.

Oscar Arcane

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Our Winding Road

Former heroes try to save their relationship.

Nim

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Visual Novel

灰舟

献给好奇者。

克勒卡尔

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Visual Novel

A Firsthand Murder Ballad

you have haunted them for years. now they're haunting you.

azrael.

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Death by AI

Death by AI is a Jackbox-style party game where AI decides your fate!

BobboDev

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Survival

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When my life begins

Thoughts about labour, retirement and the workplace

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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LUNIUM

An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?

radiosity

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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venial sin

when a burden becomes too much

nadia nova

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

Lid Astray

A blink-detecting text adventure.

Avery Hiebert

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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angel numbers

the world's worst guardian angel thinks about you.

sophiades

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Solar panels, man

I'm L

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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i want to be a girl and i don't know why that's so hard

an interactive diary entry

mars_is_a_girl

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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WHOM I SHOULD LOVE ABOVE ALL THINGS

A chance confessional reunion.

sophiades

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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hollowsheart

[ INACTIVE ] proof of concept of a text-based horror game.

cerberus

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Little Glass Slipper

some cut their heel, and some cut their toe

vileidol

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Neotrogla

A Twine story of bugs and bodies.

Roxy S.

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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salvage.

The devil has come to pay his respects at your father’s death.

Athar Fikry

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Good Weapon

Will you nuke the world to save it?

ninecoffees

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

A Meeting in the Dark

A pandemic, an uncertain relationship, a single choice.

Autumn Chen

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Idyll

a cosy internet island

Demi

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Jack Rampage and the Disasters

A game where you meet some demons!

Frankie☆

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Visual Novel

kiss her

a short sapphic twine game.

Vix

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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On Mount Ségou

Mystical Horror Sound Novel

Rastagong

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

leaving the nest

Little Magpie's first home away from the nest

Fabi

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

a purrfect catastrophe

The daily chaotic adventures of a little cat

Fabi

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Affairs in Blood

giltedarcanum

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Messenger

Open your heart.

Bonnie

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters

A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.

Vaccean

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Simulation

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.

CosmicVoid

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Adventure

Familiarity

A magical slice of life CYOA about second chances and found family.

Transmorph

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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the ride home

Your second driving lesson.

cassian

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Stares Back

The signs brought you here.

StephenW313

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Context Catacombs

A first person dungeon-delving adventure where text and context are everything.

chompdev

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Adventure

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Flame Forged

An atmospheric incremental game.

TheShaggyDev

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Simulation

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