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SPACE FROG!

-30%

a story of a frog in space.

npckc

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(637 total ratings)

Adventure

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

(280 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Gender Dysphoria

negative experiences after coming out as transgender

exodrifter

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(130 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

GIF

Walkie Talkie

send messages, receive messages, play messages

Daniel Linssen

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(257 total ratings)

Platformer

One Thousand Acts of Decency

Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer

domedev

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Visual Novel

When my life begins

Thoughts about labour, retirement and the workplace

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Fallacy Quiz

Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.

Tim Krief

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Educational

COLD SCREAM

Survival Horror Text Adventure

1AM TRAIN

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Survival

Love Exalt 8372

$4.99

-50%

A visual novel about a death game which erupts aboard a train

Veki

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Play in browser

Don't Give Up On Me!

A confession goes wrong in multiple ways and days!

Stefannofornari Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Visual Novel

L0VER

A Sci-Fi "Love" Story

Ahmet Kamil Keleş

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters

A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.

Vaccean

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Simulation

Upheaval

$4.99

-50%

Text-based open world roguelike

Alex Leone

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Helmouth Halls

A narrative-driven teen slasher

Yarn Spinner

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Doki Doki Ragnarok

$12.99

Funny Viking Dating Sim (SFW Ages 12+)

BrutalHack

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!

$3.49

In bundle

Navigate intense job interviews with the help of a god who can stop time!

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Asciipocalypse

3d first person shooter drawn using nothing but ascii characters!

wonrzrzeczny

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Shooter

DIMENSION LOOP

Made for Ludum Dare 47.

Danial Jumagaliyev

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Adventure

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ClassicZoo

ZZT/Super ZZT world player and editor

asie

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Pathway

$0.15

-95%

Mini-books within mini-books.

Studio CloudScape

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Puzzle

Dyle Classic

Explore the ASCII world of Dyle in this hard-as-nails platformer

JaneStateDog

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Platformer

Ovine Replica

What do you desire? However odd or however wonderful, it can always come true.

Amorous Ursidae

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Carrier Trail

$4.99

Deliver a package to the royal family in this Oregon Trail inspired game!

CrackedGhostGames

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Adventure

You're a dad

Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived adventure where everything is totally fine.

linusbohman

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Stand Elsewhere

Oregon Trail-themed interactive fiction based on Stand By Me

postgoodism

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

Talk To Me personality test

TTM is a free mysterious horror game. You play yourself, and You answer questions that the program asks you,.

RedGames102

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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