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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves

In bundle

A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.

Elliot Herriman

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(142 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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WAS/WERE

Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?

RodFireProductions

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Serum Run

A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.

Avery Hiebert

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(154 total ratings)

Adventure

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One More Sleep🌙️

beats to relax/text to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(57 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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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

(71 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Build-A-Monster

a scientist juggles monster-building and having a social life

zorkie

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

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an easy lay

Romance is complicated. Romance with an ovipositor is complicateder.

SpiderFlorist

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

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GIF

Lid Astray

A blink-detecting text adventure.

Avery Hiebert

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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new eyes

interview a client as a consultant at a body modification clinic

zorkie

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Forever and Ever

A father will do anything to keep his son safe.

PetricakeGames-IF

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

One More Time❄️

beats to relax/meet up to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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you need to buy a phone charger

online shopping in a late capitalist hellscape

zorkie

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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

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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

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Seek A Way Out

A Capitalist Dystopian Escape Room

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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I Would Like To Go Home

A little robot on the brink of battery failure

Elle Tchi

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Wrapped in a Silhouette

A game about family secrets after the war

hosomeowa

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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flower

[ a poem about nier, death, and robots ]

cryocannon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

Lamplight

A dream. A conversation. A lamp.

st-chem-atelier

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Out Of Memory

how far will you go to succeed?

quackoquack

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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I am Groot

An adventure filled with rage and confusion. Narrated by Groot.

All Worms

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Adventure

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One More Page💢

beats to summon the eldritch gods/despair to

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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High Eight Video Rentals

A dark night, a lonely highway, a mysterious video store...

starkholborn

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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correspondence

a letter to you.

gummyghosting

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Morning Coffee | Утренний кофе

What could brighten up the beginning of a busy day for the head of a small logistics company? Why not start with coffee.

Klockwerk Kat

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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HISTORIAS DE AMOR Y MUERTE

Antología de historias breves sobre amor y muerte.

Cataxis

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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No Phone Call

Message a friend and avoid a phone call in real-time.

bushn

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Rhythm

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Take a chance

Maybe this time it'll be your time

River's End Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Conversations With Deleted NPCs

When the project was cancelled, all that remained were three short conversations with deleted NPCs.

CogsAndSpanners

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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You Are (Not) A Jerk 1.11

Today, you rescue the Princess of Dawn.

Chrysoula Tzavelas

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Llamageddon

In case of trouble, call Agent Andes.

Damon L. Wakes

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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pureblue

Cyborg repossession. Temporal compression. All the fun of waiting for an .exe to finish running.

Ruffian Rabbit

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Puzzle

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gospel says (i lied)

Which one will win out in the end: your white lies or the apocalypse?

Pine

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Turn the lights off if you can hear me.

A mall guard talks to two people over a radio, using only a light switch.

GreenClovers

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Six of Swords

a micro visual novel about passage

Requiem

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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