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Robbery Reverie

A thief realizes at the last minute that their mark is a witch

Natasha Luna

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Self-Creation Simulator

Find yourself within the egg.

merrybot

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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re-upload - hypertext on self-enforced loneliness and rot

Quinn K.

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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No Substitutions

A word switch cooking game where the results are up to you.

aeta

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Turn Out the Lights

A short game about coming home again.

bijan

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Adventure

Repeat the Ending

Explore a "critical edition" of a 1996 Inform 5 game about loss, magic, and the second law of thermodynamics.

Drew Cook

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Gatefold

An interactive fiction game made in Folia

Axile

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Adventure

The Process of Elimination

small town parasocial crime drama

disfixdog

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Dark Communion

Two teenage girls. One abandoned church. ??? survivors.

alyshkalia

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Sal's Wonka Tour

A Fetish Wonka CYOA

Sal

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Last Shop Before Boss

~Prepare for the final fight. Don't do crime. Find a new adventure?~

Halfstar

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Wrong Number

An unknown number is calling you. Are you going to answer?

wym_lawson

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Seedead

“For fear you will be alone you do so many things that aren’t you at all.” - Brautigan

Lia Hades

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Infinite Space Battle Simulator

The prototype of a simple text-based combat system.

Autumn Chen

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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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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BEFRIEND! Deluxe - with Sindu, Alex, Sean, Thomas, and Andy!

DATING BUT WITHOUT THE INTIMACY!!!

Robots Led by Sean

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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morning drive to gifu

A brief memory told in binksi.

Nice Gear Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Homeward

A short text-based inventory management adventure

Wuppos

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Adventure

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From Champagne To Murder

an experimental detective game, using a new form of dialog system

Vin Botthin

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Dungeoneer's Backpack

Manage your adventurer's inventory!

whitehatcat

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Cargo Breach

While serving aboard a steam ship during The Great War, something goes wrong and it's up to you to work out what.

Garry Francis

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Don't Take It Personally, I Just Don't Like You

$19.99

The dating sim where not everyone wants to date you.

DeCoster

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

how to hide a body

an exploration of suicide and surveillance

CLOAK

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Thrall

To be enthralled by love is murder on the soul in this paranormal, point-and-click, otome visual novel.

Z. Knight

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

9 months

Decide your fate and create something beautiful.

jorandp

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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You Are The Server

GUI game. Play this if you like to click on buttons and read text.

SpaghettiCupcakeGames

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Simulation

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What's Wrong With You?

An indie horror game. Please note: There is no sound, nor is there visuals. This is intentional.

dovelycallum

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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GIF

Indiepocalypse #44

$15

Issue #44 of a monthly indie game anthology collecting games from 10 developers.

PIZZAPRANKS

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Full Version)

Your daughter wants to hear a bedtime story

Greasy Paint

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Dragon's Oven

An RPG text adventure to play in a terminal.

tronster

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Role Playing

Blind Gun

Blind but you got a gun, survive the apocalipse!

Félix Tremblay

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Action

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But Satisfaction Brought It Back

Curiosity Killed the Cat...

simplyqueerly

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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carmen cygni

the fall of phaethon, from the eyes of a friend

corvusasteris

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Fix Your Mother's Printer

Laugh, Cry, Troubleshoot

Geoffrey Golden

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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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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Night in the Unpleasant House

A classic tale of revenge, local politics, pseudoscience, questionable botany, love, and loss.

Porch Weather Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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