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Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,398 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Skynet Simulator
You are Skynet
edisgreat
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(245 total ratings)
Platformer
Remnants Of The Past - Act 1
$6.99
A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.
Domakir
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(81 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(117 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Villain's Promise
Who will you be in your second life?
Felix
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(143 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
eurydice exhumed
orpheus descends into the underworld
sweetfish
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Villain Rehabilitation
A support group for villains having trouble with villaining.
Kryptic Kitty
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fantasy Tea Generator
Generate a name for your fantasy tea.
npckc
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(87 total ratings)
Play in browser
In Time
In Time Demo
ShayDae
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Galactic Foodtruck Simulator 2999 (GFS2999)
The galaxy hungers. You own a foodtruck. Feed everyone.
WiL
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
Those Long Dead
A WIP medieval fantasy interactive fiction story, with angelic imagery and themes, and a focus on romance.
Aevum Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Chatventures
$3
In bundle
text-adventure MMORPG
Sokpop Collective
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
A Short Eternity
1000 words. A boat at the end of the world. Will you survive?
Halfstar
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Random Boyfriend Generator
Generate the guy of your dreams! (Quick play)
LinXueLian
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Play in browser
HARBINGER.html
How to reshape a ruined world.
Grim Baccaris
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
OCD: A Bedtime Story
Navigate obsessive compulsive disorder, try to get some sleep
Anamika
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Bottom Chef
Cooking game but your life is a mess
Nardo23
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
And All Is Well
Nonsense happens all the time and all is well.
Rémy 🍬 Devaux
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Play in browser
Be the Indie Wrestler
Experience the thrill of wrestling in front of 12 people in an Elk's Lodge from the comfort of your own home
Chris Hutton
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Anaon
A road trip along the sea.
The Sailing Frogs
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tuuli
An interactive ritual
rubereaglenest
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Weather Report
Trigger Warning! This game examines life in an abusive relationship
Syrrann
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Classic Rogue - Oryx Design Lab Tiles
A new version of classic Rogue, updated using Ultimate Roguelike Tileset
oryxdesignlab
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
have you seen my body?
caeth
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Poofle Mutation Idle
Mutate to thrive as you explore The City and uncover it's dark underbelly!
BlushingKitsuneBasket
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
X.E.H.A. Rogue NVL
$1
Crew stolen and forced to crash land on an alien planet, you must start fresh with nothing but a... talking cat?!
Corvaena
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Role Playing
L'Hiver: Of Time and Death
The sole heiress of a declining noble family must make a choice.
st-chem-atelier
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Another RPG Engine
Engine for creating RPGs in Twine 2 and SugarCube.
Another RPG Enthusiast
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Swords of Freeport
$15
Text-Mode Social RPG
Elissa Black
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Role Playing
Sagebrush
The love, life, and existential crisis of a soon-to-be college dropout
Rosewater Games
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Message
A short horror game of a getting a message from an unknown person.
vengeancev
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dactylographe
Survivre face à une machine à écrire possédée
Christophe Coyard
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Food From a Stranger
A creepy stranger offers a girl candy.
IntStories
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Celestia - Guarded by the Mist
SixFry
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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