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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
Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(747 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(480 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(584 total ratings)
Role Playing
Superstition S3
Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
13Leagues
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(342 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(293 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(440 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(294 total ratings)
Simulation
Fool Me Once
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(157 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(246 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(148 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(691 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
$19.99
A story of love, death and lies.
Nim
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(92 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Candied Carols
A wintry, magical holiday romance
VIOLET
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(144 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Snowbound Blood
A Vast Error Story
DECONRECONSTRUCTION
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(84 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)
One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
etherane
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(73 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
(274 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Rose garden sentiments
You talk to a pretty prince in a rose garden
teletuu
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(73 total ratings)
Visual Novel
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Gender Dysphoria
negative experiences after coming out as transgender
exodrifter
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(120 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Beau Ideals Chapter 1
Fantasy visual novel in development
Mouse & Ram
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(847 total ratings)
GIF
Walkie Talkie
send messages, receive messages, play messages
Daniel Linssen
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(245 total ratings)
Platformer
When Rivers Were Trails
A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
indianlandtenure
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Educational
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(117 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(196 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
POM SIMULATOR 9000
weary, transformation, dog, burger, comfort
d Marie
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Simulation
WAS/WERE
$4
Murdering a person that hurt you is hot, right?
RodFireProductions
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
Porpentine
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(47 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(117 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Delphine's Discovery
Venture into an abandoned orphanage, solve a mystery, and fall in love.
LegendEx Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Visual Novel
GIF
Stink Bug Plague
​Fight against a stink bug invasion with science! And cyborgs! And bravery! Or cowardice - it's your choice, really.
angela he
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(130 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Serum Run
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Avery Hiebert
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(146 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
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