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a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
SPACE FROG!
a story of a frog in space.
npckc
Adventure
Play in browser
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Salt Keep
$4.99
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
Play in browser
answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Who Stole My Bone?
Help Spudz the dog find his precious bone in this short, silly game!
Kryptic Kitty
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Seedship
An AI seedship must find a home for the last survivors of the human race
John Ayliff
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
Petty Puny Planet
Why have a pet rock when you can have a pet planet? Micromanage this cosmic rock to places never thought possible!
Whales And Games
Simulation
Play in browser
RECIPE FOR LOVE
Help a robot list all the ingredients for love
Shelly Alon
Play in browser
GuessMe!
Guess about your favorite food or Pokemons!
Zetoman77
Educational
Play in browser
Oath
The battle is over. The battle is over. The battle is over.
vileidol
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Congee
A short story about food, belonging, and seeking home.
Becci
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Moonlight
K. Knight
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
WASTE EATER
The world is saved. Now its heroes wait to die.
cain
Interactive Fiction
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goodnight
you can't sleep
Rylie Eric
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Library of Babble
Deep within the computer, a library grows
Demi
Interactive Fiction
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
In bundle
A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Siren for Hire
How a superheroine earns a living wage
Maddy Myers
Visual Novel
Play in browser
The Simorgh
A text-based adventure for the Playdate
Yellow Limehouse
Adventure
special girls
special girls special girls special girls
girl software
Play in browser
Gender Lab Escape Simulator 2030
can you escape . the Gender Lab,,,,? if you dare....
Natalie Terezi Rei Watts
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Three Minutes to Midnight
A moody textual stategy game about political tensions.​
Thibaut Mereu
Strategy
Play in browser
reunion
find your ex at the end of the world
caeth
Play in browser
Accidental Character Generator
countless possibilities, one terrible reality
caeth
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Deficit
An Interactive Semi-Fictional Experiential ADHD Story
Gav Sarafian
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
A Sky of Stars: Scarlet Dusk
hannahlovberg
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Type Knight
$3.99
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
chaikadev
Goblins Demise
Goblins seeking Refuge
Lodugh
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
The Painting
A grieving father relives memories of days long gone.
Tymedust Games
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf
Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)
Luke Burns
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters
A text-based lovecraftian life simulation RPG.
Vaccean
Simulation
directions
a retrospective chatbot
cecile richard
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Your Merman Boyfriend
Meet your merman boyfriend.
Ntagonistic
Simulation
Play in browser
Serum Run
A dogsled Oregon Trail-like originally made in 48 hours.
Avery Hiebert
Adventure
Play in browser
Kiss the Ghoul
Date, kiss, exorcise demons!
chamomeow
Simulation
Play in browser
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