Games like The Bottom of the Well
by Red Nettle Studio
Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend. A single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, but experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours.
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Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Horror
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist · Visual Novel
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Both: Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
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Both: Horror · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Horror · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Horror
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Both: Choices Matter · Visual Novel · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel
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Both: Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Female Protagonist
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Visual Novel
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Choices Matter
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
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Free to PlayVisual NovelInteractive FictionFemale ProtagonistMagicFunnyCuteStory RichChoices MatterDark Humor
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Both: Visual Novel · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction
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Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
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Both: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Horror
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