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Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
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$2.99Network
May 13 · NetGames
Both: Horror · Dark · Thriller
This game reveals the problem of the Internet. Now the global network has turned into a dump, in which you never know what file you can stumble upon. The so-called "deadly" files are no exception...
HorrorAtmosphericDarkThrillerStory RichAdventureChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian Realistic
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Horror · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
-50%$8.99Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Oct 23 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Visual NovelChoices MatterPsychological HorrorStory RichHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceHand-drawnLore-RichPoint & Click👍 31,941
$9.99BAD END THEATER
Oct 26 · NomnomNami
Both: Choices Matter · Pixel Graphics · Choose Your Own Adventure
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Multiple EndingsVisual NovelLGBTQ+Story RichChoices MatterPixel GraphicsChoose Your Own AdventureCuteRomanceSimulation👍 8,878
$14.99Tron: Identity
Apr 11 · Bithell Games
Both: Choices Matter · Puzzle · Choose Your Own Adventure
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
AdventureVisual NovelDetectiveChoices MatterMysteryPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureSci-fiStory RichMultiple Endings👍 274
$1.99The Test
Feb 24 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Choose Your Own AdventureSimulationMultiple EndingsStory RichPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorPsychologicalSingleplayerChoices MatterVisual Novel👍 19,596
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle · Choices Matter
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Story RichPixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCuteAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerChoices MatterAdventure👍 59,257
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Horror · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$59.99Until Dawn™
Oct 4 · Ballistic Moon
Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Choices MatterHorrorMultiple EndingsAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerInteractive FictionExplorationStory RichAtmospheric👍 3,566
$24.99I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Aug 25 · Northway Games
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Choices MatterLife SimDating SimDeckbuildingVisual NovelRPGStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureLGBTQ+Interactive Fiction👍 4,446
$9.99Breakout 13
Jan 8 · ALT Lab
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Puzzle
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
FMVInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationImmersive SimChoices MatterLore-RichStory RichPuzzleMultiple Endings👍 6,900
$14.99Growing Up
Oct 13 · Vile Monarch
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Life SimChoices MatterStory RichSimulationEmotionalRPGAdventureMultiple EndingsSingleplayerChoose Your Own Adventure👍 3,468
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
Jul 31 · BearBoneStudio
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
$4.99Clean Slate
Aug 13 · Mariano Jar
Both: Choices Matter · Puzzle · Choose Your Own Adventure
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Multiple EndingsChoices MatterSimulationSci-fiPuzzleVisual NovelDetectiveInvestigationChoose Your Own Adventure2D
$19.99Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Jun 29 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Choices Matter
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
PuzzleVisual NovelStory RichPsychological HorrorMysteryChoices MatterAdventureAnimeSci-fiSingleplayer👍 4,672
FreeEmily is Away
Nov 20 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Free to PlayStory RichChoices MatterSingleplayerIndieInteractive FictionSimulationRetroCasualChoose Your Own Adventure👍 365
$23.99Back to the Dawn
Jul 17 · Metal Head Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
RPGPixel GraphicsStory RichChoices MatterDetectiveMultiple EndingsStrategy RPGAdventureCrimeSingleplayer👍 8,557
$19.99Heavy Rain
Jun 18 · Quantic Dream
Both: Choices Matter · Thriller
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Choices MatterStory RichMultiple EndingsCinematicDetectiveAdventureThrillerQuick-Time EventsEmotionalInvestigation👍 26,537
$2.99The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
May 31 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!
Choose Your Own AdventureRPGChoices MatterVillain ProtagonistVisual NovelMultiple EndingsDark HumorStory RichMysteryInvestigation👍 597
$4.99Emily is Away Too
May 26 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter · Pixel Graphics
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
IndieSimulationChoices MatterDating SimCasualPixel GraphicsStory RichMultiple EndingsSingleplayerText-Based👍 5,339
-20%$11.99WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
Jun 6 · WMY Studio
Both: Puzzle · Choices Matter
“God, please help me…” Become a god and rewrite fate with words. Drag and reorder sentences from pleading letters to twist cause and effect, changing the lives of those who wrote them. When countless joys and sorrows collide, what kind of “Wonderful World” will you create?
RPGStory RichPuzzleAdventureExplorationChoices MatterIndieFemale ProtagonistEmotionalWord Game👍 4,588
$4.99Time Space Rebuild
May 19 · INNOVATION DREAM
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Dating SimFMVInteractive FictionRPGSingleplayerChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistSimulationMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own Adventure👍 377
$4.99Disturbed: Beyond Aramor
May 18 · iBlackpen
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Horror
A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' themed sequel to the free-to-play 'Disturbed'. Your journey begins with Gabriel, a depressed soul who has been banished away on Greyrock Island. Discover an unfolding world as you wander to fulfill the desires of your heart.
Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnAdventureAtmosphericExplorationChoices MatterHorrorPuzzle
-30%$5.59Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Nov 13 · Lizardry
Both: Pixel Graphics · Choose Your Own Adventure
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Interactive FictionFemale ProtagonistVisual NovelAdventureStory RichPixel Graphics2DChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeEmotional👍 3,597
-90%$1.59Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
May 20 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Pixel GraphicsDetectiveNoirInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsCyberpunkCrimeDialogue HeavyChoices MatterSci-fi👍 2,160
$14.99THE LONGING
Mar 5 · Studio Seufz
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
Point & ClickWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own AdventureIdler2DUndergroundMultiple EndingsExplorationAtmosphericChoices Matter👍 6,979
-90%$1.39Beholder
Nov 9 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Choices Matter · Dark
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Choices MatterDystopian Political SimStrategyAtmosphericSingleplayerDarkStory RichSimulationMultiple Endings👍 23,215
$14.99Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
Mar 11 · scriptwelder
Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Pixel GraphicsAdventurePoint & ClickPost-apocalypticIndieSingleplayerChoices MatterStory RichSurvival2D👍 2,186
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Sep 25 · Black Tabby Games
Both: Horror · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
HorrorStory RichChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistInteractive FictionPsychological HorrorDark ComedyPoint & Click
FreeThe Peresmeshnik
Jul 7 · Sean Arnold
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Horror · Dark
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
SingleplayerChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedInteractive FictionStory RichAdventureHorrorPsychological HorrorDarkChoices Matter
$29.99Little Nightmares II
Feb 10 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Dark
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
HorrorAdventureSingleplayerPuzzleDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorStory RichMultiplayerStealth👍 50,303
$19.99OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
Jul 12 · Night School Studio
Both: Thriller · Choose Your Own Adventure
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
ThrillerSupernaturalAdventureMysteryStory RichFemale ProtagonistExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionSide Scroller👍 1,976



