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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
$11.99Erica
May 25 · Flavourworks
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Puzzle
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
FMVChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterPoint & ClickPuzzleStory RichPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,629
$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
$4.99The Testing Chamber
Mar 28 · Randumb Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
SimulationChoices MatterMultiple EndingsVisual NovelRPGHorrorChoose Your Own AdventurePsychological HorrorInvestigationMystery👍 697
$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
$9.99Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
May 4 · hcnone
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Visual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionHand-drawnChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAnime2DCuteAdventure👍 1,829
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
$29.99Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Mar 24 · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Choices Matter
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Visual NovelStory RichPuzzleMysteryChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPsychological HorrorAnimeAdventureEscape Room👍 7,013
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
$9.99Always Sometimes Monsters
May 21 · Vagabond Dog
Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
IndieRPGStory RichPixel GraphicsChoices MatterLGBTQ+CasualSingleplayerWalking SimulatorGreat Soundtrack👍 1,387
$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
$2.99Stay
Jan 18 · Spectral Doe
Both: Puzzle · Choices Matter
"Stay" follows the experience of a motel maid, Cas, as she becomes entangled in a twisted tale of obsession, love, and terror. Unbeknownst to her, a deranged stalker harbors a dangerous infatuation with Cas, leading to a series of threatening letters and a deadly game of survival.
PuzzleFemale ProtagonistThird Person3DLGBTQ+Lore-RichChoices MatterControllerMultiple EndingsStory Rich
$4.99Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper
Sep 25 · Neoclassic Games
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelInteractive FictionDating Sim2DCuteRomanceChoices MatterMultiple EndingsStory Rich👍 185
$8.99反转21克
Feb 1 · 想象颗粒
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
In 2055, "You", the retired soldier king, was assassinated by a comrade who once fought side by side. His peaceful life was suddenly broken. In order to find the truth, he was involved in a series of bizarre murders.
FMVRPGImmersive SimChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelFuturisticChoices MatterStory RichMultiple EndingsSingleplayer👍 1,020
$4.99HEADLINER
Oct 3 · Unbound Creations
Both: Choices Matter
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
IndieAdventureChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPolitical SimDystopian ShortStory Rich2DReplay Value👍 890
$9.99Monster Loves You!
Mar 18 · Radial Games Corp, Dejobaan Games, LLC
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
CasualIndieMultiple EndingsSimulationChoose Your Own AdventureRPGAdventureSingleplayerChoices MatterCute👍 808
$2.99墨心:波云诡船
Nov 11 · 1001 Studio
Both: Puzzle · Choose Your Own Adventure
《墨心》是一款将古代中国幻想元素和悬疑科幻相融合的国产视觉小说。男主(你)从昏迷中醒来丧失了记忆,发现自己和另外两女一男困于巨轮密室中。面对匪夷所思的船体变异,恐怖致命的巨型怪物,你们能否成功逃脱?而这超自然的现象,似乎跟一件千年前的战国墨家宝物有关......
AdventureVisual NovelPuzzleInvestigationPuzzle PlatformerImmersive SimChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedDialogue HeavyStory Rich👍 1,175
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Dark · Puzzle
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
FreeThe Away Team: Lost Exodus
Jul 22 · Underflow Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Dialogue HeavyAdventureChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureArtificial IntelligenceInteractive FictionExplorationAtmosphericStory RichSci-fi
$19.99The Tartarus Key
May 31 · Vertical Reach
Both: Choices Matter · Horror · Puzzle
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
AdventurePsychological HorrorExplorationSingleplayerChoices MatterEscape RoomMultiple EndingsHorrorPuzzleFirst-Person👍 237
$4.99Is Simon There?
May 6 · Stanislaw Truchowski
Both: Horror · Dark · Puzzle
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichRealisticDarkPuzzleWalking SimulatorThrillerCollectathonAtmospheric👍 286
FreeThe Room Syndrome
Nov 1 · Jesse Carradine
Both: Puzzle · Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Free to PlayIndieCasualPuzzlePsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsMultiple EndingsChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistDark
$14.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Apr 20 · James Patton, Clockwork Bird
Both: Choices Matter
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Choices MatterStory RichInvestigationCyberpunkDialogue HeavyMultiple EndingsAdventureEmotionalDetectiveAtmospheric👍 218
$7.99She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
Jul 11 · Rhinotales
Both: Choices Matter
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Choices MatterFMVAdventureMultiple EndingsIndieCinematicViolentStory RichFemale ProtagonistDetective👍 2,738



