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22.01.2018

Anchorhead is a text adventure game in the style of classic Infocom games from the 1980s. Travel to the haunted coastal town of Anchorhead, Massachusetts and uncover the roots of a horrific conspiracy inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Search through musty archives and tomes of esoteric lore; dodge hostile townsfolk; combat a generation-spanning evil that threatens your family and the entire world. To mark the twentieth anniversary of its initial publication, Anchorhead is now available in a special Illustrated Edition with rewritten code, revised prose, additional puzzles, and illustrations by Carlos Cara Àlvarez.

31.03.2012

You play as Alice Armstrong, the new Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland, even though you've never heard of "muggles" before and never knew magic was real until the headmaster proved it to you. But when you arrive at the school, you discover that a botched spell has made everyone disappear and you're now trapped within the castle. Is this something you can fix without magic? A work of interactive fan fiction by Flourish Klink.

19.04.2012

You are a yet another brave adventurer set upon the quest to slay the mighty dragon that is threatening the village! Following the questing traditon, you decide to start your search for the dragon in the local tavern! What makes this quest different? It takes place on the worldz best BBS! hehehe!!! A piece of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre.

21.10.2023

The little match girl goes on a spooky adventure with her friend (a crow).

01.10.2023

In The Little Match Girl 4 by Hans Christian Andersen, a prince has been born, and the titular little match girl must assemble the subtitular Crown of Pearls.

20.07.2023

The little match girl plays a magical flute.

16.11.2023

A short game taking place soon after The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls.

01.01.1970

A Western by IkeC

01.10.2001

A text adventure that is written almost entirely in gibberish. Players must puzzle out the general meaning of the game's text in order to progress.

01.10.2017

In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

31.12.2003

In this wonderfully laconic spoof of the Scott Adams style of adventures, you play as Jason of the Argo, tasked by King Pelias to bring the Golden Fleece to him or die.

01.10.1997

It's been a hectic year, and it's time to get away. He told you that, and you agreed. Now you're here, in a grove of aspen, and long for a good, long bath in the nearby hot spring.

29.09.2013

High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost. A piece of interactive fiction written by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim.

01.03.2006

A.D. 14. Agrippa Postumus, grandson of the recently deceased Augustus, tries to avoid death at the hands of the next emperor, Tiberius. At his disposal: a couple of old manuscripts, a lamp and a recalcitrant slave. And a powerful knowledge of the Art of Venus Genetrix, of course—the magic eventually known as the Lavori d'Aracne. A work of interactive fiction written by Emily Short.

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01.10.2011

The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.

21.04.2021

In a world of arcane mysteries, a young doctor's apprentice unravels a conspiracy most grim. The Weight of a Soul is a mystery-horror interactive novel inspired by IF classics like Blue Lacuna and Anchorhead.

01.10.2016

As the most famous self-published Science Fiction author residing in Hillview, you are eminently qualified to judge their annual Elementary School Science Fair.

01.09.2015

If you’ve never played interactive fiction before, or have poked at a few games but didn’t feel like you really knew what you were doing, start here. A short text adventure guided towards helping newcomers to the genre understand the rules and nature of IF.

01.03.2007

You are nine months pregnant, and the contractions have already begun. Trapped in a castle with more enemies than friends, and Queen in name but not in influence, you fear for the future of your child. But your spells have finally worked, and now your crystal ball shows what fate awaits him. If you act with speed and determination, and if you are willing to do what is necessary, you may still have time to influence your son's destiny before the waters break.

29.09.2003

Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut restaurant? Surely there's nowhere to go but up.

01.10.2008

Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. A piece of interactive fiction written by Jeremy Freese.

01.10.2020

The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. Maybe it’s time to change careers. Maybe it’s time to be a knight.

29.09.2013

Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand. A piece of interactive fiction written by Lynnea Glasser.

31.10.2014

The last two officers of a tropical colonial outpost wait for evacuation.