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You guide a stranded astronaut on an alien planet purely through text messages. Your choices branch the story in real-time-feeling conversations and lead to different outcomes.
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A sci-fi visual novel in which you investigate the logs of an abandoned generation ship and talk with two AIs about its rigid, patriarchal society. Your relationships with them steer you toward one of five endings.
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A dark, emotional visual novel sequel to Steins;Gate in which Okabe struggles with trauma and guilt in a timeline without time travel, torn over whether to change the past again. Your choices lead to different endings in a dense, time-travel-driven story.
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An interactive story adventure in the Expanse universe: as Camina Drummer you make decisions during a mutiny aboard the Artemis that shape the fate of the crew and ship. The focus is on dialogue, tension and moral dilemmas rather than combat.
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As the last human rideshare driver in an automated future, you talk with passengers while juggling money, rating and emotional state, searching for your missing friend. A narrative, emotional cyberpunk adventure driven by conversation.
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You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.
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A classic visual novel about seven people trapped in a damaged underwater theme park. Famed for its intricate mystery plot and one of the genre's best-known twists.
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A visual novel in which a human abducted by a wolf-like alien is drawn into the political intrigue of a people left without an emperor. It focuses on science-fiction drama, romance and mature content.
90 %
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A text-based interactive fiction in which you live through the daily life of someone with depression. Your choices show how the illness limits relationships, work and treatment, building empathy for both sufferers and those who don't understand it.
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An interactive full-motion-video sci-fi thriller where your decisions steer the story set in a sealed research facility. It focuses on branching, cinematic storytelling rather than traditional gameplay.
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A psychological sci-fi horror thriller where you play Ray Roswell, investigating his wife's disappearance, which may involve an alien abduction. Puzzles, mystery and choices drive a story inspired by real UFO research.
