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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: 1st Annual Thinky Awards 2023 created August 3, 2026
Games
Add a game listingStrings Attached, by Crepusucl Twine |
Mystery of Cave Maze, by Rex Bader Inform 7 |
Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel in Eighty-Nine Ciphertexts, by O. B. Nakwa Custom |
Grainsalt, by Jean-max Thuille |
The Path: An Interactive Self-Understanding Journey, by Doğa Arslanyılmaz Custom |
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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
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| 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth 1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around... |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a... |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but... |
| Type Help, by William Rous A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old... |
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