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Through the Kill Screen
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A compact pixel-art adventure RPG about 1980s kids uncovering a conspiracy inside their computer games, mixing exploration with mini-games like Thumb War and Slushies.

Unusual Findings
A roughly 11-hour 1980s pixel-art adventure about three friends investigating alien conspiracies, with choice-driven storytelling and well-designed puzzles.
2022-10-12
- Comedy

Science fiction

Puzzle

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Text

Mystery

Point-and-click

Kids

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Enjoy the Diner

A futuristic pixel-art adventure set in a moonlit diner, offering a relaxing, dialogue-driven story with personal character connections in about six hours.

2023-07-31

Adventure
Indie
Text
Point-and-click
Drama
Music
Visual Novel

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Cool Kid Cody

A playful indie RPG about questing for godhood by turning a school's biggest loser into a cool kid.

2022-04-08

Adventure
Indie

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time cover art

The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time

A single-player deduction puzzle adventure set in a lost 90s JRPG, using a manual, director's commentary, and documentary clips to uncover its secret, with a rewarding meta-narrative that takes roughly six and a half hours.

2026-05-28

Action
First person
Puzzle
Fantasy
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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Knuckle Sandwich

A compact single-player turn-based RPG about working jobs, fighting monsters, and solving a mystery in Bright City, with a wacky tone and about 10 hours of play.

2023-11-22

Comedy
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Sport

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Kingdom of Night

An 80s-themed isometric action-RPG about demon hunting in Miami, AZ, with open-ended quests, split-screen co-op, and a cosmic-horror coming-of-age story.

2025-12-02

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Role-playing (RPG)

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Kraken Academy!!

A single-player adventure RPG mixing time loops, dating sim elements, and dark humor at a surreal school where a magical kraken helps prevent the apocalypse.

2021-09-10

Comedy
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Romance

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Bloomtown: A Different Story

A narrative JRPG in a 1960s Americana town blending turn-based combat, monster taming, and social RPG gameplay to battle hidden demons.

2024-09-24

Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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Three Minutes To Eight

A surreal single-player pixel art adventure that uses a time-loop death mechanic to unravel multiple endings in an atmospheric, story-rich world.

2023-10-23

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Echo Generation: Midnight Edition

A six-hour turn-based voxel RPG about 90s kids facing supernatural mysteries in their hometown.

2024-06-19

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Third person
Role-playing (RPG)

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Azazel's Christmas Fable

A wacky 8-bit point-and-click Christmas adventure in Santa's village, where you play a mischievous imp solving puzzles and uncovering mysteries, with a lighthearted tone and an approximate 13-hour runtime (based on limited reviewer data).

2022-11-29

Adventure
Indie

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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

A single-player, surreal postmodern indie RPG with turn-based battles, a cryptic obsession-driven story, and a long runtime of roughly 46 hours.

2019-01-17

Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery