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A dense, very short visual novel in a glitchy world, built around a cynical narrator's philosophical challenge to your choices.

MetaWare High School (Demo)
A short single-player experimental metafictional visual novel about reality and existential choice, with an LGBTQ+ narrative and a roughly three-hour demo.
2020-04-02
- Indie

Visual Novel

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Without a Dawn

A brief, oppressive psychological horror visual novel about paranoia and intrusive thoughts, told through pseudo-ASCII art.

2025-05-19

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Visual Novel

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Tiny Bunny: Prologue

A brief, atmospheric non-linear horror visual novel about a forest voice, with branching choices and a hand-drawn 2D look.

2020-03-19

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Text
Visual Novel

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Contraindication

A cryptic, roughly 20-minute psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements.

2025-05-08

Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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GENIUS VS ANTICHRIST 1

A short single-player adventure with RPG and science elements, framed as an introspective and provocative experience.

2022-10-28

Adventure
Indie

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Critters for Sale

A brief, linear surreal horror point-and-click visual novel featuring dark humor, time travel, and a monochrome pixel art aesthetic.

2021-06-03

Action
First person
Comedy
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

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Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination

A darkly satirical interactive fiction RPG about corporate conspiracies and horrors, with a tight ~4-hour narrative shaped by reader choices.

2025-04-16

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Visual Novel

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I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure

A short, atmospheric text adventure with pixel art and multiple endings, exploring control, isolation, and mental health.

2023-10-05

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Drama

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Trolley Problem, Inc.

A brief, darkly comedic moral-dilemma game where you choose between impossible outcomes and compare your decisions with other players.

2022-04-21

Comedy
Indie
Simulator
Drama

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Knock Harder: Useless

A brief, contemplative action-adventure where death is the only route to wakefulness, leaving players questioning dream versus reality.

2020-01-13

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

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Break the Game

A glitchy, meta-narrative indie adventure following Kevin through a darkly humorous story to his death, playable in about half an hour.

2019-07-15

Adventure
Indie

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DIVINATION

A short dystopian cyberpunk visual novel about a fortune teller reading runes, with a bleak, nihilistic tone and roughly 44 minutes of playtime.

2019-12-12

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Visual Novel