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Cats and the Other Lives

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.

★ OPEN ROADS ★ THE EXCAVATION OF HOB'S BARROW ★ NORCO ★ THE CORRUPTION WITHIN ★ SUMATRA: FATE OF YANDI ★ KATHY RAIN 2: SOOTHSAYER ★ PRESS ANY BUTTON ★ THE ALMOST GONE ★ PLAYING KAFKA ★ THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN IDOL ★ MIND DIVER ★ NANCY DREW®: CURSE OF BLACKMOOR MANOR ★ WE ♥ IT 
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

92% 👍 OF 3.2K
About This Game

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Excavate Hob’s Barrow
  • …Question Bewlay’s Villagers
  • …Explore Victorian Moorland
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NORCO

92% 👍 OF 3.3K
About This Game

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …win a staring contest with a cat and make it launch itself like a rocket.
  • …shift into the recent past and play as Kay's mother to uncover secret research and a mystery client tied to your family.
  • …break into an abandoned mall taken over by an influencer cult squatting inside.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

96% 👍 OF 1.4K
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In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Hunt a Serial Killer
  • …Decode Pager Messages
  • …Connect Case Clues
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Press Any Button

90% 👍 OF 3.9K
About This Game

This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …watch an AI turn a lab assignment into a game he's building in front of you.
  • …start with a one-button reflex test, then have it replaced by a falling-block arcade game mid-session.
  • …watch the game end by closing itself to your desktop after its final goodbye.
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The Almost Gone

80% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rotate Miniature Rooms
  • …Find Hidden Clues
  • …Unlock Connected Spaces
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Playing Kafka

95% 👍 OF 346
About This Game

There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.

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The Case of the Golden Idol

98% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …read notes hidden in pockets and peek at someone's last words before the moment locks away.
  • …drag words you've discovered into blanks to spell out exactly what happened, who did it, and why.
  • …reconstruct twelve deaths across fifty years and watch separate cases connect into one conspiracy.