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Backwater Eulogy

Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.

★ WEDNESDAYS ★ THIS WINTER OF OURS ★ WINTER NOVEL ★ STELLA OF THE END ★ METAWARE HIGH SCHOOL (DEMO) ★ OPUS: ROCKET OF WHISPERS ★ SEPIA TEARS ★ TALES FROM TOYOTOKI: ARRIVAL OF THE WITCH (THE WITCH OF THE IHANASHI) ★ LOST WORDS: BEYOND THE PAGE ★ UNTIL THEN ★ A NEW LIFE. ★ MEMORIES ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Winter Novel

84% 👍 OF 608
About This Game

Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Tackle an Urgent Project
  • …Read ASCII-Art Scenes
  • …Follow Workplace Friction
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Stella of The End

97% 👍 OF 3.2K
About This Game

Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Escort Philia Through Ruins
  • …Teach Philia to Survive
  • …Face Machines and Raiders
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MetaWare High School (Demo)

96% 👍 OF 701
About This Game

How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Meet Game-Aware Students
  • …Set Name and Pronouns
  • …Shape Relationships Through Choices
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OPUS: Rocket of Whispers

92% 👍 OF 1.7K
About This Game

Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Scavenge Snowy Ruins
  • …Build a Burial Rocket
  • …Craft Gear for Treks
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Sepia Tears

88% 👍 OF 1.0K
About This Game

A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Uncover Mark’s Past
  • …Navigate Awkward Romance
  • …Make Story Choices
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Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi)

96% 👍 OF 947
About This Game

The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative. Set in Okinawa, Japan, it is also a story that unravels the mysteries hidden within its history and fantasy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Live With a Witch
  • …Help Island Friends
  • …Explore Okinawan Folklore
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Lost Words: Beyond the Page

95% 👍 OF 832
About This Game

A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Turn Words into Platforms
  • …Reshape Paths with Words
  • …Explore Izzy's Fantasy
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Until Then

97% 👍 OF 19K
About This Game

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …play through the story across multiple full cycles where each run changes what happens.
  • …hit the credits, then keep playing because the game isn't actually over yet.
  • …make social media actions on your phone that get referenced later.