Games like It Was Meant to End Like This

A free demo is playable in the browser above. Set in a high fantasy world with low fantasy stakes, the character-driven story of The Salt Keep follows a struggling merchant named Doyle who stumbles into a life-or-death mystery. During the last legs of a months-long journey as a traveling salesman, Doyle stops in the seemingly deserted village of Cardwyke to meet a friend who has promised to help …

"I'm the Echo when You Call" is a narrative-driven game where you play as a Liminari, a scholar seeking forbidden knowledge to become a god. During a voyage, you encounter a dying soul and must choose to let it die or restore it with your vitae, impacting the outcome. The game is presented in a series of scenes inspired by diaries, with an indirect sequel available for download.

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A lord living his life in pampered luxury suddenly encounters the ghost of his grandfather telling him that in order to truly be a good person, he must do good things, such as donating his gold to the person in the old tavern with the most sincere story.  This game was made for OGA Spring Jam for the theme Philanthropy and has 3 endings. I originally was trying to make a different game, but it wa…

A student finishes their prairie field work but has to spend the night alone at an old house. Follow the story from dark evening to mysterious morning and get all the achievements to think up your best theory about what happened. This game is a classic parser style text adventure. Type one, two, or more word commands (usually two words) and press Enter. Here is a list of some basic commands: Trav…

STORY Investigate a hostage-taker to diffuse an unstable situation in this text adventure police procedural! Created over a weekend in October 2021 for the Ludum Dare 49 game jam (theme: "unstable"). WARNING: This game includes adult language and themes, and is not suitable for children. Should play well on a mobile phone or desktop/laptop. However, the music will not play in Safari browser, so we…

Tales From The Arcade: Starship Murder is an experimental murder mystery roguelite in which the killer changes every time you play. The astro hauler the SS Persephone is falling apart. You - the on-board AI - are being reactivated to perform the necessary repairs. The crew claims that the captain died in a mysterious accident, the same one that conveniently erased your memory banks. Who is tellin…

The Game Isles Away is the result of the Text-Based Game Jam (July, 2022). We had one week to create a narrative-based game, where we could ONLY use a terminal. No audio was allowed and art was only allowed for illustrations. This jam gave birth to my first ever story branch-heavy game. It was quite the thrill as there was little time to come up with a story that would feel interesting to read an…

While you do not know it yet, you are a wild fox, and you are about to be born. The world you are about to meet is one fraught with danger, and will show no mercy, even to a young kit like yourself. From hunger, to deadly predators, and the strange, two-legged beasts that haunt the forest... You will have to often make difficult choices in order to survive. Will you be able to beat the odds…

With a magical die in your hand, can you escape Gambler's Paradise with your soul intact? Gambler's Paradise is a narrative game where you follow Izzy, a human kidnapped into the pocket dimension of a strange and powerful being known as The House. The House watches captured souls attempt to escape his domain for entertainment, while feeding on their dread and misery. While trying to escape, Izzy …