Games like Palimpsest: Labors of November

PALIMPSEST: A PENTIMENT FANZINE is a collaborative project and labor of love dedicated to the historical narrative game Pentiment, featuring 60+ pages of medieval and renaissance-inspired art, writing, costuming, and music. In April 2024, this zine was pay-what-you-want and raised a total of $2,600. All proceeds were donated to Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. Downloads Digital zine: …

The Prisoner was one of the first adventures we did back in 2013 and, to celebrate the decade since its launch, we present this new version, fixed, expanded, with graphics and music in-game. In addition, we have added the documentation in the same file, we have included the Catalan version and we present everything in two formats, D64 disk and CRT cartridge. And as we did then, we continue to insi…

Update: Just added a free demo, including all of the Redígo Core rules! Scroll down to check it out.JUST ADD CREATIVITY Redígo ("re•DEE•go") is a game of narrative hand signs for roleplaying on the go. You can play on a walk, in a car, around a campfire, or even inside a cool fort made of blankets and chairs. It doesn't require dice, paper, or even a tabletop. All you need is a creative mind and s…

I made this zine in December 2024 to communicate a little about myself at a (covid-conscious ) social mixer. Thanks for reading. Additional Backstory I had been going through a very slow process of reckoning with complex trauma starting in 2020 into 2021, which led me to the (re)awareness (I had suspected as early as 2013) that I was "probably some kind of dissociative system" between 2021 an…

LynxZine is a monthly digital magazine created by Hasalynx Games, offered for free to fans of Hasalynx Games and those interested in the studio. Get to know Hasalynx Games better by downloading your free copy of LynxZine today, or browse the collection of all published LynxZine issues! Who will enjoy reading LynxZine?: LynxZine is tailored for enthusiasts of dating sim novels, romance, self-care,…

88%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

gameplay, stability

88% User Score Based on 176 reviews

How did Crystal Dynamics reinvent Tomb Raider? The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is a digital book that takes you inside the studio during the four year development of this franchise reboot. Journalist Geoff Keighley chronicles the team’s journey, illustrating this 11,000 word story with never-before-seen art and videos from parts of the game left on the cutting room floor. Key Features In the …

72%Game Brain Score

story, music

gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 207 reviews

Sometimes Always Monsters is a narrative roleplaying life simulator filled with choices. You play a recently married author who joins a cross-country bus tour to promote your next upcoming novel. Along the way, you hear about vicious rumours claiming you're a total fraud. As you journey through five unique cities, meet fans and critics alike, and make friends with your fellow busmates, it'll…

70%Game Brain Score

music, atmosphere

gameplay, graphics

78% User Score Based on 41 reviews

Dive into the classic gameplay and long-lost multiplayer mode with the Anno 1503 and its expansion Treasures, Monsters & Pirates in this History Edition, updated and optimized to work smoothly on current computers. The Treasures, Monsters & Pirates expansion for Anno 1503 features exciting new single-player scenarios and sandbox games, new buildings and animals as well as gameplay imp…

84%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

atmosphere, grinding

85% User Score Based on 684 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own. Analogue players can pick up where their finished save files left off, and new players can start fresh in Hate Plus…

84%Game Brain Score

humor, graphics

story, replayability

84% User Score Based on 174 reviews

Be You is a weird visual novel game that your character develops different personality types depending on your choices, so they respond uniquely to different situations. With around three different choices to make and three unique lines of dialogue for each of them there's around nine different texts you can see and six endings.