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We Love in Whispers (WLW)  So you want to make a GM-less, diceless game of romance and politics? Consider using the WLW system! All it takes is a block tower and an ordinary deck of cards. Created for Just Gals Being Comrades, the WLW system is available for creation of any role-play heavy GM-less, diceless game that focuses on romance in the face of upheaval.  Does my game have to be queer or fea…

AS FEATURED ON DICEBREAKER'S 9 BEST TABLETOP RPG SYSTEMS TO HACK INTO A CUSTOM GAME Ever wondered how to make your own TTRPG? Welcome to v1.0 of Caltrop Core, an introductory game design system using the humble and sharp d4! Developed with @aghostofeli and @n_quests on Twitter, it's extremely simple and bare bones so anyone can make a game with it, regardless of your experience level! It can have …

57%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

replayability, grinding

57% User Score Based on 101 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 4 reviews

Rise of the Slime is a Card Combat, Deck Building, Adventure game about a little slime and its journey to glory.

93%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

grinding, replayability

93% User Score Based on 948 reviews

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

59%Game Brain Score

gameplay

story, stability

71% User Score Based on 34 reviews

To repay the debt, both Akane and her mother have to earn a lot of money! Explore the dungeon, challenge strong enemies, and even use her own body! Everything she is trying to do is for saving her family!!

49%Game Brain Score

story, humor

monetization, gameplay

49% User Score Based on 563 reviews

An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!

85%Game Brain Score

story, humor

graphics, music

85% User Score Based on 75 reviews

Video game adaption of the Ambrose Bierce short story of the same name.

82%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

monetization, music

82% User Score Based on 76 reviews

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.

96%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

monetization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 624 reviews

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative-driven text-based RPG set in a ruthless medieval realm that comes to life on the pages of the protagonist's journal. Though every man's life is predetermined by the Lot they received at birth, it is you who decides whether your character will challenge fate and alter his destiny, rewriting the established laws of the universe. The free version o…

61%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

music, grinding

61% User Score Based on 3,444 reviews

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the dept…