Games like The Inevitability of Icarus

Introduction Woe is you! You've wagged school and spent all day at the carnival and you've run out of money. You were wandering around a quiet area behind all the main rides when you came across a sign over an entrance that said 'Administration'. The sign had been crossed out and replaced with 'Troll's Cave - Admission Free'. What a great gimmick! You couldn't resist the temptation of a free ride,…

Introduction You wake suddenly. When you look out the porthole, you see that it's dark outside. It should be light. You must have overslept. Why didn't anyone wake you? Maybe they felt sorry for you after you got seasick during yesterday's storm. As you rub the sleep from your eyes and glance around the cramped crew's quarters, you realise that you're alone. Where are the guys from the day shift? …

Introduction The stories about the Ark of the Covenant are well known, but its current location is a mystery. According to French author Louis Charpentier, the Ark was taken to the Chartres Cathedral by the Knights Templar, but no one outside the cathedral has ever seen it. There may be a good reason for this. You were raised in a small village about 100 km from Chartres Cathedral. According to lo…

Eden Island - A 2.5D Video Game by Sus Studios Eden Island is a 2.5D top-down visual narrative adventure where the player takes the role of a journalist named Rowan who is tasked with writing an article on Eden Island - supposedly the most sustainable place on earth. Explore Eden Island, perform tasks for villagers, and drive the story's direction through choice-based dialogue. Learn about the imp…

Today's your 17th birthday. You wake up, analyzing the list of people you plan to invite to celebrate, but notice something feels... off. Then you hear your little sister call for you downstairs, and learn you and your entire neighborhood have been transported to ANOTHER world! What happens next, how your story unfolds is dictated by your decisions... including your very first choice! Features: Na…

Decade is an interactive fiction adventure where you send children back ten years to uncover how the world ended and shape multiple futures. Investigate documents, manage aging abilities, and make impactful choices across a deep narrative with over 50k words, 20 FMV endings, and unlockable themes featuring unique soundtracks.

Elsie is an indie action-platformer filled with rogue-like mechanics such as perma-death, procedurally generated levels, and a wide scope of items and weaponry to make each run as unique as possible.

Introduction Mr and Mrs Graham have gone out to a movie and left you to babysit their young daughter, Anna. What could be easier? Anna is in bed, so you settle down on the living room couch and fall asleep. In your sleep, you dream that Mr and Mrs Graham come home and find Anna missing. The police are called, a city-wide search is instigated and you are severely reprimanded...and rightly so. Amid …

Introduction You feel your brain rattling around inside your head. Someone is shaking you. "Wake up! Wake up!" You rub your eyes and squint in the bright morning sunlight. You vaguely make out the silhouette of your next-door neighbour, Peter the pumpkin eater. "Mother Goose has been kidnapped!" That catches your attention. You spring out of bed. Mother Goose is your other next-door neighbour…

Introduction You are currently serving aboard the USS Ibis, the first of the US Navy's top-secret Puny class submarines. The Puny class is an attack submarine that packs maximum firepower into a minimum-sized hull. It relies on speed and stealth to surprise the enemy. The USS Ibis is currently on a training exercise in the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Newfoundland. You were doing some rou…