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"Okayish setting: You're an employee in some medical laboratory, something's turning the population into zombies(?), you got to escape and..." - See full review "A bouncer looks down his nose at you. "So sorry to inform you, sir, but we do have a dress code here. If you would be so kind to adhere..." - See full review "An interesting idea and some great endings. Some more disturbing than others, but maybe more disturbing that I tried then it was..." - See full review "A quick little game . Because of my play style of b-lining to the end " - See full review "This entire game is essentially one big story-puzzle: you, a washed-up, alcoholic detective who's lost a lot of his moral compass, must..." - See full reviewHelp other IFDB members find the games they're looking for by voting in their polls. Here are a few recent ones:
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| The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson Housework is only as dull as your imagination. Join Emma, six years old, on a playful adventure of peculiar proportions. Merciful... |
| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our... |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but... |
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