interactive fiction Archives

AppWizard

August 22, 2025

Steam Drops 9 Free Games You Can Keep Forever, Zero Subscriptions Needed

Steam has released nine new free games for users to download. The games include: 1. FlipSum: A puzzle game inspired by Sudoku. 2. Cheese Run: A game where players roll down a hill in pursuit of a runaway wheel of cheese. 3. Kimchi: A puzzle platformer featuring a cat. 4. Clean Break: A narrative experience set in a quiet house. 5. Haus Of Irndrous: A first-person horror game in a creepy mansion. 6. MetaDOS: A battle royale where time is used as currency. 7. Fourmiworld: An open-world ant farm metroidvania. 8. Psycutlery: A 2D platformer with a mind-controlled spork. 9. Wish Upon a Cat: An interactive fiction game about searching for a runaway cat. Users can access these games by visiting their store pages on Steam and clicking the “Play Game” button, ensuring their PC meets the necessary specifications.

BetaBeacon

December 21, 2024

Top 10 best gamebooks on iPhone, iPad, and Android

- Pineapple: A Bittersweet Revenge is an interactive game based on a viral story about a teenager dealing with a bully.

BetaBeacon

July 9, 2024

Best new mobile games on iOS and Android – July 2024 round-up

A Fragile Mind is a first person escape room style puzzle game produced by Glitch Games. It features logic puzzles, a hint system, and the ability to annotate screenshots. Score: 8/10.

BetaBeacon

June 11, 2024

Legends Reborn: Roberta Williams Reimagines the First Adventure Game in Colossal Cave 3D. Out now for Android!

Colossal Cave Adventure, developed by Will Crowther and expanded by Don Woods, is the first well-known interactive fiction and adventure game. It is based on Crowther's experiences in Mammoth Cave and was spread around the ARPANET. In 2019, it was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The game has been redesigned for Android by Roberta Williams and will be released by Cygnus Entertainment on June 7, 2024, for newer, upscale Android devices.