# Twine & Other Text-based Interactive Fiction games recommendations from Itch.io **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Interactive Fiction\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400 "2022-11-03T18:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![derekmetaltron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@derekmetaltron](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/derekmetaltron)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/245 "2023-09-29T19:31:37Z")
> [@Jacic](#): > > I’ve honestly always been surprised Lamia never get much representation either as MC’s or adversaries. I mean giant snake person, what’s not cool about that? I think any fantasy or science fiction creatures that don’t have the traditional humanoid archetype will often be a trickier sell as an MC or RO, and both Snakes and Spiders do intimidate a lot of people. I like the idea of games that allow for interaction with a greater range of fantasy races than just elf, dwarf, Halfling, orc and goblin. I also agree in the endless array of modern vampire and werewolf romance stuff that some period set paranormal romance would make a change. ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/246 "2023-09-29T19:47:03Z")
> [@derekmetaltron](#): > > I think any fantasy or science fiction creatures that don’t have the traditional humanoid archetype will often be a trickier sell as an MC or RO They can be shapeshifters. For example, some mythical bird. Or…hehe, pegasus? That would be more interesting than werewolves. ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/247 "2023-09-29T22:07:23Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 30 September, 2023–** _ **My Inner Sins** _ > **[My Inner Sins by Florence Typemaniacs](https://florence-typemaniacs.itch.io/my-inner-sins)** > > My Inner Sins Saga ---
**Author:** ![maveric619](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/maveric619/32/10098_2.png) [@maveric619](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/maveric619)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/248 "2023-09-30T00:02:24Z")
What a drag that all the even half interesting ones were last updated one and a half to two years ago ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/249 "2023-10-01T08:20:58Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 October, 2023–** _ **Coffeelock’d** _ > **[Coffeelock'd by sassafraaz](https://sassafraaz.itch.io/coffeelockd)** > > Play in your browser ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/250 "2023-10-02T12:49:00Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 2 October, 2023–** _ **Psychopomp** _ > **[Psychopomp by arjie](https://arjiegames.itch.io/psychopomp)** > > a short interactive fiction about grief ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/251 "2023-10-02T12:49:31Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 2 October, 2023–** _ **We Wretched Creatures** _ > **[We Wretched Creatures by DarkfictionJude](https://darkfictionjude.itch.io/we-wretched-creatures)** > > A strange town at the edge of the world. ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/252 "2023-10-08T10:27:22Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 8 October, 2023–** _ **larvate.** _ > **[larvate. by illusoryzone-if](https://illusoryzone-if.itch.io/larvate)** > > Play in your browser ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/253 "2023-10-09T17:06:06Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 9 October, 2023–** _ **IF - The Shadows Are Watching** _ > **[IF - The Shadows Are Watching by Darkpetal16](https://darkpetal16.itch.io/if-the-shadows-are-watching)** > > COMPLETE. Your sister didn't come home last night. The shadows move on their own. Something isn't right. ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/254 "2023-10-09T17:06:35Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 9 October, 2023–** _ **Behind your eyes** _ > **[Behind your eyes by Maluarty](https://maluarty.itch.io/into-your-eyes)** > > Play in your browser ---
**Author:** ![McGclock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/mcgclock/32/266277_2.png) [@McGclock](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/McGclock)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/255 "2023-10-09T17:07:16Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 9 October, 2023–** _ **WARHEART** _ > **[(PRE-ALPHA) WARHEART by codewar](https://codewar.itch.io/warheart)** > > An Interactive Novel in Early Development Stages. ---
**Author:** ![RenataC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/renatac/32/208154_2.png) [@RenataC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RenataC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/256 "2023-10-12T11:54:00Z")
> **[Ready, Set, Go! by Little Bookstorry](https://little-bookstorry.itch.io/ready-set-go-if)** > > Play in your browser I liked this one a Lot. ---
**Author:** ![EvilChani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/evilchani/32/210661_2.png) [@EvilChani](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/EvilChani)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/257 "2023-10-12T13:45:27Z")
Ooh, I’m adding it to my list to check out. I love racing! And when I was a kid, I wanted to be a racecar driver (Indy, not Nascar… I had a crush on Michael Andretti). ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/258 "2023-10-12T15:28:38Z")
Meeh… why all the new IFs that have demos are uninteresting to me ;-; I’m waiting for a game where MC is some artist; painter, writer, composer etc. ---
**Author:** ![EvilChani](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/evilchani/32/210661_2.png) [@EvilChani](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/EvilChani)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/259 "2023-10-12T16:03:06Z")
If you like pain, misery, and drama, go play the Infamous demo. MC is a singer. Just be aware that there’s no joy or happiness in it at all, lol (but I think there’s a way for the MC to win the competition at the end, so there’s that for happiness–just not sure how easy it is to get that ending, and figure it’s probably hard as hell). ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/260 "2023-10-12T16:08:41Z")
Please don’t even remind me of this WIP 😂 I’m a bit of a… how to say… _hater_ of it. ---
**Author:** ![HarrisPS](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/harrisps/32/240120_2.png) [@HarrisPS](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/HarrisPS)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/262 "2023-10-12T16:31:24Z")
Cannonfire Concerto’s very good, but thoroughly fantasy which may not be what you’re looking for. I loved The Play’s The Thing too, where you’re a playwright. I think games about artists aren’t all that common because creativity often isn’t very interesting from the outside, so they need an extra grabby hook (spying/magic in Cannonfire Concerto, the curse and revolution in The Play’s the Thing, the reality show in Infamous). I would find it very hard to write about creativity because it’s like… real life creativity plus fictional creativity, and both have to be good 😅 ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/263 "2023-10-12T16:40:25Z")
Yes. While reading all that demo, I had impression that the author favored ROs… certain ROs, and MC is a character she doesn’t even like and she presents them as someone pathetic that others make fun of (or they hate them as if MC had done something horrible like murder, lol) and nobody cares about their songs and performances. I don’t know if the author plans to give readers the opportunity to build better reputation later in the story… but the demo so far has discouraged me from following. > [@EvilChani](#): > > But it’s the only game I know of where you get a musician MC. ☹ [Twisted Scene](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twisted-scene-wip-an-80s-liverpool-music-scene-story-chapter-4-updated-06-15-23/134718/116) is quite promising. There is one RO like Seven (they could start a club xd) but all the others seem fine and the story is about building a career at a very early stage, so the environment doesn’t seem as toxic as it was in Infamous. I’ve seen a lot no-demo IFs with artist MC on Tumblr but I guess they’re all dead 🫤 Maybe such stories are more difficult to write than medieval fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/264 "2023-10-12T16:51:08Z")
> [@HannahPS](#): > > Cannonfire Concerto I love classical music and my favourite instrument is the violin so this game is a gem for me even though it’s fantasy ---
**Author:** ![RenataC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/renatac/32/208154_2.png) [@RenataC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RenataC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/265 "2023-10-12T17:36:26Z")
> [@anon67111821](#): > > [Twisted Scene](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twisted-scene-wip-an-80s-liverpool-music-scene-story-chapter-4-updated-06-15-23/134718/116) is quite promising. There is one RO like Seven (they could start a club xd) I second this recommendation! I love this WIP so much. The setting is so interesting - playing as a band member in the 80s is a dream, tbh. And, Paul/Paula and Seven may have some similarities, but I actually like Paul. My MC jumped and tackled a random person in a bar just to protect him LOL * * * I think we don’t have a lot of IF’s about it because it’s hard to describe the creative process in a way that feels like you are playing. I mean, you can write any gibberish in the lyrics part and doesn’t affect the story. If I remember correctly, in Twisted Scene you if “match” how the MC is feeling with the songs they are singing when recording the demo (for example, you MC can sing a nostalgic song pretty well if they are feeling that way) you go better in the recording. I think this is an interesting way of turning creativity into a interactive game. [Previous page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400.md?page=14)