# 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:** 15
**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 23, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/288 "2023-10-23T12:58:33Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 23 October, 2023–** _ **The Night Market’s Forgotten Memories** _ > **[The Night Market's Forgotten Memories by The Night Market](https://the-night-market.itch.io/the-night-markets-forgotten-memories)** > > A collection of short stories. Meant to be a companion to the Night Market IF ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/289 "2023-10-23T12:59:14Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 23 October, 2023–** _ **The Aetherhollow Archive** _ > **[The Aetherhollow Archive by Theo](https://theomisu.itch.io/the-aetherhollow-archive)** > > Play in your browser ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/290 "2023-10-23T13:39:22Z")
Steampunk! Finally something interesting. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/291 "2023-10-27T14:13:01Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 27 October, 2023–** _ **A Hundred Years of Sleep** _ > **[A Hundred Years of Sleep by MeroIF](https://meroif.itch.io/a-hundred-years-of-sleep)** > > You awake lost and alone. Everywhere you look, life has gone on without you. ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/292 "2023-10-28T18:01:05Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 28 October, 2023–** _ **Dawn Syndicate** _ > **[Dawn Syndicate by DanielSpark](https://danielspark.itch.io/dawn-syndicate)** > > Interactive Fiction ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/293 "2023-10-28T18:07:27Z")
_You are a secondary character_ 🤦‍♀️ Oh, that made me laugh… ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/294 "2023-10-28T19:01:57Z")
I mean, at least it’s honest up front, instead of pretending you’re playing a character who actually matters to the _actual_ characters in the story and isn’t just a punching bag for them! One day, I’d love to see some of these authors be even more honest on the description: “You play a kickball for my characters, who either don’t care about you or want you dead. My characters rock. You suck!” ---
**Author:** ![Krieg\_Enthusiast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/krieg_enthusiast/32/201687_2.png) [@Krieg\_Enthusiast](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Krieg_Enthusiast)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/295 "2023-10-28T19:19:26Z")
Honestly I would be ok to play as a secondary character if the game was original instead of the average urban fantasy. I dont really like urban fantasies (one of the main reason is probly my love for the vampire hunters, my empathy doesnt work when the said person is a supernatural especially a vampire. New era is being the exception IF, bcs in the New era you can clearly see the negative aspects of being a vampire and not all vampires is:arrogant, attractive, superior human that occasionaly drink bloods), also I dont like mystery elements or puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/296 "2023-10-28T19:21:25Z")
> [@EvilChani](#): > > “You play a kickball for my characters, who either don’t care about you or want you dead. My characters rock. You suck!” I hate it. MC should be what it means - _main character_. When I’m playing IFs games, I want to feel that my MC is important. ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/297 "2023-10-28T21:30:53Z")
> [@anon67111821](#): > > MC should be what it means - _main character_. if I’m playing IFs games, I want to feel that my MC is important. I know, right? I can get enough of being a nobody in real life. I don’t need that shit in my entertainment! As for being the MC, I have no problem with the world not revolving around them, but they should actually be a big part of the story. Often, their obvious purpose is literally to serve as an emotional punching bag for all the NPCs and the plot itself (and, let’s be honest, the author) to tell the stories of the characters the author likes. I say no thank you to that (as often as possible), especially when the MC is forced to be a doormat and can’t stand up for themselves. Then when you complain that your MC is constantly forced to eat a ton of shit, the author is like, “Oh, you can be mad about it! But you’re gonna have to eat a lot more and can’t be mean to my characters, hahaha!” 👿 ---
**Author:** ![anon67111821](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anon67111821](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/anon67111821)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/298 "2023-10-28T22:00:37Z")
> [@EvilChani](#): > > I can get enough of being a nobody in real life. I don’t need that shit in my entertainment! And some are very surprised that I don’t want to play boring doormat. ‘BUT WHY?!!?! BUT THIS GAME OF MINE HAS SUCH WONDERFUL, POWERFUL, ATTRACTIVE ROS THAT YOU LOVE! ISN’T THAT ENOUGH?!’ No. I immediately get suspicious when I notice some author loves their ROs _too much_ (Blogs with thousands of posts, boards, playlists, etc. about ROs 🙄) I’m glad there are also those who have great fun writing MC and find them a fascinating character. Then I’m more sure that I will like the game. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/299 "2023-10-28T22:09:15Z")
> [@anon67111821](#): > > ‘BUT WHY?!!?! BUT THIS GAME OF MINE HAS SUCH WONDERFUL, POWERFUL, ATTRACTIVE ROS THAT YOU LOVE! ISN’T THAT ENOUGH?!’ “And _eventually_ those ROs will stop hating and being shitty to your MC! It’ll be _way_ before the end!” (only it’s not, and you have to wait till the end, and when you point it out, get told a chapter before the end is “way before the end” because it was a long chapter, or some other horseshit to justify the lie) I think we may have become jaded from being lied to constantly. 🤣 > [@anon67111821](#): > > I’m glad there are also those who have great fun writing MC and find them a fascinating character. Then I’m more sure that I will like the game. Yep. I also tend to enjoy the game more when those same authors let you shape the MC a bit more within their world, and don’t decide how your MC feels about everything because _they_ want your MC to feel a certain way. ---
**Author:** ![RockmanX](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/rockmanx/32/186924_2.png) [@RockmanX](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RockmanX)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/300 "2023-10-29T03:15:07Z")
> [@EvilChani](#): > > As for being the MC, I have no problem with the world not revolving around them, but they should actually be a big part of the story. Often, their obvious purpose is literally to serve as an emotional punching bag for all the NPCs and the plot itself (and, let’s be honest, the author) to tell the stories of the characters the author likes. I think we discussed this in another thread before. ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/301 "2023-10-29T07:34:07Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 29 October, 2023–** _ **an unreal city** _ > **[an unreal city by labyrinthines](https://labyrinthines.itch.io/an-unreal-city)** > > what lies below esurio? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/302 "2023-11-01T13:29:48Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 November, 2023–** _ **The Collection** _ > **[The Collection by CherylDella](https://cheryldella.itch.io/the-collection)** > > 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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/303 "2023-11-01T13:30:07Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 November, 2023–** _ **Heartstrings** _ > **[Heartstrings by MC.H](https://mcho2.itch.io/heartstrings)** > > Are You Ready? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/304 "2023-11-01T13:30:45Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 November, 2023–** _ **Bleeding Embers** _ > **[Bleeding Embers by MC.H](https://mcho2.itch.io/bleeding-embers)** > > It Is Time... ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/305 "2023-11-01T13:31:28Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 November, 2023–** _ **The Story of Sin** _ > **[The Story of Sin by Devi](https://devilishmango.itch.io/the-story-of-sin)** > > Interactive Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Eiwynn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/eiwynn/32/221334_2.png) [@Eiwynn](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Eiwynn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/306 "2023-11-01T13:39:05Z")
I wish their links had actual descriptions in them. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400/307 "2023-11-01T14:36:26Z")
**–Latest addition to the list | 1 November, 2023–** _ **Another Rich Family Name** _ > **[Another Rich Family Name by C.C.Hill](https://cchill.itch.io/anotherfamname2)** > > Play in your browser [Previous page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400.md?page=14) [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/twine-other-text-based-interactive-fiction-games-recommendations-from-itch-io/127400.md?page=16)