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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Manage a team of aspiring heroes while being an aspiring hero yourself and compete to graduate from Sage Academy as a full-fledged crime-fighter! Attend classes, fight supervillains, go on wacky adventures and, of course, befriend or romance one of your fellow students! Oh, but do make sure the world does not end, okay? This sequel to 2020’s Balance of Superpower is 37% off until January 12th! Balance of Superpowers 2: Tricentennial is a 730,000-word interactive superhero romance novel by Rustem Khafizov. It is entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects,

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Hosted Games has a new FREE game for you to play! This epic reimagining of Arthurian legend takes you from humble life as an English squire with an attitude problem to a mythical dreamscape of possibilities, meeting many familiar (and not-so-familiar) faces along the way. It’s 33% off until January 12th! Arthur: A Retelling is a 30,000-word medieval adventure that allows you to play as as Arthur themself (the gender is up to you) as you discover your own path to greatness and decide what you want to be. Embark on a quest of self-discovery with thrilling action and plenty

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All of our games are on sale as part of the 2022 Steam Winter Sale, with discounts up to 40% off. The sale ends January 5th. On or around January 5th, we plan to raise prices on most of our games on all platforms. (It’s been years and years since we’ve done a general price increase, but inflation has finally caught up to us.) That means that if you buy our games on Steam during the Winter Sale, you’ll receive the lowest possible price. We’ll never offer a deal this good again! We’d especially like to invite you to buy

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Do you like monsters? Do you think they are the best part of their respective movies, books, and shows? Then you have to play The Passenger. It’s 30% off until January 5th! The Passenger is a 380,000-word interactive cosmic horror novel by Jime Rolón. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. When your eldritch existence is threatened by another unthinkable creature, you find yourself jumping dimensions to escape your ghastly fate. Safe for now, your moment of respite is

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Hosted Games has a new FREE game for you to play! Year 2031, Earth. After 20 years of war with the Zenos, a ruthless alien species, humanity has barely survived. Born with the greatest magic potential in all of humanity, it’s up to you to turn the tide! It’s 33% off until January 5th! Mage Elite is a thrilling 40,000-word interactive science fantasy novel by Teemu Salminen, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Choose your gender. Play as the strongest mage, leading humanity to

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We’re proud to announce that Choice of the Viking, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 25% off until Dec 22nd! Forge your legacy in Iceland as it never was, a land of gods, giants, elves, trolls, and walking corpses! A game of politics and romance, battle and honor. Choice of the Viking is a 310,000 word interactive historical fantasy novel by Declan Taggart, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled

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Forge your legacy in Iceland as it never was, a land of gods, giants, elves, trolls, and walking corpses! A game of politics and romance, battle and honor. Choice of the Viking is a 310,000 word interactive historical fantasy novel by Declan Taggart. I sat down with Declan to talk about his background and knowledge of Vikings, and his experiences in turning that into a ChoiceScript game. Choice of the Viking releases this Thursday, December 15th. You can play the first three chapters today for free. You’re basically a medievalist and scholar of Norse culture, correct? Yup, it’s true. By

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We’re proud to announce that Professor of Magical Studies, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. It’s 33% off until December 15th! Research magic that probably won’t destroy the world! Plus, if you do have to save the world, that’ll look great when you’re up for tenure. Professor of Magical Studies is a 500,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Stephen Granade. Your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable

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Research magic that probably won’t destroy the world! Plus, if you do have to save the world, that’ll look great when you’re up for tenure. Professor of Magical Studies is a 500,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Stephen Granade. I sat down with Stephen to talk about the genesis of this game, and some of the surprises of writing a long Choice of Games title. Professor of Magical Studies releases this Thursday, Dec 8th. You can play the first few chapters now for free.  You’re a special author for me for a lot of reasons, but one is: unlike most of

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We’re proud to announce that Scandal Notes, the latest in our “Heart’s Choice” line of multiple-choice interactive romance novels, is now available for iOS and Android in the “Heart’s Choice” app. You can also download it on Steam, or enjoy it on our website. It’s 25% off until Dec 8th! Find glamor, glitz, gossip, and love! You and your friends are the talk of the town—but will a malicious journalist turn the tables? Scandal Notes is a 108,000-word interactive romance novel by Evelyn Pryce, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the

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