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We’re proud to announce that These Thieving Hearts, 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 30% off until July 25th! Pull off legendary heists to steal the world’s most magical treasures, and stay one step ahead of your rivals. What’s hotter: the goods or the guys? These Thieving Hearts is an interactive high-heat gay romance adventure novel by Raven de Hart. It’s entirely text-based, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without

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Pull off legendary heists to steal the world’s most magical treasures, and stay one step ahead of your rivals. What’s hotter: the goods or the guys? You can now play the free demo of These Thieving Hearts here. To get a peek behind the scenes of this project, you can read an interview with the author, published a few weeks ago, here. And, before you go, make sure to wishlist the game on Steam! This is the second Heart’s Choice title by Raven de Hart; you can play his previous game, Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets, for free with

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We’re proud to announce that Restore, Reflect, Retry, 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. You’ve played this game before. It’s a haunted game about a haunted game. You may not remember, but the game remembers you. I remember you. It’s free to win, and paying to turn off ads is 40% off until July 18th!  Restore, Reflect, Retry is an interactive horror novel by Natalia Theodoridou. It’s entirely text-based, 90,000-words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and

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None of you remember who first found the game: the black rectangular box with the small screen on which instructions appear. Of course it piqued your interest: this is the 1990s, after all; and there isn’t much for teenagers to do in your small town. Your friends were intrigued; you were intrigued. So you started to play. And play. And play.

Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! You awake as an undead lich after performing a powerful ritual and will have to recruit undead minions and manage your underworld domains, exploring to discover the dark secrets within them and travel to other planes of existence to interact with fellow immortals. You will have to carefully balance the pursuit of your research of new spells, the logistical challenges of managing large numbers of undead minions and cultists, and the threats originating from your own world and other planes of existence. Life as a Lich is 33% off, and Tokyo

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Pull off legendary heists to steal the world’s most magical treasures, and stay one step ahead of your rivals. What’s hotter: the goods or the guys? These Thieving Hearts is an interactive high-heat gay romance adventure novel by Raven de Hart, author of Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets. I sat down with Raven to discuss their upcoming game and what they’re reading these days. These Thieving Hearts will be out on July 18th, 2024; you can wishlist it on Steam in advance of release—it really helps. So excited to be sitting down for another author interview with you! Freshman

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The Mage’s Adventures by Samuel Young has been updated with a new ending that wraps up the storyline, making the game complete on its own. In addition to 52,000 words of new content, the update features improved and simplified stats as well as a customizable spellset. This update is free for all customers who have already purchased the game, and for those who haven’t: You can get The Mage’s Adventures and The Magician’s Burden on sale until June 27th!

We’re proud to announce that Unsupervised, 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. You and your friends were teenage sidekicks of the world’s greatest heroes. But now, the heroes are missing. It’s your turn to kick ass and save the world! It’s 40% off until June 20th!  Unsupervised is a 660,000-word interactive superpower novel by Lucas Zaper and Morton Newberry, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of

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You and your friends were teenage sidekicks of the world’s greatest heroes. But now, the heroes are missing. It’s your turn to kick ass and save the world!

“Unsupervised” is a 660,000-word interactive superpower novel by Lucas Zaper and Morton Newberry, 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. Which is not as cool as an actual superpower, but you get the idea.

Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! EXODUS: Climate Activist is 33% off until June 13th! Daniel developed this game using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels like these. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Write your own game and Hosted Games will publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.