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Over the past few weeks, we’ve posted dozens of art pieces to our @choiceofgames Instagram profile. We’d love to connect with you there! This week, we’re posting preview images of the characters you’ll meet in Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names when we release it on April 25th. We’re building up our Instagram as we transition away from posting on Twitter, in an effort to meet new people who haven’t tried our games before. It would be a huge help if you’d follow us, like our posts, and comment on them, to help Instagram’s algorithm see that

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Daria: A Kingdom Simulator is 40% off until April 11th! Step into a richly detailed world where your dreams of ruling a thriving kingdom become a reality. This captivating resource management game seamlessly blends storytelling with strategic gameplay. Begin your journey with no more than a vision and gradually shape the destiny of a nation.  Daria: A Kingdom Simulator is an epic 125,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Mike Walter, 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

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We’re excited to announce that Volume 1 of the graphic novel Breaks, cowritten by Malin Rydén, author of the popular Hosted Games Fallen Hero: Rebirth and Fallen Hero: Retribution, and Emma Vieceli, is back in print and available to buy! To celebrate, we’re putting Malin’s games on sale until April 4th! Breaks Volume 1 Before Heartstopper, there was Breaks…the enemies-to-lovers queer comic book sensation. Cortland Hunt has made some dangerous mistakes. Now he’s waiting quietly for those mistakes to catch up with him. Ian Tanner coasts through life denying the spark of anger beneath his laid back exterior. When school

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We’re proud to announce that On the Run: Rogue Heroes, 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. On the Run: Rogue Heroes is 33% off until March 28th! Awaken your powers and save your friends! Uncover the secrets that the military has been hiding about Activated people, about your family, and about you. On the Run: Rogue Heroes is an interactive teenage-superpower novel by Alyssa N. Vaughn. It’s entirely text-based, 200,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or

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You’ve got an extensive list of short-story credits, but this is your first novel-length publication. What were your favorite aspects of moving from short-form to long-form, and what were some of the challenges? One thing I really enjoyed was getting to develop the world and characters of the story in more depth. With my short stories, I usually have an idea I want to get across and everything takes a backseat to that since I have more limited space. Since I had more room to stretch out, so to speak, I really felt like I had the ability to get

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We are thrilled to announce that The Bread Must Rise, by Stewart C Baker & James Beamon, is a finalist for the Nebula Game Writing Award, and it’s on sale for 40% off until March 22! The Bread Must Rise is a 450,000-word interactive comedy/fantasy/baking/eldritch horror novel by James Beamon and Stewart C Baker. In this magical baking contest, you’ll team up with the Queen Undying to bake your rivals into an early grave—or out of the grave, with necromancy! To celebrate, we are also putting every previous Nebula Finalist game on sale: Vampire: The Masquerade—Sins of the SiresThe Luminous UndergroundThe Road to

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“Wardens and Furies” unlocks the options to play as a member of the Black Fury tribe or the Hart Warden tribe. Experience “Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” as one of the ruthless slayers of the Black Furies or the howling celebrants of the Hart Wardens. Hunt the wilds of New England with Gifts of divine archery, beast-speech, and the dark blessings of long-dead werewolves.

We’re super excited for the release of “Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” on April 25th! Today, for the first time, you can try the free demo!

Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne—or become the emperor yourself! Tale of Two Cranes is a 750,000-word interactive epic historical fantasy novel by Michelle Balaban and Stephanie Balaban, winner of 2nd prize in the 2018 Choice of Games Contest for Interactive Novels.  It’s entirely text based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The mighty Qin dynasty has fallen. As the land breaks into warring states, everyone must choose

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Divine Ascension is 40% off until March 14th! Teemu 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.