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The Royal Road ecosystem is genuinely where all the exciting stuff is happening in pulp genre works.
February 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The Royal Road ecosystem is genuinely where all the exciting stuff is happening in pulp genre works.
Everyone who stayed on Something Awful is now trans and leftist.
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Everyone who stayed on Something Awful is now trans and leftist.
also One Battle After Another
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 AM
also One Battle After Another
Blue Sky types love to say they love shorter games but it's easy miss the mark on that. But there's a lot of hunger for various forms of deduction mechanics at the moment and specifically nobody has made the version of Type Help where it's huge and set expectations differently.
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Blue Sky types love to say they love shorter games but it's easy miss the mark on that. But there's a lot of hunger for various forms of deduction mechanics at the moment and specifically nobody has made the version of Type Help where it's huge and set expectations differently.
Having your code stack in place and decades of narrative experience probably helped a lot in being the first "premium" Type-Help style game off the rank.
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Having your code stack in place and decades of narrative experience probably helped a lot in being the first "premium" Type-Help style game off the rank.
It's The Actor. The secret third Donald Westlake adaptation of 2025 (After Play Dirty and No Other Choice)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cf...
The Actor - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters March 14
YouTube video by NEON
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January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
It's The Actor. The secret third Donald Westlake adaptation of 2025 (After Play Dirty and No Other Choice)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4cf...
Austerlitz by W G Sebald
January 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Austerlitz by W G Sebald
I forgot Travels with My Aunt By Graham Greene (but then again too old? The first two were before I read your request more carefully)
January 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I forgot Travels with My Aunt By Graham Greene (but then again too old? The first two were before I read your request more carefully)
Foreign Bodies by Ozick
January 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Foreign Bodies by Ozick
Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
The Good Soldier Švejk
January 11, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The Good Soldier Švejk
I think Bruno is responding to that exact post here.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think Bruno is responding to that exact post here.
I will say some stretch the definition of Detective game, but those were all the ones I thought could fit that were on my wishlist.
January 3, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I will say some stretch the definition of Detective game, but those were all the ones I thought could fit that were on my wishlist.
Long Knives might be translated by year end:
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Long Knives on Steam
An oriental narrative mystery. The story branches upon your choices. The dice lies.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Long Knives might be translated by year end:
store.steampowered.com/app/3486280/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3486280/...
The Big Hollow 1982:
store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/...
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The Big Hollow: 1982 on Steam
A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed. Find details in the evidence, interpret their behaviors, and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit. A dark, atmospheric 2D animated mur...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The Big Hollow 1982:
store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/...
Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest:
store.steampowered.com/app/3837350/...
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Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest on Steam
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest:
store.steampowered.com/app/3837350/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3837350/...
The Dropouts:
store.steampowered.com/app/3303670/...
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The Dropouts on Steam
A spooky choices-matter mystery set in 2004 Switzerland. Many students have disappeared in Noirmont High over the past century. You're Lou, you just transferred here, and weird stuff immediately start...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The Dropouts:
store.steampowered.com/app/3303670/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3303670/...
Laws of Nadragia
store.steampowered.com/app/1993410/...
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Laws of Nadragia on Steam
Become a prosecutor in the totalitarian Nadragia. Convict criminals: use the laws and facts of court cases to get a verdict at any cost... But can you keep your conscience?
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January 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Laws of Nadragia
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store.steampowered.com/app/1993410/...
Desktop Explorer:
store.steampowered.com/app/2527160/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2527160/...
Desktop Explorer on Steam
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And ...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Desktop Explorer:
store.steampowered.com/app/2527160/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2527160/...
Vice Undercover:
store.steampowered.com/app/1953850/...
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VICE Undercover on Steam
VICE Undercover is a point & click narco-thriller set in an alternate 1980s Miami - where every choice matters. You play as undercover agent Vida, and for one hour per day, you're taking control o...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Vice Undercover:
store.steampowered.com/app/1953850/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1953850/...
Dark Auction:
store.steampowered.com/app/2363180/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2363180/...
Dark Auction on Steam
Noah lives with his eccentric father, who searches for artifacts linked to “Dictator X.” At a mysterious auction in an ancient castle, he must solve the secrets hidden in the items and uncover his fat...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Dark Auction:
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store.steampowered.com/app/2363180/...
Pathologic 3:
store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/...
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Pathologic 3 on Steam
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite ...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pathologic 3:
store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/...
Yoram Question Ark:
store.steampowered.com/app/3632370/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3632370/...
Yoram - Question Arc on Steam
A mansion drenched in heavy rain. Heirs gathered, each eyeing the family fortune. And you—who committed a murder in their midst. As a chain of killings begins, YORAM follows Irene Lindbergh, a murdere...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Yoram Question Ark:
store.steampowered.com/app/3632370/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3632370/...