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All of our Steam apps are 25% off or more until February 12!

There’s a new game in our Hosted Games program ready for you to play!

Unite the kingdom to take back your capital city! You’ll need dragons, elves, and perhaps even demons to avenge your parents’ murder in this fantasy epic! In The Lost Heir 2, you’ll continue as the prince or princess of Daria displaced from your palace after the murder of your parents. Face betrayal, seek romance, battle enemies in war, and navigate the intrigues of court. The fate of the kingdom of Daria is in your hands.

“The Lost Heir 2: Forging a Kingdom” is a 250,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Mike Walter—the second of a trilogy—where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

• Play as female or male, gay, straight, or asexual.
• Meet elves, dwarves, gnomes, and more as you explore the furthest reaches of the land.
• Learn amazing new abilities from legendary teachers and search for powerful artifacts to help you on your way.
• March into heated battle and lead your army to victory!
• Fly a dragon, raise an undead army, discover alchemy, summon new demons and more!

Mike developed “The Lost Heir” series 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 we’ll publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.

To celebrate the launch of The Lost Heir 2: Forging a Kingdom, we’re also announcing that Mike’s earlier game in our Hosted Games program, The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria is out now on Steam!

Take back the throne that was rightfully yours! When demon-summoning usurpers assassinate the king and queen, the right of rulership falls to you, their only child. Develop your own unique prince or princess, discovering a world of fantasy, magic, mystery, and adventure.

“The Lost Heir: The Fall of Daria” is an epic 145,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Mike Walter—the first of a trilogy—where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based–without graphics or sound effects–and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Develop your own unique prince or princess, for good or evil! Become a noble knight, a greedy thief, an evil priest, a nature-loving druid, a charming bard, a deadly assassin, a wise monk, a well-traveled ranger, a martial cleric, a kind priest, a brutal thug, a steadfast guard, a powerful wizard or any combination you choose.

Your highness, the kingdom of Daria awaits you!

• Play as male or female, gay or straight.
• Pursue love interests, make friends, or be a loner.
• Uncover the mysteries of demon summoning.
• Uncover and collect legendary magical items and treasure.

There’s a new game in our Hosted Games program ready for you to play!

The Vampire House is human/monster romance at its finest! Overcome species diversity. Meet new and exciting creatures. Learn to cast spells. Train to fight monsters. Study to improve your grades in school!

• Experience a world filled with monsters.
• Study an occult text.
• Romance various monsters and demons.
• Develop your athletic prowess, or become a bookworm.

Jesse 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 we’ll publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.

All of our Steam apps are 25% off or more until January 4!

We’re proud to announce that Sixth Grade Detective, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, iOS, and Android.

Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! As the sixth grade detective, you’ll spy on classmates for cash—will you keep their secrets or take the money?

“Sixth Grade Detective” is a 109,000-word interactive young-adult novel by Logan Hughes, 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.

Match wits with the criminal masterminds of middle school! Solve mysterious disappearances and thefts, trace rumors, track down your best friend’s stolen bike, and most importantly—get a date to the dance.

Forge friendships, chase down thieves, or stick to your guns against bullies? Unmask them in public, or work behind the scenes to help a new friend? Will you protect the reputation of your clients, destroying evidence, or go so far as to hack your friend’s cell phone to uncover his embarrassing secret?

• Investigate six mini-mysteries.
• Search for clues, question suspects, crack codes, dust for fingerprints, interview witnesses, and uncover your classmates’ deepest secrets.
• Reveal the truth, or keep silent for the greater good… or greater profit.
• Shine in the classroom or cut school with the rebels.
• Lie to the adults–if you can get away with it
• Build friendships, create enemies, and find a date for the big dance.
• Play as a girl, boy, or neither. Date classmates of any gender, or avoid romance altogether.
• Find out who your secret admirer is

We hope you enjoy playing Sixth Grade Detective. We encourage you to tell your friends about it, and recommend the game on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. Don’t forget: our initial download rate determines our ranking on the App Store. The more times you download in the first week, the better our games will rank.

We’re proud to announce that MetaHuman Inc., the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, iOS, and Android. It’s 40% off until January 4th.

As the CEO of a multinational corporation that sells superpowers to the highest bidder (“the finest superpowers money can buy”), you’ll cast powerful magic, invent futuristic technologies, and manipulate your stock price to impress shareholders!

“MetaHuman, Inc.” is a thrilling 260,000-word interactive novel by Paul Gresty, author of “The ORPHEUS Ruse.” 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.

MetaHuman’s mission statement is, “Building Better Humans.” Will you prefer to hire mad scientists, warlocks, or a mix of both? Will you eliminate your competitors, acquire them, or seduce them? Will you save the world from the problems your company has created, or will you embezzle enough money and power to flee the country instead?

MetaHuman, Inc. Our dark magic, our superscience, your solutions!

• Play as male or female, gay or straight
• Three possible romances
• Travel through time
• Negotiate with aliens
• Become the most powerful human being in the world

We hope you enjoy playing MetaHuman Inc.. We encourage you to tell your friends about it, and recommend the game on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. Don’t forget: our initial download rate determines our ranking on the App Store. The more times you download in the first week, the better our games will rank.

To celebrate today’s launch of Paul Gresty’s MetaHuman Inc., we’re also making his top-rated game, The ORPHEUS Ruse, available now on Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux. (It’s still available for iOS and Android devices, too.)

Infiltrate the enemy as a psychic spy, leaping from body to body by touch! But when your own body is stolen, you’ll race against time to find it before your mind disintegrates.

The ORPHEUS Ruse is a thrilling interactive spy novel by Paul Gresty, 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.

What secrets have your mentors been keeping from you? Can you trust your friends when you don’t know whose face they’re wearing? What will you sacrifice to hide your powers from the world?

We’re happy to announce that one of our bestselling games, Choice of Kung Fu, is now available on Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Become the greatest fighter the world has ever known, harnessing the power of chi to manipulate the energies of the universe. Defeat rivals, find romance, and rise to become the Imperial Champion. Win the right to question the immortal Dragon Sage, who speaks just once every hundred years!

Choice of Kung Fu is a fast-paced 116,000-word interactive fantasy novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based–without graphics or sound effects–and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

The fate of the Middle Kingdom depends on you! Will you play as male or female? Gay or straight? Will you battle against foreign invaders, or will you rise up against the Emperor? What question will you ask the Dragon Sage, the wisest of all creatures?

We need your support to continue delivering our games on Steam. Our goal is to release our entire catalog of interactive novels on Steam. Based on the extraordinary performance of Choice of Robots and Champion of the Gods, both which made it onto Steam’s front page this year, Valve has allowed us to ship a handful of additional games. We’ll need to continue to deliver outstanding results to prove that interactive fiction can be successful on Steam.

We’re asking all of our fans to follow us on Steam. Even if you don’t use Steam that much, it will be a big help if you sign up to follow us there, because the more followers we get, the better visibility we get on Steam’s curator list. (Our goal is to hit 3,000 followers for our Steam curation page; we’re more than 96% of the way there as I write this!)

When you follow us, you’ll see our games and our recommended games right on your Steam home page. It’s free, and it’s a big help to us, so follow us today!

There’s a new game in our Hosted Games program ready for you to play!

Battle necromancers, ogres, and the demon itself!

Captive of Fortune is an interactive novel by Samuel Harrison Young, where your choices control the story. It’s Volume Two of “Demons Among Men,” the sequel to Trial of the Demon Hunter. The game is text-based with occasional vivid illustrations and a unique sound track – and driven by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Continuing your journey to banish the mysterious and elusive demon, you travel to the city of Lorden, where romance and new dangers await. With new allies but even more enemies presenting themselves, the vendetta against you continues, the trials set before you leading you along a dangerous path to face your greatest challenge yet.

• Over 136,000 words
• Romance!
• Battle bandits, necromancers, ogres and trolls
• Music and illustrations to enhance your experience
• Finally confront the demon

Samuel 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 we’ll publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.