The Interface Drama Master List
Interface dramas are an emergent genre of games that use software to tell interactive stories. They could use chats, emails, blog posts, or even interfaces that don't exist yet. Our game, Terranova, is an interface drama. This master list is for people wanting to play and discover more games in this unique genre.
Check out the most recent tag below for the most recent additions. Last updated Aug 9th, 2024.
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Games are in alphabetical order. Use the buttons below to filter by theme.
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a phone found in tall grass
This game tells the story of an apocalypse, how we got there and the three aimless 20-something adults stuck in the middle - experienced entirely through Lia's twitter feed.
(itch.io)
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Your sister has been reported missing. Search through her computer to find out what happened.
(itch.io)
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Blooming Panic
Depressed day-in and day-out from a draining corporate job, you become invested in a fantasy webnovel and find a mysterious link to a fan server. Everyone is warm and welcoming, but four members take a special interest in you!
(itch.io)
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Cibele
Cibele is a game about love, sex, and the internet. You play as a 19 year old girl who has become close with a young man she met in an online game. Her relationship with him heats up, becoming more and more intimate with each phone call and private chat.
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Dear Sophie
Dear Sophie is the mid-2000s version of leafing through a stack of dusty love letters between you and your high school sweetheart.
(itch.io)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don't interact with the subjects - anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
(Steam)
Dum-Dum
Travel back to 1985 to discover more about the self-proclaimed “greatest operating system of all time." Navigate the weird quirks of Hogo OS 1985 Edition, solve puzzles, play mini-games, and unravel the story behind why this one-time cutting edge computer system was mysteriously lost to time.
(Steam)
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ELECTRIC FILE MONITOR
Unlike competing virus scanners, ELECTRIC FILE MONITOR is the first ever anti-malware program to give you full system control. Monitor your files like no other competing anti-virus software.
(itch.io)
emily is away (series)
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative. The series contains three games: emily is away, emily is away too, and emily is away <3.
emily is away (itch.io | Steam)
Excalibur
The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on in the memories of its fans.
(itch.io)
Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
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Hate Plus
Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.
HRT Simulator 2023
A very sincere and heartfelt shitpost about a guy doing his first shot of HRT (hormone replacement therapy).
(itch.io)
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INFINITE RED - The Day the Earth Stood Still
A lost game found by a fan community unlocks more mysteries than it answers.
(Website)
In Other Waters
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
It is as if you were making love
We have created It is as if you were making love to provide a usable and efficient experience of pleasuring a partner without the distress and dissatisfactions of a physical body to navigate.
(Play)
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Kingsway
Kingsway is the #1 operating system for daily tasks such as skeleton smashing and loot-organizing. Trouble sorting through all your potions and swords? Don't worry! Kingsway can help you manage, and with an easy to use interface you'll have time leftover for a peaceful stroll through the underworld.
(Steam)
KinitoPET
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!
(Steam)
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Last Call BBS
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Lifeline (series)
Taylor just survived a crash landing in a barren desert on an alien moon. Scared, cold, and alone, your choices are the only thing keeping Taylor alive... but for how long? The series contains four games, Lifeline, Lifeline: Silent Night, Lifeline: Halfway to Infinity, and Lifeline: Beside You in Time.
Lifeline: Silent Night (iOS | Android)
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Midnight Protocol
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
(Steam)
Mythic Meetup
An unsuspecting human in search of a little more spice to their life, you have just followed a mysterious email link to ... a server of real life mythical creatures??
(itch.io)
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normal_fantasies.exe
Join Lynette Johnson as she enjoys the AI Girlfriend Add-On, & discovers new things about her romantic & sexual desires while escaping a harsh reality.
(itch.io)
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Online @ The Perfect Time (Demo)
"With your exams coming up faster than you imagined, you needed to let off some steam and whilst waiting for take-out you stumbled on what seemed to be a new show. Will your heart be steady enough to embrace these new relationships or will the stress of it all cause you to make choices you wished to forget?"
(itch.io)
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Big Brother has arrived - and it's you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
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please tell me you love me
When an MMO's servers are about to shut down forever, you return for its closing event, meeting old friends and an old crush you never confessed to.
(itch.io)
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Secret Little Haven
An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.
SIMULACRA (series)
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone. Piece the truth together by going through the phone messages, videos, and social media. The series contains three games, SIMULACRA, SIMULACRA 2, SIMULACRA 3.
SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams
A spin-off of the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA, Pipe Dreams tells a brand new story, with a new interface, live-action cast and horrors to unravel. Follow the story of Teddy as he tries desperately to break free from the hold of a cursed video game.
Subserial Network
Welcome to synthetic life. We aren't human, but we sure look a lot like them. We even have a life purpose: to emulate them, to desire, to live. If we don't, the Machine will just delete us and start over. She needs us like this, and no one knows why.
(itch.io)
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Tachygram
A game about teens posting. Inspired by Hypnospace Outlaw and created entirely in cohost posts.
(Website)
TIS-100
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Tomodachi 8in1
The Tomodachi 8in1 is an eight-pack of nostalgic, narrative mini games set in the early 00's about friendship.
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Uplink
You play an Uplink Agent who makes a living by performing jobs for major corporations. Your tasks involve hacking into rival computer systems, stealing research data, sabotaging other companies, laundering money, erasing evidence, or framing innocent people.
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VIDEOVERSE
Relive the days of past social gaming networks and dive into this fictional video game era, where the "Kinmoku Shark" gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular...
(Steam)
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What Isn't Saved (will be lost)
When her girlfriend Sara dies, Zoe uses her experimental technology to save her--but there isn't enough room to save all of Sara's memories. You must choose which ones will be saved, and which ones will be lost.
(itch.io)
