Last of April 2025, and Gamebook News is still kicking around. We haven’t been updating much lately, mainly due to the fact that all of the contributors have tons of other stuff to do. The story of Gamebook News is a long one, with lots of ups and downs (mainly ups!), but now I (Pingo) […]
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An interactive audio RPG for Amazon’s Alexa, in Wanderword’s Cursed Painting you explore ancient ruins in order to uncover the secret of a cursed painting hidden deep inside an abandoned castle. Choose from three different backgrounds – thief, adventurer or noble – and stop the undead curse plaguing the kingdom in this interactive role-playing experience.
The first two Dane Barrett gamebooks are now available in Hardcover Editions for collectors who prefer to own and read hardcover books. Both Children of the Painted Apple and The Mystery of Dracula are exclusive to Lulu Press via the direct links above (you won’t find them in a general search), and will not be
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Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you in Demonheart: Hunters from Rolling Crown – a CRPG with an emphasis on player-driven conversations, character interactions and romancing your companions. The young rogue Bright has a demon heart, which gives her supernatural powers. She is both blessed and cursed, for her heart makes her a target
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Escape into an epic fantasy quest in Blades of Light and Shadow from Pixelberry Studios. Become the Human, Elf or Orc hero you want to be in this choice-based narrative game by earning XP to learn new Skills and open up gameplay possibilities. Undertake optional Side Quests to deepen your relationships with party members, and
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Mi-Clos Studio’s award-winning space exploration game Out There: Ω Edition has received a free major update – now incorporating the content found in ‘The Alliance’ (previously only available on Switch), which includes new spaceships, new aliens, alien escort missions, updated graphics, new achievements and a new ending! You are an astronaut awaking from cryonics not
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The long-unavailable solitaire Tunnels & Trolls adventure written by Stefan E. Jones and published by Flying Buffalo, Dark Temple, is available again! This massive 413-paragraph quest pits the player against the sinister Cult of Krestok. Sub-quests, random encounters and multiple victory conditions give Dark Temple great replay value, and the adventure has now been corrected
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Van Ryder Games has launched a new Kickstarter for the latest releases in their ever-increasing series of Graphic Novel Adventures: Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars, the next co-operative GNA game; plus, a new, never-before-seen GNA solo gamebook, Sherlock Holmes: The Beginning. In Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars, you’ll work together with up to 4 other
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Broken Roads from independent Australian game studio Drop Bear Bytes is an old-school, narrative-driven RPG for PC and console that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting. Blending together traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering near-unlimited character development options, Broken Roads
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In the burst of the Z virus, the world that everyone knew ceased to exist. It’s now up to you to lead a group of survivors through the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse in a fast-paced, challenging game. Survive, interact, loot, explore, build, craft, defend, and attack! Finally out of its long beta phase, GoldenGod
Interactive fiction is one of the few forms of entertainment media that provide the opportunity to explore imaginary worlds of original design, where the storyline is directly shaped by individual decisions and personal preferences, resulting from an eagerness to take risks and investigate possible threats. This narrative ‘in the mind’ nature of gamebooks subsequently gives
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Backbone: Prologue is a game demo of an upcoming noir-inspired detective adventure from Canadian developer EggNut, where you get to play as a highly relatable raccoon in a trench coat. Step into the shoes of Howard Lotor – anthropomorphic raccoon and private eye – and explore the beautifully rendered 2.5D pixel art environments of dystopian
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Dane Barrett’s second gamebook, The Mystery of Dracula, is an interactive retelling of Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula, incorporating puzzles, riddles and more than a little clue seeking. It includes the same keyword system used in Children of the Painted Apple, Barrett’s previous gamebook, in which the reader is rewarded certain clue keywords
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Aeon Trespass: Odyssey from Polish design studio Into the Unknown, is a 1-4 player, cooperative, narrative-driven tactical campaign game about adventures, exploration and fierce battles with giant monsters. Set in an alternate Antiquity, where a reality-shattering cataclysm killed the Olympian gods and unleashed the scourge of the otherworldly Primordials, Aeon Trespass: Odyssey places the players
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