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Every ruling is defensible. Together they choose a member of parliament.
- ~200 min
- 31412 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 51 plays
literary fictionpolitical dramaromanceprocedural tragedythe Division of Carrigan Bight, four days of September, present day
political dramaadult dramaproceduralelectoral fraudsmall townestranged siblingssecond chance romanceinstitutional rotslow burnmoral ambiguityclassliterary fiction
Content notice (10)
- political corruption and clientelism
- workplace prosecution and public disgrace
- estrangement and family rupture
- poverty, unemployment and rationed healthcare
- a death from a delayed medical procedure, recalled
- alcohol use
- intimidation and doxxing of an official
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence where earned
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
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They only get paid if the ocean is dead.
- ~195 min
- 31875 words
- 17 branch points
- 7 endings
- 48 plays
literary science fictionromancesurvival dramapolitical tragedyEuropa, Jovian system, October-November 2117
hard science fictionEuropaadult dramaplanetary protectiondebt bondagescience fraudlove triangleworkplace tragedyinstitutional rotslow burnsurvivalfirst contact
Content notice (10)
- suicide and its aftermath
- debt bondage and financial coercion
- graphic injury during a hull breach
- radiation exposure and chronic illness
- bone loss and medical trauma
- institutional abandonment
- grief and body recovery
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence where earned
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
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The dead took their jobs. Nobody asked the dead.
- ~198 min
- 33941 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 45 plays
industrial fantasypolitical dramaromancetragedyKesselgrad, Republic of Veyra, Smeltmonth 219 After Concord
industrial fantasyadult dramalabour strugglenecromantic industrylove trianglestrikeinstitutional rotgriefbody politicsslow burnworking classtragedy
Content notice (9)
- industrial disaster and graphic injury
- death, corpses and coerced postmortem labour
- body desecration and loss of bodily autonomy
- grief and death of a spouse
- exploitative contracts, poverty and institutional corruption
- addiction to pain medicine shown through consequence
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence may be graphic where earned
- bigotry by class and legal status shown through behaviour; no slurs written out
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Every green field has a drought with a name.
- ~195 min
- 37183 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 47 plays
literary fantasypolitical dramaromancetragedySarranth highlands and Beruz, 318 Basin Reckoning; second-world canal age
second worldclimate fantasyadult dramawater politicslove triangleclass warinstitutional rotfamily betrayalfamineslow burntragedy
Content notice (12)
- engineered drought and famine
- class violence and forced migration
- graphic riot injury
- death from magical overwork
- hearing loss and fever
- dependence and withdrawal involving a fictional fever tincture
- institutional corruption
- imprisonment and coerced informing
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- family betrayal
- food insecurity
- bigotry shown through behavior and consequence; no slurs written out
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Every promise leaves a mark. Hers was hidden for twenty years.
- ~190 min
- 32025 words
- 13 branch points
- 7 endings
- 43 plays
literary fantasylegal dramaromancepolitical tragedyCauldmere, 712 After Anchor; early mercantile-industrial second world
second worldlegal fantasyadult dramalabor strikebody horrordebt bondagelove triangleinstitutional rotslow burnmercantile republictragedy
Content notice (11)
- debt bondage and coerced labor
- graphic injury and amputation
- medical trauma
- euthanasia
- addiction and withdrawal
- institutional violence
- pregnancy and an offscreen newborn as stakes
- food insecurity
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- death and grief
- bigotry shown through behavior and consequence; no slurs written out
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The ground remembers every year they removed.
- ~195 min
- 32861 words
- 12 branch points
- 7 endings
- 52 plays
literary dramaromanceclimate fictionpolitical tragedySvalbard, October 2026–May 2027
svalbardcontemporary dramaresearch fraudclimate fictionbisexual protagonistlove trianglecoal towntreaty lawinstitutional rotslow burntragedyarctic
Content notice (12)
- fatal avalanche and disaster aftermath
- terminal occupational lung disease
- alcohol dependence
- research fraud and institutional coercion
- job loss and company-controlled housing
- Russia's war in Ukraine and sanctions referenced
- grief and corpses
- graphic violence where earned
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- no slurs written out
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence
- no instructional weapon, drug synthesis, or intrusion detail
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In Naples, every ruined house is worth something to the wrong person.
- ~190 min
- 36467 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 43 plays
historicalcrimeromancepolitical dramatragedyNaples, February to July 1982
naples1980shistorical dramacrimepolitical corruptionadult romancelove trianglefamily betrayalearthquake aftermathinstitutional rotslow burntragedy
Content notice (10)
- earthquake trauma and child deaths referenced
- building collapse and graphic injury
- organized crime and intimidation
- heroin addiction, overdose, and withdrawal
- domestic coercion
- institutional corruption
- arson and death
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- religious conflict
- forced displacement and witness exile
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Her sentence belongs to the Crown. Her hours belong to a man.
- ~195 min
- 38388 words
- 10 branch points
- 7 endings
- 42 plays
historicalliterary dramaromancecrimetragedyVan Diemen's Land, August–December 1832
van diemens landhistorical dramaconvict assignmentbisexual protagonistlove trianglepenal labourinstitutional rotbushrangingcolonialismslow burnbetrayalliterary tragedy
Content notice (12)
- convict labour and enslavement-like coercion
- colonial dispossession of palawa people
- pregnancy under custodial coercion
- graphic corporal punishment where earned
- sexual coercion discussed
- imprisonment and solitary confinement
- bushranging and violent death
- institutional corruption
- pregnancy loss discussed
- alcohol dependence
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- no slurs written out
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The famine has an account. Her name is at the bottom.
- ~190 min
- 33127 words
- 11 branch points
- 7 endings
- 43 plays
historicalliterary dramaromancepolitical tragedyMurshidabad and Kasimbazar, Bengal, February–September 1770
bengalhistorical dramafaminecolonialismbisexual protagonistlove triangleeconomic crimeweavinginstitutional rottragedyslow burnmoral choices
Content notice (12)
- famine and starvation
- mass death and corpses
- colonial and caste oppression
- debt bondage and seizure of livelihoods
- cholera-like epidemic illness
- smallpox referenced
- graphic violence where earned
- opium dependence
- fraud, hoarding, and institutional corruption
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- bereavement
- no slurs written out
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The fish belongs to a dead man. The hunger belongs to everyone.
- ~190 min
- 29053 words
- 12 branch points
- 7 endings
- 49 plays
historicalromancedramapolitical thrillertragedyBergen, Norway, summer to Michaelmas 1427
historical dramamedieval NorwayHanseatic Leagueadult romancelove triangleeconomic intriguepiratesslow burnqueer romanceinstitutional rottragedystockfish
Content notice (10)
- famine and food deprivation
- widowhood and grief
- institutional misogyny and xenophobia
- coercive debt and threatened homelessness
- graphic fire injuries and violent death
- workplace assault and brutal apprentice initiation
- alcohol misuse
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- betrayal by a dependent and business partner
- no slurs written out; bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence
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