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Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Now you can disable touch slide controls in Settings. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Fixed a bug on large phones. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Minor bug fixes. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Fixed a bug on iPad where the "Stats" button wouldn't show up in portrait mode until you rotate to landscape first, and a bug where the iPad would force rotation to portrait when used in landscape mode. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Bug fixes. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Fixed an issue where the app would crash on iOS 12. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Fixes an issue where some users would lose game progress when returning to the app. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Maintenance release. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Maintenance release. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Minor bug fixes. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review! It really helps.

Upgraded to support iOS 14.5. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

We've fixed a bug preventing you from resizing text on iPad. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

This release improves compatibility with iOS 14. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

This app version fixes the issue with purchasing "Hero or Villain: Battle Royale." If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Fixed a bug when sorting games on the Search tab. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Maintenance release.

Fixed a "couldn't load scenes" error on some devices. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave a written review! It really helps.

New game! "The Soul Stone War"

You are a person on the run from your past, and no matter how far or fast you go, you cannot outrun your destiny. In this epic journey, it’s not just your life that hangs in the balance. Ancient artifacts of untold power are waking up from their millennia-old sleep, and whoever controls them will help mold the shape of your world.


The Soul Stone War is a thrilling 487,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Morgan Vane, 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.

Embark on a journey of self-discovery, sacrifice, and heroism, meet the people that are bound to you through the threads of fate, fall in love or fall into despair. Will you rise up to the challenge that is to be a Soul Stone Wielder? Or will you allow the world to be shrouded in darkness? The choice is yours.

• Play as female, male, or non-binary; straight, gay, or bisexual.
• Be chosen by an all-powerful artifact—a Soul Stone assuming the form of eight different weapons and six different gemstones.
• Choose one of three different backgrounds, each one of them unique and providing different content for your roleplaying needs.
• Meet a cast of distinct characters—a prickly warrior, a mischievous she-elf, a half-dragon woman, a gentle noble with a dark past, and the mysterious antagonist. Forge friendships, or fall in love with each of them individually or in three different polyamorous relationships.
• Do battle with fierce enemies, grow in strength using your combat or magical prowess, your wits or persuasion. Become the Stone Wielder you’re meant to be against impossible odds.
• Immerse yourself in a world of magic, sacrifice, and love where your choices will determine the very fate of the world.

Your Soul Stone is waiting for you.

We've fixed a bug where the game would show up in a window on iPad Pro devices. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

We've fixed a bug where the game would show up in a window on iPad Pro devices. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

"The Parenting Simulator": A unique story that lets you experience all the highs and lows of raising a child. Watch your little one grow and change from the choices you make!

"Death at the Rectory": Strangers gather in a small town for a writing retreat. When one of them is murdered, all the rest become suspects. A magical murder mystery.

Fixed a bug that could cause a network error. If you enjoy "Hosted Games," please leave us a written review. It really helps!

Improved game details screen on iPad.

New Game! Sordwin: The Evertree Inn! Set sail for adventure and mystery on the island of Sordwin. Explore the town in secret or in style, meet and mingle with the island's residents, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before darkness falls! "Sordwin: The Evertree Saga" is an immersive 440,000 word interactive experience by Thom Baylay, and the second book in the Evertree Saga. It’s entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast unstoppable power of your imagination. A simple request from a wealthy lord is about to get a lot more complicated when you find yourself sailing for an island under quarantine. Will you try to help the terrified townsfolk, or is completing the mission your highest priority? Enter an open world, where the choices you ignore matter as much as the ones you explore and where every interaction has a reaction. • Play as male, female or non-binary; gay, straight, bisexual or asexual. • Continue the story started in Evertree Inn or play as a brand new adventurer. • Make enemies and friends; continue a growing love story or find new romance with all new characters. • Boldly confront the townsfolk or lurk in the shadows as you uncover clues. • Battle with any weapon you can imagine or unleash an impressive arsenal of spells. • Overcome obstacles with multiple different skills. • Customise your character’s appearance and personality. • Drink with pirates in the tavern, test your faith at the temple, explore the abandoned observatory and much more. Find out if you have what it takes to survive on Sordwin!

Our app has a beautiful new design!

This release includes a new Settings tab, where you can change the size and color of in-game text. It includes a new Game Details screen, where you can see all details about a game before playing it.

New Featured Tab!

Continuing our improvements to the app, we now have a new Featured tab which includes a number of top categories for you to browse, including best selling, new releases, and top rated, plus a new feature, recommended games based on the last game you were playing!

New Games! Missing Wings!

Help restore the missing wings of an archangel in an open-world adventure full of puzzles, games, monsters, loot, gear, resources, and strategy.

"Missing Wings" is a 140,000 word interactive novel by Carlos H. Romero Jr., 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.

• Play as male, female, non-binary, or angel.
• Challenge a skeleton to a game of chess, but beware the wrath of Mistress Death!
• Find your way through a nigh-unpathable maze.
• Earn the right to master each of the ten elements of power.

Now you can rate our games and see how other people rated them. To view ratings, tap the "Detail" button on the Games list. You can also sort our games by average rating using "Order by: Rating."

To leave a rating, play a game through to the end. You'll be prompted to rate the game on a scale from 1 to 10, and then sign in to have your vote counted. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave a written review on the App Store. It really helps!

New Game! Love at Elevation!

Romance is as easy as one, two...three lovers! Find love and ascend to new heights in your new home of Boulder, Colorado.

Love at Elevation is a 325,000-word interactive romance novel by Steve Wingate. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

You've just escaped a toxic relationship and moved to Boulder: hippie mecca (and home of the University of Colorado) a mere forty minutes north of Denver, at the edge of the majestic Rocky Mountains' Front Range. And while you want to take in everything your new town has to offer: the outdoors, hip cafes, politics, and New Age healing: looking for love is foremost in your mind.

Will you fall for the local activist? The trail-running athlete? Or the hippie healer? Or why not all three? Your ex, meanwhile, keeps wedging their way back into your life, even from a thousand miles away. Can you juggle all these lovers, or will you have to break a few hearts?

• Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, bi, skoliosexual, or pansexual.
• Find one lover, two, three, or get back with your ex.
• Navigate workplace drama and the difficulties of being the new person in a strange place.
• Discover yourself as you negotiate the ins and outs of Boulder's social scene.
• Choose exclusivity or open relationships with your new partners.

Some find love in cold climate, but you'll find Love at Elevation.

New Game! Nuclear Powered Toaster!

It's always a bit stressful on graduation day. The uncertainty of the future, the excitement of endless possibilities, and of course getting blown out of the sky by a weapon that should no longer exist. Welcome to Earth in the 24th century.

"Nuclear Powered Toaster" is a 160,000 word interactive sci-fi novel by Matt Simpson, 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.

Humanity is a pale shadow of its former glory after two nuclear wars and living under the constant threat of orbital attack. You…won't really be able to change any of that, but if you play your cards right, you might just live to see another sunrise, and possibly even unravel a sinister plan!

• Play as smuggler Alexi Beaumont, or superpowered government agent Fiorella Branford for two distinct experiences.
• Meet new and interesting people on Duck Mountain, and try not to be incinerated by them!
• Team up with a henchman, an actor, or the solar system's oddest janitor.
• Uncover a global conspiracy and bring down a mysterious terrorist...if you can.
• Resolve situations with wits, force, or just harness the erratic power of pure insanity.
• Endeavor to keep on good terms with your comrades, or risk turning an ally into an enemy!

Comedy, action, and a pinch of absurdity await those who board the Nuclear Powered Toaster!

This releases a crashing bug on some devices. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave a written review! It really helps.

Now we sort our games by "Bestselling" by default, bringing our most popular and successful games right to the top. (New releases in the last week will always appear first.) If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave a written review. It really helps!

Two New Games! First, The Twelve Trials!

Face off against some of the greatest heroes of your age when you are called by the gods to participate in their twelve trials. Coming from humble origins, and hailing from a tiny farming village, you will have to prove yourself worthy of godhood.

"The Twelve Trials" is a 160,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Douglas DiCicco, 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.

• Play as male, female, or non-binary.
• Defeat dragons and other monsters through brawn or wit.
• Romance a giant, a queen, a muse, and many others.
• Lead a revolution in an oppressed island.
• Find hope for starving villagers in a remote colony.

Complete the twelve trials, and become a god!

Second, The Grim and I!

This is a story about dying and what it means to let go. Faced with the ultimate choice, torn between your lost life and an unknown future, will you be able to take the Grim Reaper’s hand and pass over to the Other Side? Or will you be doomed to wander the world forever, weighed down by the chains of your past?

"The Grim and I" is a unique 155,000 word interactive novel by Thom Baylay, 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.

How will you react to the discovery that you are dead? When the Grim Reaper offers you a way forward, will you take it? Or are you still clinging to the world that you left behind? Begin the most important conversation of your afterlife as you take on Death in a story that will redefine the meaning of Choice; where the game reads you as much as you read it and where your greatest enemy is yourself. Challenge your instincts; fight your temptations; and embrace that most primal of fears. Choose your life, your love, your job and then make the hardest choice of all - to let it all go.

• Play as male, female or non-binary; gay, straight or bisexual.
• Leave your body and bear witness or try to interfere as life continues without you.
• Meet, befriend and customise your own personal Grim Reaper!
• Choose your perfect life, and then see if you can choose to let it all go.
• Identify and overcome the unfinished business that binds you to this world. Love, fear, rage or ambition; your choices will reveal the truth!
• As the chains begin to cover your body, will you be able to fight free, or will you succumb to your vices and stay haunting the world for eternity?
• Forget everything you know about interactive fiction as the Grim Reaper questions your choices and challenges your motives, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
• Explore the concept of death and the ideas of loss and letting go in the company of your Grim guide.

In addition to filtering and sorting, we now default to a more compact view on the Games menu. Use the "Details" button to see all game details in the menu.

Fixed a bug when using iOS VoiceOver accessibility tools. Now the "Skip to game list" link works every time.

Now you can filter games by keyword, and you can sort games by release date, title, price, and word count. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review! It really helps.

New Additions to The Lost Heir series! The Legacy Advantage!

The Legacy Advantage gives the player many skill bonuses, additional gold, and a very powerful artifact as a mysterious stranger from the past crosses the barriers of time and space to aid the lost heir in their quest to save Daria. Although help will be given, a new danger emerges which threatens to destroy everything.

Fix a crashing bug that can occur when new games are released.

This should prevents games from unexpectedly disappearing from the list.

Two New Games!

The Magician's Burden!

You are a magician living a fairly normal life in a small village outside of the Kingdom of Githrad. Deal with bullies, navigate your father’s temper and alcoholism, and work at your various jobs. As well as being a clerk at your parents’ general store, you can also choose between being a guard, a scribe, a farmer, or a thief.

You get to have fun, too, like playing in chess tournaments, sparring, reading at the library, exploring necromancer’s caves, exploring the woods, and finding romance with the other villagers.

"The Magician's Burden" is a 225,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Samuel Harrison Young, 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.

• Play as male, female, or non-binary; romance men, women, both, or no one at all
• Three different kinds of magic for you to choose from: stealth, light, or dark
• Dozens of stats detailing your skills, knowledge, attributes, relationships, and inventory

Oh, yeah. You’re also hijacked by a demon named Zaleth.

The Haze Under Windbrooke!

Struggle to balance a normal life while you investigate strange creatures, and the malevolent fog that hangs over your city. Take on the roll of a teenager thrown into a chaotic and dangerous struggle. Learn how to fight and use magic while you try not to die to the horrific creatures luring just under the surface of your city.

"The Haze Under Windbrooke" is a 117,200 word interactive fantasy novel by Jesse Freeman, 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.

• Defeat strange creatures with magic, a sword, or your trusty bow.
• Explore a strange other world just beneath your city.
• Learn the secrets of the monsters living just out of humanity's sight.
• Try to stay alive while living a normal life.

New Game! The Last Wizard!

It’s a regular Tuesday evening when you are pulled from the Earth and sent to a place where magic still exists. You are given a wizard's tower filled with arcane knowledge that you are expected to learn. Thrust into a war between two nations, it's up to you to save the kingdom where you now live.

"The Last Wizard" is a 185,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Mike Walter, 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.

Your choices will influence who rules the land and what happens to the civilians living there. Will you find love or will you strive to return to the life you were forced to leave behind? Will you save the kingdom, or will you betray the people for your own personal gain? The choice is yours!

• Play as male, female, genderfluid, or non-binary; gay, straight, or asexual
• Find romance with a variety of interesting characters.
• Learn and master multiple powerful spells.
• Build a powerful golem, ride a dragon, raise the dead, heal the sick, rain fire upon your enemies, fly, become invisible, summon lightning, enchant magical weapons...
• Acquire powerful magical artifacts.
• Save the kingdom or join the enemy.
• Return home to Earth or live your life in a fantasy world.
• Change the fates of two nations!

Fixed a bug with the Menu button on the home screen for iPad. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review. It really helps!

New in 1.4.0:
• Favorites: Tap the heart icon to add a game to your favorites.
• My Library: Tap "My Library" on the home screen to view the game you played most recently, your favorites, and all of the games you've purchased.

• Favorites: Tap the heart icon to add a game to your favorites.
• My Library: Tap "My Library" on the home screen to view the game you played most recently, your favorites, and all of the games you've purchased.

If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review. It really helps!

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New Game! The Harbinger's Head!

Visit a myth-infested 1820s Ireland. One dark (if not particularly stormy) night, you find yourself face to face with a frightening visage—or lack thereof. Though shaped like a man, the creature you’ve encountered appears to have lost his head. Worse, he seems to think you might be the one to blame!

"The Harbinger's Head" is a fantastic 46,000 word interactive horror novel by Kim Berkley, 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.

It’s up to you to prove your innocence and discover the true thief of the harbinger's head before your own winds up on the chopping block!

• Play as male, female, or non-binary.
• Step into the shoes of an herbalist, schoolteacher, or lamplighter.
• Shape your personality and build your skills through the choices you make, or trust your luck at your own peril.
• Make friends—or enemies—of the various Fae creatures you’ll encounter along the way.
• Discover one of eight endings…or meet an untimely death.

We just added 84 games from our back catalog! Every game ever published under our "Hosted Games" label is now available right here in this app. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review. It really helps.

New Game! Doomsday on Demand 2!

Picking up where you left off, you will encounter new challenges and face tough decisions in the hope to finally escape the living nightmare in the districts that only became worse. Decide whom you will trust, and how will you achieve your goal. It's kill or be killed.

"Doomsday on Demand 2" is a 135,000 word interactive novel by Norbert M., 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.

• Face deadly enemies varying from mutants to humans.
• Decide who you'll trust. Strengthen your friendship, or make enemies.
• Uncover the secrets the destroyed world has to offer while surviving in the districts.
• Choose your own personality and end pursue your goal to finally end the living nightmare.

New Game! The Courting of Miss Bennet!

Play through "Pride and Prejudice", the classic romance novel! You are a young woman in 1813, hoping to find your true love. But which of your five suitors will you favor? The aloof nobleman Mr. Darcy? The amiable Mr. Bingley? The stuffy Mr. Collins, the kind-hearted Colonel Fitzwilliam, or the villainous Mr. Wickham?

"The Courting of Miss Bennet" is a 200,000 word interactive romance novel by Michael Gray, 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.

• Find love in the Regency era!
• Play through the classic novel!
• Choose from five different bachelors!
• Experience courting in 1800's England!

Find your happy ending today!

Fixed a crashing bug when opening the app on some devices. If you enjoy the "Hosted Games" app, please leave us a written review. It really helps!