Fantastic STIs 2022: From 18 To 81
TCZ[TengChaoZhou]
A colorful queer-themed game about finding love and dealing with loneliness amid threats of viruses and bacteria, reflecting the HIV/AIDS science and history.
Date Night Devouring
Violet Borrero, Iris Hernandez
A visual novel horror story where you partner has fallen victim to the very beasts she has devoted her life to.
isn't it nice?
Alicia Luna Ripp
A short visual novel about well-meaning 'allies', trans-/queerphobia and misogyny.
Catch Your Sacrifice
ghost, FUTURE RUINS, HexRae, Cavalcadeur
A short, cute fps where death can't get you.
OscarWildeCard *
Up Multimedia
He loves dinner parties. He doesn't love you. A most amusing card game.
Sprout: Solstice
PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé
Help your bestie Amandarina find her mum's old cooking recipes and make a tasty meal for the Winter Solstice feast!
Clawstar Wrestling
Horrorbuns
A 18+ Visual novel that follows Eli, a small time jobber who has to navigate his love for wrestling and feelings for the local heel Tremor.
Death of a Wish
melessthanthree
Queer Action-RPG about overcoming oppressive conservative forces through queer solidarity.
start;again
Two and a Half Studios
A queer mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.
Every Summer Holiday
ChaniMK
Visit a small town every summer and experience friendships and romance.
Reaper's Rite
Johan Faulstich, Terra Babcock, Walksoftly, BáiYù, Avocaaaaaado, Brandon P Jenkins
A young man and the demon possessing him contemplate whether to fulfill his farming family's ritual sacrifice.
Will Die Alone
Arianna Ravioli
We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Of Sense and Soul (Demo)
Forsythia Productions
A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide and grow through a lonely hearts ad.
A.S. Only
gg noni
Two people meet on a forum and decide to do some adventuring on the outskirts of burger city...
Where The Demon Lurks
Libra
A former Demon Lord gets roped up in the affairs of the Underworld once again, the peace he yearns is now broken. Will he succeed?
ZAGS: The Role We Play
bobcgames
A queer ATB-combat-focused RPG where you (literally) fight your fears.
Out of Bounds
N.B. Spiders
Interactive essay about the history of flight simulation, game engines and play outside of the boundaries of binary worlds.
Please Be Happy
Arimia
A story of love and friendship and about understanding not just how to be happy but how to be human.
The Archivist and the Revolution
Autumn Chen
The world is ending and you are still paying rent. An interactive fiction future history.
Pastoral (Act 1)
Jason Allen
A young boy named Dror is determined to find his lost friends in a story-driven game about the beauty of nature and self-discovery.
A Late Night Convo
Kristi Jimenez
Unable to sleep, an asexual man named Seo-jun talks to his partner Iris about their relationship and how much he appreciates her.
PLOT HOLE
BOARLORD, Gus Graves, and Furmata1
A CYOA erotic game about bathhouses, cruising and fat4fat lust!
Salome's Kiss
ebi-hime
A linear wlw visual visual set in Victorian England about a governess and her pupil.
Amelie
Two and a Half Studios
A psychological mystery lesbian visual novel about a girl named Amelie and her penpal, Sofia.
Beneath Red Waters
Portrait Prophecies
Wander around an isolated facility, posing various questions to familiar strangers.
Cannelé & Nomnom – Defective Agency
Yazaleea & Younès Rabii
A duo of disastrous detectives investigate your recent memory loss in the mysterious fantasy city of Falaisant.
Queer Leap
TCZ[TengChaoZhou]
A thematically and mechanically queer 3d platform game inspired by the quantum leap phenomenon and the concept of queer temporality.
White Iris
Joseph Supino
A short, surreal point and click game about PTSD and visiting your estranged family as a Non-Binary person.
I Dreamt of Something Lost
bodypoetic
You take control of Jules as they sit down to their desktop computer and discover a new message from their ex-girlfriend - who died a year ago to the day.
The Dull Dagger Gang
Clara Molina, Lex Artis
Join a peculiar band of thieves in a short lockpicking rythm game.
MOONYOLK
Xiri
Two boys floating in the sea and watching a lonely moon, a reminder that it's never too late to say you love me.
Small Town Emo
Thomas Barrer, Fnife Games
A story-driven GameBoy game about an emo teen in 2007 with an awkward gay crush on his best friend.
Small Orbits
Timothy Snowdon
Lead two players through the relationship between body, movement and text.
GIRLKILLER (covet)
Ellis Devereux
There is a girl who looks like you. Today is the day you've decided to kill her.
Dropped Connection
Moleworks
A short tale of the ambiguity of text and a love that could have been. Maybe.
Lilypad Days
Emma Pretty, Joshua Braines-Mead
An upcoming queer-positive game about little critters exploring the world of online dating.
GODKILLER: First Blood
Connie Chang
A holypunk duet tabletop game for one player, the Godkiller, and one GM, God.
Lookouts
Marble Claws
A romance visual novel about two gay trans masc outlaws in the old west, finding refuge in each other, and a little hope for a better life.
The Divine Speaker
Two and a Half Studios
A queer fantasy romance visual novel about fate and how people defy it.
Gobyworld
Lisha Payne
A point-and-click adventure web game where you play as Goby, a piece of ABC gum, in his quest to find freedom beyond the digestive system.
a memorable time
Alicia Luna Ripp
a visual novel about queer self discovery, anxiety and a positive take on the complex topic of sexwork.
Sci-Fi Meet Cute
Ash Cheshire
Storytelling game recorded on an origami valentine about sci-fi cuties meeting for the first time. Optional flirtation w/ queer & polyam representation options!
The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon
Two and a Half Studios
A story-rich queer prequel to The Divine Speaker. Play as two queer men in a tale of the past and the future.
Moonflower
Cats on a Lilypad Studios
A BL Visual Novel about a catboy, magic flower and a love story spanning time itself.
Dreambound
Two and a Half Studios
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery?
Faceless Date
Gaming Variety Potato
wlw paranormal mystery romance: Suzanne meets 'no-profile-photo' Evelyn on a first date.
Time Bandit
Joel Jordon
A real-time adventure game about labor exploitation and fighting to steal back our time.
Zeitz Machz
Nami
A strange location, an awkward situation, and a mysterious girl: what will these lead to?
Dreamy Planet
ebi-hime
A linear WLW visual novel set in modern day Japan about a couple of estranged childhood friends who have always loved one another.
Confluence
Forsythia Productions
A short kinetic novel in which a Victorian poet ponders life and queer love after his happily ever after.
DemiDato: Monster Dating Show
Madi Wander
A romantic, queer visual novel set on a TV dating show full of monster people.
Cantrip
Hipólita
A low-stakes high-drama tabletop RPG of young witches getting into trouble at school.
Triangulate
Timothy Snowdon
Triangulate is a set of rules that describe a way of orienting and interacting with a group of people.
Menage a Trois
Arbit
With soccer sweetheart Chet Chester and football star Bill Lowman, Sol might have a good time in college after all.
Tell me Tonight was Real
TangledVirus
A game about two friends with benefits, a vampire and a human going on a impromptu date and realizing they are in love.
If U Seek Amy
Raphaëll Maïwen
An RPG about the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears, and her relationship with her fans.
two men go on a date and don't fall in love
littlerat
a game about aromanticism, sexuality and kink.
Blessing of the Flower Goddess
Glueblade
A tiny visual novel where a girl goes to seek a blessing from the goddess of flowers and has a bunch of gay feelings.
Funny Walk – You're So Tense!!
Vi
Non-binary gleaner / thrifter deals with sudden fame. On roller skates.
Three Days to Chicago
Chris Schroyer
A visual novel about two strangers meeting on a cross-country train ride.
Modern Cavegirl Midsummer
LezLiz
A lesbian grump and sunshine romcom about make-believe time travel, low-key meming and dry humor.
Yuki’s Palpitating, Passionate, Phenomenal, and quite frankly Proficient quest for a (hot) girlfriend!!!
Ying
useless lesbian gets a girlfriend... or three?
Bossfight? she loved you.
Lily Detrick
Nightmare kaleidoscope of poetic touch aversion-core vignettes. The most technically involved femboy yaoi visual novel ever developed.
how am i supposed to know if i want to stay if i don't even know where i am?
Sasha Deetar
How does it feel to experience puberty again? This time as yourself, this time being an adult, but feeling more lost than ever?
(val)iant: or, val's guide to having a broken vag
KB
A game about vaginismus, bodies, relationships and sex education.
com__et
SuperBiasedGary
A visual novel about escaping predetermined fate and finding the paths that were hidden from you.
* Festival organisers have an association with this game and it is not eligible for shortlisting
