Studio Ephua ➡️ Choose Wisely Festival Host
@studioephua.bsky.social
Ephua is a micro-studio dedicated to creating immersive, thought-provoking tales.
We believe stories are a universal truth, and humans are at the heart of them.
ephua.uk | London, 🇬🇧📍 | DMs Open
We host the Choose Wisely Festival!
We believe stories are a universal truth, and humans are at the heart of them.
ephua.uk | London, 🇬🇧📍 | DMs Open
We host the Choose Wisely Festival!
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Introducing the Choose Wisely Festival 💫
We’re returning to our first love, to host a free digital festival celebrating branching narrative games.
Join us on Steam from Dec 8-15 along with 250+ indie darling studios featuring 390+ curated titles where your choices do matter.
#ChooseWiselyFestival
We’re returning to our first love, to host a free digital festival celebrating branching narrative games.
Join us on Steam from Dec 8-15 along with 250+ indie darling studios featuring 390+ curated titles where your choices do matter.
#ChooseWiselyFestival
In Ashes is a medieval LGBTQ+ fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust.
✨Wishlist for:
🥰 Male and female LIs
🐉 Dragons & Monsters
🤝 Aromantic, friendship routes
🏳️🌈 Name and Gender choice protagonist
🗣️ Personality system & skills
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✨Wishlist for:
🥰 Male and female LIs
🐉 Dragons & Monsters
🤝 Aromantic, friendship routes
🏳️🌈 Name and Gender choice protagonist
🗣️ Personality system & skills
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
December 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In Ashes is a medieval LGBTQ+ fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust.
✨Wishlist for:
🥰 Male and female LIs
🐉 Dragons & Monsters
🤝 Aromantic, friendship routes
🏳️🌈 Name and Gender choice protagonist
🗣️ Personality system & skills
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
✨Wishlist for:
🥰 Male and female LIs
🐉 Dragons & Monsters
🤝 Aromantic, friendship routes
🏳️🌈 Name and Gender choice protagonist
🗣️ Personality system & skills
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
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VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ✨
this is my upcoming Victorian vampire otome game with 3 love interests and a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
this is my upcoming Victorian vampire otome game with 3 love interests and a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ✨
this is my upcoming Victorian vampire otome game with 3 love interests and a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
this is my upcoming Victorian vampire otome game with 3 love interests and a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3072470/...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your favourite adventurers and burnt out heroes.
Please remember to rest.
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Please remember to rest.
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your favourite adventurers and burnt out heroes.
Please remember to rest.
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
Please remember to rest.
cutt.ly/LrGgLxQY
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From Globos and A Better World's whole staff,
A big thanks to everyone who played and wishlisted ABW during @studioephua.bsky.social Choose Wisely Festival!
A big thanks to everyone who played and wishlisted ABW during @studioephua.bsky.social Choose Wisely Festival!
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
From Globos and A Better World's whole staff,
A big thanks to everyone who played and wishlisted ABW during @studioephua.bsky.social Choose Wisely Festival!
A big thanks to everyone who played and wishlisted ABW during @studioephua.bsky.social Choose Wisely Festival!
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Wake up, Sleeper. Congratulations to our Narrative recipient for 2025, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector!
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Receives the Indie Game Award 2025 for Narrative
YouTube video by Six One Indie
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Wake up, Sleeper. Congratulations to our Narrative recipient for 2025, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector!
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Want to thank all the streamers who participated in, the viewers who wishlisted, &of course @studioephua.bsky.social for starting #choosewisleyfestival! Lest not forget every dev who submitted a game. There were so many amazing ones, I had to loosen the belt on my wishlist so they could all fit!
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Want to thank all the streamers who participated in, the viewers who wishlisted, &of course @studioephua.bsky.social for starting #choosewisleyfestival! Lest not forget every dev who submitted a game. There were so many amazing ones, I had to loosen the belt on my wishlist so they could all fit!
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I've really been enjoying the demos in @studioephua.bsky.social's Choose Wisely Festival this week. So far, Dispatch and @okno-studio.bsky.social's Deep Pixel Melancholy are the ones that stand out to me as doing something interesting with the narrative/branching path format.
December 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I've really been enjoying the demos in @studioephua.bsky.social's Choose Wisely Festival this week. So far, Dispatch and @okno-studio.bsky.social's Deep Pixel Melancholy are the ones that stand out to me as doing something interesting with the narrative/branching path format.
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💜 going live at 1 pm pst today~
📖 #choosewiselyfestival games today
🧩 artificial selection (@kigyodev.com)
🔎 mirage noir (@miragenoirvn.bsky.social)
🚀 a spaceship accident (pick yourown universe)
🧑🚀 astromeda (@astromeda-game.bsky.social)
💗 tysm to @studioephua.bsky.social for hosting
📖 #choosewiselyfestival games today
🧩 artificial selection (@kigyodev.com)
🔎 mirage noir (@miragenoirvn.bsky.social)
🚀 a spaceship accident (pick yourown universe)
🧑🚀 astromeda (@astromeda-game.bsky.social)
💗 tysm to @studioephua.bsky.social for hosting
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
💜 going live at 1 pm pst today~
📖 #choosewiselyfestival games today
🧩 artificial selection (@kigyodev.com)
🔎 mirage noir (@miragenoirvn.bsky.social)
🚀 a spaceship accident (pick yourown universe)
🧑🚀 astromeda (@astromeda-game.bsky.social)
💗 tysm to @studioephua.bsky.social for hosting
📖 #choosewiselyfestival games today
🧩 artificial selection (@kigyodev.com)
🔎 mirage noir (@miragenoirvn.bsky.social)
🚀 a spaceship accident (pick yourown universe)
🧑🚀 astromeda (@astromeda-game.bsky.social)
💗 tysm to @studioephua.bsky.social for hosting
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Third stream of #ChooseWiselyFestival stream today by @studioephua.bsky.social ~
I'll play A Tavern For Tea by @npckc.net today! A short VN about Tea Brewing and making connections~
Will play at 17:00 UTC +7 / 19:00 JST / 10:00 PM UTC!
See you soon~
#FioStreamInfo #FlavorsOfVN
I'll play A Tavern For Tea by @npckc.net today! A short VN about Tea Brewing and making connections~
Will play at 17:00 UTC +7 / 19:00 JST / 10:00 PM UTC!
See you soon~
#FioStreamInfo #FlavorsOfVN
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Third stream of #ChooseWiselyFestival stream today by @studioephua.bsky.social ~
I'll play A Tavern For Tea by @npckc.net today! A short VN about Tea Brewing and making connections~
Will play at 17:00 UTC +7 / 19:00 JST / 10:00 PM UTC!
See you soon~
#FioStreamInfo #FlavorsOfVN
I'll play A Tavern For Tea by @npckc.net today! A short VN about Tea Brewing and making connections~
Will play at 17:00 UTC +7 / 19:00 JST / 10:00 PM UTC!
See you soon~
#FioStreamInfo #FlavorsOfVN
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Thank you so much for +800 wishlists! It may not seem like much, but it's a huge number for us.
Thanks again to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing #ChooseWiselyFestival. It wouldn't have been possible without it! 🎉
#visualnovel #indiegame
Thanks again to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing #ChooseWiselyFestival. It wouldn't have been possible without it! 🎉
#visualnovel #indiegame
December 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thank you so much for +800 wishlists! It may not seem like much, but it's a huge number for us.
Thanks again to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing #ChooseWiselyFestival. It wouldn't have been possible without it! 🎉
#visualnovel #indiegame
Thanks again to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing #ChooseWiselyFestival. It wouldn't have been possible without it! 🎉
#visualnovel #indiegame
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🔴 Live now!
Happy day 4 of the #ChooseWiselyFestival, and I swear that I'm being living my dream of being spirited away into beautiful worlds today! COME LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS GAMES!
@mushroomallow.bsky.social @synstoria.bsky.social
twitch.tv/redautumnowl
Happy day 4 of the #ChooseWiselyFestival, and I swear that I'm being living my dream of being spirited away into beautiful worlds today! COME LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS GAMES!
@mushroomallow.bsky.social @synstoria.bsky.social
twitch.tv/redautumnowl
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🔴 Live now!
Happy day 4 of the #ChooseWiselyFestival, and I swear that I'm being living my dream of being spirited away into beautiful worlds today! COME LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS GAMES!
@mushroomallow.bsky.social @synstoria.bsky.social
twitch.tv/redautumnowl
Happy day 4 of the #ChooseWiselyFestival, and I swear that I'm being living my dream of being spirited away into beautiful worlds today! COME LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS GAMES!
@mushroomallow.bsky.social @synstoria.bsky.social
twitch.tv/redautumnowl
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💜 live now!
📺 wanna watch the #choosewiselyfestival showcase with me?
🛍️ after that we are gonna go wishlist shopping and explore the steam event together~
💗 tysm to @EphuaHQ for hosting and all the devs taking part
🧋 twitch.tv/mokaboba
📺 wanna watch the #choosewiselyfestival showcase with me?
🛍️ after that we are gonna go wishlist shopping and explore the steam event together~
💗 tysm to @EphuaHQ for hosting and all the devs taking part
🧋 twitch.tv/mokaboba
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
💜 live now!
📺 wanna watch the #choosewiselyfestival showcase with me?
🛍️ after that we are gonna go wishlist shopping and explore the steam event together~
💗 tysm to @EphuaHQ for hosting and all the devs taking part
🧋 twitch.tv/mokaboba
📺 wanna watch the #choosewiselyfestival showcase with me?
🛍️ after that we are gonna go wishlist shopping and explore the steam event together~
💗 tysm to @EphuaHQ for hosting and all the devs taking part
🧋 twitch.tv/mokaboba
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10,000 people installed our demo and almost 5,000 played it. Woohoo!
And in the last two days of the #ChooseWiselyFestival more than one hundred people played our game. Big thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for the great event!
store.steampowered.com/app/3694190/...
#WishlistWednesday #indiedev
And in the last two days of the #ChooseWiselyFestival more than one hundred people played our game. Big thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for the great event!
store.steampowered.com/app/3694190/...
#WishlistWednesday #indiedev
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
10,000 people installed our demo and almost 5,000 played it. Woohoo!
And in the last two days of the #ChooseWiselyFestival more than one hundred people played our game. Big thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for the great event!
store.steampowered.com/app/3694190/...
#WishlistWednesday #indiedev
And in the last two days of the #ChooseWiselyFestival more than one hundred people played our game. Big thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for the great event!
store.steampowered.com/app/3694190/...
#WishlistWednesday #indiedev
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Gamma Space friends, @wtchcrft.com , are in @studioephua.bsky.social's Choose Wisely Steam festival with a demo!
Spend a day in lockdown with Lauren, the student conjurer on the verge of something huge! Or maybe just chill…
Love in The Time of Spellphage!
store.steampowered.com/app/4222400/...
Spend a day in lockdown with Lauren, the student conjurer on the verge of something huge! Or maybe just chill…
Love in The Time of Spellphage!
store.steampowered.com/app/4222400/...
Love in the Time of Spellphage Demo on Steam
A one-hour spellpunk narrative adventure about pandemic, wizards, and first love.
store.steampowered.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Gamma Space friends, @wtchcrft.com , are in @studioephua.bsky.social's Choose Wisely Steam festival with a demo!
Spend a day in lockdown with Lauren, the student conjurer on the verge of something huge! Or maybe just chill…
Love in The Time of Spellphage!
store.steampowered.com/app/4222400/...
Spend a day in lockdown with Lauren, the student conjurer on the verge of something huge! Or maybe just chill…
Love in The Time of Spellphage!
store.steampowered.com/app/4222400/...
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You don’t only choose your route in Cairn, you shape pro climber Aava’s adventure as she masters the mountain and herself.
Discover Cairn’s story in the Choose Wisely Fest then check out some other great choices! ;) #ChooseWiselyFestival @studioephua.bsky.social
Discover Cairn’s story in the Choose Wisely Fest then check out some other great choices! ;) #ChooseWiselyFestival @studioephua.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You don’t only choose your route in Cairn, you shape pro climber Aava’s adventure as she masters the mountain and herself.
Discover Cairn’s story in the Choose Wisely Fest then check out some other great choices! ;) #ChooseWiselyFestival @studioephua.bsky.social
Discover Cairn’s story in the Choose Wisely Fest then check out some other great choices! ;) #ChooseWiselyFestival @studioephua.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for featuring All Our Broken Parts in #ChooseWiselyFestival showcase!
Fix broken robots. Uncover buried memories. Step into a retro sci-fi world full of aching hearts.
Come try it! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3473430/...
#indiegame #pixelart #VisualNovel
Fix broken robots. Uncover buried memories. Step into a retro sci-fi world full of aching hearts.
Come try it! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3473430/...
#indiegame #pixelart #VisualNovel
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Huge thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for featuring All Our Broken Parts in #ChooseWiselyFestival showcase!
Fix broken robots. Uncover buried memories. Step into a retro sci-fi world full of aching hearts.
Come try it! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3473430/...
#indiegame #pixelart #VisualNovel
Fix broken robots. Uncover buried memories. Step into a retro sci-fi world full of aching hearts.
Come try it! 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3473430/...
#indiegame #pixelart #VisualNovel
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#ChooseWiselyFestival starts today!
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut showcased along with all the amazing games thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social !
Check it out on Steam:
ephua.uk/CWF25
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#indiegame #kpopidolstories #kpopgames
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut showcased along with all the amazing games thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social !
Check it out on Steam:
ephua.uk/CWF25
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#indiegame #kpopidolstories #kpopgames
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#ChooseWiselyFestival starts today!
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut showcased along with all the amazing games thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social !
Check it out on Steam:
ephua.uk/CWF25
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#indiegame #kpopidolstories #kpopgames
K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut showcased along with all the amazing games thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social !
Check it out on Steam:
ephua.uk/CWF25
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#indiegame #kpopidolstories #kpopgames
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Check out the Choose Wisely Fest on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...
But, you might want to hide your wallet first.
But, you might want to hide your wallet first.
📚The Choose Wisely Festival, the celebration of branching narrative games is LIVE! 🎮
🔗 ephua.uk/CWF25
✨ 390+ games from indie darlings to acclaimed studios
✨ 60 min showcase
✨ Over 200 games on sale
✨ Exclusive bundle deals
From now until Dec 15, Choose Wisely.
#ChooseWiselyFestival
🔗 ephua.uk/CWF25
✨ 390+ games from indie darlings to acclaimed studios
✨ 60 min showcase
✨ Over 200 games on sale
✨ Exclusive bundle deals
From now until Dec 15, Choose Wisely.
#ChooseWiselyFestival
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Check out the Choose Wisely Fest on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...
But, you might want to hide your wallet first.
But, you might want to hide your wallet first.
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Excited to be part of the Choose Wisely Festival by @studioephua.bsky.social ! A festival with hundreds of curated, branching narrative games and content creators!
Check it out on Steam⬇️
store.steampowered.com/publisher/st...
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#ChooseWiselyFestival
Check it out on Steam⬇️
store.steampowered.com/publisher/st...
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#ChooseWiselyFestival
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excited to be part of the Choose Wisely Festival by @studioephua.bsky.social ! A festival with hundreds of curated, branching narrative games and content creators!
Check it out on Steam⬇️
store.steampowered.com/publisher/st...
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#ChooseWiselyFestival
Check it out on Steam⬇️
store.steampowered.com/publisher/st...
🗓️8-15 December 2025
🕕6PM GMT
#ChooseWiselyFestival
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We're happy to be joining #ChooseWiselyFestival 2025! Thank you to @studioephua.bsky.social for having us at the festival alongside so many beautiful narrative games.
Take a sip, unwind, and enjoy☕Coffee Talk at 30% off
🦋Coffee Talk Ep.2 at 50% off during the event!
Take a sip, unwind, and enjoy☕Coffee Talk at 30% off
🦋Coffee Talk Ep.2 at 50% off during the event!
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We're happy to be joining #ChooseWiselyFestival 2025! Thank you to @studioephua.bsky.social for having us at the festival alongside so many beautiful narrative games.
Take a sip, unwind, and enjoy☕Coffee Talk at 30% off
🦋Coffee Talk Ep.2 at 50% off during the event!
Take a sip, unwind, and enjoy☕Coffee Talk at 30% off
🦋Coffee Talk Ep.2 at 50% off during the event!
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WE'RE LIVE for the #ChooseWiselyFest ✨ @studioephua.bsky.social
Tonight, we'll be checking out the demo for #MerryCrisis @monsoongames.bsky.social and #OokamiOkami @mushroomallow.bsky.social
COME HANG!
twitch.tv/valalalife
Tonight, we'll be checking out the demo for #MerryCrisis @monsoongames.bsky.social and #OokamiOkami @mushroomallow.bsky.social
COME HANG!
twitch.tv/valalalife
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
WE'RE LIVE for the #ChooseWiselyFest ✨ @studioephua.bsky.social
Tonight, we'll be checking out the demo for #MerryCrisis @monsoongames.bsky.social and #OokamiOkami @mushroomallow.bsky.social
COME HANG!
twitch.tv/valalalife
Tonight, we'll be checking out the demo for #MerryCrisis @monsoongames.bsky.social and #OokamiOkami @mushroomallow.bsky.social
COME HANG!
twitch.tv/valalalife
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Come and choose wisely in the #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by @studioephua.bsky.social! Play the demo for Night Shift: 1999 & decide for yourself how you want to spend your undead life in '99. Will you go quietly into the night? Or does something more sinister this way come?
tinyurl.com/nightshift99
tinyurl.com/nightshift99
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Come and choose wisely in the #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by @studioephua.bsky.social! Play the demo for Night Shift: 1999 & decide for yourself how you want to spend your undead life in '99. Will you go quietly into the night? Or does something more sinister this way come?
tinyurl.com/nightshift99
tinyurl.com/nightshift99
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#ChooseWiselyFestival started today and we're in it!
Special thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing this event; we're super excited to be part of something that truly reflects what we want Keyframes to be all about. 🥹
Play our demo in the link below and wishlist us if you like it!
Special thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing this event; we're super excited to be part of something that truly reflects what we want Keyframes to be all about. 🥹
Play our demo in the link below and wishlist us if you like it!
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#ChooseWiselyFestival started today and we're in it!
Special thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing this event; we're super excited to be part of something that truly reflects what we want Keyframes to be all about. 🥹
Play our demo in the link below and wishlist us if you like it!
Special thanks to @studioephua.bsky.social for organizing this event; we're super excited to be part of something that truly reflects what we want Keyframes to be all about. 🥹
Play our demo in the link below and wishlist us if you like it!
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Tonight @suzunevt.bsky.social plays Night Shift: 1999 as part of the @studioephua.bsky.social #ChooseWiselyFestival !
@winterschloss.bsky.social #Follies
@winterschloss.bsky.social #Follies
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tonight @suzunevt.bsky.social plays Night Shift: 1999 as part of the @studioephua.bsky.social #ChooseWiselyFestival !
@winterschloss.bsky.social #Follies
@winterschloss.bsky.social #Follies
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With 300+ games and only 1 week, what will you choose?
The #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by my friend @studioephua.bsky.social is live on Steam! It's a wonderful collection of choice-driven narrative games from around the world, especially visual novels.
store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...
The #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by my friend @studioephua.bsky.social is live on Steam! It's a wonderful collection of choice-driven narrative games from around the world, especially visual novels.
store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
With 300+ games and only 1 week, what will you choose?
The #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by my friend @studioephua.bsky.social is live on Steam! It's a wonderful collection of choice-driven narrative games from around the world, especially visual novels.
store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...
The #ChooseWiselyFestival hosted by my friend @studioephua.bsky.social is live on Steam! It's a wonderful collection of choice-driven narrative games from around the world, especially visual novels.
store.steampowered.com/sale/choosew...