The Secret Vaults of Kas the Betrayer is a puzzly Twine dungeon-crawl with fantasy dwarf lore. I played it to an ending, though it was not a very happy ending, and I suspect that qualifies as an early death rather than the intended finish.
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Zest is a web-based slice of life piece. It has some affinities to simulation games, but is also (mainly?) a story. I played it to several endings and got several achievements, though I did not complete the whole roster of possibilities.
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Alethicorp is a web-based story about surveillance culture and life in a big corporation. I played to an ending.
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Raik is a short, choice-based game, presented in a mix of English and Scots; it concerns anxiety and panic, and means of escape from these. I played it through to the end.
Laterna Magica is a short choice-based piece about meditation and cosmic experiences. I interacted with it for a while; I didn’t reach an ending, but I’m not sure that there was one to reach.
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Begscape is a short, choice-based piece about a life of homelessness and begging. It is not possible to win, to the best of my knowledge, but I have played to an ending a number of times.
Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 