Versus: The Lost Ones

Versus: The Lost Ones is a 123,000-word interactive novel set on the unfamiliar planet Versus. You play an interstellar warrior who can steal other people's abilities and absorb their memories. Your choices shape the text-only story, as you try to outlast your fellow captives and escape.

Captives and conflicts

You can invade the minds of other captives to gain their thoughts and powers. You may seduce Lady Venuma, a self-proclaimed goddess, or clash with Empress Vaccus, a tusked monster and sworn enemy of your home world. You can seek victory through gladiatorial combat or the deadly politics of Versus, and absorbing the right talents may let you save the galaxy.

Your choices

You can fight for humans or androids in a morally ambiguous civil war. You may oppose the corrupt Elite Courte or join them to suppress the rebellion. Romance is also a choice: you can pursue aliens, crossbreeds or intergalactic royalty, or go alone.

You can play as male, female, transgender, intersex or a non-categorizable gender identity. The story combines space operas, futuristic dystopias, fantasy epics and political chess.