Wishbound

Wishbound is a narrative game played entirely on a phone. You wake at 3am to find an app called tally, which you never installed. It has no settings or terms of service, only a function that grants wishes. As you read messages and make choices, four numbers change: affection, suspicion, sanity and debt. The game does not tell you which one can kill you.

Wishes and dreams

Each wish leads to a playable dream. Win the dream and the wish comes true as you intended; lose, and the monkey’s paw determines the outcome instead. Some endings can only be reached by failing the right dream at the right time, and some of the game’s best endings lie beyond deliberately losing.

Nights and endings

The game has five nights, three routes and 18 endings. A full run takes about two hours and is designed to be played in one sitting, with the choices and outcomes supporting replay.