If you’re a fan of FakeOS games, you’ll want to check out InterfaceX26 Showcase to see 30 titles on show within that genre!
FakeOS are games you play that act like an operating system, you might be investigating someone’s computer or phone, or making your way through a glithcy operating system. Some examples are Simulacra, The Operator, Hypnospace Outlaw, and many, many more.
If you want to watch the full showcase, check it out below, if not, read on to see each individual title with trailers.
InterfaceX26 Showcase – 2 May 2026
Where possible we have included all known platforms, release date, demo availability, and most recent trailers.
Forbidden Solitaire (PC)
Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.
It released on 30 April.
Desktop Explorer (PC)
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
A demo is available now.
Heaven Does Not Respond (PC)
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man’s death.
It is available now.
Homepage (PC)
A horror anomaly finder where you are contracted to observe websites and report errors and changes. But there is more to your clients than meets the eye.
A demo is available now.
Shuitter Story (PC)
Examine a family’s photo album to reveal signs of the paranormal, as the horror unfolds in the house around you. Their fate is in your hands.
SPRKIS.exe (PC)
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My Helpers (PC)
My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… “assistants” inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected – and remember: this is just a game.
A demo is available now.
Alawon: Life of a Composer (PC)
Alawon is a life sim where you manage a game composer career. Rise from game jams to AAA, balancing life and work. Make money, make friends, make love, and make music in Alawon’s Digital Audio Workstation — then export and share your creations to make your mother very proud.
I.T Never Ends (PC)
I.T Never Ends is a dark comedy desktop simulator where you play as a Systems Administrator navigating the supernatural chaos of corporate IT support. Built in a nostalgic retro interface reminiscent of 90s operating systems, the game combines decision-based narrative gameplay with tactile minigames and cosmic horror elements.
Lovebyte.EXE (PC)
A chat dating sim game inspired by Mystic Messenger, VTuber communities, and internet spam.
A demo is available now.
Short Short Fictions (PC)
A short short mix tape of one story that connects three shorter stories. On the NewWave, a magical game console that is retro but new, enjoy DON’T SAY YES, TO:NORTH, and a secret tale nobody yet knows. Welcome to a slightly fantastical and nostalgic world of painful, toilful, and beautiful stories!
Syntaxia (PC)
SYNTAXIA is a dream-dark adventure game that allows you to rewrite reality itself by changing the words that describe it. Use your creativity and intuition to escape. Which path will you choose?
Super Real AI (PC)
Welcome to Super Real AI, the ultimate AI Simulator where you are the intelligence. Judge, classify, and share your advice—but be careful, your answers for simple requests have super real consequences. Log in today and bring back the intelligence where it belongs: to humans.
ZeroPrompt (PC)
The internet is dying. You’re a verification operator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity’s last clean network. Interrogate live LLM agents that think, lie, and bribe in real-time. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Imprinted (PC)
Looking for a forensic specialist to restore damaged audio tapes (late 1970s). Warning: The artist was involved in the occult; she disappeared under suspicious circumstances. The nature of the recordings may be distressing. Mental clarity and resilience are a must. QUOTE REQUESTED.
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division (PC)
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
A demo is available now.
Void Future: Hacking Protocol (PC)
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
A demo is available now.
DOLOS: Your Best Future (PC)
A sci-fi political thriller. Live the life of an operator of DOLOS, a social regulation system predicting everyone’s future. Analyze applicants’ profiles and decide about their lifetime career. Apply DOLOS’ logic or find how to counter it … but don’t get fired!
New Folder (PC)
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
A demo is available now.
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka (PC)
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
It is available now.
Murder Meet Cute (PC)
Look, just because I’m paid to fix computers, doesn’t mean I’ll sit here and listen to your life story. So what there’s been murders? Do I look like a detective?
The Outer Frame (PC)
Discover the truth. Bury it deeper. Decide how your agents cover it up before the masses catch on. A choice-driven mystery where witnesses and evidence are in your hands. Failure is just another timeline.
Digital Processing (PC)
You’re the new hire in a weird office where they just want you to sort numbers in to buckets. Sort numbers, earn employee merits, and manage your own team to prove you have what it takes to reach the top in a mysterious corporate workplace. A short narrative-driven incremental management sim.
Directory Dungeon (PC)
Directory Dungeon is a tiny dungeon crawler played right in the windows file explorer. Explore a monster and loot filled dungeon by dragging and dropping your player folder into new rooms, equip powerful files, defeat terrible monsters, and banish evil once and for all.
It is available now.
Omi Oh My AI (PC)
Join your quirky new AI friend Omi on this captchavating adventure! Take the quest to the World Wide Web to solve Omi’s puzzles in this game inspired by the 90’s, I Love Bees, and the proof-of-humanity era. Prove that you are human by learning to see the world like an AI.
It’s available now. A demo is available too.
Deep Fog Signals (PC)
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you’re cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
A demo is available now.
Author Sim (PC)
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a world-renowned author? Now’s your chance! Study masterpieces from other authors, craft breathtaking stories, and maintain a public profile in pursuit of your dream.
A demo is available now.
mobOS (PC)
Explore an open ended internet and operating system set in a 2000s alternate reality that changes over real life time depending on how you interact with it. Discover secrets through the web, download games, become an active member in communities and more. The world is at your fingertips.
MyDear.exe (PC)
MyDear.exe is a tiny game in which you will discover the lives of two adorable elderly people, Eli, the artist and photographer, and Lucien, the postman who became a computer engineer after discovering his passion for bips and boops. Play as Eli and spend around 2 hours exploring the game that Lucien developed for her in the old family computer! Souvenir photos, sweet notes, mini-games… use everything you find to solve the puzzles Lucien has prepared.
A demo is available now.
Plobania 47/B (PC)
Step into the dark and unsettling world of Plobania 47/B, a dystopian narrative-driven game set in the year 2199, where humanity has achieved immortality and paid the ultimate price.
In a society overwhelmed by overpopulation and strict government control, you take on the role of Milton Clarke, a registration officer working inside a Mandatory Sleep Hospital. Your job is simple. Review documents, follow the rules, and decide who will be sent to “sleep.” But nothing is ever truly simple in Plobania.
Plobania 47/B challenges you with moral dilemmas, ever-changing regulations, and the constant pressure of making life-altering decisions. Every choice matters. Every mistake has consequences.
The Games You Make (PC)
“Quit your job, take out a loan and make a top seller game” sounded like a great idea two months ago. Now, you’re chasing bizarre bugs, combining features that should never go together, and striving to capture that mysterious thing called “fun”. Every decision is yours—and so are the consequences.
And that’s everything from the InterfaceX26 showcase. Are you into the FakeOS genre? Any games take your fancy from those shown?
In other news, the PC specs for LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight have dropped!
