Start playing AI interactive fiction for free
Open 404 World, choose a story and step into the lead role. Guests get free daily Energy, so you can read an opening and make a choice before deciding where to go next.
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Choose a story from the introduction page or Discover. Read its synopsis and your starting role, then select Start story. Read the opening, open the action panel and either choose an action or write your own.
Your actions and the AI-generated continuation shape what happens in that save. You can return to it later or start a separate experience from the same story.
How free daily Energy works
Guests and registered accounts both have a daily Energy allowance. Generating more story uses Energy, and you can check your current balance on Discover. Generating pictures also uses Energy. The allowance and costs shown in the app are the current ones.
When your Energy runs out, come back later to continue. Take your time reading the text already generated and revisiting earlier chapters.
When to create an account
You can try your first story as a guest. Visit Me to register or sign in when you want to keep your stories under an account, continue on another device or publish a story of your own.
Follow the prompts to keep your guest content. If you sign in to an existing account, check where your guest saves will go. Confirm that they appear on your bookshelf before signing in on another device.
Pick up where you left off
Choose a save from your bookshelf or return to the story page. The story page offers your most recently read available save. You can also start a fresh experience separately.
Open the save you want to continue before sending your next action, so the new passage becomes part of that experience.