A shocking crime has occurred at Miss Mulligatawney’s School for Promising Girls! As Verity Amersham, you’re the prime suspect in the attempted murder of a classmate. Navigate Expelled!’s strict 1920s boarding school—with its cruel headmistress, scheming students, and hidden passageways—and try to talk your way out of being dismissed...for good.

What we love: Changing Verity’s fate. Each time you’re expelled, you’ll restart the story with new leads to follow and tricky choices to make as you try to clear your name. Confront suspicious classmates, unearth dark secrets—maybe even find a nefarious way to silence potential witnesses. Is that a bottle of arsenic in the infirmary medicine cabinet?

Quick tip: Dialogue options outlined in red will raise Verity’s naughtiness level, which carries over between playthroughs. But standing up for yourself can sometimes lead to good things. Even mean old Miss Mulligatawney might admire your sassy spirit!

Meet the creator: Joseph Humfrey, cofounder of UK-based Inkle, didn’t go to boarding school in the 1920s—but his relatives did. Expelled! takes inspiration from the stories they told. Inkle’s library of intriguing interactive fiction includes Overboard!, 80 Days, and adaptations of the Sorcery! roleplaying gamebooks.