Queers in Love at the End of the World

Each playthrough of Queers in Love at the End of the World is ten seconds long.^[3] A timer counts down from ten, and when it hits zero, the game ends.^[3] For those ten seconds, the player reads short narrative paragraphs and makes choices by selecting highlighted text, with each choice leading to a new outcome and more branching choices.^[3][4][5]

The player character interacts with their lover in the last ten seconds before the end of the world.^[4][6] The outcome is always the same: the world ends.^[3][6]

Anna Anthropy built Queers in Love at the End of the World in Twine in 2013 for Ludum Dare, a game jam.^{[citation needed]}