Archive Pass
The files, the daily game and the cold cases stay free. The pass is for readers who want the rest: every paid story in full, and more room to play each day.
One payment. No subscription, no account.
The pass goes on sale soon. If you already have an unlock code, enter it below.
Your Archive Pass is active on this device.
To use it on another device, enter your unlock code on this page there. One code opens up to 3 devices.
Read No Fourth Floor →Platform 17, Rain →Open the case files →Go to the fiction desk →Play Real or Fake →
What the pass opens
Every paid story, now and later
No Fourth Floor and Platform 17, Rain in full today. Each new story is added to your pass when it is filed.
15 questions per witness, every day
The cold cases give everyone 5 questions per witness a day. With the pass you get 15, enough to work a whole case in one sitting.
10 legends a night at the fiction desk
Write a legend from a place, a time and a thing. Three a night are free; the pass makes it ten.
The Real or Fake archive
Missed a day? Replay any earlier round of the daily game.
Questions people ask
Is the Archive Pass really a one-time payment?
Yes. You pay once and there is nothing to renew. It covers the paid stories and the extras listed here for as long as Real or Legend is online.
Do I need an account?
No. The pass is kept in your browser, and your unlock code is how you carry it to another device.
How many devices can I use it on?
Up to three. Enter the same unlock code on this page on each device.
I only want No Fourth Floor. Do I need the pass?
No. The story on its own is US$4.99 on its page.
What stays free?
All the fact-checked files, the daily Real or Fake round, every cold case, tonight's file and the first chapter of each story.