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A new Recommended List by JTN, IFComp 2025 games geoblocked in the UK October 16, 2025
23 items
A new poll by The Secret Metta, Linear narratives but still interactive created October 16, 2025
In Other Waters, by Jump Over the Age
Unity
Sexy Ellie's Quiz, by HHRichards
Twine
Citizen Sleeper, by Jump Over the Age
Unity
Kidnapped, by Cleril
Twine
For Gregg, by Leon Barillaro
Twine
Heard it Through the Grapevine, by Amy Davidson
Twine

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Reviews

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Witch Girls: "“We don’t do love magic.”" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Dangerous Curves: "Ambitious simulationism, constrained only by the limits of the Z-machine" - See full review
iaraya reviews The Promises of Mars: "Perhaps too slick" - See full review
iaraya reviews The Little Four: "Domestic delights" - See full review
iaraya reviews Dead Sea: "Compelling story but awkward gameplay" - See full review
iaraya reviews Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus: "A promising start" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 Details
French Comp 2026 - Concours de FI francophone 2026 created September 7, 2025
Concours d'aventures textuelles, 6e édition (2010 - annulée) created September 2, 2025
31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025) created September 1, 2025
Single Choice Jam 2025 created August 22, 2025
News on IntroComp 2025: Late Entrant: The Ivory Calico August 19, 2025 Details
News on ParserComp 2025: Final results August 9, 2025 Details
IntroComp 2025 created August 8, 2025

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IFComp 2025 games geoblocked in the UK by JTN, 23 items
recs for ace! by Cryptic Puffin, 14 items
Odd spec-fic games that I love despite jankiness or other objective issues by EJ, 7 items
New walkthroughs for September 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
IFComp 2025 games playable in the UK by JTN, 62 items
New walkthroughs for August 2025 by David Welbourn, 9 items
Mentions honorables - FI les mieux notées du concours annuel n'ayant pas reçu de prix by fiction-interactive.fr, 23 items
good ass text RPGs by hecuba, 12 items
Phone-friendly parser games by kqr, 38 items

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IFDB Recommends

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover
A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog.

Type Help, by William Rous
A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old...

Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. It is funded by the donations of IF supporters like you. All donations go to support the operation of this web site and IFTF's other services.