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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedNews on Short Games Showcase 2025: Short Games Showcase 2025 open for submissions! December 2, 2025
The IF Short Games Showcase 2025 is currently open for submissions! You can submit up to two short games, previously released or not, as long as they were made in 2025. Games in the SGS compete for an... - Details
Games
Add a game listingsalvage., by Athar Fikry Twine |
The Spirit in the Door, by Jennifer S. Lange Twine |
The Acreage, by Daniel Tozier Quest 5 |
The Tales of Erenel, by Will11 ChooseYourStory |
The Enchanted Forest, by Peace SnuglyCloud Custom |
Containment Breach: SCP Research, by Peace SnuglyCloud Custom |
Reviews
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Acreage: "My title was going to be a clever verse, but I gave up"  - See full review |
MathBrush reviews Rana's Reception: "Short parser game with a riddle and a timing puzzle"  |
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Selfish Gene: "At the end of the day, we all want the same thing" |
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IFDB Recommends
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are... |
| 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth 1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around... |
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