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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: Smoochie Jam 2026 created March 7, 2026
Games
Add a game listingHomo Sapiens, by Garry Francis Inform 6 |
RPG - Natureza Matemática, by Rennan_Avuante Custom |
Red World, by Foyerogg Custom |
News on Saintsridge Angels: Update 0.2 Details |
News on The Corridor: Minor Update. Booze and Fags. Details |
the Welder & the Smelter., by caskethouse Decker |
Reviews
Denk reviews The Dangers of Driving at Night: "Speed IF (played with Parchment): Brief and entertaining"   |
Giger Kitty reviews A Paper Moon: "A decent, nay, pretty good puzzler, in a bland setting" |
MathBrush reviews Life of a Mercenary: "Huge simulation game of running a mercenary company" - See full review |
Giger Kitty reviews A Moment of Hope: "Could at least have updated the response to "x me"" |
Competitions
Add a competition listingIF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 1): Iron Chif S1E1 - Dishes are served! February 27, 2026 Details
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Polls
Create a pollHelp other IFDB members find the games they're looking for by voting in their polls. Here are a few recent ones:
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IFDB Recommends
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| 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... |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon... |
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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
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