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A new poll by Adam Biltcliffe, Games that are like eating pizza created January 4, 2026
Zeus's Lover Search Game, by Tiffany
Twine
Zeus's Lover Search Game, by Tiffany
Twine
Memoir: Text Adventure, by BlueFlameSkulls
Flash
Iunnuh 2 The curse from the past, by Aristide Torrelli and Davide Bucci
AWS
Adventure In Humongous Cave, by Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt and David Malmberg
AGT
Continuity of Care, by Jeff Wu
NovelCrafted

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Nomad reviews Gefeuert: "Funny" - See full review
MostImmortalSnail reviews It Was 3 PM: "Autobiographical Twine game about psych wards and homelessness" - See full review
MathBrush reviews A Witch for Halloween: "Brief and simple illustrated Visual Novel about a witch causing holiday mischief" - See full review
TestTubeHuman reviews Summit: "Still holds up" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Find and Keeper: "Short creepy story with Gaelic roots" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Vault of Stories: "An innovative example of Twine as a teaching tool (with a sci-fi twist)" - See full review

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News on Short Games Showcase 2025: The Short Games Showcase 2025 has begun! January 1, 2026 Details
NarraScope Showcase 2025 created December 12, 2025
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Short Games Showcase 2025 created December 2, 2025
PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025
News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 Details
Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025
Bare-Bones Jam 2025 created November 3, 2025

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IFDB Recommends

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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