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A new Recommended List by Dampfschiff, Juegos para Gas July 14, 2026
15 items
Distracted College Girl, by HHRichards
Twine
News on Repeat the Ending: Version 8 (final?) released Details
DYSCRASIA, by SkyShard
Godot
Swamps: The Price of Choice, by Herman Koshur
Ink
Retro Road: The Never-Ending Soundtrack, by G33Z3R
JavaScript
All Time High, by 3Cats Studio
Ink

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Reviews

Passerine reviews All That Shimmers...: "A spooky throwback with modern sensibilities" - See full review
Paracelsus8 reviews Never Gives Up Her Dead: "Gigantic, brilliant game" - See full review
Passerine reviews A Garden of Impossible Objects: "the horror of grief" - See full review
leyo_ reviews According to Cain: "Wow i love this game" - See full review
Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews The Van der Nagel Papyrus: "Veederian Blue Prince" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Zebulon: "Not a normal Hosted Game" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Neo-Twiny Jam 2026 created July 3, 2026
ParserComp 2026 created July 1, 2026
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 Details
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2) created May 24, 2026
(No) Dialogue Jam 2026 created May 6, 2026
French Comp 2026 created May 5, 2026
Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 created May 1, 2026

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Juegos para Gas by Dampfschiff, 15 items
Infocom Games by Difficulty, in Rated Order by Fred A, 35 items
A Few Personal Favorites/ Games I Really Love as of July 2026 by ArloElm, 10 items
New walkthroughs for June 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items
New walkthroughs for May 2026 by David Welbourn, 9 items
Inspirational Games to Make Me Learn Twine by Aim, 1 item
No One's Home by Tabitha, 13 items
New walkthroughs for April 2026 by David Welbourn, 9 items
Best of CYS - 2025 by ArkhamKnight, 6 items

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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...

Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the...

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...

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...

Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to...

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Interactive Fiction technology Foundation
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.