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A new Recommended List by cakecavity, macabre or surreal fairy-tale deconstruction adjacent October 14, 2026
10 items
Escalier E, by Lethaware
Twine
Parasym, by Lethaware
Twine
Homicipher, by Yatsunagi
TyranoScript
A Tale of Crowns, by Qeresî
Twine
Everbloom, by Dariel Ivalyen
ChoiceScript
Critical Choice, by juanma2k
Boriel Basic, ZX Spectrum IDE, Assembler

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Reviews

Wynter reviews Trinity: "The surreal world of nuclear war" - See full review
Jaded Pangolin reviews Residual Income: "short skirt long... fangs?" - See full review
NothingPersonnel reviews WITHOUT corporation: "Command line-heavy metafiction with sci-fi flair" - See full review
Jaded Pangolin reviews Necromanceers: "cool, weird, sometimes gross, sometimes sweet" - See full review
NothingPersonnel reviews Ḫattušumna Laḫḫa: "A novel and fascinating game about the Hittite language" - See full review
Denk reviews when i was shot by elephants: "2 stars for making me laugh :)" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3): Iron ChIF S1E3 - Dishes are served! August 28, 2026 Details
Engine Jam created August 28, 2026
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3): Iron ChIF S1E3 - Turning up the heat! August 23, 2026 Details
Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3) created August 23, 2026
IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026
1st Annual Thinky Awards 2023 created August 3, 2026
Neo-Twiny Jam 2026 created July 3, 2026

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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.

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...

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...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe...

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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