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A new competition page: ECTOCOMP 2026 created November 2, 2026
A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for October 2026 October 30, 2026
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A new poll by Games from the Lightside, Games made with niche/odd engines created October 30, 2026
Do Not Write Back, by Evaoooos
The 4 Adele & 2 Suzy, by roboman
Boxed In, by quadraturins
Twine
Tomb Any-Too-Many, by Andrew Schultz
Adventuron
Meddling Kid, by dougegan2
incarnate, by rh9

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Reviews

BrettW reviews Galilee Bones and the Juggernaut of Jordan: "The careful archaeological art of punching Nazis" - See full review
BrettW reviews Wait-Our-Way Tower: "Weep lay one Sagan" - See full review
BrettW reviews Epistemophilia: "Endless entropy, oft mistaken as information." - See full review
BrettW reviews See You Around: "Familiar chords, but this is just the warm-up" - See full review
BrettW reviews The Rat: "The writing fantastic and the puzzles neat, but in the middle they did not meet" - See full review
vegetablegarden reviews Necromanceers: "Fantastical setting" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

ECTOCOMP 2026 created November 2, 2026
32nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2026) created September 1, 2026
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

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New walkthroughs for October 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Personal Top 20 by dgtziea, 20 items
My favorite IF games. by Belrandyn, 21 items
IFComp 2026 games geoblocked in the UK by JTN, 14 items
macabre or surreal fairy-tale deconstruction adjacent by cakecavity, 10 items
New walkthroughs for September 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Favorites by Angela He, 2 items
IFComp 2026 games playable in the UK by JTN, 57 items
New walkthroughs for August 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items

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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.

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

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...

Type Help, by William Rous
A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old...

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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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.