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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: 16th IF Grand Prix 2025 created April 4, 2026
Games
Add a game listingNils' Bohrmaschine, by Olaf Nowacki Inform 7 |
Caribbean Nightmare, by Stefan Hoffmann Custom |
Merchant, by Stephen Big Twine |
Supercharged Squabble, by Naarel Ren'Py |
Block Blast! Brain Puzzle Game, by Inakanimationstudio |
Red Reckonin', by DB Rook Unity |
Reviews
jotheplunderer reviews The Road to Canterbury: "Enjoyable if you go in with the right expectations"   |
Denk reviews Attack of Doc Lobster's Mutant Menagerie of Horror: "Speed IF (played with Parchment): Creative monster creation!" |
MathBrush reviews War for the West: "Medieval Lord simulator with mild fantasy elements" |
Stu Dobbie reviews Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story: "Super fun! Challenging puzzles with the aha moments you came for." - See full review |
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
Polls
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IFDB Recommends
| 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... |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
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