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IFDB site news February 16, 2026
The 2025 IFDB Awards have concluded!: Results are available here. Congratulations to all participants!
Palace of Pantheon: Episode Four, by Asydien
Twine
Don't Make Love, by Dario D’Ambra and Maggese
Unreal Engine 4
Fathersland, by fivestarcrest
Videotome
Gone For Good, by Ecter
Videotome
Zork 1, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling
Viatica, by Fir & Fireweed
Twine

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Reviews

MathBrush reviews The Soul Stone War 2: "A sequel with a big power-up." - See full review
mifga reviews Fathersland: "Like a Guy Deboard film eaten by a visual novel" - See full review
mifga reviews 10 Things You Can Be: "superbrief listicle poem" - See full review
mifga reviews cat friends: "i heard all the mice moved to the city" - See full review
mifga reviews VALIS II: "A weird and wonderful project about and not about the incongruous Valis projects" - See full review
mifga reviews DREAM NO MORE: "If they stop sharing these dreams, humanity will lose its mind" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 1) created February 11, 2026
3rd Annual Thinky Awards 2025 created February 7, 2026
FI Express created February 5, 2026
Partim 500 - Edition 2025 created February 5, 2026
Nouvim 3000 - 2025 edition created February 4, 2026
ShuffleComp 2025 created February 2, 2026
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: The Short Games Showcase 2025 has concluded! January 25, 2026 Details
Independent Games Festival 2026 created January 9, 2026

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Joey J's Great Play Marathon Run (2026) by Joey Jones, 12 items
My IF Marathon. by Rovarsson, 12 items
New walkthroughs for January 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical by writersarchive, 35 items
2026 Alternative Top 25 by Denk, 25 items
Favourite games from 2025 by Max Fog, 10 items
New walkthroughs for December 2025 by David Welbourn, 10 items
New walkthroughs for November 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Glitch Horror Interactive Fiction by Jerce, 6 items

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IFDB Recommends

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...

Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover
A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog.

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...

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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.