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A new poll by P-Tux7, Games where cheating at a parlor game is a puzzle created October 24, 2026
A new poll by The Elusive9, Underrated parser games created October 23, 2026
SALMON OF DOUBT PART ONE, by KEVIN CASSIDY
Inform 7
Late Shadows, by quadraturins
Twine
Harry Potter and the Alchemist's Secret, by kyle972
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News on The Path: An Interactive Self-Understanding Journey: October update: reading pace Details
That Sink, by Andrew Stephens
Ink
The Midnight Ledger, by Shawn DiLorenzo

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Reviews

JJ McC reviews The Warren: "Livin' in Mom's Burrow" - See full review
JJ McC reviews Edge Valley Bigfoot Society: "'Squatches Gonna 'Squatch" - See full review
JJ McC reviews WWII Elevator Escape: "Muzak by Wagner" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Out by Midnight: "Checking boxes (and chests, and cabinets, and...)" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Ass in the Woods: "Bottom's up" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Forensic Necromancy: A Murder in Nineveh: "CSI: Assyria" - See full review

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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
Neo-Twiny Jam 2026 created July 3, 2026

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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
My favorite games by powdered8475, 2 items
Ricardo Oyón games. by Jade68, 4 items
Spanish if games released in 2026 at ifdb. by Jade68, 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...

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...

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are...

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...

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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.