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A new Recommended List by JTN, IFComp 2026 games playable in the UK September 2, 2026
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More Game, by Andrew Apted
Ink
PRESTAVBA, by Miroslav Fídler (as “ÚV Software”)
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Flowers, by Millie Hyatt
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Escape Room, by Jandeveloper101
Twine
how to make a personal game, by Anna Anthropy
Twine

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Reviews

MathBrush reviews Postgrad. Chapter one (beta): "Time-based game in New Zealand. Mushrooms, cats, and shady business" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Keeper of the Sun and Moon: "Standard but solid YA novel story: kid discovers powers, goes to school." - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews Demonstration: "Poetic, unfair" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Maximilien: "Illustrated steam-bound game with 1800s investigation of spirit entity " - See full review
jakomo reviews Ryan Veeder's Agatha Christie's the Murder on the Orient Express: ""You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely."" - See full review
MostImmortalSnail reviews IF Derby: "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym" - 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
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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.

Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a...

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

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...

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...

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