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A new poll by P-Tux7, Games with really weird locations created August 30, 2026
A new poll by The Elusive9, Games where you play as a lone wolf/vigilante created August 29, 2026
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3): Iron ChIF S1E3 - Dishes are served! August 28, 2026
The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Out of Luck by challenger FLACRabbit, and A Bonded Harvester by defending Iron Chef Dee Cooke. Both are available to play at the... - Details
Sounds from Beyond, by Carlos Marcano, David Marcano
Custom
A Spy's Heist, by dott. Piergiorgio
Inform 6
As I Remember, by Latrai
Custom
Annie Timbers, by Jorge Casares Aguayo
Unity
A Bonded Harvester, by Dee Cooke
Adventuron
Out of Luck, by FLACRabbit
Adventuron

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amaroq reviews Blackthorne Mansion Case: "Dead link" - See full review
amaroq reviews Timeless: "Nice way to spend a couple minutes" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews The Veil: "A nice medium-sized Twine" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews Stories of Stars and Woods and City Jungles: "Buggy" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews AO Morning Signal: "A UI for poetry snippets" - See full review
Dan Fabulich reviews 1NTERSTELLAR c0NQUEST: a textb00k: "A censorship simulator in the Machineries of Empire" - See full review

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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
ParserComp 2026 created July 1, 2026

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Spanish if games released in 2026 at ifdb. by Jade68, 5 items
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My Top 10 Game list (2026) by MathBrush, 10 items
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IFDB Recommends

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...

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...

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, by ZA/UM
Disco Elysium is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to...

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...

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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.