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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedNews on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026
The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details
Games
Add a game listingThe Archives of Trevosa, by Jamwitch Javascript |
I Love You, Player, by Polaris Storm Twine |
SchoolAdventure, by Jon Wätte and Mikael Gajecki Inform 6 |
Bugseeker, by Polaris Storm Twine |
Eclipse, by Gianluca Girelli Inform 6 |
News on Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis: New verbose walkthrough Details |
Reviews
Jo the Plunderer reviews Creatures Such As We: "Nice, quiet vibe, hit and miss philosophical elements"   |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Restore, Reflect, Retry: "Fun meta elements, ultimately kinda empty though" |
Giger Kitty reviews Altered Destiny: "Not memorable - but not bad. A product of its time" |
MathBrush reviews Journey Into Darkness: "Long gauntlet game with a lot of 'dead man walking' scenarios" |
Denk reviews Time Swap: "Nice puzzler (updated version), could use a bit more pollish" |
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News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
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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... |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
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