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New on IFDB
All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: NarraScope Showcase 2026 created February 23, 2026
Games
Add a game listingReigns: The Witcher, by François Alliot, Oscar Harrington-Shaw, Nerial |
Steel and Laurel Wreaths: When Honor Demands Sacrifice, And Glory Comes Wrapped In Chains, by L. M. Hawkes Custom |
Lanista of the Forsaken Vow: A Veteran Gladiator’s Oath Beneath Rome’s Arena Politics, by L. M. Hawkes Custom |
Lanista of the Iron Sand: A Thracian Gladiator’s Trial in the Colosseum, by L. M. Hawkes Custom |
How the Little Match Girl Came to Learn the Code of Poseidon, by Ryan Veeder Inform 7 |
Reviews
caligula jones reviews Shrapnel: "An attempt to blow apart your perceptions, with mixed results"   |
OtisTDog reviews 'Steading of the Hill Giant Chief: "Perhaps better suited to ECTOCOMP" |
MathBrush reviews Moonrise: "Good brief werewolf game made for queer women and nonbinary people" |
MostImmortalSnail reviews Lilac Song: ""Do you believe that a game could really save Germany?"" |
Competitions
Add a competition listingIF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 1): Iron ChIF S1E1 - The heat is on! February 22, 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... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| 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... |
| 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth 1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around... |
| 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... |
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