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A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2026 created January 9, 2026
Throne of Blood, by Kezia S.
ChoiceScript
La casa nella nebbia, by XaltotunITA
Inform 7
Zeus's Lover Search Game, by Tiffany
Twine
Memoir: Text Adventure, by BlueFlameSkulls
Flash
Iunnuh 2 The curse from the past, by Aristide Torrelli and Davide Bucci
AWS
Adventure In Humongous Cave, by Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt and David Malmberg
AGT

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Kinetic Mouse Car reviews BLACK FLESH: "Yes, more dopamine" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Robot Recovery Mission: "Cipy vs. Decabots" - See full review
micrebo reviews Anchorhead: "Too easy to get trapped..." - See full review
Nomad reviews Gefeuert: "Funny" - See full review
MostImmortalSnail reviews It Was 3 PM: "Autobiographical Twine game about psych wards and homelessness" - See full review
MathBrush reviews A Witch for Halloween: "Brief and simple illustrated Visual Novel about a witch causing holiday mischief" - See full review

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Independent Games Festival 2026 created January 9, 2026
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: The Short Games Showcase 2025 has begun! January 1, 2026 Details
NarraScope Showcase 2025 created December 12, 2025
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: Short Games Showcase 2025 open for submissions! December 2, 2025 Details
Short Games Showcase 2025 created December 2, 2025
PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025
News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 Details
Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025

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New walkthroughs for October 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
IFComp 2025 games geoblocked in the UK by JTN, 23 items
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IFDB Recommends

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...

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.

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

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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