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Eldritch Apprehension - 12 items April 5, 2024

The weird environments, monstrosities, and existential dread of cosmic horror lend themselves to text, and so text-adventure games have...

Murder Mysteries - 14 items March 30, 2024

Text-adventure games ask players to solve puzzles, so asking them to also solve a murder mystery is quite common. Figure out who-done-it...

Some I.F. writers write more than others. Here are my favorite four games from authors who've released at least half-a-dozen games to...

Some I.F. writers write more than others. Here are my favorite four games from authors who've released at least half-a-dozen games to...

Dueling With Dragons - 13 items March 27, 2024

Dragons are a favorite in fantastic fiction, but they don't get as much love in I.F. as they used to. So, here's a list of games that...

Works of Wordplay - 12 items March 27, 2024

Text-adventure games consist of little more than words, so some of them concern themselves with little more than wordplay. Here are a...

This list was created because TADS 2 didn't have a Web-based 'terp for a long time. It's still here because these games, from long ago,...

The Great Underground Empire - 15 items March 25, 2024

Zork, the first commercially-successful adventure game, spawned a prequel, several sequels, and a slew of homages and pastiches, all of...

Time Travelers - 13 items March 25, 2024

Players get to travel back and forth through their player-characters' time-lines all the time by using UNDO, RESTART, and RESTORE. So,...

The Age of Exploration - 12 items August 13, 2020

Adventure games typically involve a great deal of exploration, but few are set during the Age of Exploration. Nevertheless, here's a list...

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