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AndrewStephens reviews Residual Income: "Short Scifi Heist" September 26, 2026 "You have been hired to break into the residence of a famous author to steal something. Breaking in is not going to be a problem - you..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews IF Derby: "Short horse-race game with animations, makes ifcomp references" September 26, 2026 "IF Derby An amusing concept. This game simulates IFComp and other competitions by having randomly named horses (with names drawn from a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews High School Reunion: "Short texture game with branches" September 26, 2026 "High School Reunion This is a well-done texture game with a lot of short, branching paths. You go to a high-school reunion and decide..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Residual Income: "Short heist game with solid writing" September 26, 2026 "Residual Income This is a vampire heist tale with vivid imagery and a clever twist. Except I'm not fully clever enough to understand the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Black Thumb: "Short, buggy parser game with beautiful story" September 26, 2026 "Black Thumb This is a brief parser game that reminded me in positive ways of Baby Tree or Out, parser games that are short and symbolic..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews Money for Girls: Amortized: "A full-fledged commercial visual novel" September 26, 2026 "Money for Girls may be my favorite Porpentine game I've ever played. I've played all of their major IF games, though some of it was many..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews The ecology of the waterways of Mars: "An old-school science-fiction utopia" September 26, 2026 "I think this one is best appreciated if you know something about Sara Weiss, the real person whose work this game is based on, and her..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Logic Land: "Atari game about logical paradoxes" September 26, 2026 "Logic Land This is a game played on an Atari emulator. I had a little fussiness with keypresses; sometimes I overshot the action I wanted..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews how to make a personal game: "Was it a cynical cash grab or a personal game?" September 26, 2026 "A. It was a cynical cash grab that was totally transparent about being such. B. It was a personal game that used the frame of a cynical..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Live and Get Pie: "A game where you hopefully live, and hopefully get pie (in rhyme)" September 26, 2026 "Live and Get Pie This was amusing. It's a short parser game where every line rhymes (i.e. the middle of the line rhymes with the end). I..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews EMPATHY MACHINE: "What is empathy?" September 26, 2026 "As described in the ending, this game by Merritt Kopas was directly inspired by Sophie Houlden's response to Ben Kuchera's review of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Everyone's Invited: "Surreal downloadable game" September 26, 2026 "Everyone's Invited This is a downloadable window executable that ends up having some different branching choices selectable by keyboard...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Gambler's Quest: "Short unfinished game with medieval setting and quests" September 26, 2026 "Gambler's Quest I think the last move of the game sums it up very well: > > e > > Thank you for playing my game! That is all that I have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Demonstration: "Underimplemented minimalist espionage game" September 26, 2026 "This is a game that is intensely minimalist to a point I'd say it's buggy. Most actions just give you a question mark as a response,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Thirst for blood: "Short parser game about getting blood as a mosquito" September 26, 2026 "Thirst for Blood This game is a short parser game. Its author has had several parser games before, and while this one is fairly small, I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Archive 13: "Russian game about an archive where you study mysterious disappearances" September 26, 2026 "Archive 13 Well, I can definitely say that this is the best untranslated Russian game I've played in IFComp (it's the only one; we've had..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Enkii: "Twine story that eschews accolades" September 26, 2026 "Enkii Upon completion of this game, it states that it won't accept any rewards from IFComp. In accordance with its wishes, I'll extend..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Under Loch: "Short twine story, about half the size of a full game." September 26, 2026 "Under Loch This game had a pleasant presentation, with a nice background color. It has a secret you need to beat it, so feel free to..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews On Repeat: "Short twine game about listening to an album to cope" September 26, 2026 "On Repeat When I got divorced I realized I had never really formed my own musical tastes. As the second child in a family of 9, I usually..." - See full review

A new listing for KEPT, by Uni

MathBrush reviews The Very Last Night I Spent at Ethelred Estate: "Short horror texture game with surreal story related to pregnancies" September 26, 2026 "The Very Last Night I Spent at Ethelred Estate When you're making a surreal horror game where you doubt your own reality, it's hard to..." - See full review

News on Grand Island Bank Robbery: Grand Island Bank Robbery updated to release 12, source text release September 26, 2026 A frequently-reported bug about a disappearing game item has been fixed, as well as some NPC name errors. Source text is now available.

A new listing for Nocturnal, by Ryan Veeder

MostImmortalSnail reviews The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode: "A game that works against itself" September 25, 2026 "A metafictional exercise. It's hard to say anything that hasn't been said already, particularly in Drew Cook's excellent and lengthy..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Golden King: "Unity game where you turn the world gold" September 25, 2026 "Golden King Damon Wakes likes to push the boundaries of what is considered IF. This year I'm thinking of it less like a 'this is really..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Skeletrom Crew On The Loose!: "Anthology of short skeleton stories" September 25, 2026 "Skeletrom Crew on the Loose This is a short anthology of skeleton stories, a cast of characters rising from the ground to have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Alana's Dungeon: "Small fantasy game made by parent and child" September 25, 2026 "Alana's Dungeon When my son was much younger, we made some fun interactive fiction games together, including a twine game about a haunted..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ass in the Woods: "Shakespearean retelling with colorful UI and some timed text" September 25, 2026 "Ass in the Woods This was a brief Twine game that had a cool-looking background, colored text and text effects, and some impressive..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Copper Tavern: "Tiny game about gambling to win a tavern" September 25, 2026 "The Copper Tavern A lot of times when I'm making a game, in the first day or two I'll make a toy model with some of the items and people..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Escape the Wumpus: "Navigate a maze while collecting recyclables" September 25, 2026 "Escape the Wumpus The original Hunt the Wumpus game had you chasing a creature across a dodecahedral map, with a complex web of rooms...." - See full review

Pk reviews Tales of Nivea: GRIP: "A suprising game " September 24, 2026 "This game took me on a rollercoaster in a surprising under 2 hours. In this game you are a man who is down on his luck after losing his..." - See full review

A new listing for Dracula — PC Illustrated Edition, by GB Aicardi

Shrimptino reviews Scene Kid Simulator: "Nostalgic and funny" September 24, 2026 "As a former scene kid, this transported me. All the cringe came back but in a way that was kind of sweet being back in the mindset of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dreamteller: "Investigate a series of ritualistic murders; short twine game" September 24, 2026 "Dreamteller This is a relatively short mostly-linear Twine game all on one screen (for the most part) with two types of links, those that..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews 10 Games We Played on Long Car Rides and in Standby Lines at Disney: "Short autobiographical game about a college romance" September 23, 2026 "I think your appreciation of this game will be based on how easily you can fit yourself into the shoes of the two main characters, the..." - See full review

A new listing for Nipslip Mod, by HHRichards

A new listing for 10 Games We Played on Long Car Rides and in Standby Lines at Disney, by Harper Shen

Adam Cadre reviews The King of Shreds and Patches: "Featured on Radio K: Ask/Tell #20" September 23, 2026 "Kat Zhang and I discuss The King of Shreds and Patches at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucq2-cKjZsI&t=30m25s"

Adam Cadre reviews Gun Mute: "Featured on Radio K: Ask/Tell #20" September 23, 2026 "Jess Haskins and I discuss Gun Mute at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucq2-cKjZsI&t=29s"

MathBrush reviews Meet the timesheet: "Kind-of-procedural workplace comedy with cool walkthrough" September 23, 2026 "This game reminded me of I Am Prey, a bit, since you have to avoid a monster (in this case, a boss) that is hunting you do..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews New Captain: "Star Trek mission simulation game" September 23, 2026 "New Captain This Twine game has a lot of complex systems together with some fun story snippets, but perhaps could have used more of its..." - See full review

Rui Pires reviews Moby-Dick; or, The Whale: "Interactive fiction? Possibly - but of which text?" September 23, 2026 "I remember when this came out. It's a kind of Zeno's Paradox, or Schrödinger's Cat; a tangible thought experiment about the nature of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Forensic Necromancy: A Murder in Nineveh: "Drug-induced exploration of dead people's mind palaces" September 23, 2026 "Forensic Necromancy: A Murder in Nineveh This game fits in with the author's other games this comp, being a Dialog game with clickable..." - See full review

A new listing for SUDOS — Text Adventure Engine & World Builder, by Taccas Software

AndrewStephens reviews Epistemophilia: "Strange, but in a good way" September 22, 2026 "Epistemophilia is a hard game to pin down but a worthwhile experience. I've played it twice and am still not sure if I saw much of the..." - See full review

A new listing for Dracula — Mac Illustrated Edition, by Gian Battista Aicardi

MathBrush reviews Shadow and Ink: "Book-making game with Japanese setting" September 22, 2026 "Shadow and Ink This game was well-balanced. At first I thought it might be overwhelming, with options for fast travel and separate..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires: "Play when you want to grieve" September 21, 2026 "As a fan of Natalia Theodoridou’s short fiction and Vampire: the Masquerade, I knew I was going to play Sins of the Sires. The question..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Gambler's Quest: "A Promising Start But Unfinished" September 21, 2026 "Gambler's Quest states up front that it is a demo/unfinished game. Fair enough, but this was entered in IFComp2026 so must be viewed in..." - See full review

DemonApologist reviews Grand Island Bank Robbery: "Taken For Pomegranate" September 21, 2026 "I decided to play Grand Island Bank Robbery for a few reasons. First, it was recently a co-winner of ParserComp 2026, so that made me..." - See full review

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