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A new listing for Athanor 2, by Eric Safar

A new listing for Athanor, by Eric Safar

Dbug reviews Le Diamant de l'île maudite: "One of the most advanced games on the Oric back then" March 22, 2026 "When this game was released in 1984, it was quite a hit. Traditionally, Oric adventures were mostly written 100% in BASIC—sometimes..." - See full review

A new listing for Le Diamant de l'île maudite, by Bertrand D'Armagnac and Frederic Baille

ChanceOfFire reviews Eye of the Dragon: "Someone please tell me why I'm willingly drinking a slow acting poison" March 22, 2026 "Eye of the Dragon is one of the later fighting fantasy gamebooks. It is also the first (besides the very easy Island of the Lizard King)..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Creature of Havoc: "Translation please" March 22, 2026 "Creature of Havoc is probably the toughest Fighting Fantasy gamebook in the series. (Although Crypt of the Sorcerer is also unfairly..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Freeway Fighter: "I need some gas" March 22, 2026 "Freeway Fighter takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States, where a mysterious virus wipes out a large portion of the world's..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Armies of Death: "Lead an army this time" March 22, 2026 "While Ian Livingstone tends to follow a pretty fixed formula for his releases, Armies of Death does shake up the usual figthing fantasy..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Zombie Exodus: "A lengthy adventure spanning multiple chapters" March 22, 2026 "Note: This review is based on the full version of Zombie Exodus with all the DLC. I bought it a long time ago, back when each extra..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews These Thieving Hearts: "Mehh... off to steal something, I guess" March 22, 2026 "These Thieving Hearts is a lot like Freshman Magic. With a similarly long and rambling writing style with huge blocks of text, it takes..." - See full review

jsnlv reviews Stooping to Diplomacy: "Many a cryptic clue in the Kansas City Zoo" March 22, 2026 "An ominous little game about giving a bunch of zoo animals what they want. To learn their desires, you have to solve a series of cryptic..." - See full review

A new listing for A Haunting at Broken Bend Ranch, by Michael Amos

A new listing for Second Shot Stardom - Prelude, by August Blue

MathBrush reviews course correction: "Magical world of bird-people with reality-altering scrolls" March 21, 2026 "This game was written as part of the Iron ChIF competition with a week of writing time and the prompt of 'scroll that alters the world..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Sugared Pill: "Annoying" March 20, 2026 "Sometimes you feel sorry for not sticking with a game, because you can tell there's good stuff there. But there's a reason you stop..." - See full review

A new listing for Let's Eat, by Julian Grant

MathBrush reviews Meteoric: "Make a deal with the devil (or an evil microphone) to become a rockstar" March 19, 2026 "I was interested upon seeing this game, as I had heard of the author a lot before due to his frequent participation in discussions on the..." - See full review

A new listing for The Star Astraea, by Michael Amos

A new competition page: Nebula Awards 2023 created March 19, 2026 The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by full, senior, and associate members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Since 1965, the Nebula Awards® have been given each year to...

A new competition page: Nebula Awards 2019 created March 19, 2026 The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the...

A new competition page: Nebula Awards 2018 created March 19, 2026 The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the...

ACE1212 reviews Hitzai: "Played this game" March 17, 2026 "Decent text game. Its kinda annoying only having 10 turns, but intresting storyline."

jakomo reviews Expelled!: "It ain't easy bein' sleazy" March 17, 2026 "Enjoyed Overboard!? You'll love Expelled! The formula is the same: a time-loop where scholarship girl Verity Amersham must save herself..." - See full review

A new listing for Never Ever Land, by Multiverse Studios

MathBrush reviews 'The Aegis Saga - Blood': "Complex fantasy game with multiple protagonists and extensive worldbuilding" March 16, 2026 "This game is a bit off the beaten path for most Choicescript games I've played. It's long but eschews most numerical stats, instead..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews Homo Sapiens: "A day in the life of the rise of the wise human." March 16, 2026 "Homo Sapiens is a BDB adventure in which the PC is one of the earliest members of our species. The player's goal is to survive and find a..." - See full review

A new competition page: Nebula Awards 2025 created March 16, 2026 The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by full, senior, and associate members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Since 1965, the Nebula Awards® have been given each year to...

A new listing for Hitzai, by ejtorre

Wanderlust reviews There's A Bear Outside: "Bear with Me" March 15, 2026 "Sometimes sweet, sometimes spooky, sometimes heartbreaking— I loved how each story revealed a little more about the world and the..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by jsnlv, The Inclusive "Little Match Girl" Narratology March 14, 2026 16 items Trying to put the games in Ryan Veeder's "Little Match Girl" interactive-fiction-universe in chronological order doesn't really work; since these are stories about time travel, it's possible that one game...

A new listing for The Masque of Anarchy, by Edward Sills

Giger Kitty reviews A dead man's hug: "Dreamlike, stream of consciousness" March 12, 2026 "I think the strangest thing about this game is that I was able to complete it at all, considering it is very linear and I'm not sure that..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews Stooping to Diplomacy: "Set in the "Little Match Girl" universe" March 12, 2026 "This is not a review, and had no rating associated. This is merely an informative note to clarify for whoever might be interested in..." - See full review

LayeringYellow reviews The Semantagician's Assistant: "Word Manipulation Game" March 11, 2026 "I think this type of mechanic is very difficult to pull off well. This game does a pretty good job of it, but the difficulty getting..." - See full review

A new competition page: The Short Game podcast Game of the Year 2025 created March 11, 2026

jakomo reviews The Board of Regents: "Board Interview with the Vampire" March 11, 2026 "Puzzle-filled mini-text adventure seemingly set in the Little Match Girl universe but without any reference to Ebenezabeth, Scrooge, or..." - See full review

A new listing for Stooping to Diplomacy, by Ryan Veeder

A new listing for The Board of Regents, by Ryan Veeder

A new listing for Homo Sapiens, by Garry Francis

Denk reviews The Dangers of Driving at Night: "Speed IF (played with Parchment): Brief and entertaining" March 10, 2026 "I played this with Parchment using the "play online"-button on IFDB. This game is from EctoComp 2009 when only Adrift games were entered...." - See full review

A new listing for RPG - Natureza Matemática, by Rennan_Avuante

A new listing for Red World, by Foyerogg

Giger Kitty reviews A Potion Labeled 'Time': "Rather pointless" March 9, 2026 "A puzzler - indeed, a sequence of rooms with a puzzle each. The puzzles revolve around time manipulation, but not, I'm afraid, in any..." - See full review

News on Saintsridge Angels: Update 0.2 March 9, 2026 It's been a little while! Working on Saintsridge Angels during free moments between work and life delayed this quite a bit, but I'm thrilled to announce that the first major update to the story is here! The... - Details

Giger Kitty reviews A Paper Moon: "A decent, nay, pretty good puzzler, in a bland setting" March 9, 2026 "I had a pretty good time with A Paper Moon, and that has everything to do with its puzzles and how far things were implemented. Origami..." - See full review

News on The Corridor: Minor Update. Booze and Fags. March 7, 2026 I’ll be the first to admit that The Corridor has been neglected of late. There are two reasons for this, both an extension of what I mentioned in the Bunker Busting update. First, I’m doing a lot of... - Details

A new competition page: Smoochie Jam 2026 created March 7, 2026 The Smoochie Jam is a month-long unranked jam for interactive fiction about kisses, love, and romance. Games should be about romance, kissing, or the deliberate subversion thereof. This year, we're also...

A new listing for the Welder & the Smelter., by caskethouse

A new listing for Warm The Sun, by ozzymango

MathBrush reviews Life of a Mercenary: "Huge simulation game of running a mercenary company" March 7, 2026 "I was given a review copy of this game. While this isn't the Hosted Game with the highest wordcount (coming in at 380K words), it's..." - See full review

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