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A new listing for Haunted Mansion Escape–Horror ,, by Inakanimationstudio

MathBrush reviews Danse !: "Complex french parser game with many side quests, sketchy implementation" May 30, 2026 "This is among the larger french parser games I've played. In it, you play as a doctor in a medieval type town that has left after a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Train de pensée: "Interactive poem collection in French" May 29, 2026 "This is a collection of poems in French, mostly written with lines of similar length and not much rhyming (which is pretty normal for..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Alphonsine est dans la panade: "Brief replayable one-room western train shootout parser game (in French!)" May 29, 2026 "This was a fun, brief parser game I played as part of the 2026 French comp. In it, you are an undercover agent with a robber gang who has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga Book 4: "Brutal, unhealthy and demeaning relationship between two former lovers" May 29, 2026 "This game took me quite a while to finish (a couple weeks!). It's pretty different than earlier games in the series. The first two games..." - See full review

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - Dishes are served! May 29, 2026 The games produced by the competing chefs have been released for play: Time Swap by challenger Onno Brouwer, and Arkanen by defending Iron Chef Max Fog. Both are available to play at the intfiction forum... - Details

A new listing for Arkanen, by Max Fog

A new listing for Time Swap, by Lancelot

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for May 2026 May 29, 2026 9 items On Friday, May 29, 2026, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more...

JoshGrams reviews The Anachronist: "Interesting historical novel with gruesome deaths and unfortunate mechanics" May 29, 2026 "This is a 90K+ word novel exploring religion and philosophy (?) in 1596, near the end of the reign of Elizabeth I when the Protestant..." - See full review

Passerine reviews The Red Pearls of Borneo: "A deduction game for WWII history buffs" May 29, 2026 "The Red Pearls of Borneo is an investigative deduction game that feels a bit like Type Help crossed with Return of the Obra Dinn, but..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Social Democracy: Popular Front: "Ils ne passeront pas" May 29, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. I’ve played the previous two Social Democracy games, and enjoyed them even if I..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Latinorum: "(chiefly humorous) the usage of Latin, aimed at not being understood" May 29, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made Back when I was in high school, the oral exams for Spanish class terrified the..." - See full review

Mr. Patient reviews The Smirking Horror: "Lossy compression" May 28, 2026 "The title is certainly fun. I figured The Smirking Horror would be a broad, probably scattershot parody of The Lurking Horror, or Infocom..." - See full review

psj reviews The Spectators: "stunning historical game" May 28, 2026 "one of my favorite interactive fiction games i've played! getting to play as various members of the ducal household enlivens the..." - See full review

hiannace reviews Color the Truth: "Half-Baked" May 28, 2026 "I enjoyed some aspects of this game. I thought the linking and contradictions aspect was interesting and the connections were not always..." - See full review

A new listing for Fearless Games, by TharaApples

A new listing for Timun Emas, by Salsabiil, Ana, Amri, Abiyyu (G2 DLR SAS D24)

zerotrickpony reviews The Red Pearls of Borneo: "free and fun" May 27, 2026 "A nice iteration on the Type Help who-when-where mystery mansion concept, with an atmospheric / historical setting, well written..." - See full review

A new listing for The Red Pearls of Borneo, by bushmonkey

HereticMole reviews meminerimus: "The treachery of self-serving memory" May 27, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. You take on the viewpoint of a simulacrum, a recreation of a human being. In..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews The House: "A doll, a writer, a time wizard, and not-Terminator walk into a haunted house…" May 27, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. …and learn profound inner social truths. The game directly starts with the most..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Vie et mort d'un voyageur: "Game like 'Her Story' but with French cities and trains" May 26, 2026 "(I wrote a review for this before but now can't find it anywhere) This game takes place in the afterlife. You are a train enthusiast at a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Le dernier train pour Florence: "Footsteps in French" May 26, 2026 "This game is fast-paced, with different difficulty levels. You are running after a train and you have to choose between three cards..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Train Loop: "Brief time loop game with cheese" May 26, 2026 "This is a French game set on a train where you wake up with your memories somewhat befuddled. Then your phone rings. In general, the game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Speed 3 : le train: "Manic fast-paced game with different time challenges on a train" May 26, 2026 "This choice-based game puts you on a train where you are forced to participate in a series of challenges to earn points. These are..." - See full review

A new poll by Andrew Schultz, Works where the main map is a 3x3 maze created May 26, 2026 3 votes for 3 games I saw a parallel between two very different games, and I think there must be more such games! I appreciated the economy in both, diagonal exits or no. I sort-of wrote one of my own & have a WIP that is sort...

archcorenth reviews Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients: "Good writing, bad gameplay." May 26, 2026 "This game is actually fairly well-written and feels like an authentic (if unrisky) sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Unfortunately,..." - See full review

EJ reviews Reflections: "Reflections review" May 26, 2026 "Reflections is a brief and charming game in which you play as the grandchild of a sorceress trying to awaken your magical powers, which..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews L'Improsteur: "A deck-based madlib in French" May 26, 2026 "I'm not sure I quite understood the rules of this game, but it was fun. Your twin brother, who is working on a play, is sick, so you have..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Mylette assurances: "A funny visual novel about insurance adjusters during a battle" May 25, 2026 "This is a French visual novel. I found the writing very amusing, with great art to boot. You play as an insurance adjuster during..." - See full review

A new listing for The Trapster's Maze, by Raymond E. Feist

A new listing for The Jester's Court, by Raymond E. Feist

A new listing for Castle Danger, by Pat Hartman

HereticMole reviews Fantasy Opera: The Theater of Memory: "The Death and Birth of Flowers" May 25, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. I greatly enjoyed Lamp Post Projects’ The Secrets of Sylvan Gardens and Fantasy..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Our Lady of Thorns: "Just a little while until the color of sins is brought to light" May 25, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. I was intimidated from looking at the long (relative to other entries in the..." - See full review

HereticMole reviews Maybe you'll respect this dead person instead: "Summoning all monster hunters" May 25, 2026 "Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made. The game initially shipped without a blurb at all, until it was added a day after..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Aim, Inspirational Games to Make Me Learn Twine May 24, 2026 1 item These games either teach me the capabilities of Twine or help me compose my thoughts about how best to make my own.

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 The challenge ingredient for Season One Episode 2 has been revealed, and the clock is now ticking. Audience members can see the chefs at work over the next five days and vote for the winner once they have... - Details

A new competition page: Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2) created May 24, 2026 Iron ChIF is an intfiction.org "forum show" modeled after the Japanese television series Iron Chef. Over the course of five days, two authors compete to create a working game from the same "challenge...

A new listing for Roulette Russian, by Cleril

MathBrush reviews Le passager: "Brief game about a drive through the countryside with a passenger" May 23, 2026 "This is a short, well-made Twine game in French with a few brief choices and at least 2 endings. You play as someone who missed a train,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Gare de l'Ouest: "Many-ending game with a timer about executing a spy mission" May 23, 2026 "It's always hard to rate games in foreign languages, because how much of your complaints are due to game design and how much due to your..." - See full review

A new listing for The Smirking Horror, by Jason Davis

archcorenth reviews Eric the Unready: "Tedious storytelling with good puzzles." May 23, 2026 "I really enjoyed Bob Bates's newest game Thaumistry, so I went back and am playing his old games, some of which I'd played before and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Unseelie: "Doing shrooms" May 23, 2026 "This is unavoidably going to sound like damning with faint praise, but Unseelie is really good for an untested parser game made in a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Join the Swarm: "A hive full of honey" May 23, 2026 "As is now Spring Thing tradition, Senica Thing has contributed an anthology of IF by students (and a few friends), this time all written..." - See full review

Crazyqix reviews Junior Arithmancer: "A dark work of genius that drives an obsession..." May 22, 2026 "I guess one could describe Junior Arithmancer by Mike Spivey as a maths exam simulator if wizards studied maths. However, after playing..." - See full review

A new listing for Dynasty of the Sword, by Lhadhaniel

EJ reviews His Majesty's Royal Space Navy Service Handbook: "HM Royal Space Navy Service Handbook review" May 22, 2026 "His Majesty's Royal Space Navy Service Handbook is a dystopian work-com. The setting is the military of an evil space empire led by Smurg..." - See full review

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