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Jacic reviews The Golden King: "All that glitters." September 11, 2026 "I really enjoyed this entry. This is a swiftly moving, unusual game for IFComp. It is a well made, stylised retelling of the King Midas..." - See full review

Jacic reviews Pegasus Crew: "What are memories worth?" September 11, 2026 "I'll admit, I really wasn't sure what to expect with this one from the description, but I actually really enjoyed it. It kind of gave me..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Pegasus Crew: "A Fun Little Sci-fi Story" September 10, 2026 "I didn't have high hopes for this one but the writing and presentation really drew me in. You arrive at a pleasure moon with your loyal..." - See full review

A new listing for The Goddess in the Cellar, by Dagfinn Dybvig

MathBrush reviews The Two Seasons: Encounter With A Vampire: "Tag-team sleuths fight vampire in old-school but polished adventure" September 10, 2026 "The Two Seasons: Encounter With A Vampire This game is a very well polished parser game. It's rare to see a game with this level of..." - See full review

A new listing for Stark County: The Screen That Watched Back, by David J. Falkosky Sr. and Geralyn J. Falkosky

A new listing for Ruby Island: One Passenger Too Many, by David J. Falkosky Sr. and Geralyn J. Falkosky

A new listing for Stark County: The Doctor's Door, by David J. Falkosky Sr. and Geralyn J. Falkosky

A new listing for The Last Showing, by David J. Falkosky Sr. and Geralyn J. Falkosky

A new listing for Write Your Own Ending, by David J. Falkosky Sr. and Geralyn J. Falkosky

MathBrush reviews Bob The Barbarian: "Funny puzzle-filled game about being a dumb barbarian on a quest" September 10, 2026 "This game by improvmonster is a good game but suffers a bit by competition. Slappy the Squirrel by the same author is genuinely one of..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Quackpond: "Enter the Quackpond website and have fun with your duck" September 9, 2026 "Quackpond is a one-trick pony of a game but it is a handsome pony with a good trick. I am not sure how much effect you have on the plot..." - See full review

Cinnamon reviews A Chance for Destruction: "An opportunity to get karma back to the corporate world" September 8, 2026 "Even if it's a science fiction story, this text based game gives the player the opportunity discharge their rage and make justice after..." - See full review

A new listing for Dark Lumber, by Efi

Dan Fabulich reviews The Shack: "An examine-a-thon with straightforward puzzles" September 8, 2026 "As I write this, The Shack is the top-rated Quest game on textadventures.co.uk. It's 50 rooms, with dozens of puzzles. Every room comes..." - See full review

A new listing for The Shack, by System Masters

MathBrush reviews BLOODRUST: "Short brutal game with blackjack, black and white graphics, and audio" September 8, 2026 "I was playing on not playing this game due to its strong language warning, but I decided to try it, and I found that the language was..." - See full review

baezil reviews Skeletrom Crew On The Loose!: "a bone-anza of bone-ified delight (sorry)" September 8, 2026 "Putting this up top in case the author sees it-- the link in passage Dogs13 is bugged, something with the bold text, and I had to DL and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Triangle for Two: "Two people, one body" September 8, 2026 "Triangle for Two I was surprised to see this one unreviewed so far, since Naarel tends to have strong prose and games that are easy to..." - See full review

A new listing for Slide Fourteen, by Crossphase Studio

A new listing for Ashe & Granite, by Andre Bruni

A new poll by P-Tux7, Games where you do what the title says created September 7, 2026 41 votes for 39 games Many works of IF are named after a character, location, or theme. But sometimes they're literally named after what you do in the game.

kaemi reviews TOITŪ: "IFComp 2026: Toitu" September 7, 2026 "Toitu lyricates you into the stream sensorial primally grasping at a before buried in “tangled in barbed rosewire” which overwhelms..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews WITHOUT corporation: "Game within a game where you run the commands for a parser game behind scenes" September 7, 2026 "I beta-tested this game, but I never got very far. I did complete it this time! (Possibly through exploits). This is a difficult game to..." - See full review

Maustin66 reviews Invasive Species: "Big Questions in a Fun Game Left Me Wanting More" September 7, 2026 "Invasive Species is one of those very rare games that work equally well as a novel of ideas and as a playable game. The playable parts..." - See full review

A new listing for The Secret Level, by The Secret Level Labs

MathBrush reviews TOITŪ: "Long poetic game about exploring Dunedin, NZ in a surreal way" September 7, 2026 "This is a work made as part of a PhD project. Some college project IF games are real stinkers, while others (like Blue Lacuna) can be..." - See full review

A new listing for Legends, by Ed Roman

A new listing for The Last House on Hollow Street, by Red Planet Apps

MathBrush reviews Wait-Our-Way Tower: "Long adventuron wordplay game with graphics" September 7, 2026 "Wait-Our-Way Tower For those who haven't played Andrew Schultz's games, he typically chooses a mechanic to center the game, often about..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Caribbean Nightmare: "Expansive pirate island puzzle humor game with hybrid choice/parser" September 6, 2026 "Caribbean Nightmare I originally tried the German version of this, then gave up and waited for the English release. I've played several..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Postgrad. Chapter one (beta): "Time-based game in New Zealand. Mushrooms, cats, and shady business" September 6, 2026 "This game will, eventually, be a live-time game, like Lifeline once was, where you have to wait in real-time to unlock new events and..." - See full review

A new listing for More Game, by Andrew Apted

MathBrush reviews Keeper of the Sun and Moon: "Standard but solid YA novel story: kid discovers powers, goes to school." September 5, 2026 "This is another game in the most-played top 20. It's classic YA fare. You discover a magical world alongside the real one, discover you..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Demonstration: "Poetic, unfair" September 5, 2026 "I couldn't solve this game without running a Z-Code disassembler to figure out what to do next. Progressing the game feels like a game of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Maximilien: "Illustrated steam-bound game with 1800s investigation of spirit entity " September 5, 2026 "Maximilien This is an interesting game. I've decided to write my views based on a games individual merits rather than investigating them..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Ryan Veeder's Agatha Christie's the Murder on the Orient Express: ""You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely."" September 5, 2026 "If you've played Ryan Veeder's previous "adaptations" of existing work (The Lurking Horror 2, The Little Match Girl) it won't be a..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews IF Derby: "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym" September 5, 2026 "An IFComp game about gambling on which horse will win the horse derby - er, which game will win IFComp. There are some fun references in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Neverending Story: "Truly awful game adaptation of The Neverending Story" September 5, 2026 "The Neverending Story is one of my favorite books; I got a red-and-green text hardback german version in my youth and used it as part of..." - See full review

Stewart C Baker reviews Uninteractive Fiction 3: "Slightly more interactive" September 4, 2026 "It's essentially an IFComp tradition at this point. At least this year's has Bigfoot."

Stewart C Baker reviews Pegasus Crew: "Well-written Space Opera with a few awkward Twine bits" September 4, 2026 "In Pegasus Crew you play the captain of a starship on a mission to recover her stolen memories from a pleasure moon. Despite the space..." - See full review

Mr. Patient reviews One (More) Week in Dolcett - Scarlett Sky: "Hoo boy" September 4, 2026 "WARNING: This review includes some discussion of sexual assault. Sometimes you'll see a piece of media and think, This is the writer's..." - See full review

A new listing for PRESTAVBA, by Miroslav Fídler (as “ÚV Software”)

MathBrush reviews The Count and the Communist: "Very long, ascii-art illustrated polished game about a spy in early 1900s France" September 4, 2026 "The Count and the Communist The original French version of this game was one of my favorite games of 2025 when it originally released...." - See full review

baezil reviews Quackpond: "Smart, sad, and nostalgic" September 4, 2026 "Travel back with me to the relatively early internet. I’m 14. I spend my daily allotted hour of dial-up internet time split between..." - See full review

Mr. Patient reviews MAD WARRIOR: "EQUIP TORCH LEFT" September 4, 2026 "You've already played this game many times. You go down into the dungeon as a weakling with minimal equipment. You kill monsters in..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews New Captain: "A Star Trek TNG Episode in Game Form" September 3, 2026 "A few years ago I set out to write the most Star Trekky Star Trek game that ever Treked to a Star. I thought I had succeeded and then..." - See full review

baezil reviews Thirst for blood: "a skeeter-bite-sized adventure" September 3, 2026 "In Thirst For Blood, you’re a mosquito looking to drink some egg-nourishing blood. The premise presents interesting challenges for the..." - See full review

f-a reviews A Spy's Heist: "No frills game" September 3, 2026 "Short and to the point, with nothing to distract you from beating it. Characters are simple, puzzles sensible. There is something..." - See full review

News on The Perfect Score: Aventuras 0.21.0 adds persistent progression and a seven-day Live Story September 3, 2026 The Perfect Score is now part of Aventuras 0.21.0, an update that makes every unlocked ending matter beyond an individual playthrough. Endings from The Perfect Score and the other stories now build a... - Details

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