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OtisTDog reviews Pirate Railroad: "Short and fun; a demonstration of technique ahead of its time" October 21, 2026 "The only other review for this game (at least, at the time that this one is being written) frames this work as an experiment of dubious..." - See full review

A new listing for That Sink, by Andrew Stephens October 20, 2026 The whole weekend lies before you. But first - breakfast! Unfortunately, your kitchen appliances have disappeared. All of them. Plus your vacuum cleaner. What can be behind this turn of events? Does your...

LoquySSS46 reviews Meet the timesheet: "Working as a Hobby!" October 20, 2026 "First, I would like to acknowledge what genuinely interesting things the game had going for it: Descriptive quality prose, a somewhat..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews A Triangle for Two: "Innovative simplicity in storytelling" October 20, 2026 "This was not bad at all! I first want to highlight how interesting and clever the simple implementation of interactivity the author used..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews Shadow and Ink: "A serene journey of altruism and self-discovery" October 20, 2026 "That was quite charming! Though not quite at the level of Eikas, it was rather reminiscent of it, in a sense, stylistically. For..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews BLOODRUST: "Harrowingly evocative, as intended!" October 20, 2026 "It was cool in certain of its implementations of gambling, of music and display, of having two words that flickered between each other..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews Wait-Our-Way Tower: "Annoyingly clever as always!" October 20, 2026 "I want to preface this by mentioning that I'd been wanting to rate one of the author's entries on IFComp for two years now, since their..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews Tableaux Vivants: "Artfully crafted piece!" October 20, 2026 "I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! I had kept my eye out for LampPostProjects, as many of this author's entries have featured in the..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews On Repeat: "A profound, thoughtful echo that I simply did not resonate with" October 20, 2026 "This was neat and, as a musician myself, I appreciated the topic and themes discussed. Unfortunately, I didn't feel like many of my..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews The Rat: "Very clever design and prose, clunky pacing and implementation" October 20, 2026 "For the most part, I enjoyed this. However, my main gripe with this entry I feel is that its format of having dialogue interspersed in..." - See full review

LoquySSS46 reviews The Count and the Communist: "A full-fledged, historical entry" October 20, 2026 "First off, I am thoroughly impressed by this entry!! Though I find the implementation of the parser as a simili-Choice-based format a bit..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by JTN, IFComp 2026 games geoblocked in the UK October 20, 2026 14 items In response to the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act, the organisers of the 2026 IF Competition geoblocked some of the entries based on their content, such that they could not be played from a network...

A new listing for The Midnight Ledger, by Shawn DiLorenzo October 18, 2026 A missing archivist has fifty-five minutes before the old station floods. The truth she found could save a town and destroy the people who trusted her. The Midnight Ledger is a browser-based interactive...

A new listing for Your Own Variation, by Kaelen Ash October 18, 2026 Mr Darcy has just called you tolerable. You are Elizabeth Bennet. From the Meryton assembly to Jane's sickroom at Netherfield, what you say and what you keep back are yours to choose: laugh at him or let it...

MathBrush reviews Uninteractive Fiction 3: "Beating the drum" October 18, 2026 "Uninteractive Fiction 3 I finally got around to playing this with a group of people today. It kind of reminded me of Hard Puzzle 4. Hard..." - See full review

kaemi reviews Verb Noun Adjective: "IFComp 2026: Verb Noun Adjective" October 18, 2026 "In Verb Noun Adjective, the admirably confusing Rybread has set Yet Another Meta Parody Adventure adrift in a set of sprawling..." - See full review

Wynter reviews Trinity: "The surreal world of nuclear war" October 18, 2026 "This was my first Infocom game. Perhaps inevitably, I'm seeing it through the lens of later puzzle games, which are often larger and have..." - See full review

A new listing for Escalier E, by Lethaware October 18, 2026 Friday, June 12th, Building C closes for good. Five of you enter through the service entrance and don't leave until dawn. What you were looking for was one last night in a student association's office. What...

A new listing for Parasym, by Lethaware October 18, 2026 PARASYM is a raw and visceral interactive fiction. You play as a rat in the streets and sewers of Paris, and every decision shapes your fate. Here, your choices matter. Some open doors, others come at a high...

Jaded Pangolin reviews Residual Income: "short skirt long... fangs?" October 18, 2026 "this is a short game about a vampire in a cyberpunk world. it kinda has a puzzle and it kinda has a meaningful choice at the end but..." - See full review

NothingPersonnel reviews WITHOUT corporation: "Command line-heavy metafiction with sci-fi flair" October 18, 2026 "I was expecting this game to be harder than it actually was based on Mathbrush's review, so I was pleasantly surprised to find it was..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews Necromanceers: "cool, weird, sometimes gross, sometimes sweet" October 18, 2026 "the ifcomp is almost over and i havent reviewed any games at all! ive been busy this year but tbh it's also that compared to last year,..." - See full review

NothingPersonnel reviews Ḫattušumna Laḫḫa: "A novel and fascinating game about the Hittite language" October 17, 2026 "Some scattered thoughts: - A lot of work went into the UI and translation mechanics. It looks amazing. Awesome stuff. - The educational..." - See full review

A new listing for Homicipher, by Yatsunagi October 17, 2026 Decipher the language of the horrifying men and escape while falling in love? When the protagonist wakes up, they find themselves lost in a different world. As they learn the words of the mysterious monsters...

Denk reviews when i was shot by elephants: "2 stars for making me laugh :)" October 17, 2026 "30 second game so no spoilers. But it made me laugh :) Nb: This is the 2012 "game", not the new tribute. Nbb: It seems that only the..." - See full review

AndrewStephens reviews Thirst for blood: "Small but Perfectly Formed" October 17, 2026 "A small, short but well-executed parser game. Technically a single room game but since you play as a mosquito there are many locations to..." - See full review

A new listing for A Tale of Crowns, by Qeresî October 16, 2026 The story takes place in Arsur, a fictional empire within a fantasy universe that draws inspiration from historical settings in the Middle East. Much of it is based on Kurdish culture, drawing from my own...

A new listing for Everbloom, by Dariel Ivalyen October 16, 2026 Everbloom is a cozy fantasy game set on the idyllic Everbloom Isle, a place where the charm of a simpler life and the warmth of a close-knit community come together. In this tranquil world, you’re invited...

A new listing for Critical Choice, by juanma2k October 16, 2026 Use your critical thinking for survive in a dystopian world where the masses are subjugated by the elites. Game coded with Boriel Basic for Zx Spectrum 48K.

A new listing for A CEIA INESPERADA, by LaFey October 16, 2026 A CEIA INESPERADA (The Unexpected Supper) is a humorous text adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48K, written in European Portuguese. What begins as a quiet, uneventful evening quickly turns into an unexpected...

The Elusive9 reviews The Moonlit Tower: "Super immersive full of sensory atmosphere, floor by floor" October 15, 2026 "This has got to be the most amount of flavor text in a game I’ve seen! You can touch every object, you can smell every room, you can..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by cakecavity, macabre or surreal fairy-tale deconstruction adjacent October 14, 2026 10 items this theme/subgenre seems to be frequent in IF. just some that have stuck with me or i think share points of comparison :)

A new listing for The Programme: An interactive psychological drama, by NWDest October 14, 2026 Six strangers. One rehabilitation programme. And a connection between them that runs deeper than any of them realise. *THE PROGRAMME* is an interactive psychological drama about six strangers from different...

A new review of I AM - From the Author "Full disclosure: I'm the creator of I AM, so I'm naturally a little biased! Still, I'd genuinely recommend giving it a try if you enjoy..." - See full review

A new listing for I AM, by Simone Nespolo October 14, 2026 I AM is a science-fiction interactive narrative presented through the interface of an old CRT terminal. A fragmented artificial intelligence known as LUCID-7 makes contact with the player, drawing them into...

Rui Pires reviews Bliss: "If I'm being honest, I can't rate it any less" October 14, 2026 "I initally thought the game was worth 4 stars, then I realised that I had never forgotten the game after playing it so many years ago...." - See full review

A new listing for The Last Train Home, by arena13 October 13, 2026 Punjab, 1947. A new border is drawn, and millions of families have days to leave the only homes they have known. The trains are the last way out. The Last Train Home is a free interactive story in five...

A new listing for Binnorie, by Ossuario October 13, 2026 There were two sisters sat in a bower; Binnorie, O Binnorie There came a knight to be their wooer. By the bonny mill-dams of Binnorie He courted the eldest with glove and ring, Binnorie, O Binnorie But he...

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews When You Were Shot By Elephants: "False Advertising" October 13, 2026 "I was not shot by Elephants. " - See full review

A new listing for Chronicle, by Vihaan October 13, 2026 You write the official record of a valley, and the valley lives with what you write. You are the Chronicler. You ride out to incidents - a mine collapse, a barn fire, a disputed will - take notes at the...

A new listing for Strange Atlas, by geekgreg October 12, 2026 Write your own legend following the footsteps of your grandmother and doing what she left undone. Discover why the world is unraveling, explore the lands torn from other stories, and discover your destiny....

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews Tableaux Vivants: "A charming Tableaux" October 12, 2026 "An absolutely charming game. I enjoyed the artistic references and the world-building potential. Everything works, the hints are helpful..." - See full review

tildemania reviews Demonstration: "Type Z" October 12, 2026 "This would have worked as a poem. I do not know why this was IF."

A new listing for The Dark Queen of Mortholme, by Mosu October 11, 2026 You are the Dark Queen—the most powerful being of your entire universe. Your lair is breached by an aspiring hero—a pitiful thing, easily crushed. Except they keep coming back. -- A 20 minute anti-game...

A new listing for The Starlight Circus, by natalyanewman October 11, 2026 "One and all, tall and small; those with smiles, and those with frowns — join us for a night of starlight after sundown!" The Starlight Circus is a single player text-based interactive narrative game,...

A new listing for Ares-1: Mars Core, by Alisa Prokurat October 11, 2026 === SYSTEM NOTICE: ORBITAL TRANSMISSION INBOUND === WELCOME TO THE CORE. ARES-1: Mars Core is a hardcore, turn-based survival strategy simulator in a raw monochrome CRT aesthetic where you play as the...

greensardine reviews Anchorhead: "A decent story with frustrating puzzles" October 10, 2026 "Note: This review is for the 1998 version of the game. Anchorhead is somewhat well written and has an interesting story, but the puzzles..." - See full review

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews Out of Luck: "The true winner in my Heart" October 10, 2026 "I just spent a very entertaining few days reading through the Iron CHiF episode 3 thread in the IF forums. The concepts really intrigued..." - See full review

MadEvilElif|Fragment Worlds reviews The First Day of My New Life: "About the game" October 10, 2026 "I wrote the same but it didn't contunie."

A new review of Adventure in the Crypt - From the Author "Adventure in the Crypt, and Adventure in the Crypt - Hard, are games for a beginner of the genre. It was a submission to TALP 2026. TALP..." - See full review

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