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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

Giger Kitty reviews zRogue: "Great port" March 6, 2026 "Even though, in this day and age, roguelikes are plentiful for most devices - if I play on Android, I can enjoy Pathos as the latest..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Moment of Hope: "Could at least have updated the response to "x me"" March 6, 2026 "A short story which is well-written enough to make me feel uncomfortable for the PC and make me intensely dislike the object of his..." - See full review

A new listing for JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller, by JD Detective Thrillers Studio

A new listing for The Horror of Goldmine City, by Gianluca Girelli

A new listing for Canonical Cave Adventure, by Nathan Pitman

NMCannon reviews Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest: "A beautiful gem and great intro to WtA" March 5, 2026 "As someone completely new to Werewolf: the Apocalypse, this was a great intro! The art and music create a beautiful, haunting atmosphere..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews The Peregrination of Criselda dela Vega: "Captures a middle aged flashpoint" March 5, 2026 "When Moonlight Bomber announced he'd made a kinetic novel over the course of forty-eight hours, I knew I had to play The Peregrination of..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Speakeasy: "Knock this back with a good drink" March 5, 2026 "I’m here because of BlerdyOtome! She featured Speakeasy and its Kickstarter, I became a Backer, and damn, I wish Open Late Games a very..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews The end of an obsession: "A more straightforward sequel, though worth playing" March 5, 2026 "It gets so lonely here was so good that it got me into ebi-hime's games in general, fast making her one of my favorite indie..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews It gets so lonely here: "I'm absolutely enthralled" March 5, 2026 "Wow! What an amazing game! This is my first game by ebi-hime, and I'm absolutely enthralled. Scuttling away from the more bloody aspects..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Once on a Windswept Night: "Just too damn good" March 5, 2026 "Once on a windswept night is just do damn good. I feel like I say..." - See full review

A new listing for Fully Automated Space Capitalism, by Janos Biro

A new listing for Proximity, by afcn

EJ reviews The Van der Nagel Papyrus: "Van der Nagel Papyrus review" March 4, 2026 "I live in a city where a lot of the public buildings are in the Brutalist style. If you hang out with architecture nerds at all, sooner..." - See full review

A new listing for Dead Air at Cedarlock Point, by Michael Amos

A new listing for A Murder in Graycap, by Michael Amos

A new listing for The Martian Directive, by Michael Amos

A new listing for Briarrock Mesa, by Michael Amos

A new listing for Moon Base Juno: Breach Protocol, by Michael Amos

A new listing for The City of Lost Secrets, by Michael Amos

A new listing for Lost Beyond the Xanthor Gates, by Michael Amos

A new listing for Sangwright, by Rob Serpa

A new listing for The Shadows of Northreach Glen, by Michael Amos

Giger Kitty reviews The Questionable Substitute: "No game, but interesting to react to" March 2, 2026 "I don't know what the story is with this game. There is no game; we instantly get the game-over screen, being told the game is being..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The Van der Nagel Papyrus: "Cool puzzles, except for one boring mechanic" March 2, 2026 "Be sure to play the Vorple version on the author's website, which includes fun font stuff and color changes. This game was developed..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews VALIS II: "Queer sci-fi romance kinetic novel" March 1, 2026 "It's a "kinetic novel," where you don't make any choices. (You can click "auto" to make the game autoplay, revealing the text without..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews oxblood: "Strongly written, no choices" March 1, 2026 "It's a fresh take on vampires, which is impressive in its own right. It has no plot choices, but it still relies on interactivity, with..." - See full review

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