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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!: "Full review coming, but for now-- bug report!" September 8, 2026 "Longer and more positive review coming later, but for now I just wanted to note that there's a bug that prevented me from finishing the..." - 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 15 votes for 15 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

A new listing for Flowers, by Millie Hyatt

A new listing for Escape Room, by Jandeveloper101

A new listing for how to make a personal game, by Anna Anthropy

Dan Fabulich reviews Alana's Dungeon: "Undertested, underwhelming" September 2, 2026 "It's a four-room game, and it's buggy. You'll go downstairs to kill an orc, but once you kill the orc, the room contains "an orc and a..." - See full review

A new listing for EMPATHY MACHINE, by Merritt Kopas

Jandeveloper101 reviews Back In Time: "Great Book !!!" September 2, 2026 "I'm sure you'll enjoy this one. "

Max Fog reviews Residual Income: "Robbery gone right - I mean, sort of" September 2, 2026 "I’m going to struggle to write a lot about this one. I liked it. I liked it a lot. It didn’t quite go on for as long as I’d hoped..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Live and Get Pie: "... huh? Oh right. Fall or take flight?" September 2, 2026 "Okay, wow. That was one confusing romp. I’m getting through all the short games and then seeing what I can do about the longer games..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Black Thumb: "To be fair, I thought it was a horror game at first" September 2, 2026 "So, just previously I was talking about minimalistic games with a linear storyline/puzzle sequence, and explaining that the rest of the..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Demonstration: "Scenarios in which you'd play this game" September 2, 2026 "Okay, I am not going to lie, the very start immediately hooked me. You’re on a plane, very minimalist description style. Something in..." - See full review

Max Fog reviews Gambler's Quest: "Playing poker with all the cards in the deck" September 2, 2026 "This game is an extremely simple concept: wake up, read mail, and gather supplies to go and kill the King! I love the idea of making..." - See full review

A new listing for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by MX Halo

A new listing for Carmilla, by MX Halo

A new listing for A Scandal in Bohemia, by MX Halo

A new listing for There Is No Mars — Future Contract Simulator, by Baekukhwan

MathBrush reviews Verb Noun Adjective: "Buggy but entertaining comedy wordplay game" September 2, 2026 "This game is described as being by 'Rybread', and ABOUT text starts with: "Rybread returns. Funemployment has let me tackle Inform 7 or..." - See full review

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