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MathBrush reviews Studies in Darkness: "A fun but short implementation of a TTRPG in Choicescript" January 22, 2026 "I was given a review copy of this game. This is one of the lower-rated Hosted Games, but I liked a lot of aspects of it. It uses an open..." - See full review

A new listing for The Seeds of Evil, by Gianluca Girelli and Garry Francis

Joey Bada$$ reviews Neon Case: "Doesn't always need to be 10 million words" January 22, 2026 "Nice story, easy to read. Really enjoyed this! "

Karona reviews Don't Rock The Boat: "Defying Analysis" January 22, 2026 "Why do I like Don’t Rock the Boat? For one thing, I like horror. For another, I have long wanted to experience IF about a women’s..." - See full review

Karona reviews Neon Case: "Androids? Yes!" January 22, 2026 "(In this review the words in quotes are my own; they indicate that I’m stretching the usual meaning of words.) The Neon Case is set in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Falrika the Alchemist: "Extremely long, linear Choicescript fangame of Atelier series" January 21, 2026 "I was given a review copy of this game. I am working on reviewing every Hosted Game, trying to see what makes them popular and not. I..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Architect: "We take care of the Architect. The Architect takes care of us." January 20, 2026 "You blink into existence. Who, what, where, when, why, how? No clue. You just exist. In a strange room inside a strange household. The..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Moonbase Indigo: "Snack-sized Bond-esque spy thriller somewhere between spoof and homage" January 20, 2026 "This short, very smooth little game by J. Robinson Wheeler is pretty well-developed for speed IF, and well worth the play time if you..." - See full review

AndyD reviews Annoyotron: "Terrible" January 20, 2026 ""Does what it says on the tin.""

A new listing for Operation 'Red Shadow', by Future Logs

A new listing for Warm Me Up, by NaturalEcho

A new listing for Block by Frozen Block, by Anya Johanna DeNiro

Passerine reviews Let's go for a walk!: "You are a dog" January 19, 2026 "This is a cute little game where you get to be a dog and choose your own mini adventure every day. It’s a graphical mobile-oriented..." - See full review

A new listing for Within the Woods, by BrownPants

A new listing for Palace of Pantheon: Episode One, by Asydien

retroprogrammez reviews The Hobbit: The True Story: "Parody of the hobbit" January 18, 2026 "This game is quite entertaining as it is a parody of "The Hobbit" with strange characters. The adventure is short and easy to solve. It's..." - See full review

A new listing for Strange House, by Anonymous

A new listing for Mugger, by Anonymous

A new listing for Castle Slab, by Tara McGrew

BrettW reviews Us Too: "Whirred plaid right into his hands" January 18, 2026 "I have to admit with great shame that this is my first Andrew Schulz game. I’m aware of the area of IF he had staked out, and every..." - See full review

BrettW reviews The Little Four: "Utterly charming homage to Hercule Poirot." January 18, 2026 "Interactive fiction spans a wide plain of different content. In some games the author slams down a puzzle box in front of you and cracks..." - See full review

BrettW reviews whoami: "Great command-line interface vibes with a sparse fiction." January 18, 2026 "I am a sucker for a certain type of terminal computer aesthetic. As a kid I enjoyed watching disk defrags in MS DOS 6.22. Nowadays I..." - See full review

BrettW reviews A Rock's Tale: "Delightful writing with a nice gameplay loop" January 18, 2026 "I thought the writing task of “you’re a rock” would be a tough one to get much mileage out of, but I was wrong. You find yourself..." - See full review

BrettW reviews Hobbiton Recall: "Enthusiastic, colourful, but a little off-target" January 18, 2026 "On the tin, this looks to be a weird beast: a puzzly mix between Total Recall and The Hobbit. Now I’m the last person who should worry..." - See full review

BrettW reviews you are an ancient chinese poet at the neo-orchid pavilion: "poets racing cups downstream / some unaware theirs have tipped" January 18, 2026 "I’ve never really been keen on Western courtly intrigue. There’s always been something blunt and stodgy about it, like a beef..." - See full review

A new listing for Castle Dracwulf, by benkid77

MostImmortalSnail reviews Nyoperativsystem: "Near-future scifi where you explore multimedia files on someone's computer" January 18, 2026 "I found this game because the creator, Chris Pang, mentioned it in a comment on another vastly more popular game/interactive art piece..." - See full review

A new listing for Nyoperativsystem, by Chris Pang

MostImmortalSnail reviews it sucks to be us: "Short queer Twine game about abuse and community" January 18, 2026 "A curious game that reminded me of negative experiences I've had in the past. Mild spoilers within this review. Major spoilers are..." - See full review

A new listing for it sucks to be us, by tofurocks

crimsonlea reviews Slated For Demolition: "This game healed me" January 18, 2026 "I went into this knowing very little about what to expect, but the short description reminded me of surreal games like Kentucky Route..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Behind the waterfall: "Excellent atmosphere, balanced minimalist gameplay" January 17, 2026 "You are exhausted after hiking across who-knows-where. All you want to do is rinse yourself off in that cool, refreshing waterfall... But..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fallen Hero: Retribution: "Existential crises, romance and villainy" January 17, 2026 "This is the second game in the Fallen Hero series. I'll give a brief, spoiler-free description first, and then dive more into spoilers...." - See full review

Passerine reviews The iCarly RPG: "Everything I know about iCarly I learned from this game" January 17, 2026 "First of all, it needs to be said that I played this game with only a basic understanding of what iCarly is. But even though I didn’t..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Within Rotation: "Strong message. But I might be missing something..." January 17, 2026 "Note: The game’s itch.io site says that there is a commercial version of the game available. I'm reviewing the non-commercial version...." - See full review

A new Recommended List by writersarchive, Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical January 16, 2026 35 items

A new Recommended List by Denk, 2026 Alternative Top 25 January 16, 2026 25 items (Created 16-Jan-2026) This is a 2026 snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings...

aprva reviews Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis: "Fun. Intuitive. Funny!" January 16, 2026 "Loved it. I'm new to IF so it took me a while but it was totally worth it. Didn't need a walkthrough even as a beginner which I quite..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews The Island: "Of Shipwrecks And Submarines" January 14, 2026 "The Island is the fourth Ken Bond game I have tried; The Test and The Base are both two parters and I couldn't access the second halves..." - See full review

A new listing for The Island, by Ken Bond

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Neon Case: "A cyberpunk game that experiments with A.I. in its storytelling" January 14, 2026 "Neon Case is a short custom choice-based cyberpunk/murder mystery game. You are Mei Ling, a Hong Kong police officer in the year 2065. A..." - See full review

Passerine reviews Freed from the Curse: "A short and sweet fairy tale" January 14, 2026 "I really enjoyed this short twist on (a twist on) a classic fairy tale . A bunch of the dialogue and narration..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Lost Memories Dot Net: "Blogs, love triangles, and carving out a space for oneself" January 13, 2026 "April 6th, 2004. Nina is 14 years old. She likes anime, video games, chatting with friends online, and building websites. But recently,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fallen Hero: Rebirth: "Edgy superhero story where you play a telepathic villain" January 13, 2026 "I was provided a review copy of this game. This is one of the most popular Hosted Games of all time, and, by extension, one of the most..." - See full review

A new listing for Neon Case, by Diaries from Future

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews BLACK FLESH: "Yes, more dopamine" January 11, 2026 "This game is currently under development, so I’ll hold off on assigning it a rating. You are a flesh harvester, a nightmare creature of..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Robot Recovery Mission: "Cipy vs. Decabots" January 11, 2026 "Robot Recovery Mission is the most upbeat, light-hearted robot war that you may ever find in interactive fiction. Simple, short, and made..." - See full review

A new listing for Throne of Blood, by Kezia S.

micrebo reviews Anchorhead: "Too easy to get trapped..." January 11, 2026 "I was really enjoying this game, but just a warning for people playing that it is easier than it suggests to get trapped in an unwinnable..." - See full review

A new listing for La casa nella nebbia, by XaltotunITA

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