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A new listing for Out, by crotovane

A new listing for The Open Road, by Charles M Ball

A new listing for These Very Stars, by lavieenmeow

MathBrush reviews First Year Demons: "Fascinating government-sponsored educational game about Chinese culture" February 1, 2026 "I was provided a review copy of this game. This game doesn't follow established Choice of Games patterns or standards at all, and for..." - See full review

A new listing for Hoarfrost Wires, by Lunar Corvus

A new listing for new eyes cycle, by DOMINO CLUB and fotocopiadora and Bagenzo

A new listing for VALIS II, by wasnotwhynot

News on Dual II: Cyclic: Post-comp release of Dual II: Cyclic January 31, 2026 Finally got around to fixing the typos in some of the poems and also increased the text size, since that was a frequent complaint. If that last change makes a dog's breakfast of the longer lines in some of... - Details

A new listing for oxblood, by Naarel

dogdennings reviews Pick Up the Cookie and Sigh: "It makes monsters of us all" January 31, 2026 "The year is 1976. You are waiting for a train when a businessman decides that he wants to eat your cookie. In fact, he wants to eat all..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Breach: The Archangel Job: "Very long crime game with heists, shootouts, and extensive descriptions of guns" January 30, 2026 "I was provided a review copy of this game. This is one of the longest Hosted games, around a million words. It's packed full of..." - See full review

A new listing for bilingual language diary, by bagenzo (as white mage valsu)

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for January 2026 January 29, 2026 8 items On Thursday, January 29, 2026, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

Giger Kitty reviews 198BREW: "Fascinating mood piece" January 29, 2026 "The story lives and dies by its atmosphere, its mood; so whether or not you like it will depend on whether or not you feel the..." - See full review

andrewj reviews Unknown Dimension: "My thoughts on the game" January 29, 2026 "The title of the game intrigued me, and the introductory text was great and really got me interested in the story. As you probably have..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews 1893: A World's Fair Mystery: "It's ok not to like this game" January 28, 2026 "The reviews of this game speak of it so glowingly that certain players may feel that it's their fault if they don't enjoy the experience...." - See full review

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

A new listing for House Only You Remember, by Tomasz Kucza

A new poll by Denk, Advanced elevators created January 27, 2026 10 votes for 6 games After having tried to implement realistic elevators in a couple of games, I still find it difficult and I am curious to see which games that contain advanced elevators (in contrast to simply pushing a button...

messsucher reviews Highnoon: "Six shooter was not fully loaded" January 27, 2026 "The game actually had a good ending."

messsucher reviews Yours for the Telling: "Academically interesting" January 27, 2026 "Curiosity did not really kill the cat."

ChanceOfFire reviews A Witch for Halloween: "Halloween and humor" January 26, 2026 "Definitely a pretty fun and charming entry. After a messy encounter with a witch, which results in her own broom getting smashed, the two..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Peregrination of Criselda dela Vega: "I'm not even sure how to title this review" January 26, 2026 "Our 40 year old protagonist meets his female college friend. After a series of events, he finds himself staying at her place without any..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Rescue Refused: "Reach the good ending" January 26, 2026 "This was a pretty short but entertaining yuri VN, with cozy and charming vibes before the action starts to heat up. You get a few mostly..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Behind the waterfall: "Short and simple" January 26, 2026 "Behind the waterfall is structured a lot like a parser game, except that here, you get to click on conveniently placed hyperlinks to..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Let's go for a walk!: "The adventures of a dog" January 26, 2026 "A sweet and adorable game. You play as a dog, going out on all sorts of adventures. The game makes use of mobile dimensions for the..." - See full review

News on Short Games Showcase 2025: The Short Games Showcase 2025 has concluded! January 25, 2026 The results are out and can be viewed either on the comp's IFDB page or here on the forums! Thanks so much to everyone who participated this year.

A new listing for Parable of the Sower, by Angela

A new poll by Naarel, Non-Christian Religion in IF created January 25, 2026 8 votes for 6 games A counterpart to the Christianity in IF poll. This one is for prominent portrayals of real life religion outside of Christianity.

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Warm Me Up: "It’s getting hot in here" January 24, 2026 "In Warm Me Up, you are single and tired of romantic relationships that go nowhere. So, when a production company announces casting for a..." - See full review

A new listing for Siege of Emberhold, by Iosif Albu

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Within the Woods: "The prettiest of flesh" January 24, 2026 "Update/edit: This review is for Release 2 of the game. The only reason you’re driving across the mountainside on a Sunday is because..." - See full review

Passerine reviews The Marsupial of Mathis Street: "the uncle who wrote Goosebumps" January 24, 2026 "This game doesn’t seem to be available currently, which is too bad, because it was a really fun read. The story is framed as a newly..." - See full review

A new listing for TR-49, by inkle

A new listing for The Supernatural Hotel, by Slackey

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

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

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

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