A new listing for The Root of the Matter, by NZEV

A new listing for The Unchosen, by Lowhim

A new listing for A1RL0CK, by Marco Innocenti

Rovarsson reviews McMurphy's Mansion: ""A Scottish fly lands on your nose"" February 27, 2023 "One of these days I'll have to publish A Wanderer's Guide to the Mansions of TextAdventureLand. I will have to wade through this towering..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Les Prophéties Perdues: "Place your own prophecy upon the world" February 27, 2023 "This is a brief but replayable game. You have found the ancient Temple of Destiny. Inside is a prophecy in the form of a poem...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Objectif Mars!: "Explore a space station undergoing a crisis" February 27, 2023 "In this game, you wake up in darkness on a space station on Mars. The oxygen is getting low, and you have to repair the spaceship! This..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Le Héros dont vous êtes le livre: "An excellent twist on a mad-lib style story" February 27, 2023 "This French comp game has a form of interaction I've never seen before and which I quite like. It is a mad-lib game, in the sense that..." - See full review

thesleuthacademy reviews Detective 1: Blacksea Island: "Would be better if there was a map of sorts" February 26, 2023 "Well thought-out classic murder mystery which is made slightly easier given that it's Twine-style, but it was confusing without a map " - See full review

dogdennings reviews The Lake: "A short game with an unique puzzle" February 25, 2023 "You, the always dutiful museum employee, have just stumbled upon a meteor. It would make a great addition to your museum. Too bad the..." - See full review

dogdennings reviews Something In The Night: "A short game about being brave" February 25, 2023 "Maybe watching all those scary videos right before bedtime wasn’t such a great idea… ..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Minigolf et trahisons: "A cute animated visual novel about an intern solving a difficult case" February 25, 2023 "This is a visual novel that has some really great animation and overall visuals. The text was in nice little chunks that made it easy to..." - See full review

A new listing for El día que lo entiendas se acaba el mundo, by Pedro Fernández

oddgrue reviews Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly: "Hilarious, enjoyable, and nostalgic!" February 25, 2023 "I have always preferred old school parser games, and this one hit the mark. The way humor is integrated into the puzzles and descriptions..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for February 2023 February 25, 2023 10 items On Saturday, February 25, 2023, 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...

Rovarsson reviews Stone Harbor: ""Do you seek the wisdom of the ancients?"" February 25, 2023 "With these words our story begins. The protagonist welcomes a timid customer into his salon, preparing to do a psychic reading and look..." - See full review

A new listing for Fall of the Achilles, by davidesky2

dogdennings reviews Becky: "Adult Interactive Fiction with a few surprises" February 25, 2023 "Working at a Quick Stop can’t be the most glamorous of occupations. ..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews La Venus de Capri: "Unfinished Moiki game about a zany robot museum heist" February 25, 2023 "My enjoyment of this French game went up and down as I played. My very first thought was, 'Wait, Gavroche games? Didn't they win last..." - See full review

Jaded Pangolin reviews More a Haunting than a History: "cool game about what happens after a paranormal ya story" February 24, 2023 "in "more a haunting than a history," the pc returns to their tiny hometown after their aunt's death. what seems at first like a simple..." - See full review

katz reviews The Salt Keep: "Compelling mix of CYOA and RPG" February 24, 2023 "You arrive in town only to find it abandoned. Where are the villagers? What happened to them? This familiar setup quickly moves into a..." - See full review

A new listing for DEVIL'S LIMINAL, by Studio Interlude

A new listing for His Majesty's Royal Space Navy Service Handbook, by Austin Auclair

Denk reviews Unauthorized Termination: "Very original sci-fi game where you are a robot" February 23, 2023 "This game starts out with an atmospheric introduction which later on is replaced with some intendedly cold descriptions in a world..." - See full review

A new poll by OverThinking, Games with flavor text created February 23, 2023 10 votes for 8 games I'm looking for games where background events and flavor text appear frequently, independently of the player's actions. Maybe there's wind blowing around objects, or someone's making a lot of noise in the...

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Fervency: "Takes being hangry to a whole new level" February 23, 2023 "I figured that Fervency would take inspiration from the black plague epidemic during the 14th century in Europe and neighboring areas...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Witch's Apprentice: "Nosewarts & Broomsticks" February 22, 2023 "The Witch's Apprentice is a short, easy and humorous bite-sized little parser game. (Caution: "bite-sized" should not lure you into..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Deux pages avant la fin du monde: "Clever game about an ancient book that rewrites itself, with puzzles" February 22, 2023 "This game reminded me of why I have liked the French Comp over the years: the innovation. You have in this story a book that can flipped..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Act of Misdirection: "Tip o' the Top Hat" February 22, 2023 "The Great Meldellevo ends his magic show with an unforeseen and, honestly, quite gruesome finale. While he runs away memories of how his..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews Cover Me In Leaves: "Linear but beautiful" February 22, 2023 "This is the kind of Twine game I expect to find on Itch. It's more interactive short story than game, and there are no choices to be..." - See full review

Denk reviews Out of the Limelight: "Fun ZX Spectrum crime game from 1992" February 21, 2023 "This is an interesting crime game which takes place in 1886 following some events in a theatre where you are an actor. It is one of the..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Lookout: "Lookout!" February 21, 2023 "In The Lookout, you play as a man named Adam Katz. Following a major personal tragedy, you have volunteered to staff a fire lookout..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Session: "A bilingual game about a menacing therapist and a cup of coffee" February 21, 2023 "This is a heavily-altered Twine game that has images with mouse-over animations, text that changes in dramatic ways, and other fancy..." - See full review

A new poll by David Welbourn, Verb That Noun titles created February 20, 2023 10 votes for 7 games This is a very silly poll that collects games with "Verb That Noun" style titles into one list. It amused me.

Victor Gijsbers reviews I've Attached My CV And Cover Letter: "The most fun I've ever had writing a cover letter" February 20, 2023 "I've Attached My CV And Cover Letter is a short game in which you... write a cover letter. The idea is quite brilliant. You're given a..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Exile's Rose: "Forgetfulness in a black flower's honey." February 20, 2023 "Exile's Rose is set in the world of Fallen London. I have scarcely scratched the surface of this lore-filled setting, so there are bound..." - See full review

Denk reviews Beyond the Tesseract: "Very original game from 1983" February 20, 2023 "This is what you get if you cross a Scott Adams adventure with an abstract math/physics adventure. The parser is primitive but consistent..." - See full review

Victor Gijsbers reviews Zymurgy: "Possibly the only IF game in which you play yeast" February 20, 2023 "Zymurgy is a SpeedIF game, which means that it was written in a short period of time to fit a certain prompt. In this case, the prompt..." - See full review

A new listing for Fervency, by Niko Charos

Victor Gijsbers reviews IRL: The Game: "Simplistic game about being online" February 19, 2023 "IRL: The Game was written by Julia Mkivic and accompanies a book by Chris Stedman. I haven't read the book, but it supposedly explores..." - See full review

Victor Gijsbers reviews How do we approach the singularity?: "Space mission with creative energy and spelling problems" February 19, 2023 "How do we approach the singularity? is a choice-based game written in Quest. At the time of writing this review (February 2023) the..." - See full review

A new competition page: The 2022 IFDB Awards created February 19, 2023 The IFDB Awards is an annual competition designed to award excellence in creating interactive fiction. It is held from February 1st to the first weekend after February 15th each year on the Interactive...

Victor Gijsbers reviews ANDROMEDA 1983: "Nice retro atmosphere" February 18, 2023 "I'm not particularly given to nostalgia for old school adventure games, but ANDROMEDA 1983 gets it right. The graphics and music are..." - See full review

IFDB site news February 18, 2023 The 2022 IFDB Awards have now concluded: The 2022 IFDB Awards are now closed. Results are available here. Feedback can directed to this forum post. Thanks to all those who participated!

IFDB site news February 18, 2023 The 2022 IFDB Awards are in!: Overall Categories Outstanding Game of the Year - Player’s Choice According to Cain, by Jim Nelson Outstanding Game of the Year 2022 - Author’s Choice The Spectators, by Amanda Walker Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Player’s Choice - an IFDB Poll No winner (4-way tie) Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author’s Choice A Long Way to the Nearest Star, by SV Linwood Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice According to Cain, by Jim Nelson Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden Outstanding Short Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Esther’s, by Brad Buchanan and Alleson Buchanan Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Tie: Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Quintessence, by Lapin Lunaire Games Most Sequel-worthy game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by E. Joyce and N. Cormier Most Sequel-worthy Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Custard & Mustard’s Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Player’s Choice Tie: The Last Christmas Present, by JG Heithcock New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen Outstanding Feelies of 2022 - Author’s Choice New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Player’s Choice Trigaea, by RynGM Trailblazer Award of 2022 - Author’s Choice A Chinese Room, by Milo van Mesdag Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player’s Choice Cannelé & Nomnom - Defective Agency, by Younès R. & Yazaleea Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author’s Choice Fairest, by Amanda Walker Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis Outstanding Retro Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice The Mystery of Markham Manor, by Edward P. Toovey Language Based Polls Outstanding German Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice Schief, by Olaf Nowacki Outstanding Spanish Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice El Virulé, by paravaariar Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice La Princesse spéculaire, by Nathanaël Marion Outstanding French Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Une soirée costumée, by Julien Zamor Genre Polls Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice Fairest, by Amanda Walker Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Wry, by Olaf Nowacki Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Tie: Gent Stickman vs Evil Meat Hand, by AZ / ParserCommander Wry, by Olaf Nowacki Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Tie: Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke The Thirty Nine Steps, by Graham Walmsley Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice New Year’s Eve, 2019, by Autumn Chen Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Nose Bleed, by Stanley W. Baxton System-based polls Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice The Spectators, by Amanda Walker Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Of Their Shadows Deep, by Amanda Walker Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Tie Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis Into The Sun, by Dark Star Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice Things that Happened in Houghtonbridge, by Dee Cooke Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice The Grown-Up Detective Agency, by Brendan Patrick Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Computerfriend, by Kit Riemer Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice TIe: The Passenger, by Jime Rolón THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice THROW. MARIA. OVERBOARD., by Travis Moy Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Tie: Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling The Euripides Enigma, by Larry Horsfield Outstanding Adrift Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Lost Coastlines, by William Dooling Outstanding Game in a Custom System in 2022 - Player’s Choice and Author’s Choice Uncle Mortimer’s Secret, by Jim MacBrayne Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player’s Choice The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author’s Choice The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Alchemist’s Gold, by Garry Francis Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Carpathian Vampire, by Garry Francis Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player’s Choice Prism, by Eliot M.B. Howard Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author’s Choice Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s, by Geoffrey Golden

A new listing for exPhrasis, by Alexandra L. Martin

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Cubes and Ladders: "Just another surreal day at the office" February 18, 2023 " Update When I leave feedback in reviews, they are just meant to be a resource for the author(s). Hopefully a helpful one. That said,..." - See full review

News on The Little Match Girl 3: The Escalus Manifold: Release Date Announcement February 18, 2023 The Little Match Girl 3: The Escalus Manifold will enjoy a public release on March third.

MathBrush reviews Entre les lignes de feu: "The story of a soldier obssessed with letters" February 17, 2023 "This is kind of a happy accident; this game is one I played before in Spanish from Ectocomp, but it happened to match the 2023 French..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Deck the Halls, Gieves: ""Checkers old Chum!"" February 17, 2023 "An invitation arrived. What a horrendous prospect! To spend the Christmas festivities in Penrose Hall, your exasperating Aunt Allison's..." - See full review

A new competition page: Partim 500 - 2018 Edition created February 17, 2023 1. Quoi ? Pour quand ? Une semaine pour réaliser une toute petite aventure textuelle de 500 mots ! On cherche ici avant tout des aventures hypertextes à la Twine (mais pouvant être réalisées avec...

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