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A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Puzzle design of 2025 created February 1, 2026 23 votes for 9 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most outstanding puzzle design in a game from...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding NPC design of 2025 created February 1, 2026 16 votes for 10 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most outstanding NPC design in a game from...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding technical implementation of 2025 created February 1, 2026 17 votes for 7 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most outstanding technical implementation in...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Multimedia Experience of 2025 created February 1, 2026 16 votes for 8 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most outstanding multimedia experience in a...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game for Beginners of 2025 created February 1, 2026 9 votes for 3 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most outstanding game for beginners from...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Retro Game of 2025 created February 1, 2026 3 votes for 2 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best retro game of 2025. Voting is open to...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2025 created February 1, 2026 12 votes for 6 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the an outstanding game of 2025 that felt truly...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2025 created February 1, 2026 17 votes for 7 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the game with the best worldbuilding of 2025....

A new poll by MathBrush, Trailblazer Award of 2025 created February 1, 2026 12 votes for 8 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for a game of 2025 that you saw as a trailblazer....

A new poll by MathBrush, Most Sequel-worthy game of 2025 created February 1, 2026 10 votes for 6 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most sequel-worthy game of 2025. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2025 created February 1, 2026 12 votes for 10 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the most underappreciated game of 2025. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Short Game of 2025 created February 1, 2026 24 votes for 16 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best short game of 2025, where the definition...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2025 created February 1, 2026 18 votes for 6 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for an outstanding game of 2025 with a playtime of...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Debut 2025 created February 1, 2026 11 votes for 6 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best game of 2025 by a new author. Voting is...

A new poll by MathBrush, Author's Choice for Best Game of 2025 created February 1, 2026 6 votes for 5 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best overall game of 2025. Unlike all other...

A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game of the Year 2025 created February 1, 2026 32 votes for 13 games This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best overall game of 2025. Voting is open to...

A new listing for The Warren, by Emery Joyce

A new listing for Just a Taste, by Glass Robot Games

A new listing for Fallen One, by Star Sphagnum

A new listing for The Sand at the End, by Coral Nulla

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 6 votes for 4 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

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