New on IFDB

A new listing for The Terror of the Sea, by Will11

A new listing for Constellaris Court, by Mystic Warrior

JJ McC reviews The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer: "The Tortoise and the Eno" December 3, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review Games about games. Is there anything more inbred navel-gazing? (JOKE SETUP: this will pay off in 2027/28...." - See full review

JJ McC reviews High On Grief: "No Dessert For Me, Thanks" December 3, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review This series has sunk into my brain a bit. The first entry I found to be challenging - unconvincing..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews The Litchfield Mystery: "Not Helping, Detective Lizard-Brain" December 3, 2025 "Motive, Means, Opportunity. Any consumer of detective entertainment has heard this mantra many times. It is so ubiquitous it kind of..." - See full review

News on Short Games Showcase 2025: Short Games Showcase 2025 open for submissions! December 2, 2025 The IF Short Games Showcase 2025 is currently open for submissions! You can submit up to two short games, previously released or not, as long as they were made in 2025. Games in the SGS compete for an... - Details

oscar-78 reviews Every day I get emails: "¿Qué hay más terrorífico que el trabajo o la economía?" December 2, 2025 "Cuando hablamos de terror solemos pensar en lo sobrenatural, craso error, porque ¿qué hay más terrorífico que el trabajo o la..." - See full review

A new competition page: Short Games Showcase 2025 created December 2, 2025 The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025), regardless of whether or not they are previously released.

oscar-78 reviews Estado Profundo: "Una obra ambiguamente magistral" December 2, 2025 "La viñeta temporal que se nos muestra tiene una gran atmósfera y ambiente con detalles realistas que capturan agudamente el ethos y la..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Catch That Kitty: "Getting knocked out by a fish was never part of any plan." December 2, 2025 "I don't like "chatting around bushes," so I'll be blunt: This game is a nonsensical mess. However, it very clearly does not take itself..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews 3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS: "Unfair Expectations" December 2, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review There’s a tension in creative endeavors we don’t talk about much, among all the tensions we DO talk..." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Fascism - Off Topic: "Bear V Troll: Monsters Fight!" December 2, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review There is a danger in digesting any comedy work that has even a hint of provocation or social commentary...." - See full review

JJ McC reviews Imperial Throne: "I'd Rather Be a Hammer Than a Nail" December 2, 2025 "Adapted from an IFCOMP25 Review There is a saying, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Imperial Throne..." - See full review

A new listing for Market Day, by n-n

oscar-78 reviews Muerte de Berta Cáceres: "La balada del activismo trágico" December 2, 2025 "Una entrada que entra en la categoría de la rememoración de quienes ya no están con nosotros. A pesar de ser un relato por opciones..." - See full review

oscar-78 reviews Jailbreak: "Una meta aventura que habla del estado terminal de la cultura" December 2, 2025 "Mi entrada favorita de la ECTOCOMP 2025. Un inteligente giro meta a una situación aparentemente sencilla que siembra la sospecha sobre..." - See full review

Comely reviews Mititz: "Aventura clásica de terror con final acelerado" December 2, 2025 "Un juego muy en la línea de lo que suele ofrecernos el autor en estas competencias, atmósfera angustiante y tramas clásicas y..." - See full review

Comely reviews Jailbreak: "Una de mis favoritas de la Ectocomp 2025" December 2, 2025 "Una de mis favoritas de la edición. Parte de un contexto clásico y aparentemente anodino de escape de celda para darle uno o dos giros..." - See full review

Comely reviews El Sueño del Caracol: "La timidez como peso insoportable" December 2, 2025 "Versión interactiva del corto que le sirve de inspiración (y que visioné a posteriori, aunque creo que ya lo había visto antes)..." - See full review

Comely reviews You promise: "Mejor jugarla en inglés" December 2, 2025 "Una entrada muy meritoria para haber sido realizada en 4 horas (que en realidad creo que fueron dos, al estar escrita a dos manos). Nos..." - See full review

Comely reviews Muerte de Berta Cáceres: "Una canción interactiva" December 2, 2025 "Tercer parte de las entregas ectocómpicas de Ruber, esta vez basada en una canción y en una historia trágica sobre los peligros del..." - See full review

Comely reviews Velatorio: "Una gamberrada, pero más que eso" December 2, 2025 "Probablemente la entrada más inesperada de la comp y de las que más me han gustado. No sólo por el estilo visual y la ambientación..." - See full review

Comely reviews En la Oscuridad: "Breve hiperficción experimental" December 2, 2025 "Breve hiperficción experimental que juega con la atmósfera más que con el espacio, describe muy bien la angustia infantil de la..." - See full review

Comely reviews Más perdido que el barco del arroz: "Más perdido que el barco del arroz" December 2, 2025 "Para ser un bitsy (ya sabéis que no me entusiasman) me ha resultado muy entretenido y he exprimido todos los finales. No hay excesivos..." - See full review

News on Lazarrien: A Love Story: Visual Overhaul & Light Mode December 2, 2025 Lazarrien: A Love Story has been updated with a full visual overhaul, including new custom backgrounds, implementation of light mode, and a restructuring of the underlying randomization mechanic.

MathBrush reviews Endymion: "Complex but compact language translation game " December 2, 2025 "This game was written in a short time as part of a competition for using the Dialog language. It reminded me of both Hadean Lands in its..." - See full review

A new competition page: PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025 A competition for games written with PunyInform. This year, all games submitted must require the player character to interact with an animal in order to complete the game.

A new listing for All That Shimmers..., by Andrew Apted

A new listing for Rana's Reception, by Interpied

A new listing for Zodiac - An Arthur Blonde Mission, by Charles Moore, Jr.

A new listing for Kill Wizard, by Dark Star

A new listing for Adrift, by Moss & Quill Studios

A new listing for Crimson Witness, by kqr

A new listing for The Organ Grinder's Monkey, by Garry Francis

Andrew Schultz reviews I Got You: "If I didn't get it, I got a lot out of it." December 1, 2025 "One of the dangers of waiting until the last day of a comp to judge and create everything is, there may be one entry that sticks with you..." - See full review

News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 The ECTOCOMP 2025 results have been tabulated and are now available. Congratulations to all authors and thank you to everyone who voted!

MostImmortalSnail reviews Every day I get emails: "Subtle white-collar horror" December 1, 2025 "This may sound crazy, but I actually enjoyed the situation presented here at the beginning, where you're an office worker who keeps..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews I Got You: "Not what I expected, in a good way" December 1, 2025 "I'm impressed this game was made in 4 hours, because there's a lot of branching content and different endings. The subject matter is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Every day I get emails: "Email forwarding game written in 4 hours" December 1, 2025 "This is the last game I'm playing/reviewing in Ectocomp, and is the most-rated one in the comp so far. Having played it, it's easy to see..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews I Got You: "Get coached by a seemingly helpful friend during a date" December 1, 2025 "This is a polished-looking Ink game with a great story arc, solid writing and interesting characters. It has frequent strong profanity..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Beneath the Weeping Willow: "Small puzzle game about a ghost trying to guide vacationers in their home" December 1, 2025 "This was a compact but complex puzzle game, impressive for being written in 4 hours. You are a ghost, only able to interact with the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Normal Morning: "Clever speed-IF that fails to address the elephant in the room" December 1, 2025 "This game is a speed-IF parser game. Like many parser authors have done before, this author has chosen to write a 'my apartment' game,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dying A Little (Inside): "Self-referential ectocomp game about writing an ectocomp game" December 1, 2025 "I’ve always liked self-referential media, like the opera Capriccio about writing opera. That extends to interactive fiction; Creatures..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews NOTHING IN MY VEINS: "Person in despair meets non-person AI; consequences ensue" December 1, 2025 "This game’s text would have fit well in Season 5 of the Magnus Archives, probably with the Stranger or the Spiral. Someone is..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Super Halloween Horror Show: "Superhero game where you can carry around abstract concepts" December 1, 2025 "This game is really ambitious for a Petite Mort game: many superhero characters, an expansive map, and actual game mechanics rather than..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews the lamp of your body: "Speed-IF about a haunting girl and religious themes" December 1, 2025 "This was a choice-based mostly linear game that was longer than most of the Petite Mort games. It builds up background and has one choice..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Game of Doom and Despair (by Storyteller): "Short speed-IF twine game about being trapped in a fantasy/magic death game" December 1, 2025 "This is the last of the Slovakian student games, I believe, and a good one to end on, with a larger structure than many of the others...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Unfair Escape from Underground (by Loki): "Tiny frustration simulator" December 1, 2025 "This is a tiny game, written by a Slovakian student. It describes itself well, as it's one room in a Twine game where all exits lead..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Go-Strange-Ghost Range: "Short, illustrated parser wordplay puzzle game" December 1, 2025 "This is the shortest of Andrew Schultz’s trilogy of Petite Mort games based on pairs of two-word pairs that sound alike. This one has..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews a walk in the hallways: "Short choice-based speed-IF about wandering a creepy building " December 1, 2025 "This is a short atmospheric game with great styling choices. You are in a house and you have some difficulty remembering how you got to..." - See full review

Previous | 51–100 | Next