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A new listing for Ares-1: Mars Core, by Alisa Prokurat October 11, 2026 === SYSTEM NOTICE: ORBITAL TRANSMISSION INBOUND === WELCOME TO THE CORE. ARES-1: Mars Core is a hardcore, turn-based survival strategy simulator in a raw monochrome CRT aesthetic where you play as the...

greensardine reviews Anchorhead: "A decent story with frustrating puzzles" October 10, 2026 "Note: This review is for the 1998 version of the game. Anchorhead is somewhat well written and has an interesting story, but the puzzles..." - See full review

Next_Stop_Willoughby reviews Out of Luck: "The true winner in my Heart" October 10, 2026 "I just spent a very entertaining few days reading through the Iron CHiF episode 3 thread in the IF forums. The concepts really intrigued..." - See full review

MadEvilElif|Fragment Worlds reviews The First Day of My New Life: "About the game" October 10, 2026 "I wrote the same but it didn't contunie."

A new review of Adventure in the Crypt - From the Author "Adventure in the Crypt, and Adventure in the Crypt - Hard, are games for a beginner of the genre. It was a submission to TALP 2026. TALP..." - See full review

A new review of Cloak of Darkness - From the Author "Because of the strangeness of the specification, it is somewhat hard to faithfully recreate the exact logic from the specification. This..." - See full review

A new listing for Cloak of Darkness, by Andy Bantly October 10, 2026 Cloak of Darkness is the traditional “Hello, world” of parser‑based IF: a three room mystery built to test how an engine handles rooms, darkness, objects, and conditional endings. This version features...

A new listing for The Final Mask, by Andy Bantly October 10, 2026 You wake in a room that remembers you. A mask waits. The world shifts around the choices you make, and the choices you refuse.

A new listing for Manifest Loss, by Aurelie Dore October 7, 2026 Manifest Loss is a historical interactive mystery set in Barbados in 1691. A shipping discrepancy leaves the evidence scattered across manifests, testimony and warehouse records. Examine the surviving...

A new listing for Playkraft, by Aditya Narayan Rai October 6, 2026 Hi, I'm Aditya, and I made a detective game that lives in your browser. Each case hands you a tiny internet. There is a search engine, a social network, an inbox, a map, a few news sites, a podcast, and one...

A new listing for Cognitive Architect, by Yashvi Bajoria October 6, 2026 You are an Architect — a near-future psychological counsellor equipped to step directly into the subconscious mind of a patient trapped in a traumatic catatonic state. To wake them, you travel through...

Canalboy reviews The Usurper: Mines of Qyntarr: "When Is A Puzzle Not A Puzzle?" October 6, 2026 "This game is very much a case of what might have been. Originally posited as the third game in a series (although it was the only one..." - See full review

A new listing for Maze AI, by Vilius Padleckis October 6, 2026 Maze AI is a text RPG for iPhone in which a large language model writes the narration turn by turn. You pick one of 58 scenario worlds — dark fantasy, sci-fi horror, cyberpunk heists, cozy shopkeeping,...

A new listing for Tales of Munin, by Bryan Williams October 6, 2026 Tales of Munin is a free text RPG you play in your browser. You type what you do in plain English and the world answers. Year 214 After the Fall. You live in Wide Rest, a town split by a canal. The Lit hold...

A new listing for Hawksmoor: The Drowned City, by Dom Wright and Phil Gooch October 5, 2026 Set in a floating city - ancient, divided, and slowly drowning - you are a suspect, and The Watch are on your tail. Can you uncover the truth?

kaemi reviews Residual Income: "IFComp 2026: Residual Income" October 4, 2026 "Several times, and I must say I’m batting a thousand on this (baseball (good (what have you never left the house and encountered..." - See full review

A new listing for The Journal, by panikka studio October 4, 2026 You find your childhood journals. Some pages are blacked out, and you don't remember those days. Click an underlined moment and you're back there, age 7, 13 or 17. Do one thing differently, come back, and...

A new listing for The Curse of Ravenrock, by Marian Dumitrache October 3, 2026 A choice-driven dark fantasy interactive fiction game with a sandbox feel, set across the mist-bound settlements and old roads of the Mistveil Basin. Follow a travelling party across the basin as they...

OtisTDog reviews The End Means Escape: "Accurate title" October 2, 2026 "If you are a completionist who happens to encounter this game, then you will find the title to be 100% accurate: The end is your escape..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator: "You don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy this one." October 2, 2026 "The blurb for Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator claims: >Any fun you may have, or amusement you may find, while piloting this simulator..." - See full review

A new listing for Night Desk, by Tiny Lobby October 2, 2026 You are the new night clerk of a small hotel. After midnight people come to the desk, and a woman in grey leaves an envelope and two hundred dollars for a favour: if anyone asks, she was never here. You...

A new listing for Leaving the Suit Behind? You Are Invited to Fill Out the Robin Exit Interview, by n0tabadday October 2, 2026 Robin Satisfaction Survey: Please provide a brief exit interview. A DC Comics / Batman fangame.

A new listing for Vanyar (2026), by Johan Berntsson October 1, 2026 When an ancient diamond falls into the hands of a rebellious lord and his dragon, a kingdom's fate rests on your blade and an elven sage's quiet magic. Experience an authentic retro journey; a resurrected...

A new listing for Driftmark, by Aurelie Dore October 1, 2026 Driftmark is a three-episode choice-based historical interactive fiction set in the seventeenth-century Caribbean. Follow Mercy and the crew of the Iron Mercy through disaster, divided loyalties, and...

Tabitha reviews The Empty Chamber: A Celia Swift Mystery: "Fun one-room mystery with some rough spots" September 30, 2026 "Overall I quite enjoyed this one, but hit a few significant snags. Starting with the things I liked: it's a one-room mystery, and that..." - See full review

A new listing for Burtonport, 1985, by Padraig O Cinnéide September 29, 2026 At 2am on May 30th 1985, three men, Sean, Patsy and Tommy set out in a boat off the coast of Donegal, Ireland to see what they might find in the water.

NMCannon reviews Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives: "The dark, marvelous VtM I know and love" September 29, 2026 "With Parliament of Knives, I’m wrapping up all the available CoG VtM games so far (in 2026)! Whoohoo! Turns out I picked the perfect..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for September 2026 September 28, 2026 8 items On Monday, September 28, 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...

A new listing for The Message from Deep Space, by Applesinmypants September 28, 2026 The Message from Deep Space is an odyssey of puzzles. Take the role of the mission's Translator, working alongside a scrappy band of scientists, and venture headfirst into the world of deciphering an alien...

A new listing for THE SNOW, by GAZArts September 28, 2026 For almost a year, every day has begun the same way. You wake. You feed Felix. You try the Wi-Fi. Then you step outside and look for someone. Anyone. But the moment you venture too far from home, the snow...

A new listing for Tainted Blood, by StorytellerMeeka September 28, 2026 A courtly horror visual novel set in an imperial court modeled on Rokugan. The player takes the role of Shika, a court lady investigating corruption within the royal family as crown princes die mysteriously....

A new listing for In Transit, by Mehmetcan Serinkaya September 28, 2026 "In Transit" was written for the inkjam '26, during the last three days of the submission period. It is a tiny text adventure that is neither here nor there. PS: Don't get me started on that carpet!

A new listing for Borrowing Kai’s Phone, by Charlie Ocean September 28, 2026 Dinner with Kai is tonight. He picked the place, made the reservation, and set three reminders so he wouldn't forget. All you have to do is look up the address. Your phone gets as far as the search box and...

A new listing for Only God May Judge, by Some Guy in a Hat September 28, 2026 Father Blake Blade is the pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston is beset by demons, gangs, and cults all vying for dominance. Father Blake has been given a gift to navigate...

A new listing for Pelican House, by Charlie Ocean September 28, 2026 Being invited is lovely. Being the only person who needs introducing is another thing entirely. Piper, your coworker of two years, has invited you to join her oldest friends at a beach house on the North...

A new listing for The Library of Unsent Letters, by Charlie Ocean September 28, 2026 You find the door quite by accident. Inside is a quiet Library where every unsent message waits: confessions, apologies, half-finished goodbyes, things almost said and never sent. Tonight, the Library asks...

A new Recommended List by Angela He, Favorites September 27, 2026 2 items

Dan Fabulich reviews Tableaux Vivants: "Just one puzzle didn't jibe right" September 27, 2026 "I quite liked this game. The writing was strong, and the puzzles flowed right. I particularly appreciated the highlighted words, making..." - See full review

A new listing for Solo Legends: Elderspire, by Steven Marks September 27, 2026 Remember Choose Your Own Adventure? This is what it grew up to be. The Grayfall is coming to Elderspire — a plague of ghosts that marks the living and hollows the dead. You arrive at the Never-Empty Flagon...

A new listing for House of Glass, by StorytellerMeeka September 27, 2026 The House of Glass is a psychological horror visual novel built around a Taoist concept of the divided self: 魂 (Hún), the ethereal mind-soul that can flee the body, and 魄 (P'o), the corporeal soul that...

AndrewStephens reviews Residual Income: "Short Scifi Heist" September 26, 2026 "You have been hired to break into the residence of a famous author to steal something. Breaking in is not going to be a problem - you..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews IF Derby: "Short horse-race game with animations, makes ifcomp references" September 26, 2026 "IF Derby An amusing concept. This game simulates IFComp and other competitions by having randomly named horses (with names drawn from a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews High School Reunion: "Short texture game with branches" September 26, 2026 "High School Reunion This is a well-done texture game with a lot of short, branching paths. You go to a high-school reunion and decide..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Residual Income: "Short heist game with solid writing" September 26, 2026 "Residual Income This is a vampire heist tale with vivid imagery and a clever twist. Except I'm not fully clever enough to understand the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Black Thumb: "Short, buggy parser game with beautiful story" September 26, 2026 "Black Thumb This is a brief parser game that reminded me in positive ways of Baby Tree or Out, parser games that are short and symbolic..." - See full review

NothingPersonnel reviews Money for Girls: Amortized: "A full-fledged commercial visual novel" September 26, 2026 "Money for Girls may be my favorite Porpentine game I've ever played. I've played all of their major IF games, though some of it was many..." - See full review

NothingPersonnel reviews The ecology of the waterways of Mars: "An old-school science-fiction utopia" September 26, 2026 "I think this one is best appreciated if you know something about Sara Weiss, the real person whose work this game is based on, and her..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Logic Land: "Atari game about logical paradoxes" September 26, 2026 "Logic Land This is a game played on an Atari emulator. I had a little fussiness with keypresses; sometimes I overshot the action I wanted..." - See full review

NothingPersonnel reviews how to make a personal game: "Was it a cynical cash grab or a personal game?" September 26, 2026 "A. It was a cynical cash grab that was totally transparent about being such. B. It was a personal game that used the frame of a cynical..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Live and Get Pie: "A game where you hopefully live, and hopefully get pie (in rhyme)" September 26, 2026 "Live and Get Pie This was amusing. It's a short parser game where every line rhymes (i.e. the middle of the line rhymes with the end). I..." - See full review

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