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A new listing for Ethan the Bartender, by Kefan Yang

A new listing for Compendium I, by 30x30

A new listing for in sky above, in earth below, by Naarel

Biggles1977 reviews The Plant: "Fun Time" June 1, 2025 "Thought I would give this a try and had a blast! The puzzles gave me a challenge and at times I chuckled at the solution and other times..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews We Stole a Ship to Run a Scam: "A short 2D RPG" June 1, 2025 "I probably would have given this game three or four stars. However, I am declining to leave a star rating as I’m not sure how I should..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Test Subject: Synaptix: "Making money in an age where jobs are gone" June 1, 2025 "Recently, I have seen a few IF games include mentions about AI, automation and how it could possibly lead to mass unemployment. Well, now..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews As the Fire Dies: "A Puzzle in a Dream" June 1, 2025 "The writing is solid, in a game which takes you in a dream featuring various environments, where you have to work your way to solve a..." - See full review

Kastel reviews The Roottrees are Dead: "The Roottrees are Fine" June 1, 2025 "When I play murder mystery games, I'm not necessarily looking for a "good story" (it's a nice bonus though) but rather the mechanics that..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Their First Meeting: "Yes, making fire must've been tough at first, but ..." May 31, 2025 "TFM features two main puzzles, classical ones you likely have seen before. Not the "wolf goat cabbage", liar/truth-teller, find the..." - See full review

dott. Piergiorgio reviews Nouns: "it's Plotkin." May 31, 2025 "'nuff said. even when experimenting with an IF language, Uncle Zarf always manage to create unusual stories."

A new listing for Demian, by zigzadig

MathBrush reviews Terra Nova - The Mystery of Zephyr's Landing: "Scif-fi post apocalyptic dystopian exploration game" May 31, 2025 "In this game, you play as an explorer searching in the ruins of a dystopian civilization. In this world, a cruel Caretaker manipulated..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Tin Star: "A gigantic western adventure with plenty of content" May 31, 2025 "Tin Star was the first choicescript game to cross one million words, and was the only member of the million plus club for quite some..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Temple of Endless Night: "Enjoying the beauty of Egypt" May 31, 2025 "Temple of Endless Night might not be the biggest name in the choicescript universe, but it is easily one of my favorite fantasy..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Twelve Trials: "An enjoyable quest with a bunch of cool people" May 31, 2025 "Gameplay-wise, The Twelve Trials follows a really tried-and-true stat based formula. You pick a few skills you are good at before you..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Life of a Mercenary: "A strong example of an open-adventure style game in choicescript" May 31, 2025 "As with other titles from the author, Life of a Mercenary comes with plenty of gameplay and management elements, but with a good dose of..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews The Great Tournament 2: "If only the battles weren't so tedious" May 31, 2025 "The Great Tournament 2 continues from where the first game left off. You had the choice of four ROs in the first game, and the sequel..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Belle-de-Nuit: "Plenty of romance in a story with a lack of direction" May 31, 2025 "You work for a luxury brothel. No, not as a courtesan, but a swordswoman, providing combat services for the Belle-de-Nuit. That said, you..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Mayor Mystery: "ARG-style?" May 31, 2025 "Mayor Mystery is one of those games that puts on a front, and turns out to be more than it appears. You receive an anonymous letter..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Message in a Melody: "Alien invasions and youtube music" May 31, 2025 "Full Disclosure: I am a credited beta tester for this game. Compared to Zoo-pocalypse, Message in a Melody is more like your traditional..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Lady Anneliese Dies: "Trying to crack this one" May 31, 2025 "I've played quite a number of VNs for the dialogue jam. A good number of them had pretty high production values for the event, and Lady..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Mix Tape: "Scrapbook burning with music" May 31, 2025 "Mix Tape is an introspective look at a relationship. You play as Valentine, whose boyfriend Peter has taken her to a cliff overlooking..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews The Roottrees are Dead: "Review of Commercial Version" May 31, 2025 "If you liked the deduction aspects of Return of the Obra Dinn but felt it was either too gruesome or too hard on the eyes, then The..." - See full review

News on Dragon of Steelthorne: River Rescue Obby (year-late) spinoff game news post May 31, 2025 River Rescue Obby is a 3d Roblox platforming adventure created in 2024 by Wade Clarke based on scenes, characters and situations from Dragon of Steelthorne, Vance Chance’s Choicescript entry into Spring... - Details

deathbytroggles reviews Gateway 2: Homeworld: "Solid sequel, but inconsistent" May 31, 2025 "A direct sequel to Gateway, I was psyched to finally sit down and play one of the more heralded games by Legend about Frederick Pohl’s..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews A Princess Saves a Dragon: "Seems like you need saving at first, but..." May 30, 2025 "PSaD does a lot of things right without being spectacular. The author mentioned they were rushing at the end just to have something..." - See full review

News on Quotient, The Game: Quotient, The Game now has a formal map! May 30, 2025 There is now a new, easy-to-read map in addition to the "inform style" maps... (Other minor tweaks/improvements... for example, the NPC's get a little smarter all the time.) Enjoy! Greg

ChanceOfFire reviews Ice Cream For Love!: Gone Phishing: "Adorable art, humorous dialogue and something dark around the corner" May 30, 2025 "Having to download this game versus just playing it in my browser felt like a lot of work at first. (I'm lazy.) Still, I think it was..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Lulu and the Asteroid of 100% Guaranteed Doom: "Save your cat, and ... oh, why not, other people too" May 30, 2025 "Lulu and the Asteroid of 100% guaranteed Doom starts out giving a very cute first impression. I mean, of course, there's the title, but..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews WAITING FOR THE DEATH WIND: "A final word with the Goddess" May 30, 2025 "Waiting for the Death Wind is the second game I've played in the Dialogue Jam which features very high production values for the event...." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Tea Haus: "Tea and talk" May 30, 2025 "Gentle and charming. You step into a teahouse, make your order and sit with one of four folks for a conversation. I only played three..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Who Kidnapped Mother Goose?: "Grown up detective fun even for a nursery rhyme disliker like me" May 30, 2025 "One Sierra game I remember fondly is Mixed-Up Mother Goose. It simply puts a bunch of items in random places around a sixteen-room map,..." - See full review

A new listing for Reverse War, by Nicolas PIERRON

Flack reviews Fallacy of Dawn: "It's Dark, it's Gritty, it's Hilarious" May 29, 2025 "Fallacy of Dawn is set in a dystopian alternate universe, where arcades from the 1980s full of smoke and neon lights still exist. In the..." - See full review

Flack reviews Cryptozookeeper: "The World of Cryptids Meets Pokemon!" May 29, 2025 "I grew up reading books and watching specials about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other cryptids, so Cryptozookeeper was right up..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews AI Dungeon: "My experiences with AI dungeon" May 29, 2025 "As AI is a very controversial topic, I will decline to leave a star rating for AI dungeon. Much has been said about how AI could destroy..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Tamago Sando And The End Of The World: "We've seen Google Form IFs, and now we have another idea" May 29, 2025 "We've seen IF games in Google Forms, and now we have something in Google Slides. Looks like I'll need to get to that excel-macro IF I've..." - See full review

Flack reviews Enceladus: "Where Wolf? There, on Enceladus!" May 29, 2025 "Enceladus is everything I want in an interactive fiction game. I don't want to draw extensive maps, play "guess the verb" all night, or..." - See full review

Turpitude reviews Spring Gothic: "A shooting star, a disintegrating meteor" May 29, 2025 "This is fundamentally a strong concept, which I find to be unfortunately marred by issues in its execution. I greatly appreciate what the..." - See full review

News on Ataraxia: Ataraxia - now fully soundtracked! May 28, 2025 See the author's announcement on intfiction.org for details.

ChanceOfFire reviews Starlight and Her Iron Duke: "The guests are gone, and the truth is out" May 28, 2025 "A short VN where you play as someone in a not quite happy relationship. Despite appearances the two of you put up for others, things are..." - See full review

A new listing for Office Temptation, by HHRichards

ChanceOfFire reviews Moments Like This: "A charming title with a unique style of interactivity" May 28, 2025 "After playing through a couple of choice-based twine games in the jam, with different takes on the execution, Moments Like This does..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Meiosis: "A true page-turner" May 28, 2025 "Playing this horror game kept me at the edge of my seat. Line by line, the dialogue starts off fairly innocently in the first scene but..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews In our final moments...: "Before the zombies come in" May 28, 2025 "Short and simple, you have a final conversation moments before what seems to be the end. Usually, in zombie IF games I've played, my job..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews DREAM NO MORE: "Mysterious and dreamlike vibes" May 28, 2025 "Dream No More does a good job of creating the game's atmosphere with a strong selection of art and music to accompany the writing. In..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Boss, we have a problem: "A hilarious group chat about a bank robbery" May 28, 2025 "It’s a simple game, but it was definitely entertaining, and made me laugh at times. You’re the leader of a trio of comically..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews All Cats Are Babies: "A short and linear VN about the fate of a cat" May 28, 2025 "All Cats are Babies appears to be a kinetic VN. You do not make any choices, not even fake ones, from the start to the end, and basically..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews Disco Elysium - The Final Cut: " Does Cuno care?" May 28, 2025 "I’ve always had difficult playing characters that have less than desirable personalities or ethical codes. For example, it was..." - See full review

deathbytroggles reviews Overboard!: "Femme Fatale" May 28, 2025 "A murder mystery where you’re the murderer is ripe for intrigue and clever manipulation. Overboard! begins with a bang (not literally),..." - See full review

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