New on IFDB

Lance Cirone reviews Earl Grey: "What a life it would be if you could come to mine for tea" December 29, 2024 "I was hoping to like Earl Grey more than I actually did. The game's upper-class English writing style befitting a tea party is very..." - See full review

A new poll by MathBrush, Best Beginner Game of All Time (2024 edition) created December 28, 2024 76 votes for 33 games This is a poll for the games that you think would be helpful for people new to IF. You should vote for whatever game(s) you think best answer the question: "My friend is new to IF. Can you recommend a good...

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for December 2024 December 28, 2024 10 items On Friday, December 27, 2024, 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 Advent Window, by Andrew Plotkin

A new listing for The Vending Machine, by Edward Clark

A new listing for 말리온 | Mallion, by 비포장도로 (Bepaved)

MathBrush reviews Threnody: "Very large TADS adventure with character class choice" December 26, 2024 "I've been playing through old Spring Thing games, and several of them have been really large, which makes sense; Spring Thing was..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews A Wizard Goes Shopping: "Collect ingredients with magic" December 26, 2024 "SpeedIFs are always a bit hard to review, because they have so little to discuss by nature. Still, A Wizard Goes Shopping is a fun..." - See full review

A new poll by Cosmic Hamster, Games that focus on sibling relationships created December 25, 2024 10 votes for 9 games What are some games that focus on the bond between siblings, or that feature a fair amount of interaction between siblings (more than just a passing mention)?

MathBrush reviews A Roiling Original: "Very long anagram game about defeating an evil woman" December 24, 2024 "This game took me a week to get through, often using hints and cheats and occasionally a walkthrough. This is a big game, and one of his..." - See full review

A new listing for 对我好点！异世界 | HelloNewWorld, by Enchanter

A new listing for 阴桃花 | Yin Peach Blossom, by SnowyYANG

A new listing for If It Please the Court, by D.E. Chaudron

CC449 reviews Enchanter: "Great story" December 23, 2024 "The lore, and world of this game are impressive. The environments are also stunning, from mountains, forests, swamps, meadows and..." - See full review

CC449 reviews Planetfall: "Really good game" December 23, 2024 "Get ready to escape from a starship that is exploding, and plunge unto a planet never before seen. Prepare for an excellent adventure..." - See full review

A new listing for Cyberganked, by Robb Sherwin

Dakota reviews LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST: "A total dud" December 22, 2024 "I had high hopes for this game. But when I ran it, a browser window was opened and it was blank. The game is totally useless. But I do..." - See full review

Bell reviews The Knight's Legend: "This game is unfinished" December 21, 2024 "The help, inventory, and direction commands work. Examine works only under mysterious circumstances. Feedback is non-existent. Whenever I..." - See full review

A new listing for You'll Never Catch Me Leaving, by SkyShard

News on Quotient, The Game: Quotient, The Game - Holiday Release! December 17, 2024 This update adds a "song" associated with each room. You can see the song by simply typing "song" while in a room, or you can see your custom playlist at anytime by typing "playlist" and it will show you the... - Details

Canalboy reviews AdventP: "Like Meeting An Old Friend Thirty Years Down The Line" December 17, 2024 "We've all done it - bumping into someone for the first time in years and barely clocking them but there are still some immutable features..." - See full review

A new listing for AdventP, by George Richmond

MathBrush reviews The Promise: "Do a ton of chores around a village and explore a secluded vale" December 17, 2024 "This game is mostly a chore simulator. You are in a village, and all the villagers ask you to run errands for them, like grabbing nails..." - See full review

IFDB site news December 16, 2024 "Plonking" is now called "muting": IFDB has allowed you to hide a user and their reviews, comments, lists, and polls since 2008. At that time, the feature was called "plonking," which is an old term from Usenet. Now, we use the modern standard term, "muting." (This is just a rename; the feature works the same way it did before.) How muting works If you mute a user, all of her reviews, comments, lists, and polls will be omitted throughout IFDB. This only affects you - it won't actually delete the user's reviews or hide them when other members view the same game pages. Muted accounts will not know that you’ve muted them. You can change your mind and un-mute someone later via the user filter editor.

MathBrush reviews The Story of Mr. P: "A surreal game about unsettling alterations in reality" December 16, 2024 "This game is a surreal game with no overarching explanation or moral. You play as an office worker who lives in suburbia. You do various..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews House of Wolves: "Subject matter of hopelessness in a metaphor or metaphors for something." December 16, 2024 "(This is an edited version of a review that first appeared in my IF blog during IFComp 2024.) My clinical-sounding and admittedly cynical..." - See full review

A new listing for Die Bohrinsel, by Jürgen Popp

MathBrush reviews Puddles on the Path: "A game using proverbs as spells" December 15, 2024 "I associate Anssi Räisänen with the ALAN system and with well thought-out puzzles in a relatively compact game setting. I generally..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Repeat the Ending: "Do you like origami?" December 14, 2024 "Repeat the Ending handily includes its own faux history, its own imaginary criticism, and its own projected audience reactions. The..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Potter and the Mould: "A very long superhero game about changing shape and sentient clay" December 14, 2024 "Now that Adrift games play online through parchment, I've been enjoying them a lot more than before. This is an old Spring Thing game..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Doggerland: "A poem game with extensive css animations and use of icons" December 14, 2024 "This was a Spring Thing game in the year I started participating in IF (2015), but I never played it originally. It's a poem that seems..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Rough Draft: "Clever story about rewriting a story and using items from one part in another" December 14, 2024 "In this Ren'py game, you play as an author who is trying to write a story about a human child and a dragon whelp. You make choices on how..." - See full review

A new listing for Xtrek, by BadMan

A new listing for A Night With Troi, by BadMan

esmayrosalyne reviews Dreams of the Sky: "A deliciously dark short story full of emotion, suspense and intrigue." December 12, 2024 "To no one's surprise, the quality of storytelling in Dreams of the Sky more than lives up to the high standards set by the previous..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Get Seen Tonight: "A cop and her informant girlfriend get into big trouble" December 12, 2024 "This game looked familiar to me, so I know I've seen it, but for some reason I never played it. I think I assumed it had explicit content..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Stolen Stanzas: "Discover the truth about London's new most scandalous novel" December 12, 2024 "This is an exceptional story for Fallen London, which fits into the overall storyline and mechanics but has its own mini storyline, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Christmas Adventure: "Exploring a maze with Christmas themes and low interactivity/odd text" December 12, 2024 "The games by this author have been heavily advertised across Reddit for a few weeks now, so I decided to check them out. This game, when..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dirk: "Infinite (?) simulation of Dragon's Lair" December 11, 2024 "This is a game in the vein of the Arcade Pack spoof that went around a few decades ago. It's a procedurally generated version of Dragon's..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Inheritance: "Dig deep into London's history" December 11, 2024 "This is an Exceptional Story from Failbetter Games, part of Fallen London. It ties into the larger overall experience but has its own..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Exile's Chalice: "Discover the truth of a hidden chalice" December 11, 2024 "This is a Fallen London exceptional story, which is something accessible only to members or those who pay extra money. It follows the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Without a Clue: "Try to expose Sherlock Holmes" December 11, 2024 "This was a fun game in a style different than that which I usually play. It's an ADRIFT game that is pretty long, with more than 8 'acts'..." - See full review

A new listing for La disparition, by Open Adventure

A new listing for La galette et le goinfre mystère, by Open Adventure

A new listing for Le trésor d'Abou Kassem, by Open Adventure

MathBrush reviews The Epic Origins of CamelGirl!: "Gain the powers of a camel and escape a hospital" December 10, 2024 "This is the only Spring Thing game that has never been reviewed on IFDB. I think I can see why; it's a longer game with a big, nonlinear..." - See full review

A new listing for The Knight's Legend, by The Ventureweaver

MathBrush reviews Vague: "A game showcasing Richard Otter's work" December 10, 2024 "I learned a lot playing this game. I was most familiar with Richard Otter as the author of Word of the Day, one of the largest Inform..." - See full review

A new competition page: Short Games Showcase 2024 created December 9, 2024 The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam...

A new listing for te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel

Previous | 2201–2250 | Next