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A new Recommended List by writersarchive, Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical January 16, 2026 35 items

A new Recommended List by Denk, 2026 Alternative Top 25 January 16, 2026 25 items (Created 16-Jan-2026) This is a 2026 snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings...

aprva reviews Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis: "Fun. Intuitive. Funny!" January 16, 2026 "Loved it. I'm new to IF so it took me a while but it was totally worth it. Didn't need a walkthrough even as a beginner which I quite..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews The Island: "Of Shipwrecks And Submarines" January 14, 2026 "The Island is the fourth Ken Bond game I have tried; The Test and The Base are both two parters and I couldn't access the second halves..." - See full review

A new listing for The Island, by Ken Bond

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Neon Case: "A cyberpunk game that experiments with A.I. in its storytelling" January 14, 2026 "Neon Case is a short custom choice-based cyberpunk/murder mystery game. You are Mei Ling, a Hong Kong police officer in the year 2065. A..." - See full review

Passerine reviews Freed from the Curse: "A short and sweet fairy tale" January 14, 2026 "I really enjoyed this short twist on (a twist on) a classic fairy tale . A bunch of the dialogue and narration..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Lost Memories Dot Net: "Blogs, love triangles, and carving out a space for oneself" January 13, 2026 "April 6th, 2004. Nina is 14 years old. She likes anime, video games, chatting with friends online, and building websites. But recently,..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Fallen Hero: Rebirth: "Edgy superhero story where you play a telepathic villain" January 13, 2026 "I was provided a review copy of this game. This is one of the most popular Hosted Games of all time, and, by extension, one of the most..." - See full review

A new listing for Neon Case, by Diaries from Future

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews BLACK FLESH: "Yes, more dopamine" January 11, 2026 "This game is currently under development, so I’ll hold off on assigning it a rating. You are a flesh harvester, a nightmare creature of..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Robot Recovery Mission: "Cipy vs. Decabots" January 11, 2026 "Robot Recovery Mission is the most upbeat, light-hearted robot war that you may ever find in interactive fiction. Simple, short, and made..." - See full review

A new listing for Throne of Blood, by Kezia S.

micrebo reviews Anchorhead: "Too easy to get trapped..." January 11, 2026 "I was really enjoying this game, but just a warning for people playing that it is easier than it suggests to get trapped in an unwinnable..." - See full review

A new listing for La casa nella nebbia, by XaltotunITA

A new competition page: Independent Games Festival 2026 created January 9, 2026 The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference. (IFDB does not record all IGF winners and nominees.)

A new listing for Zeus's Lover Search Game, by Tiffany

A new listing for Memoir: Text Adventure, by BlueFlameSkulls

A new listing for Iunnuh 2 The curse from the past, by Aristide Torrelli and Davide Bucci

Nomad reviews Gefeuert: "Funny" January 7, 2026 "A German text adventure from Olaf Nowacki, known for his slapstick and sometimes dark humour. Setting: Your office. Not exactly a fresh..." - See full review

A new listing for Adventure In Humongous Cave, by Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt and David Malmberg

A new listing for Continuity of Care, by Jeff Wu

A new listing for BLACK FLESH, by Maha Deoh

MostImmortalSnail reviews It Was 3 PM: "Autobiographical Twine game about psych wards and homelessness" January 6, 2026 "This is one of those autobiographical Twine games: a series of short vignettes about the author's life in various psych wards, and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Witch for Halloween: "Brief and simple illustrated Visual Novel about a witch causing holiday mischief" January 6, 2026 "I played this game as it was one of the least-rated games in the Short Games showcase. It's a visual novel about a girl who meets a witch..." - See full review

A new poll by Adam Biltcliffe, Games that are like eating pizza created January 4, 2026 13 votes for 12 games Dan Harmon has a quote about how writing for entertainment is often like making pizza: people like eating pizza, even if you're not redefining the medium with every slice. So let's hear it for the games that...

TestTubeHuman reviews Summit: "Still holds up" January 4, 2026 "I remember discovering this game in high school, years ago. I showed it to all my friends, and fishstomachs became a brief inside joke..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Find and Keeper: "Short creepy story with Gaelic roots" January 3, 2026 "This was the least-played Petite Mort game on my list. I wonder if people might have been off-put by thinking the cover art is AI, but..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews The Vault of Stories: "An innovative example of Twine as a teaching tool (with a sci-fi twist)" January 2, 2026 "The Vault of Stories is a rather unique Twine game that both entertains and educates. It was created by a professor at the University of..." - See full review

A new listing for Derrière la cascade, by Ju / smwhr

A new listing for Why would you summon a demon?, by Kobato Games

A new listing for Let's go for a walk!, by wiglett

A new listing for Our Only Life, by cizclera

A new listing for RIDE HOME, by TabbieDearest

A new listing for a dialect for two, by lacunova

A new listing for horn coral collector, by Outgrabe

A new listing for Osage Orange, by Outgrabe

A new listing for Laroholg, by Dola Vonde

A new listing for Imagine Images Venomous Imagery, by Puapka

A new listing for 95 Theses, by 红中

A new listing for Incoherence, by Vine Moss Games

A new listing for Within Rotation, by Vine Moss Games

A new listing for Emmy, Fool of Fen, by Emmfoolery

A new listing for Behind the waterfall, by Ju / smwhr

A new listing for The Demon Inside You, by Natasha Luna

A new listing for Freed from the Curse, by RevolvingFlames

A new listing for Eyes on Paradise, by Wes Platt

A new listing for Medium Rare Stakes, by chyrono

A new listing for stand clear, doors now closing, by miseri

A new listing for Rescue Refused, by Natasha Luna

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