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A new poll by MathBrush, Outstanding Game of the Year 2024 created February 1, 2025 106 votes for 27 games This poll is part of the 2024 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best overall game of 2024. Voting is open to...

Esperbucket reviews Superluminal Vagrant Twin: "Ply the database. Read five million words. A five-star review." February 1, 2025 "The description of Superluminal Vagrant Twin announces itself as a "shallow but broad" exploration game, and I heartily disagree...." - See full review

A new listing for Bubble Bot, by Shanique Thompson

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for January 2025 January 30, 2025 8 items n Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 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...

MathBrush reviews nothing but me and you: "A beautiful sci love story about life beyond mortality" January 30, 2025 "This game started off with some timed, animated text which I had no control over. It was on a beautiful starfield and the text was nice,..." - See full review

5_Cell reviews te/ra/to/ma: "Very Good!" January 30, 2025 "I made an account just to review this! Found it on ifarchive and I very much enjoy this work. It's hard to put into words; but this story..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Familiar Problems: "Consume everything!" January 29, 2025 "Familiar Problems is a fantasy puzzle parser in which you wake up as some experimental familiar in a magical school, realising your..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews REPEAT IT BACK TO ME: "A beautiful, mostly-linear visual novel with a surreal romance " January 29, 2025 "I was struck when starting this game by how lovely the visuals were. The colors were rich and vibrant and the style was kind of..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Sojourn through the Decade: "What makes interactive fiction?" January 28, 2025 "Reviewing this game is tough. In this short RPGmaker game, the developer talks about his own experiences working on previous game..." - See full review

A new listing for Castle, by Peter Langston

A new listing for she came from the fog, by Naarel

A new listing for the train will always pass you by, by Naarel

ChanceOfFire reviews Flashpoint: "A short horror story" January 27, 2025 "Flashpoint is one of the longer games I’ve tried in the SGC, and one which checks most of the usual CoG boxes. Players can select their..." - See full review

News on ShuffleComp 2024: Voting begins for ShuffleComp 2024 January 27, 2025 The games are all in, and the voting period has started for ShuffleComp 2024. Voting will continue until February 9th.

A new listing for nothing but me and you, by Nick Gelling

A new listing for Two Spirits At Sea, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)

A new listing for A Little Guidance for A Big Heart, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)

A new listing for Anolelona, by Caleb Wilson

A new listing for KillerTuneKillsMe, by Nicky Syst3m

A new listing for The Line in the Sand, by Coral Nulla

A new listing for Welcome to my Treehouse, by Deborah Sherwood

A new listing for a diner for the end of the world, by KA Tan

A new listing for Freedom's Whirlwind, by Librivore42

A new listing for Raven & Cardinal, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)

A new listing for Thrall, by Kanderwund

A new listing for hideous, fabulous, by Lionstooth

A new listing for abyssopelagic cable anomaly, by ✧.* hellodri *✲☆

A new listing for Tableaux, by DissoluteSolute

A new listing for The Maze, by colorblooms

A new listing for bedrock, by kate solar

A new listing for Man, Unlidded, by Joey Jones

A new listing for Sophomore Slump, by Galvan

A new listing for stare directly at the sun, by ferkung

budino reviews Some Sword / Some Play: "!" January 27, 2025 "short and fun"

ChanceOfFire reviews Get There on Time!: "Late again" January 26, 2025 "It’s an amusing and surprisingly thought-provoking entry, poking fun at how we constantly find ourselves late for something. Gameplay..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Temporal Thief: "Stealing time" January 26, 2025 "In Temporal Thief, you play as an otherworldly being, out to obtain everyone's most precious yet criminally mismanaged resource. While..." - See full review

News on Short Games Showcase 2024: Short Games Showcase 2024: Results are out! January 26, 2025 The results are out! Please take a look at the event page to see them. Thanks so much to everyone who participated!

nana karina reviews Mahadev: "Confusing wording" January 26, 2025 "I've played it years ago and a few times finished! But now when i try to play again, i forgot the walkthrough :'( and now i can't finish..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Abbey: "Lengthy old-fashioned exploration game inspired by The Name of the Rose" January 26, 2025 "In this game, you are tasked with finding treasure and investigating evil in an old abbey. As you explore, you find things like casks of..." - See full review

budino reviews Ataraxia: "cute" January 26, 2025 "enjoyable! i liked the the "weirdness" of the forest. i found some of the characters boring but maybe that's just me. idk how i feel..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Lazarrien: A Love Story: "Richly layered" January 25, 2025 "This is a short game with a lot of depth, and one of my favorites in the 2024 Short Games Showcase. It starts with a classic..." - See full review

A new listing for Vagueness and the Paradoxes it Causes, by Jennifer S. Lange

MathBrush reviews It can't be true it mustn't be true: "Snoop while on a date" January 25, 2025 "You've spent the night at a man's house, only to find out he's suspected of horrific crimes. While he's in the bathroom, you have only a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine: "A few of the most agonizing moments you will ever experience" January 25, 2025 "This game starts with you finding yourself suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews He Knows That You Know and Now There's No Stopping Him: "Murder most foul (written with thee/thou)" January 25, 2025 "This game was written for the Bluebeard Jam and Neo-Twiny Jam. It's short, and recounts the events that happen right after the climax of..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews te/ra/to/ma: "Excellent Decker IF" January 25, 2025 "This is a story I can't imagine being told as effectively in any other medium. The combination of short bits of text with "click to..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews A changing greenhouse (extended version): "Relaxing exploration" January 25, 2025 "This is a lovely little game that's been expanded from the original, shorter version. In it you wander around a surreal, magical..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Heartless Smoker: "Huh" January 25, 2025 "This game confused me on multiple levels. I'm not sure if this version is just a demo of the full game? The itch page promises "various..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Angel x Demon Cultural Exchange: "Short and silly" January 25, 2025 "This game was made for an "intentionally bad" visual novel jam. From what I've seen, events like that don't necessarily result in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews All of us Flames: "Visual novel about complicated relationships and pressures of fame" January 25, 2025 "This is a visual novel that consists of one scene between two old friends/partners/lovers(?), consisting of yourself and a polish model..." - See full review

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