New Reviews on IFDB

MathBrush reviews Life of a Mercenary: "Huge simulation game of running a mercenary company" March 7, 2026 "I was given a review copy of this game. While this isn't the Hosted Game with the highest wordcount (coming in at 380K words), it's..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews zRogue: "Great port" March 6, 2026 "Even though, in this day and age, roguelikes are plentiful for most devices - if I play on Android, I can enjoy Pathos as the latest..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Moment of Hope: "Could at least have updated the response to "x me"" March 6, 2026 "A short story which is well-written enough to make me feel uncomfortable for the PC and make me intensely dislike the object of his..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest: "A beautiful gem and great intro to WtA" March 5, 2026 "As someone completely new to Werewolf: the Apocalypse, this was a great intro! The art and music create a beautiful, haunting atmosphere..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews The Peregrination of Criselda dela Vega: "Captures a middle aged flashpoint" March 5, 2026 "When Moonlight Bomber announced he'd made a kinetic novel over the course of forty-eight hours, I knew I had to play The Peregrination of..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Speakeasy: "Knock this back with a good drink" March 5, 2026 "I’m here because of BlerdyOtome! She featured Speakeasy and its Kickstarter, I became a Backer, and damn, I wish Open Late Games a very..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews The end of an obsession: "A more straightforward sequel, though worth playing" March 5, 2026 "It gets so lonely here was so good that it got me into ebi-hime's games in general, fast making her one of my favorite indie..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews It gets so lonely here: "I'm absolutely enthralled" March 5, 2026 "Wow! What an amazing game! This is my first game by ebi-hime, and I'm absolutely enthralled. Scuttling away from the more bloody aspects..." - See full review

NMCannon reviews Once on a Windswept Night: "Just too damn good" March 5, 2026 "Once on a windswept night is just do damn good. I feel like I say..." - See full review

EJ reviews The Van der Nagel Papyrus: "Van der Nagel Papyrus review" March 4, 2026 "I live in a city where a lot of the public buildings are in the Brutalist style. If you hang out with architecture nerds at all, sooner..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews The Questionable Substitute: "No game, but interesting to react to" March 2, 2026 "I don't know what the story is with this game. There is no game; we instantly get the game-over screen, being told the game is being..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews The Van der Nagel Papyrus: "Cool puzzles, except for one boring mechanic" March 2, 2026 "Be sure to play the Vorple version on the author's website, which includes fun font stuff and color changes. This game was developed..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews VALIS II: "Queer sci-fi romance kinetic novel" March 1, 2026 "It's a "kinetic novel," where you don't make any choices. (You can click "auto" to make the game autoplay, revealing the text without..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews oxblood: "Strongly written, no choices" March 1, 2026 "It's a fresh take on vampires, which is impressive in its own right. It has no plot choices, but it still relies on interactivity, with..." - See full review

Nomad reviews The Babysitter: "Not bad!" March 1, 2026 "What The Babysitter is about is very well depicted in the blurb. The game is addressing players who are either very young or very new to..." - See full review

dogdennings reviews The Babysitter: "A wholesome game about being responsible" March 1, 2026 "Mr. and Mrs. Graham have hired you to watch over their daughter while they go to the movies. This might prove to be a problem. ..." - See full review

BeingTheWriter reviews Type Help: "What a complex, entertaining game!" February 26, 2026 "I LOVED this game. I had been looking for an interactive fiction game that would be atmospheric, complex, and entertaining to explore the..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Undercover: "More Basildon Bond Than James Bond" February 25, 2026 "This spy caper from the early nineties has an interesting premise but is let down badly by non-intuitive puzzle solutions, an..." - See full review

caligula jones reviews Shrapnel: "An attempt to blow apart your perceptions, with mixed results" February 24, 2026 "I'm of two minds about this game. First, the good. It is undoubtedly creative and successful in its goal of destroying all the..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews 'Steading of the Hill Giant Chief: "Perhaps better suited to ECTOCOMP" February 22, 2026 "Mike Russo's entry in to 2024's Really Bad IF jam is truly impressive. It is a very short, very stereotypical fantasy game in the sense..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Moonrise: "Good brief werewolf game made for queer women and nonbinary people" February 21, 2026 "I received a review copy of this game. This is a visceral and fun werewolf game where you, a medical resident, become turned into a..." - See full review

Denk reviews the virtual human: "A fun diversion" February 19, 2026 "Playing "Portrait with Wolf" reminded me slightly of this game and I realised I never reviewed it. So I played it again. It plays well..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews Lilac Song: ""Do you believe that a game could really save Germany?"" February 18, 2026 "Some knowledge of, or experience with, Autumn Chen's Social Democracy: An Alternate History is ideal for understanding this game. I've..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Soul Stone War 3: "A lore- and relationship-focused episode of a larger series" February 17, 2026 "I was warned ahead of time that this game was different than the others in the series, and that's definitely true. It feels more like an..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Soul Stone War 2: "A sequel with a big power-up." February 16, 2026 "I liked this sequel better than the original game. In that one, you were a frail weakling protected by four big powerful love interests...." - See full review

mifga reviews Fathersland: "Like a Guy Deboard film eaten by a visual novel" February 15, 2026 "Haunting, brutal, unflinching political essay that uses fiction to produce a very dark and telling portrait of our times. There’s..." - See full review

mifga reviews 10 Things You Can Be: "superbrief listicle poem" February 15, 2026 "A superbrief listicle poem dispatched from a toxic friendship hellscape. Alternates between lines of a poem and short associated scenes,..." - See full review

mifga reviews cat friends: "i heard all the mice moved to the city" February 15, 2026 "A couple of cool cats in the countryside increasingly losing their cool: where are all the mice? Where even is ANYBODY? Where will they..." - See full review

mifga reviews VALIS II: "A weird and wonderful project about and not about the incongruous Valis projects" February 15, 2026 "Are you familiar with the author Philip K Dick, and his Valis trilogy? How about the series of Japanese “magic girl” Valis video..." - See full review

mifga reviews DREAM NO MORE: "If they stop sharing these dreams, humanity will lose its mind" February 15, 2026 "KA Tan created Dream No More for the DiscMaster Game Jam, drawing heavily on media sourced from the Internet Archive via the pre-Internet..." - See full review

snot howl reviews Greenteeth: "Aww swamp corpse kissy face :* " February 12, 2026 "Very short, scary IF No choices to be made but plenty of fun to be had - very clever use of twine magic, you’ll like it a lot if..." - See full review

snot howl reviews how do i love you: "OoohoOoOoohhhhh Ghoooosts!!!! Etc " February 12, 2026 "Very creepy! Very cute and cool! A pretty ghost story with a fun design. A short “game”; you won’t really make any major choices (I..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Blood of the Mutineers: "Less Blizzard More Sleet Shower" February 11, 2026 "Blood Of The Mutineers was to be the first in a projected trilogy of text only games with Captain Blizzard as the protagonist; a..." - See full review

Leyley graves🥺 reviews LONER_DOG://Snuff Puppy Carnage Society: "Being honest Loner_dog🐶😥" February 11, 2026 "This game has made me into the person i was always ment to be. I am so grateful to be able to ever play this. Loner_dog was truely one of..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Clean Getaway: "Post-release version unplayable without walk-through " February 10, 2026 "Not a review, really, but a warning: the postcomp release isn't winnable without the walkthrough. While it still recognises some critical..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews The Wrath of Anubis: "Well-executed but typical Egyptian tomb adventure" February 10, 2026 "This is the first of Garry Francis's BDB parser games I've played, though I have played the related (and excellent) A Taste Of Terror...." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Change in the Weather: "Lives up to its reputation - the good and the bad" February 10, 2026 "First off: I'm probably not going to add anything new to the reviews already in here. I'll be highlighting the effective writing, the..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews Hardcoded: "The modern day Ea-nasir" February 10, 2026 "It's funny to think about all the random stuff people make throughout their lives and how most of it will never be seen or remembered by..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews The Wuther Underground: "Short speedIF parser with one clever trick" February 9, 2026 "Though atmospheric, this game is extremely short, and lightly implemented, as can be expected from a SpeedIF. It's supposedly..." - See full review

Passerine reviews oxblood: "They're just like us" February 8, 2026 "Somewhere down the line, I can imagine myself thinking: What was that movie about the vampire who took a midnight train..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Castle of Thread: "Hindered by poor implementation" February 8, 2026 "I remember playing this author's first few games when they came out, and I had memories of something that was promising but not quite..." - See full review

Comely reviews El Museo de las Consciencias: "Una auténtica obra coral" February 8, 2026 "La más importante obra colaborativa de la comunidad hispana, combina a algunos de los autores más interesantes del momento en la escena..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews 5 Minutes to Burn Something!: "A constant, outrageous, well-implemented escalation" February 8, 2026 "I enjoyed this game very, very much. Partly because it defied my initial expectations by escalating to outrageous levels, and partly..." - See full review

Wynter reviews Do You Suppose When Robots Dance They Do "The Human"?: "Dancing robots" February 8, 2026 "The story of a lonely robot looking for some connection after a robotic liberation. You can meet others, spend time alone, play games,..." - See full review

MostImmortalSnail reviews The Warren: "A poignant, pointed rabbit fable" February 8, 2026 "A strange little story about a rabbit trapped inside their warren by a controlling mother, a rabbit Rapunzel. Concise but pointed, and I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Soul Stone War: "Romance simulator with 4 big, powerful ROs that protect their precious baby" February 8, 2026 "This is a popular Hosted Games from a few years ago, the first part in a long series. The idea is that there is a powerful King who is a..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Neon Case: "Needs clearer AI disclosure" February 5, 2026 "This game credits no author or artist. According to my browser devtools, the AI chatbot conversation is happening with an actual live LLM..." - See full review

Giger Kitty reviews A Beauty Cold and Austere: "Well done, intriguing - but who is it for? I thought maybe for me, but no" February 5, 2026 "I will tackle this review by sharing my experience with this game, because I played it, gave up on it in frustration, came back, and gave..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Within the Woods: "A scavenger hunt where you examine everything" February 5, 2026 "This is a game where winning the game requires examining objects in the scenery that may not seem very notable at first. Once you finish..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Out: "Non-interactive kinetic novel" February 5, 2026 "Good music, solid story."

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