New Reviews on IFDB

Cerfeuil reviews the train will always pass you by: "A Polish story" March 23, 2025 "Disclaimer: extraordinarily rambly and somewhat offtopic review. I hope I am not offending Polish and/or European and/or non-European..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews The Abbey: "Part of the primordial soup of the hobbyist era" March 22, 2025 "In 1993, everyone knew that "text adventures" were a dead genre, but, as has been lovingly documented by Jimmy Maher and others, a few..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Winter Storm Draco: "Slice of life meets magical realism in a snowy wasteland" March 22, 2025 "In my limited experience, works by Ryan Veeder never fail to delight on some level; if nothing else his signature wit is always good for..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews te/ra/to/ma: "Harrowing tale of tumors and of growing up" March 22, 2025 "This game is structured like a linear visual story, with black and white hand-drawn images. It won the Short Game Showcase. Here are the..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews Everybody Dies: "Great illustrations but unenlightening story" March 22, 2025 "This game made a notable splash upon its debut, taking 3rd place in IFComp 2008 and garnering high profile reviews by top author Emily..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews The Bible Retold: Following a Star: "Almost certainly *NOT* what you're expecting" March 22, 2025 "Let's be honest: You're probably assuming that this game is a low-quality (if sincere) effort riddled with technical problems and poor..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews the train will always pass you by: "Compelling narrative about a passing train" March 21, 2025 "Naarel is a prolific author who has a great back-catalogue. Because of that, I think I've been spoiled a bit with their back-catalogue...." - See full review

leechykeen reviews Thalassaphilia: "Agatha Christie Dating Sim... in SPACE" March 21, 2025 "There were many times during my playthrough of Thalassaphilia when I was deeply, pleasantly surprised. What I thought would be a fun and..." - See full review

leechykeen reviews Quiero Matarte: "those wacky lesbians" March 20, 2025 "I'm reminded of the memes about your average BL story ("b-but, we're both boys!") versus WLW/yuri stories ("i will kill us both before I..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Cut with Moonlight: "A very early exceptional story from Fallen London" March 20, 2025 "Exceptional stories are extra bits of bonus content in Fallen London that tell their own stories. This is one of the earliest ever put in..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Shallows: "One of the most popular exceptional stories in Fallen London, about death" March 20, 2025 "Fallen London has a large number (one a month for years) of 'Exceptional Stories' that you can pay extra for to get more of a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews A Devil's Due: "The search for the soul of a poet" March 20, 2025 "This is an exceptional story, a part of Fallen London that requires additional money and is more self-contained than the rest of the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Dernier Cri: "A story about fashion with ulterior motives" March 20, 2025 "This was a funny Exceptional Story from Fallen London. Exceptional Stories are paid stories that are more self-contained than most..." - See full review

Sven Largone reviews The Den: "A great story, in a digestible package that can be completed in a few hours." March 19, 2025 "This gave me "Silo" vibes, as the mystery of their existence in a post apocalypse underground bunker is slowly revealed as you solve..." - See full review

Dvstybvcket reviews CRY$TAL WARRIOR KE$HA: "Gay people get it" March 19, 2025 "This is camp and a formative digital art experience during my BFA. Thank you for inspiring me a decade later. "

Canalboy reviews Stonequest: "Holy Overgrown Stone Maze Batman!" March 16, 2025 "Stonequest is an archetypal "complete quest for king and usurp evil tyrant" adventure which would pass as unremarkable but for possibly..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Death By Monkey: "The ape of wrath" March 16, 2025 "Death By Monkey is the only fully original game made in the IAGE engine. The others are Alice Through the Looking Glass, Cloak of..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews 2/5: "Clever 3d interactive fiction game that references IF itself" March 14, 2025 "I thought this game was really neat. You're presented with two choices at first, which you can click on, but the game immediately twists..." - See full review

EJ reviews Astralily: "Astralily review" March 13, 2025 "Astralily is a first IF effort by an enthusiastic young author. It's clearly a labor of love, and gives me a pleasant nostalgia for the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Où est passé Mathieu Moreau ?: "A Google Calendar treasure hunt (in French)" March 12, 2025 "This was a really clever game. It's currently implemented in Google Calendar, which means it may be ephemeral media; but the author is..." - See full review

monsteradmirer reviews Astralily: "Want to see more" March 12, 2025 "This is my first time reading a story in this format so it was interesting to me as a visual novel fan. All the different backgrounds and..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Oremus: "A pixel-art Vorple mystery parser game set in an Abbey" March 11, 2025 "This French game in Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2025 was a delight to play. It's a puzzle-focused Vorple game with..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews All World Pro Wrestling: "Ultra-heavy erotic fiction" March 10, 2025 "All World Pro Wrestling leaves little to the imagination when it comes to the sexual content. The story, from the beginning to end, is..." - See full review

Lollipot reviews Astralily: "Interesting read" March 9, 2025 "If you like madoka magica inpired magical girl stories then this is for you!"

MathBrush reviews Stars Arisen: "The child of a god goes to the big city" March 8, 2025 "I enjoyed this Choice of Games story. You play as the child of a former god. Her followers deposed her and stole her power, and she had..." - See full review

Nomad reviews As Ogmant Lay Naked: "Amusing" March 8, 2025 "Warning: This is not a game, but rather a short story. Nothing to accomplish. I'd give it one star only usually, but... It's amusing. You..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews The Lurking Horror: "Infocom's Lovecraftian campus geek horror" March 7, 2025 "Infocom released more than thirty Interactive Fiction titles in their time, setting a standard for sophisticated text adventure game..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Death Collector: "The ending came outta nowhere" March 6, 2025 "The premise is interesting. Your task here is to don your invisibility cloak and harvest the tongues of the dying, tongues which contain..." - See full review

ChanceOfFire reviews Scandal Notes: "I stuck with the villain " March 6, 2025 "Events and parties in 20s London! You play as a novelist, enjoying the glamorous lifestyle and going on misadventures with a bunch of..." - See full review

Tom!63 reviews THE RUIN OF 0CEANUS PR1ME: "The story continues" March 4, 2025 "Water drips. Metal groans. Somewhere in the distance, something moves. You stand at the edge of the abyss—Øceanus Pr1me, its corridors..." - See full review

Tom!63 reviews A1RL0CK: "A thrilling experience" March 4, 2025 "A1RLØCK is an intense and unsettling text adventure that throws you into a cold, unwelcoming world with no explanation. As a lost child..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone: "What it says on the tin" March 4, 2025 "This game is the exact same concept as the first one, except with four more games. They were perhaps a bit less scary, but it seems like..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews Tales from Castle Balderstone: "Treehouse of Horror / Tales of Interest" March 4, 2025 "In this horror anthology, my favorite story was the one about blood, which made me laugh out loud. The individual games might have lacked..." - See full review

spl3tterfilm reviews Binary Star Hero: "ts shit was phenomenal" March 3, 2025 "i love, love, love everything about this vn. the art and story are well developed, and there are so many complexities to ray's character..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews How the Little Match Girl Got Her Colt Paterson Revolver, and Taught a Virtue to a Goblin: "The Little Match Girl - The Little Match Girl 2 (Chronologically)" March 3, 2025 "Chronologically, this game is the direct sequel to the first The Little Match Girl game, even though it was not released directly after..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen: "Funny twist on a sad fairy tale" March 3, 2025 "This is a touching and funny twist on a well-known fairy tale (at least it's well-known to me, who am a Scandinavian, although I..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews Orchid Species of the Erastian: "A sketch of a game" March 3, 2025 "This is a small, unfinished game. It is, however, the only game by Ryan Veeder on IFDB that doesn't have any ratings or reviews, so I..." - See full review

Tobias V. I. Langhoff reviews Crocodracula: The Enigma of Crocodracula: "A good walkthrough" March 3, 2025 "This is not a game, but a text file describing how to solve a game which sounds interesting - an old school text adventure with concepts..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Sand-dancer: "Game about modern Native americans, symbolic choices and sand" March 2, 2025 "This game was apparently the tutorial game in Aaron Reed's book on writing games in Inform 7, which is pretty neat. It features a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Scents & Semiosis: "Procedural smell generation" March 2, 2025 "This game was made specifically for Emily Short by Sam Kabo Ashwell, and contains a great deal of procedural generation. The idea is that..." - See full review

aluminumoxynitride reviews Type Help: "Clever puzzles with a great atmosphere!" March 2, 2025 "What a compelling game! It really hit that sweet spot of slowly creeping sense of dread interspersed with triumphant aha! moments. There..." - See full review

Nomad reviews EXODUS: Climate Activist: "Hilarious" March 2, 2025 "EXODUS: Climate Activist is a CYOA game about a teenager finding his meaning in life by trying to join a militant environmental group. It..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Dungeon Adventure: "Not A Tolkien Gesture" February 28, 2025 "Où sont les neiges d'antan? It must be said that I had many a Proustian moment replaying this excellent Level 9 offering. It is 42 years..." - See full review

Jackel reviews salting wounds: "Simple but good" February 28, 2025 "This really resonated with me, I can't say for sure the intention of the exact meaning of the story from the author but for me this felt..." - See full review

Johndalyprogrammer reviews EXODUS: Climate Activist: "I may have ended up living in a tent hounded by cops but" February 28, 2025 "As the title says I probably didn't get the best ending on my first run through but it was an absolute blast the entire time. Definitely..." - See full review

Dan Fabulich reviews Social Democracy: An Alternate History: "I think the point is that it's almost unwinnable" February 27, 2025 "I couldn't win this game at its easiest difficulty, following the "Beginner's Guide" walkthrough highlighted on the game's subreddit...." - See full review

Sad and Wet Horse reviews The Weight of a Soul: "Strong world-building and interesting ideas bogged down by melodrama and cliché" February 27, 2025 "This game is set in a world where souls are tangible and alchemy is the prevailing science. That alone creates fascinating moral..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Wheel Of Fortune: "Epic By Name, Epic By Nature" February 27, 2025 "This is another large and finicky Epic adventure with interminable dull paths and real-time elements; there are a whole host of winding..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews the sea god: "Beautiful, poetic game about dying whales" February 25, 2025 "This is a Bitsy game, which uses two-color-palette minimalist pixel art and arrow controls to create a world to navigate, and text pops..." - See full review

ccpost reviews Psy High 2: High Summer: "Impressive Addition to the Psy High saga" February 24, 2025 "I liked the first Psy High quite a bit as a fun, choice-based game set in the supernatural high school hijinx mold of something like..." - See full review

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