Polls with votes for The Wand

I'm looking for games with super weird or confusing mechanics, but actually are really good games. For example, I found the clock...

Parser games with WOW moments. - 31 votes for 21 games; created May 17, 2023
A poll by Marco Innocenti

Vote for parser games (in all of history) that had incredible Wow moments, twists, or whatever made you think for ages or left you...

Games w/ cool mechanics - 18 votes for 9 games; created March 28, 2023
A poll by Cygnus

Lookin' for stuff like Colortura, What Heart Heard of Ghost Guessed, Delightful Wallpaper, etc. Just... anything that has a very...

Games Centered Around Devices/Machines - 31 votes for 17 games; created August 1, 2022
A poll by Amanda Walker

I'm looking for games that heavily feature learning how to use a device or machine. For instance, the machine in Emily Short's...

games with cooking - 28 votes for 14 games; created February 13, 2021
A poll by jlvp1234

I'm looking for games with cooking. ever since I have played gourmet and, gourmet version1, wich is the same, I have also played you got...

Games featuring a central evolving puzzle mechanism - 29 votes for 13 games; created December 16, 2020
A poll by Lance Campbell

Looking for any games that feature a core puzzle mechanism that the player masters and expands upon throughout the game. The puzzle...

Best parser games since 2017 - 107 votes for 44 games; created November 9, 2020
A poll by Rovarsson

When browsing for good recent games, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of Twine and Choice games. Add to that a great number of games with...

I'm looking for Easter Eggs.. - 28 votes for 21 games; created September 2, 2020
A poll by morganthegirl

I'm somewhat new to IF and was wondering if Easter Eggs are ever hidden in these games as they are in others? If so, which games have...

The great puzzlefests - 124 votes for 50 games; created August 9, 2018
A poll by Victor Gijsbers

Playing Curses!, I started wondering which games belong to the canon of great puzzlefests. With this term I mean puzzle based games that...

This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards....

This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Overall Puzzles in the XYZZY awards....

This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards....

This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game in the XYZZY awards. This is not a...

More than it appears to be... - 98 votes for 38 games; created January 14, 2012
A poll by dacharya64

I'm looking for games that aren't exactly what they seem. Perhaps they come across as simple or romantic or anything really, the point is...

Games where you can't screw up - 75 votes for 39 games; created March 2, 2009
A poll by Pinstripe

Sometimes, when I'm playing a game, I spend more time juggling my save files than I do reading the text. I don't want to have to restart...

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