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A new poll by Tabitha, Underrated (literally) games created October 3, 2025
For Gregg, by Leon Barillaro
Twine
Heard it Through the Grapevine, by Amy Davidson
Twine
Dalby is Dead, by Fergus Doyle
Godot, Ink
A Bedtime Story, by Misamet
Ink
Growth under the Dome, by mallice
Ink

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Reviews

ChanceOfFire reviews One Step Ahead: "Trying to explore the theme of AI-reliance" - See full review
ChanceOfFire reviews A murder of Crows: "As the crow flies" - See full review
Coral Nulla reviews try to find your way out of my wizard maze: "i may be leaving the wizard maze, but the wizard maze will never leave me" - See full review
Canalboy reviews Dr. Death's House of Horrors: "We Have Been Here Before" - See full review
Tabitha reviews Dental Issues: "A queer/vampire story" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews [EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION]: "A recipe for transcendence, transhumanism, and trying the unknown" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 Details
Single Choice Jam 2025 created August 22, 2025
News on IntroComp 2025: Late Entrant: The Ivory Calico August 19, 2025 Details
News on ParserComp 2025: Final results August 9, 2025 Details
IntroComp 2025 created August 8, 2025

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IFDB Recommends

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are...

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon...

Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the...

80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around...

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

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