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A new Recommended List by writersarchive, Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical January 16, 2026
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Operation 'Red Shadow', by Future Logs
Custom
Warm Me Up, by NaturalEcho
Twine
Block by Frozen Block, by Anya Johanna DeNiro
Twine
Within the Woods, by BrownPants
Inform 7
Palace of Pantheon: Episode One, by Asydien
Twine
Strange House, by Anonymous
LADS

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AndyD reviews Annoyotron: "Terrible" - See full review
Passerine reviews Let's go for a walk!: "You are a dog" - See full review
retroprogrammez reviews The Hobbit: The True Story: "Parody of the hobbit" - See full review
BrettW reviews Us Too: "Whirred plaid right into his hands" - See full review
BrettW reviews The Little Four: "Utterly charming homage to Hercule Poirot." - See full review
BrettW reviews whoami: "Great command-line interface vibes with a sparse fiction." - See full review

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Independent Games Festival 2026 created January 9, 2026
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: The Short Games Showcase 2025 has begun! January 1, 2026 Details
NarraScope Showcase 2025 created December 12, 2025
News on Short Games Showcase 2025: Short Games Showcase 2025 open for submissions! December 2, 2025 Details
Short Games Showcase 2025 created December 2, 2025
PunyComp 2025 created December 2, 2025
News on ECTOCOMP 2025: Results are out! December 1, 2025 Details
Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025

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Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical by writersarchive, 35 items
2026 Alternative Top 25 by Denk, 25 items
Favourite games from 2025 by Max Fog, 10 items
New walkthroughs for December 2025 by David Welbourn, 10 items
New walkthroughs for November 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Glitch Horror Interactive Fiction by Jerce, 6 items
New walkthroughs for October 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
IFComp 2025 games geoblocked in the UK by JTN, 23 items
recs for ace! by Cryptic Puffin, 14 items

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IFDB Recommends

Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky
"Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near...

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...

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...

Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a...

Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover
A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog.

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