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A new competition page: Bare-Bones Jam 2025 created November 3, 2025
Lewd Mod: No Butts, by HHRichards
Twine
A Knight at the Opera, by Adam Hendine
TADS 2
Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator, by David Eastman, Shahid Ahmad
Floor 13, by Shahid Ahmad, David Eastman
Executive Suite, by Armonk Corporation
Yes, Prime Minister, by John Wood, Richard Yapp, Richard Horrocks

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Reviews

Mike Russo reviews Fired: "The insults of capitalism" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story: "Ill communication" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews The Litchfield Mystery: "Who/how/whydunnit" - See full review
Jgesq reviews Loop of Redemption: "Online Page Not Available" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews Escape the Pale: "Shtetl games" - See full review
Mike Russo reviews A Rock's Tale: "Gathering moss" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Bare-Bones Jam 2025 created November 3, 2025
ECTOCOMP 2025 created October 31, 2025
News on 31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025): Final results October 19, 2025 Details
News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 Details
French Comp 2026 - Concours de FI francophone 2026 created September 7, 2025
Concours d'aventures textuelles, 6e édition (2010 - annulée) created September 2, 2025
31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025) created September 1, 2025
Single Choice Jam 2025 created August 22, 2025

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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
Odd spec-fic games that I love despite jankiness or other objective issues by EJ, 8 items
New walkthroughs for September 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
IFComp 2025 games playable in the UK by JTN, 62 items
New walkthroughs for August 2025 by David Welbourn, 9 items
Mentions honorables - FI les mieux notées du concours annuel n'ayant pas reçu de prix by fiction-interactive.fr, 23 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...

Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

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

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe...

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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