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A new Recommended List by Jerce, Glitch Horror Interactive Fiction November 23, 2025
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A new poll by MathBrush, Games set in a base in Antarctica created November 22, 2025
Fairy Godmother, by stiggzz22
Godot
Mindware, by Jerce
Twine
six of cups, by christine mi
Unity, Ink
You Got 4 Wishes, by Joinplay Khawaja
Twine
Window Washer, by Galvan
Inform 7

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Reviews

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Kinophobia: "A rather unique ghost exorcism game set in an old movie studio" - See full review
MathBrush reviews The Hallway Phantom: "Short branching game made in pure html" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Endymion: "Fantastic short sci-fi puzzler with an inspired and superb mechanical design" - See full review
kaijuCrow reviews Untitled Relationship Project: "Simple yet Effective Passages" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews six of cups: "A well-rounded slice-of-life narrative + good use of the system it's made with" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025
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

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Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to...

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...

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...

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