69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn Average member rating: There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys. |
9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings. |
Absence of Law, by mathbrush TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Excuse me, can you help me? Yes, you, browsing IFDB games! I need your assistance, but I don't have long. There's so much going on: remote surveillance, unauthorized cloning, forgotten languages, robots... |
Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Average member rating: "With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items... |
Aisle, by Sam Barlow Average member rating: "Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a... |
Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Sir Rodney Playfair, gentleman thief, has a simple plan: impersonate a psychiatrist, infiltrate a country house, steal a priceless Egyptian scarab and make it back to London in time for cocktails. All in a... |
Ascension of Limbs, by AKheon Average member rating: You are an antique store proprietor trying to make ends meet. Use your wits, manage your resources, play the hand you are dealt. This game features a story with multiple endings, achievements as well as an... |
Assembly, by Ben Kirwin TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Today has been an extraordinarily long day. You picked up the keys to your new apartment in the morning, you went shopping for furniture in the afternoon, and you've spent the evening putting it together. ... |
Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: WANTED: Amateur musicians to serve the Royal Court. Must provide own instrument and be inured to copious constructive criticism. Impress your friends! Meet the King! Apply in person at the Castle, located on... |
The Baker of Shireton, by Hanon Ondricek Average member rating: You are the Baker of Shireton. The bread you bake is delicious. Raiders are coming. |
A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte Average member rating: "Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning.... |
Best of Three, by Emily Short Average member rating: |
Bigfoot Bluff, by P.B. Parjeter Average member rating: Ten years ago you renounced Bigfootdom to become a paparazzi. Now it is your job to do an exposé on your reclusive sasquatch father. Welcome to Bigfoot Bluff. A game for Spring Thing 2022. |
The Blueprint, by Thaidaree Average member rating: Proclaimed heretic, professor Archibald Foster is taken by the inquisition with proof of researching electricity. |
Bobby and Bonnie, by Xavid Average member rating: A light children's-story-ish adventure inexplicably starring rabbits. |
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell Average member rating: You are Bonnie Noodleman, Ordinary Well-Adjusted Teen-Ager, on an ordinary well-adjusted drive up Make-Out Mountain--until some gooey monstrosity from beyond the stars guzzles your boyfriend's brains clean... |
Bronze, by Emily Short Average member rating: When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves. |
Building, by Poster Average member rating: |
Charming, by Kaylah Facey Average member rating: Potions shattered on the floor, pages torn out of books, a demolished statue... These are a few of the magical messes you will have to clean up before Enchantress Igmenta arrives for your coming-of-age test... |
Cheeseshop, by David Welbourn Average member rating: An interactive re-creation of Monty Python’s Cheeseshop sketch, where you try to buy some cheese. |
Chlorophyll, by Steph Cherrywell Average member rating: |
City of Secrets, by Emily Short Average member rating: A train journey abruptly cut off. An enforced stay in a strange City. Intrigue, madmen, and growing sense of being watched... |
Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser Average member rating: Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand. |
Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Average member rating: Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as Adventure or ADVENT) is a text-based adventure game, released in 1976 by developer Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. It was expanded upon in 1977 by Don... |
Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Average member rating: Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis... |
Dr Ludwig and the Devil, by SV Linwood Average member rating: Join esteemed mad scientist Dr Ludwig as he faces the greatest challenge of his nefarious career: making a deal with the Devil and coming out on top. ... |
Dual Transform, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: This game takes place in a single room — but not always the same one. The room contains just one item, but again, there's more to it than that. Experiment and enjoy. |
Eat Me, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith Average member rating: "Something new in your everyday hunter-gatherer routine: where did this strange edifice come from? Dare you enter and explore the secrets of this... thing, or do you try to face your enemies? Like you have a... |
Endless Sands, by Hamish McIntyre Average member rating: Exiled to the desert for a crime they didn’t commit, a vampire must find shelter before sunrise. |
Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa Average member rating: "The intrepid Adventurer has escaped the caverns. Nought remains to block a successful escape but this troll here. Hmmm. A one-room adventure. The author recommends this for people who grew up on Zork II and... |
Fairest, by Amanda Walker Average member rating: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall,” you say dreamily, gazing into its sparkling surface… “You know,” replies the mirror, “I can do a lot more than just reflect fair faces. O, how I long to leap off... |
Final Exam, by Jack Whitham Average member rating: Final Exam takes place in the near future after an AI revolution has led to the establishment of a new sort of government. You are seeking a job within this government: your performance in the “final... |
A Fine Day for Reaping, by James Webb (aka revgiblet) TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Step into the bare feet of the Grim Reaper for a day and make sure that five pesky souls keep their appointment with the afterlife. |
First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: You’ve just arrived at home from your nightly visit to the science and invention section of the local public library, where you spend each night dreaming your dreamy dreams of one day inventing a time... |
Floatpoint, by Emily Short Average member rating: It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New... |
Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: Someone's been bopping the field mice on the head, and only Good Fairy, Senior Detective can find out who. A parser-driven noir adventure based on the interactive fiction of Ryan Veeder. |
Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally... |
The Gateway of the Ferrets, by Feneric Average member rating: So life lately has been traveling through one portal after another, each with its own risks and rewards. Sometimes portals lead to dead ends. Sometimes they close and lock behind you. Sometimes it's... |
Glass, by Emily Short Average member rating: The Prince sits awkwardly on the couch, holding his glass slipper and trying to keep it from crushing. Lucinda and Theodora have the ends of the same couch, and they are taking turns seeing who can bend... |
Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb Average member rating: Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut... |
Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: How do you break out of handcuffs when all you've got is an egg? |
Grandma Bethlinda's Variety Box, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: It's the latest model, and it would really like to play with you. |
Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson Average member rating: "Now you too can GUESS THE VERB for fun and prizes! Read evocative and amusing room descriptions while manipulating interesting objects! Interact with the simulated motives and desires of quirky NPCs! No... |
Her Majesty's Trolley Problem, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: No one said life in Her Majesty's Service would be easy. Fortunately, you've got everything you need: your officer's handbook, a harpoon cannon, and the indefatigable command of Captain Lionetta herself. If... |
Honk!, by Alex Harby Average member rating: A Fair Game ... |
Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch Average member rating: Muddy's plan done landed you and your partner in the hoosegow. Now you're fixing to rectificate the matter before the marshal introduces you to the business end of a hangin' rope at dawn. Created for the... |
IFDB Spelunking, by Joey Jones Average member rating: In the depths of the interactive fiction database strange games lurk! This is an emulation of ten random works found on the IFDB, in which inventory carries over between games for unique effect. |
Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Lovingly handcrafted in Inform6, this overripe sequel to Risorgimento Represso is full of cheese, gunpowder, chemistry and explosions (well, only a little chemistry). Includes automap, sounds and graphical... |
The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson Average member rating: Housework is only as dull as your imagination. Join Emma, six years old, on a playful adventure of peculiar proportions. Merciful puzzlefest. Parser or point-and-click, as you please. Web (including mobile)... |
The Impossible Stairs, by Mathbrush Average member rating: Getting ready for a party can take a lot of time. Help CJ navigate a text adventure of temporal trials. Merciful puzzlefest. Parser or point-and-click, as you please. Authorized sequel to The Impossible... |
In The House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE, by S. John Ross Average member rating: A sci-fi/pulp satire, extremely brief and slight (it can be beaten in 12 turns) beginning in a cell beneath the house of a mad scientist. The scientist lay dead at your feet, and now you must answer the... |
Indigo, by Emily Short Average member rating: "Years ago, a witch placed you in this tower and arranged for your upkeep, paying certain villagers well to keep you supplied with the most basic necessities, and no more. Your years in the tower have... |
Inside the Facility, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: Your friend Mike thinks no one can infiltrate THE FACILITY, but you're going to prove him wrong. A light puzzle game. In the author's opinion, it's totally family-friendly. (If you're playing the Browser... |
The Island of Doctor Wooby, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: Explore an island populated by tiny felt dinosaurs. |
Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey Average member rating: A one-to-many-room puzzler. |
LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian Average member rating: In this historical drama and treasure hunt set in 2062, you have rented a robot called a MULE that you can control remotely to salvage artifacts from an abandoned irradiated plantation near Macon, Georgia.... |
Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight) Average member rating: Now everyone is gone. (Well, almost everyone.) Entry in ECTOCOMP 2014. |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. Now Grunk need find pig. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
The Magpie Takes the Train, by Mathbrush Average member rating: A millionaire guards a fabulous ruby in her private train car. Countless thieves have failed to steal it. But they weren't the Magpie! |
Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short Average member rating: Someplace on Venus a secret weapon is being built that threatens Earth with total destruction. You and your comrade must penetrate the Xavian base and save the world -- before it's too late! |
Mother Loose, by Irene Callaci Average member rating: It's been one of those days. It started out bad and just got worse: You're seven years old and in trouble a lot. You try to be good and to do as you ought, but nothing, it seems, goes exactly as planned. For... |
Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson Average member rating: You've practiced long and hard for PotionComp, but Grusilda won't give up her title so easily. UGH! Curse that Grusilda! A one-room potion-brewing spell-casting parser puzzler, where things might go opposite... |
Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: "Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together." |
Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: Violence is the answer to this one. |
Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne Average member rating: You play as an Oxbridge student who, during a particularly boring lecture, falls through a green portal under their desk into the cluttered library of the wizard Ninario. Ninny was trying to summon a... |
Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short Average member rating: The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind... |
Scroll Thief, by Daniel M. Stelzer Average member rating: Not a single spell! After two full years of study! Every Enchanter—every mortal with the power to change very nature of the universe with their words—has a spell book! Filled with words of power... |
Shadow Operative, by Michael Lauenstein Average member rating: Another run. Another dive into the neon sea. A Cyberpunk Heist Game. Parser-based but with a hybrid interface (playable by typing or by links alone). Best played in a desktop browser (or on a tablet in... |
Speculative Fiction, by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack Average member rating: A puzzle game about committing acts of financial skulduggery and exploiting ridiculous magical items. This game is the complete version of the one that appeared in IntroComp 2011, where it won second place. |
Square Circle, by Eric Eve Average member rating: What is your crime? Why do you feel both guilty and unjustly punished? What has happened to your memory? How will you draw a square circle and get out of your prison? What will you find then? |
Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell Average member rating: The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. Maybe it’s time to change careers. Maybe it’s time to be a knight. |
Sub Rosa, by Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy Average member rating: A puzzle game about secrets in the Age of Lead. You've spent seventeen years preparing for an infiltration. Stealing the Confessor's secrets is only the beginning: it will all be for nothing if you leave a... |
Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but broad exploration game.) |
Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Average member rating: An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a magician's servant who gets trapped in your master's vault; you'll need to learn some of his tricks if you want to get out. |
Terminal Interface for Models RCM301-303, by Victor Gijsbers Average member rating: A text terminal interface for interacting with your model RCM301-303 remote controlled mech. |
Tex Bonaventure and the Temple of the Water of Life, by Truthcraze Average member rating: Tex Bonaventure has sought many things... fame, fortune, women. Sought, yes. Found, yes. Kept? No. But now, he must find the fabled Water of Life. Before it's too late. In this homage to Indiana Jones, you... |
Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
Trouble in Sector 471, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: The power just went out in Sector 471. You had better go take a look. (The Glulx version was entered in IFComp 2022. A browser-based version was released subsequently, in 2024.) |
Vain Empires, by Thomas Mack and Xavid Average member rating: The memoir of a demonic spy in the Cold War between Heaven and Hell. |
Vampire Ltd, by Alex Harby Average member rating: Nero Brashov, vampire and failed businessman, has revenge on his mind. He'll pose as a human, infiltrate his arch-enemy's corporation, and sabotage it from the inside. Just as soon as he's invited in, that... |
The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: Explore the wizard Bartholloco's castle with the help of a versatile magic wand. Can you overcome his challenge? Can you levitate a rock? Can you slice a baltavakia? (Puzzle-oriented and family friendly.) |
The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson TruePikachu's rating: Average member rating: You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are not a wizard sniffer (if such a thing even exists). As far as you can... |