9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (556 ratings)
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.
All Roads, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (159 ratings)
"Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]
All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows Average member rating: (98 ratings)
From the game's about command: "All Things Devours is a short piece of interactive fiction, leaning strongly towards the text-adventure end of the spectrum. It explores an all-too-familiar science fiction...
Amissville II, by William A. Tilli Average member rating: (3 ratings)
"The long awaited sequel and finale to Amissville."
In this escape game intended to be a parody of the genre, you play as someone with amnesia who wakes up in a unfamiliar basement or bomb shelter. Your head is pounding from a massive headache. The steel door...
The Apocalypse Clock, by GlorbWare Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings)
You must stop the end of the world. Your tools in this task: A crayon and a cat.
Aunts and Butlers, by Robin Johnson Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (46 ratings)
It's 1920, you're a minor aristocrat fallen on hard times, and your wretched Aunt Cedilla is on the warpath. A Wodehousean comedy of manners, manors, mysterious butlers and unfriendly poodles.
Ballymun Adventure, by Brendan Cribbin Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings)
In this game, you play as a new male student at the school. As an orientation exercise, Mr Byrne, the principal, has organized a small competition. The winner will be the first student to bring four specific...
Beam, by Madrone Eddy Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings)
Beam is a short escape adventure.
Bellclap, by Tommy Herbert Average member rating: (26 ratings)
Sir, Bellclap is in need of help, sir. He's in one of your temples in the mountains. He says he has insufficient food to return home, sir. He is also complaining about the weather.
Beyond, by Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi, and Alessandro Peretti Average member rating: (46 ratings)
A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost. “Oh, another nice question… Well, look at the glass boxes… look inside them… Many say that the...
A light-hearted adaptation of the classic Bible story, The Feeding the Five Thousand. Not for the fundamentalist!
The Big Scoop, by Johan Berntsson Average member rating: (13 ratings)
A tale of murder, espionage, and the search for proof of innocence.
Blink, by Ian Waddell Average member rating: (10 ratings)
You are Tom Walsh, and it's time to find your grandson to come in for dinner.
Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas Average member rating: (95 ratings)
She turns and looks at you curiously. 'You're here. You really came.' 'Of course I did,' you say. 'What happened?' 'I was dreaming,' she says with a sudden, awkward smile. 'I was dreaming of monsters.'
Blue Sky, by Hans Fugal Average member rating: (9 ratings)
You play as a tourist in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You've overslept your first morning here and your tour group has already left the hotel without you. You'd better hurry up and find them!
A Broken Man, by Geoff Fortytwo Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings)
Every parent's worst fear is to lose their child. What would you do if your daughter was killed and the killer was never brought to justice?
Bugged, by Anssi Räisänen Average member rating: (6 ratings)
The conceit of this game is that your cousin has written a very buggy IF game that you are determined to play through to the end. Can you take advantage of the bugs in the game to get around the other bugs...
The jet lands smoothly in Harbin. The stink of the city and the bite of the ice-cold air assaults you as you disembark, but your destination is a long jeep ride north, so you'll have to suffer through the...
Chancellor, by Kevin Venzke Average member rating: (16 ratings)
Maturity attained, the daughter is unfurled upon the world, embarked upon a mysterious quest by her father.
In this fantasy quest, your granduncle, the occultist Jumon Hakai, has disappeared. Searching his mansion for clues, you learn he was plagued by a visitor from Nexus Eden, another world whose portal is in...
Damnatio Memoriae, by Emily Short Average member rating: (59 ratings)
14 AD. Agrippa Postumus, grandson of the recently-deceased Augustus, tries to avoid death at the hands of the next emperor, Tiberius. At his disposal: a couple of old manuscripts, a lamp, and a recalcitrant...
The fiendish Tax Collector and his gang of cronies are threatening the city and only YOU - the fabled Masked Defender - can stop him!
Delightful Wallpaper, by Andrew Plotkin ('Edgar O. Weyrd') Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (80 ratings)
Delightful Wallpaper is a ghoulishly humorous take on the mannerly (or manorly) murder mystery. You do not play the detective, however. Your point of view is part of the mystery; but don't worry, it will all...
Distress, by Mike Snyder Average member rating: (23 ratings)
Lieutenant Huchess came to, an hour or so ago. That was around the time Runoma, blazing orange-hot so near this, its second planet, fell below the distant, jagged crag line. Ensign Covegn died not long after...
Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (23 ratings)
You're an undergraduate at Caltech, and you wake up to find it's Ditch Day, the traditional event when seniors leave the campus for the day, leaving behind puzzles for the underclassmen to solve in order to...
The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (185 ratings)
The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never...
Dreary Lands, by Paul Lee Average member rating: (4 ratings)
A surreal game that starts you out amnesiac in a brightly colored cell and turns swiftly into fantasy thereafter. Placed 29th in the 2005 Interactive Fiction competition.
The third and final episode in the Earth And Sky series! It isn't necessary to have played either of the previous two games in order to enjoy this one, and a digital comic feelie is provided to recap the...
Enter the Dark, by Peter R. Shushmaruk Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings)
My first complete IF game. An interactive thriller, where you find yourself in an unexplainable situation with the memories of your sister's murder haunting you. There is something waiting for you. You can...
Eric's Gift, by Joao Mendes Average member rating: (6 ratings)
Eric's Gift - A short interactive story about painting the future.
Your name is Jack Thompson and you are, for want of a better word, a thief. On your latest adventure you have managed to acquire Johnson's 'The Willow Tree', which is worth more than you will be able to...
Fetter's Grim, by Paul Allen Panks Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings)
Your goal in Fetter's Grim is to unravel the mystery of why you ended up on a lonely beach beside a man who eats only locusts and honey, and speaks odd incoherent phrases. Fetter's Grim is also haunted....
Fight or Flight, by Sean Krauss (as 'geelpete') Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings)
The counselors at Open Arms Academy, a camp for troubled youth, celebrate after closing the camp for the season. An unexpected visitor crashes the party, and someone loses his head...
The Fire Tower, by Jacqueline A. Lott Average member rating: (52 ratings)
Floatpoint, by Emily Short Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (103 ratings)
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...
Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: (353 ratings)
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...
Game Producer!, by Jason Bergman Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)
You're a producer at AXL Games. Today is the day your game goes gold, but you've overslept! Rush to the office, get your developers paid, coordinate QA and marketing efforts and do it all before time runs...
Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo Average member rating: (21 ratings) Getting Back to Sleep, by Patrick Evans Average member rating: (5 ratings)
You wake up aboard the starship Exige, only to discover your imminent plight. Just how hard could it be to get back to sleep?
Glowgrass, by Nate Cull Average member rating: (104 ratings)
You play as a xenohistorian on an expedition. You've been dropped (more literally than you planned) by a dropship over the ground of the Ancients. Your equipment was scattered and the dropship crashed. Now...
A violently surreal tragicomic slice of life with a twist.
The Great Xavio, by Reese Warner Average member rating: (9 ratings)
It's long past midnight, you're outside a fancy hotel in San Francisco, and you've got a mission but you're not sure what it is. Fortunately, your thesis adviser is here to explain it. And since he teaches...
Green Falls, by Paul Allen Panks Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings)
Long ago, the land of Eldor had a life force (Chi) which flowed smoothly across the world. But now, thanks to a nefarious evil, known as the Shadow Demon, a lurking, all-powerful force has sucked the life...
Hedge, by Steven Richards Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)
Hedge is a modern fantasy piece revolving around the legendary Hedge, a very exclusive club with a nasty reputation. You try to get in, and then out again, without dying. The duality of man may make an...
History Repeating, by Mark Choba and Renee Choba Average member rating: (8 ratings)
You play an adult who, in the middle of a boring day at the office, suddenly wakes up as their teenage self in their grade 12 math classroom! Your science teacher, Mr. Hopkins, brought you back in time with...
I Must Play, by Geoff Fortytwo Average member rating: (6 ratings)
Why are the older boys so mean? You stood around the arcade all day and weren't able to play even one game on any of the machines! You thought you had your chance when nearly everyone else went home earlier...
Identity, by Dave Bernazzani Average member rating: (19 ratings)
Identity is a short interactive science fiction story about a doomed ship and a sole survivor looking to piece together his memory and get home.
The Initial State, by Matt Barton Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings)
Initial State is a deeply psychological text adventure set in deep space. You play as an amnesiac who finds himself stranded aboard an immense ship drifting through space. The game is also a literary...
Internal Vigilance, by Simon Christiansen Average member rating: (13 ratings)
You are informed that a new prisoner was brought in recently. Your job, as usual, is to interrogate him and determine whether he poses a threat to The Union. This should not be a problem. You are a trained...
Jesus of Nazareth, by Paul Allen Panks Average member rating: (7 ratings)
It is the year 28 A.D. The Roman authorities control a vast empire, stretching from Africa to Syria. You are Jesus, hailing from the small village of Nazareth. Your goal is to convert as many followers as...
Kurusu City, by Kevin Venzke Average member rating: (12 ratings) Labyrinth, by Samantha Casanova Preuninger Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings)
In this puzzle game, you play as Damien Alexander, professor of mathematics. Before waking up in this gaudy and sweet-smelling cubical room, you remember crashing your car while driving with your wife...
Lawn of Love, by Santoonie Corporation Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings)
Santoonie's first romantic adventure.
Legion, by Jason Devlin (as Ian Anderson) Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (21 ratings)
She will not triumph. We are strong. We are legion.
A Light's Tale, by Zach Flynn Average member rating: (8 ratings)
A journey through the world of the dark places. Your only weapon is Light. Light shall overcome all darkness. Darkness is the absence of light.
Madam Spider's Web, by Sara Dee Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings)
Madam Spider sits in her rocking chair, with two eyes on the knitting in her lap and the other six on you. She sighs deeply. "The house is in a disarray yet again-- it could really use some tidying up,...
London, 1912. When you invade a bored boarding house and proceed to climb the garden tree, stage an impromptu concert, and propose to a stranger, your fellow lodgers assume you're eccentric, rather than...
Mingsheng, by Deane Saunders Average member rating: (7 ratings)
Explore the mythical beginnings of one of China's internal martial arts.
Mix Tape, by Brett Witty Average member rating: (11 ratings)
The delicate art of a mix tape can be your own expression through others' poetry.
Möbius, by J.D. Clemens Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (35 ratings)
Another mission. Just when you had settled in for a nap.
Moon-Shaped, by Jason Ermer Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings)
In this game partly inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, you play as Rosalind Wechsler, a girl on the cusp of her 13th birthday. What begins as a trip to Grandmother's house in the woods leads to disturbing...
Mortality, by David Whyld Average member rating: (5 ratings)
Mortality is the story of a man called Steven James Rogers and the events that follow his taking a job working for ageing multi-millionaire, Wilfred Gamble. The job involves acting as the personal bodyguard...
In this short game, you play as a detective investigating the murder of an ASAC inspector at the TAF Aero Club, eight hours away from Sydney. Let's hope you can solve the case quickly!
My Angel, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (28 ratings)
"I wake peacefully, and already she is there." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]
A New Life, by Alexandre Owen Muñiz Average member rating: (7 ratings)
War and drought ravaged your hometown and forced you to abandon it. You have traveled hundreds of miles, faced indignities, and found kindness. Now you have only a little farther to go.
Order, by John Evans Average member rating: (9 ratings)
You play as a spirit who delights in solving puzzles summoned by an enclave of wizards into a realm where matter is less stable and energy is plentiful. You have been gifted with the power to create what you...
The Orion Agenda, by Ryan Weisenberger Average member rating: (17 ratings)
In this sci-fi story, you play as Capt. Jon Stark of SciCorps. You're monitoring a promising alien species on Orion 3 from orbit on Station One when the General gives you your first field assignment. Outpost...
Pathfinder, by Tony Woods Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings) Phantom: Caverns of the Killer, by Brandon Coker Average member rating: (3 ratings)
Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (581 ratings)
"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."
The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (35 ratings)
You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the middle of a...
Polendina, by Christopher Lewis Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings)
In this game, you play as an adult who inexplicably wakes up in an abbreviated and sparsely furnished version of their childhood home. The story will touch on the dog you wanted but never had, the way your...
The Primrose Path, by Nolan Bonvouloir Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (36 ratings)
You've been having a series of nightmares about Leo, standing at the edge of a cliff. No matter what you do, a bell rings and Leo disappears over the edge . . . You've led a fairly uneventful life, perhaps;...
Psyche's Lament, by John Sichi and Lara Sichi Average member rating: (2 ratings)
You may have heard the classic tale of Cupid and Psyche before. In this quirky modernized retelling, Psyche learns that if you want to get something done, you have to get your hands dirty.
PTBAD 3: A Mystery, by Jonathan Berman Average member rating: (7 ratings)
An execise in fake surreality
PTGOOD 8*10^23, by Sartre Malvolio Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings)
In this uncut version that YOU DID NOT SEE IN THEATRES, you'll laugh your arse off at Xorax's evil stupidity, and get to play the role of his murderer. The most meanspirited IF parody to date! DOWN WITH...
Pytho's Mask, by Emily Short Average member rating: (71 ratings)
On the Night of the Comet, the usual astrological bonds do not hold, and the order of the universe is threatened. It is a time made for rebels and usurpers, and all who would claim the kingdom for...
The Realm, by Michael Sheldon Average member rating: (7 ratings)
A tale of dragons, drunks, knights and hamsters.
Redeye, by John Pitchers Average member rating: (9 ratings)
Waking from a big night out, Stanley finds himself at a bikie bar in outback Australia. Stanley's day goes from bad to worse as he finds he's been framed for murder and drug trafficking!
Requiem, by David Whyld Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings)
She told me she needed my help. She told me someone was after her and that he would kill her. She told me where to find him, told me what needed doing... and left the choice in my hands. What I didn't know...
Return to Ditch Day, by M.J. Roberts Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (31 ratings)
It's been a decade since you graduated, but now it looks like you're going to have to solve one more Ditch Day stack.
Ruined Robots, by Nicholas Dudek, Gregory Dudek, and Natasha Dudek Average member rating: (5 ratings)
In the near future, we all know robots will be ubiquitous. Finding the lost treasure is helped and hindered by incidental robots. Game has optional multimedia content.
Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (429 ratings)
"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]
I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe... You've procrastinated too long. But there's still a chance to talk your way out of it, make him see you as a person, make him care, just a...
Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (171 ratings)
Simple Adventure, by Paul Allen Panks Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings)
Once upon a time, the forest of the land was peaceful. No monsters roamed the land, and people were free to come and go as they pleased. One day, however, an evil dragon turned the good creatures of the...
The Sisters, by revgiblet Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings)
After crashing your car to avoid hitting a mysterious young girl you awake to find yourself drawn to an abandoned mansion.
Sisyphus, by Theo Koutz Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings)
You are Sisyphus, a Greek king who is being punished in the underworld by being forced to push a huge boulder up a hill for all eternity. Can you figure out a way to weasel out of your predicament, escape...
Snatches, by Gregory Weir Average member rating: (15 ratings)
"Stay in a piece of history: The Manor Bed and Breakfast. Located in lush forest, the Manor is a building rich in history, built as a home in 1876 and still owned by the Groom family. Enjoy your stay!" (May...
So Far, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (77 ratings)
Sitting in a cramped theatre, irritated that your partner apparently hasn't turned up, you are strangely intrigued by a current of air. It will lead you to a place very different from your own familiar...
Son of a..., by C. S. Woodrow Average member rating: (6 ratings)
A game about what happens when everything goes wrong. You have to be back in school for an exam the next day. Unfortunately, your car has died in the middle of nowhere. And that's just the beginning...
Space Horror I: Prey for Your Enemies is a Sci-Fi horror story designed in the style of the old CYOA stories from the 1980s.
Splashdown, by Paul J. Furio Average member rating: (9 ratings)
Thirty-six years in cryosleep seemed like a short nap, but instead of waking up to your new homeworld, you find your colony ship has crash-landed slightly off target. Only you can rescue the other colonists...
Star City, by Mark Sachs Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings)
The looming future. An Earth recovering from alien occupation. A mysterious object is approaching our put-upon planet and it's up to one explorer to discover its secrets.
Strange Geometries, by Phillip Chambers Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (19 ratings)
Selling all of your worldly goods you bought a small printing press and traveled to Malnoxet, the city at the end of the world and the beginning of new lives. Right on the northern edge of habitable land...
The Sword of Malice focusses on an ancient war being waged between two races, the Sekoniun and the Altari. The player in the game is a Sekoniun warrior on a quest to find the necessary pieces to forge the...
You are the traveling swordsman; the strong and silent stranger; the wandering vanquisher of villainy. Damsels swoon for you. Good men respect and envy you. Scoundrels learn to fear you. Even so, you are but...
Tentellian Island, by Zack Wood Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings)
With nothing but a note from the Professor in hand, your are sent to an unusual Island to obtain a special artifact. You'll need to be creative and clever to solve the puzzles and unlock all four endings.
Tough Beans, by Sara Dee Average member rating: (21 ratings) The Tower of the Elephant, by Tor Andersson Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (18 ratings)
"The shimmering shaft of the tower rose frostily in the stars. In the sunlight it shone so dazzlingly that few could bear its glare, and men said it was built of silver. It was round, a slim perfect...
Unauthorized Termination, by Richard Otter Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings)
NB: Do not play with the ADRIFT 5 Runner as the game will appear to work but can't be completed. Play online or use the Adrift 4 interpreter instead as this is an Adrift 4 game. You are a senior investigator...
Vespers, by Jason Devlin Average member rating: (183 ratings)
It has been five days, now. Five days since I made the choice. Five days since I closed the gate. Really, there was no choice. Rovato was damned when the first spot appeared: when the first bloody cough...
Waldo's Pie, by Michael Arnaud Average member rating: (3 ratings)
YOU are Waldo... ...at least, you used to be, fourteen years ago. You were the star of "Boffo's Bonanza Bigshow", but now you're retired. You've hung up the old clownsuit, you've tossed your last...
The people had always gathered on moonless nights to hear the stories, since the time of their ancestors' ancestors. The heat of the fire and the glow in the storyteller's eyes made the past present, and the...
Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton Average member rating: (92 ratings)
For over 20 years, I dreamed about an alternate universe I called the Higher World. For three of those years, I poured almost all of my creative energy into a novel-length story set in that universe. Worlds...
Wumpus Run, by Cheryl Howard (as Elfindor) Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings)
Wumpus Hunting will never become "the sport of Kings" ... too many risks involved for royalty (although, they've been known to allow any number of fools, er, adventurers, to partake on their behalf). Let's...
Xen: The Hunt, by Ian Shlasko Eric Eve's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings)
John Richardson returns in this thrilling sequel to Xen: The Contest. Two years have passed, and he finds himself once again caught in the crossfire. This time, however, his life may be forfeit.