80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (100 ratings) 1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around a 3D globe, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel,... |
9:05, by Adam Cadre Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (544 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. |
Aisle, by Sam Barlow Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (326 ratings) "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... |
Alone, by Paul Michael Winters Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (31 ratings) Just you and your car, alone on the open road. You haven't seen another car for weeks. You haven't spoken to another person in months. And if you want to stay alive, you'd better keep it that way. |
Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (409 ratings) You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little... |
Andromeda Apocalypse — Extended Edition, by Marco Innocenti Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (29 ratings) Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind... |
Andromeda Awakening - The Final Cut, by Marco Innocenti Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (43 ratings) The most important discovery in history. And then, the whole world goes crumbling down. Armed with but a computer and an expired railway ticket, how can one expect to save the day when the doomsday clock has... |
Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés, by Stephen Granade Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (34 ratings) |
Ascension of Limbs, by AKheon Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings) 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... |
Babel, by Ian Finley Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (156 ratings) In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by... |
Bandersnatch, by Charlie Brooker, David Slade Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (14 ratings) In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings. Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Craig... |
BYOD, by n-n Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (22 ratings) You are starting your IT internship. The details you got from the university are scarce: just the address and the date (today). |
Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (51 ratings) You should carry the bag. I'm more of a delegator. |
Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (253 ratings) 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... |
Cygnet Committee, by P.B. Parjeter Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) The year is 2049. Your mission is to take down a military cult that has formed around Joan of Arc. |
D'ARKUN, by Michael Baltes Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings) Long forgotten proceedings have changed the coastal area north of Altenkirchen forever. Now, almost a century later, the proceedings have begun again. You're about to discover the sinister secrets of this... |
Desolation, by Earth Traveler Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) You barely escaped your pursuers as you ran from the mansion. Now you must survive a vast, trackless desert with no food or water, and escape the grasp of a demonic cult... Written as a sequel to "Two braids... |
Dr Ego and the egg of Man-Toomba, by Wesley Werner (as 'Special Agent') Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) You are Dr Ego, purveyor of artifacts, seeker of treasure, and adventurous archeologist. You explore the jungles of Papua New Guinea with hopes to find a mysterious artifact - the golden egg of Man-Toomba. |
The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (177 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... |
Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (84 ratings) It's been almost a month since your parents disappeared. One Tuesday, they just didn't come home, and there's been no sign of them since. For the University and the rest of the town, the mystery is beginning... |
The Eleusinian Miseries, by Mike Russo Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Well, isn't this a lark! After solid years of going after old Alky to let you in on that Mysteries wheeze of his, at last tonight's the night. He's dragged you from Athens to Eleusis for the to-do, but no... |
The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (78 ratings) It was meant to be a routine visit on behalf of the imperial government, just to remind the settlers that the Empire hadn't forgotten them, and if you stick rigidly to the letter of your orders and refuse to... |
Enceladus, by Robb Sherwin Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) There's a werewolf loose on the spaceship known as the HMCS Plagoo! |
Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (110 ratings) In Enchanter, the first of a spellbinding series in the tradition of Zork, you are a novice magician whom Fate has chosen to do singlehanded combat with a dark and fierce power. But worldly weapons will... |
Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (56 ratings) The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's... |
Entangled, by Dark Star Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) Caught up in a time-travel experiment gone wrong, the actions you perform in the past will ripple forward in time. Can you find your way back without unraveling the universe? A small town stirs in your wake. |
Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (42 ratings) A tongue-in-cheek graphic text adventure/point and click adventure hybrid. You are a chivalrous knight attempting to save a princess; your quest takes you through a mad-cap Douglas Adams-style world. |
Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (51 ratings) You don't know how long you've been hammering against the station's wall, but you stop as soon as you realize what you've been doing. |
Gateway, by Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, and Glen Dahlgren Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (36 ratings) In the early twenty-second century, adventurous citizens of Earth can travel to a place called "Gateway": a long-abandoned alien space station, now rediscovered by humans and turned into a jumping-off point... |
Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (156 ratings) Step into the shoes of Mute Lawton, a lone cowboy who must stop an execution set to occur at noon by shooting his way past dangerous cyborgs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic western setting. (From the... |
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (86 ratings) A far-future story of discovery. |
I-0, by Anonymous Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (158 ratings) Stranded on Interstate Zero after your car broke down, you are miles away from the last sign of civilization. It's twenty minutes to noon and the temperature is well over 120°F. It's beginning to look like... |
Jay Schilling's Edge of Chaos, by Robb Sherwin, Mike Sousa Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (18 ratings) There was an aye-aye behind the bar, staring at me horribly. Or maybe its face just froze that way. I was waiting for my client at ten at night in a dusty, dirty town in the middle of nowhere. Clouds out... |
Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (72 ratings) And now... the next exciting episode of humanoids in space! How did you, a regular at Joe's Bar in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, end up on a Martian moon? Can you prevent the hideous space creature from abducting... |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (500 ratings) 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. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (94 ratings) A winter night at the G.U.E. tech campus with most students away on vacation serves as the backdrop for this tale of Lovecraftian horror. |
The Magpie Takes the Train, by Mathbrush Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (41 ratings) A millionaire guards a fabulous ruby in her private train car. Countless thieves have failed to steal it. But they weren't the Magpie! |
The People's Glorious Revolutionary Text Adventure Game, by Taylor Vaughan Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (56 ratings) Sure, there's only five of you against a world full of reactionaries, but you have Revolutionary Spirit! You can't possibly fail. Nothing can stand in your way! Now if only you could find your Revolutionary... |
Plane Walker, by Jack Comfort Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings) Set out on a dire mission through worlds with nothing but amnesia and intuition. *Requires an interpreter that can display special characters |
Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (121 ratings) "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 your home on the backwater planet of Gallium. Images of exotic... |
Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (67 ratings) In the 17th century, the seas are as wild as the untamed heart of a young woman. But when you set out on the schooner Lafond Deux, bound for the West Indies, your thoughts are only of your ailing father who... |
Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (75 ratings) Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and... |
A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (35 ratings) An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011. |
Second Wind, by Matthew Warner Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings) Journey across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to get medical help for your pregnant wife. You and Lorraine live in Shelter 5. It's an airtight building in a radioactive desert. It's airtight to prevent... |
Shadow Operative, by Michael Lauenstein Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) 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... |
Sheep Crossing, by Andrew Geng Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) Sometimes you get an impulse you know you'd regret--especially in the face of an arbitrary task of questionable value. So when Grandmother asks you to bring her a cabbage, a sheep, and a stinky bear, what... |
Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (219 ratings) In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ... |
Softporn Adventure, by Chuck Benton Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (13 ratings) The text adventure that became the first of Sierra's long-running "Leisure Suit Larry." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] Trivia: Sierra's Roberta Williams appears in the game's cover photo – she's the... |
Sorcery!, by Steve Jackson and inkle Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings) An adaptation of a print-based game book originally published in 1983, updated for modern touch-screen devices. The player quests across a fantasy map, dealing with all sorts of encounters using a text-based... |
Sorcery! 2, by Steve Jackson and inkle Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (21 ratings) Per the first game in this series, this is an adaptation of a print-based game book originally published in 1983, updated for modern touch-screen devices. The player quests across a fantasy map (this time of... |
Sorcery! 3, by Steve Jackson and inkle Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) The land of Kakhabad is a wilderness - a ruined desert, a tangled forest, cruel mountains and fissures, all guarded by seven fearsome serpents. But you must cross this land if you are to reach Mampang and... |
Sorcery! 4, by Steve Jackson and inkle Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (7 ratings) You have reached the gates of Mampang, the ancient Fortress of Sorcerers. It is guarded by Birdmen, mutants, traps and ancient, wild magic. But inside is the Crown of Kings and the only hope for peace in the... |
Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (318 ratings) A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without... |
Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (21 ratings) 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. |
Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (131 ratings) 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.) |
Swigian, by Mathbrush (as Rainbus North) Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (38 ratings) I don't like talking. Let's build a fire. Swigian is a minimalist game. It is long, but quickly finished, with few words and few complications. |
Today is the Same as Any Other, by Adam Wasserman Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) Welcome to the Bunker, an orderly, underground utopia where everyone's needs have been satisfied. You, Cory Resden, are a population tweaker in I-12 sector. You don't aspire to much, and your life is fairly... |
Trinity, by Brian Moriarty Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (104 ratings) You're neither an adventurer nor a professional thrill-seeker. You're simply an American tourist in London, enjoying a relaxing stroll through the famous Kensington Gardens. When World War III starts and the... |
Vain Empires, by Thomas Mack and Xavid Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (24 ratings) The memoir of a demonic spy in the Cold War between Heaven and Hell. |
Vampire Ltd, by Alex Harby Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) 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... |
Varicella, by Adam Cadre Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (132 ratings) You are Primo Varicella, Palace Minister at the Palazzo del Piemonte. This title is unlikely to impress anyone. Piedmont is the laughingstock of the Carolingian League, and the Palace Ministry has devolved... |
Violet, by Jeremy Freese Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (389 ratings) Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (111 ratings) It's an ordinary day in your ordinary little town, and you've been performing your ordinary mail clerk's duties in an altogether ordinary way. But there's something quite extraordinary in today's mail. It's... |
The Witness, by Stu Galley Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (30 ratings) February 1938, Los Angeles. FDR's New Deal is finally rolling. Hitler's rolling, too; this time through Austria. But as Chief Detective for a quiet burgh on the outskirts of L.A., you've got other fish to... |
Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling Durafen's rating: Average member rating: (222 ratings) Many strange tales have been told of the fabulous treasure, exotic creatures, and diabolical puzzles in the Great Underground Empire. As an aspiring adventurer, you will undoubtedly want to locate these... |