Games where you do what the title says - an IFDB Poll

Many works of IF are named after a character, location, or theme. But sometimes they're literally named after what you do in the game.

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	Journey, by Marc Blank 1 vote "I hope you like journeying" [+]"I hope you like journeying" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes 1 vote "You pick up the phone booth... and die" [+]"You pick up the phone booth... and die" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "You're a mind... and you voyage" [+]"You're a mind... and you voyage" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short 1 vote ">PICK UP THE PHONE BOOTH AND AISLE" [+]">PICK UP THE PHONE BOOTH AND AISLE: If you do what the title says, you win!" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs 1 vote "You choose whose heart to steal" [+]"You choose whose heart to steal" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Beet the Devil, by Carolyn VanEseltine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game

	Swap Wand User, by Sarah Willson 1 vote "first thing you do" [+]"first thing you do" () --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Type Help, by William Rous 1 vote "first thing you should do" [+]"first thing you should do" () --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Ferret, by [email protected] 1 vote "You have to ferret out the world" [+]"You have to ferret out the world" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Finding Martin, by G.K. Wennstrom 1 vote "You need to find Martin" [+]"You need to find Martin" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson 1 vote "You sniff out a wizard" [+]"You sniff out a wizard" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling 1 vote "You end up breaking the spell" [+]"You end up breaking the spell" --P-Tux7... Vote for this game

	Eat Me, by Chandler Groover 1 vote "in one of the endings." [+]"in one of the endings." ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on September 7, 2026