Outstanding Game of the Year 2025 - an IFDB Poll

This poll is part of the 2025 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here.

This award is for the best overall game of 2025. Voting is open to all IFDB members.

Eligible games include any game published in 2025. The following search suggests some possible games:
https://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=published%3A2025

If a game published in 2025 does not appear in this search and you wish it to appear, you may edit the game page to include the correct publication year.

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	Type Help, by William Rous 6 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Saltwrack, by Henry Kay Cecchini 5 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	The Wise-Woman's Dog, by Daniel M. Stelzer 4 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Detritus, by Ben Jackson 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Kinophobia, by Bruno Dias 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Portrait with Wolf, by Drew Cook 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Cut the Sky, by SV Linwood 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	A Visit to the Human Resources Administration, by Jesse 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	The Little Match Girl Approaches the Golden Firmament, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Pharos Fidelis, by DemonApologist 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Not so Happy Easter 2025, by Petr Kain 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

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Poll created on February 1, 2026