Outstanding Short Game of 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 short game of 2025, where the definition of 'short' is left up to the voter. Voting is open to all IFDB members.

Suggested games include those in the following search:
https://ifdb.org/search?searchbar=published%3A2025

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

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	Portrait with Wolf, by Drew Cook 9 votes

	the lamp of your body, by Naarel 8 votes

	a diner for the end of the world, by KA Tan 6 votes

	The Witch Girls, by Amy Stevens 6 votes

	Ancient Treasure, Secret Spider, by C.E.J. Pacian 5 votes

	Radiance Inviolate, by DemonApologist 5 votes

	Warden: a (bug)folk horror, by Tabitha and baezil 4 votes

	Nihilist Syndrome, by crotovane 4 votes

	Marbles, D, and the Sinister Spotlight, by Drew Cook 4 votes

	hideous, fabulous, by Lionstooth 4 votes

	Slop, by Milo van Mesdag 3 votes

	The Little Match Girl Approaches the Golden Firmament, by Ryan Veeder 3 votes

	I Got You, by Kastel 3 votes

	Endymion, by Daniel M. Stelzer 2 votes

	A Normal Morning, by Damon L. Wakes 2 votes

	Non-humain, by BenyDanette 2 votes

	Blood and Sunlight, by alyshkalia 2 votes

	Diary of a Drowned Girl, by Autumn Chen 2 votes

	The Goldilocks Principle, by iris 2 votes

	Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier 2 votes

	It Was Fate, by Lamp Post Projects 2 votes

	A Visit to the Human Resources Administration, by Jesse 1 vote

	a dialect for two, by lacunova 1 vote

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Poll created on February 1, 2026