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 3 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	Slop, by Milo van Mesdag 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	hideous, fabulous, by Lionstooth 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

	It Was Fate, by Lamp Post Projects 2 votes Vote for this game anonymously

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

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

	Ancient Treasure, Secret Spider, by C.E.J. Pacian 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Nihilist Syndrome, by crotovane 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	a dialect for two, by lacunova 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Radiance Inviolate, by DemonApologist 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	the lamp of your body, by Naarel 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	Diary of a Drowned Girl, by Autumn Chen 1 vote Vote for this game anonymously

	The Goldilocks Principle, by iris 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