Outstanding Debut 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 game of 2025 by a new author. Voting is open to all IFDB members.

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

Votes for games that are not by first-time authors will be discarded.

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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	Slated For Demolition, by Meri Something 7 votes

	Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade, by Lamp Post Projects 4 votes

	Wayfarers, by Gina Isabel Rodriguez 4 votes

	The Witch Girls, by Amy Stevens 3 votes

	*OVER, by Audrey Larson 3 votes*

	Freed from the Curse, by RevolvingFlames 1 vote

	Not so Happy Easter 2025, by Petr Kain 1 vote

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Poll created on February 1, 2026