Trailblazer Award 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 a game of 2025 that you saw as a trailblazer. 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

	Violent Delight, by Coral Nulla 7 votes

	A king has Prnoq Pnkhr Zmtmr STOP daughters STOP fight over power STOP king is murdered STOP chaos STOP code is XYZZY to AAAAA, by Mathbrush 5 votes

	The Little Match Girl 6: Fulcrum of the Telkon Vortex (IntroComp Demo), by Ryan Veeder 3 votes

	Swap Wand User, by Sarah Willson 3 votes

	Super Halloween Horror Show, by Adam Biltcliffe 2 votes

	whoami, by n-n 2 votes

	A Smörgåsbord of Pain, by FLACRabbit 2 votes

	Type Help, by William Rous 1 vote

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Poll created on February 1, 2026