The New Abstract - an IFDB Poll

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Time goes on, vibes change, people change, historical thresholds are crossed.

I always loved the unique kind of abstract/surreal genre in IF. I don't want to give a grocery list of the games that I liked it in, because I don't want it to be defined by the past, but I'd like to see what it has evolved into. I will say that before I stopped following the IF websites in 2016ish, I have indeed seen the abstract/surreal genre cross over from parser to choice-based.

What are some good abstract or surreal games that have come out since 2017?

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Universal Hologram, by Kit Riemer
3 votes
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You are SpamZapper 3.1, by Leon Arnott
2 votes
"A weird topic simulator" [+]"A weird topic simulator" --P. B. Parjeter... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone...

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Accelerate, by The TAV Institute
2 votes
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After-Words, by fireisnormal
2 votes
"Brevity is the soul of wit!" [+]"Brevity is the soul of wit!: So many unusual and pleasing 2-word combos with a nice graphic interface. Reductionists or those looking for detailed stories may call it a series of fetch quests, but I found the sparseness very well-planned." --Andrew Schultz... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Flattened London, by Carter Gwertzman
1 vote
"Homage to Flatland, so not quite "new abstract," but original and fun" [+]"Homage to Flatland, so not quite "new abstract," but original and fun" --Andrew Schultz...

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Deus Ex Ceviche, by Tom Lento, Chandler Groover
1 vote
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