Games exploring trauma and other messy subject matter - an IFDB Poll
by Kastel
RSS FeedLooking for, as Nathalie Lawhead puts it, art caught between “everything is horrible”, “everything is survivable”, and “this is too hard to talk about”. I'm interested in how people explore the messy things in life through IF engines.
| Elsinore: After Hamlet, by Lapin Lunaire Games 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine...  Vote for this game | |
| DO NOT KILL THE SLEEPING BEAST, by mogar 2 votes "a game about..." [+]"a game about struggling with alcoholism" --Tabitha / alyshkalia... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... Kastel says: This game presents a rather nuanced approach to the cycle of addiction through some clever usage of allegories and text effects. I really like this work. Vote for this game | |
| The Fall of Asemia, by B.J. Best 2 votes "war & refugee..." [+]"war & refugee trauma" ( ) --Tabitha / alyshkalia... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... Vote for this game | |
| Sweetpea, by Sophia de Augustine 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... "Unhealthy family..." [+]"Unhealthy family dynamics and alcoholism." --Sophia de Augustine... Vote for this game | |
| After the Accident, by Amanda Walker 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sophia de Augustine... Kastel says: An emotional ride that captures the ebbs and flow of a long relationship from start to finish. The ending really hits. Vote for this game | |
| The Archivist and the Revolution, by Autumn Chen 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophia de Augustine... Kastel says: Very fond of this game. A pandemic-stricken world that's controlled by right-wingers. Totally not at all like our world, huh. Vote for this game | |
| January, by litrouke 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --manonamora... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sophia de Augustine... Vote for this game | |
| Accelerate, by The TAV Institute 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| Fallen Hero: Rebirth, by Malin Rydén 1 vote "Superhero story..." [+]"Superhero story about coping with trauma" --Keltena... Vote for this game | |
| With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie 1 vote "Fantasy game dealing with the slow healing process after trauma" [+]"Fantasy game dealing with the slow healing process after trauma: Similar to Porpentine's previous game Their Angelical Understanding, WTWLA follows a protagonist with serious trauma from events before the game's timeframe; however, I felt that WTWLA went deeper into dramatising the management and processing of the trauma, rather than merely mentioning it" --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game | |
| End of Life Care, by 80% Relatable 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| POV: You're a Teenage Girl in a Conservative Christian Family, by alyshkalia 1 vote "religious trauma" [+]"religious trauma" --Tabitha / alyshkalia... Vote for this game | |
| Hidden Gems, Hidden Secrets, by Naomi Norbez, Josh Grams 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Tabitha / alyshkalia... Vote for this game | |
| how do i love you?, by Sophia de Augustine 1 vote "Ending an abusive..." [+]"Ending an abusive relationship." --Sophia de Augustine... Vote for this game | |
| My Brother; The Parasite, by qrowscant 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --OverThinking... Vote for this game | |
| we, the remainder, by Charm Cochran 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --OverThinking... Vote for this game | |
| Winter in June, by Katie Moses 1 vote "mental health..." [+]"mental health struggles, institutionalization" --Tabitha / alyshkalia... Kastel says: An intense work about getting institutionalized and the horrors of it all. Vote for this game | |
| System Processing, by Albie 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --albie... Vote for this game | |
| Get Your Gun, Dragonfly, by Palimrya 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| Nineteen, by Elizabeth Sampat 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc... Vote for this game | |
| Nineteen, by kiran 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --autumnc... Kastel says: This was honestly quite good. An autobiographical Twine title exploring abuse and gender identity, which always feels linked in stories about trauma. Vote for this game | |
| SPY INTRIGUE, by furkle 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --autumnc... Kastel says: Huge fan of this title. I like how the protagonist's traumatic backstories are explored through . It's easily one of my favorite Twine works. Vote for this game | |