Best IF Titles - an IFDB Poll
by Fredrik
RSS FeedNo doubt you have played some great games with great titles, or been disappointed to find games with great titles that did not hold up to expectations. What are the best titles of IF? They can be funny, elegant, evocative, or whatever else you find appropriate.
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| A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky 12 votes "Caught me up and kept me deeply spellbound. " [+]... "Very evocative title" [+]... "Great title" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... "A wonderfully..." [+]...  Vote for this game | |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 8 votes "Excellent atmosphere, well implemented" [+]... "Deep and immersive" [+]... "Utterly captivating atmosphere." [+]... "One of best IF ever" [+]... "Engrossing, terrific fun, creepy!" [+]... "I was wondering what the hell is a Anchorhead." [+]... "Inmersive and one of the best IF ever" [+]... Fredrik says: None of the voters' comments for this game implies anything regarding the important thing about this poll, namely the TITLE as such. Vote for this game | |
| Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto 7 votes "Great..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Kids, don’t eat your Halloween candy without having your parents inspect it first because there are SICKOS out there who will put RAZOR BLADES in it and you will CUT YOUR MOUTH and GET A POISONED INFECTION and DIE, all from eating your candy early. So don’t do that., by Dan Shiovitz 7 votes "omg! this is hilarious" [+]... "Just brilliant!" [+]... "Lots of games..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky 7 votes "Funny and good story" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes 7 votes "Great usage of medium" [+]... "That sounds like an IF game i wanted to write" [+]... "The joke has..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin 7 votes "Wonderful flow..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short 6 votes "Sets up the primary game mechanic in two words" [+]... "My absolute favourite!" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Alabaster, by John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, Ziv Wities 6 votes "Very satisfying and good for newcomers" [+]... "Alabaster works as a title on a number of different levels, the simplest of which is Snow Swhite being described, in several versions of the tale, as having "alabaster skin."" [+]... "Taken on its own,..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Space Aliens Laughed at my Cardigan, by Andre M. Boyle 6 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| A Freak Accident Leaves Seattle Pantsless, by Christopher Huang 5 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Trinity, by Brian Moriarty 5 votes "It's Trinity! " [+]... "Great non-linear story" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet, by Graham Nelson (as Angela M. Horns) 4 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... "The title might..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Twelve Heads of St. John the Baptist, by Jake Wildstrom 4 votes "Awesome title. Enough said." [+]... "Made me want to play. Good speed-if effort too." [+]... (No comment) [+]... "That sounds..." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Kids Shouldn't Have to Save The World, by Marnie Parker 4 votes "No clue about the game, but ..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill 4 votes "Seems humble, but ..." [+]... "It the Circus" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard 4 votes "Lascivious, intelligent, brilliant." [+]... "If you know Latin..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Party Arty, Man of La Munchies, by Jonathan Blask 4 votes "Cringy puns work for me!" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows 3 votes "Mysteriously dark" [+]... "The title is a..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher 3 votes "Excellent! Love this title." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Banana Apocalypse and the Rocket Pants of Destiny, by Emily Short 3 votes "The title makes it sound like a dun little game" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer, by Dennis Drew 3 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Pantheon, Party On, by Tony Delgado 2 votes "Made me snigger,..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover 2 votes "A perfect title:..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson 2 votes "Funny interpretation of an IF criticism commonplace" [+]... "It takes guts to name a game after a common gripe" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0, by Caroline M. Yoachim 2 votes "It's a long and inconvenient title but at least it has nerve." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby 2 votes "Gives you a good..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! 2 votes "Witty and entertaining, this is a story for the ages!" [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics, by Ryan Veeder 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster, by Emily Short 2 votes "Such an imposing..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 2 votes "Classic& fun!" [+]... "The GAME" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Tales of the Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder 2 votes "Classic image" [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Journey to Alpha Centauri (In Real Time), by Julian Fleetwood 2 votes "The title is a warning" [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Wearing the Claw, by Paul O'Brian 2 votes "The title is..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Polearn, by Anonymous 1 vote "I haven't played..." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson 1 vote "The best 2020 game" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer 1 vote "that's basically what the game is: a thrashing ride through a hallucinatory world" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee's, by Geoffrey Golden 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| I-0, by Anonymous 1 vote "It's so memorable and provokes trying it out" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Voodoo Castle, by Alexis Adams and Scott Adams 1 vote "Eclectic, evocative and simple" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Skybreak!, by William Dooling 1 vote "The exclamation..." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| AardVarK Versus the Hype, by Truthcraze 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Jacqueline, Jungle Queen!, by Steph Cherrywell 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Low-Key Learny Jokey Journey, by Andrew Schultz 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Very Vile Fairy File, by Billy Boling 1 vote "So much fun to say" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| You Feel Like You've Read this in a Book, by Austin Lim 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Fallacy of Dawn, by Robb Sherwin 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| No One Else Is Doing This, by Lauren O'Donoghue 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Marvelous title. " [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Best of Three, by Emily Short 1 vote "Thought-provoking and fitting" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Galatea, by Emily Short 1 vote "Amazing NPC interactions-- a must-play" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Babel, by Ian Finley 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Duel That Spanned the Ages, by Oliver Ullmann 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |