Games with high replay value - an IFDB Poll

What games do you find yourself returning to again and again? Maybe to get every last lousy point, to do some amusing things, to try for different endings or just for the enjoyment of replaying?

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	Aisle, by Sam Barlow 6 votes "Replaying is the..." [+]"Replaying is the whole point of the game." --Marius Müller... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Larsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --perch... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Softbagel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --SamCoppini... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed 3 votes "Dozens of..." [+]"Dozens of optional scenes, completely different relationships you can cultivate with the main NPC, different endings, huge size: Blue Lacuna is one of the most replayable IF games yet made." --Victor Gijsbers... "This game even..." [+]"This game even gives you a checklist at the end, letting you know what the major branch points are so you know what sorts of things you can try next time." --baf... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Softbagel... Vote for this game

	Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey 3 votes "Optimization game. Replay is part of the game experience." [+]"Optimization game. Replay is part of the game experience." --Lance Campbell... "A game you want to play more than once." [+]"A game you want to play more than once." ( - Full review) --mg51... "Keeps you wanting to improve your gameshow score." [+]"Keeps you wanting to improve your gameshow score." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve 2 votes "There's a..." [+]"There's a lot of information you can miss or not understand on the first playing. I played several times to get more; in the end I think there were still some things I didn't fully get, which is too bad. But definitely replayable." () --Emily Short... "Immersing world..." [+]"Immersing world with some extra details to be seen through replays" --Softbagel... Vote for this game

	9:05, by Adam Cadre 2 votes "After you play..." [+]"After you play the first way, go through again looking for hints to the big reveal, and figure out what you should have done if the player knew what the character knew. " ( - Full review) --tggdan3... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Snowblind Aces, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes "Played several..." [+]"Played several times to see the various ways the conversation could turn out." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... "Worth replaying a..." [+]"Worth replaying a few times to see how the conversation affects the ending." () --baywoof... Vote for this game

	Galatea, by Emily Short 2 votes "A great game..." [+]"A great game based solely on conversation and exploring the mind of the npc. There are many pathes for the player to take throughout and I find myself returning to it over and over to discover a line of inquiry I previously missed." () --Sorrel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Softbagel... Vote for this game

	Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 2 votes "After the first..." [+]"After the first time- this game feels like a playground- use the spells to affect everything, gaining the easter eggs, seeing the lowest score you can get and still win- the game is just fun. " ( - Full review) --tggdan3... (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling 1 vote "A game that is yet to be truly beat" [+]"A game that is yet to be truly beat" --Ant-Fan... Vote for this game

	Final Girl, by Hanon Ondricek 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Andrew Schultz... Vote for this game

	Violet, by Jeremy Freese 1 vote "Great to replay for the quirky quotes and strange events occuring in the background" [+]"Great to replay for the quirky quotes and strange events occuring in the background" ( - Full review) --Bernie... Vote for this game

	All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows 1 vote "The best time travel puzzle I've ever played." [+]"The best time travel puzzle I've ever played.: This game is essentially an optimization problem. You will want to play it repeatedly to try to improve your solution." --Draconis... Vote for this game

	Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 1 vote "Trying to find..." [+]"Trying to find every planet. There are also several different ways to make it into Haven. Each method offers a unique path of gameplay which gives an incentive to replay the game. Another fun one to try is finding every way of acquiring a visa chip." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty 1 vote "A Zork game with 'D&D elements'!" [+]"A Zork game with 'D&D elements'!: What do you get when you add character stats and heavy randomization to a Zork game? One really fun IF crossover!" ( - Full review) --mjhayes... Vote for this game

	Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game

	Fate, by Victor Gijsbers 1 vote "A game that gains..." [+]"A game that gains meaning when you replay, trying different approaches to the central problem." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Wumpus 2000, by Muffy St. Bernard 1 vote "finest random rooms generator I came across in classical IF" [+]"finest random rooms generator I came across in classical IF: If you like exploring and mapping it is very sweet, also source available, so tinkerable" () --DAB... Vote for this game

	Afflicted, by Doug Egan 1 vote "Short gameplay..." [+]"Short gameplay where you are a health inspector surveying a bar. It has a score system and numerous endings that make it one of the highest replay-value games I have encountered." ( - Full review) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Textfire Golf, by Adam Cadre 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game

	Black Rock City, by Jim Munroe 1 vote "Short gameplay..." [+]"Short gameplay with apparently 64 endings (or at least that is what it says on the game's page)." --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers 1 vote "roguelike" [+]"roguelike: high scores, difficulty levels, learn as you go" () --DAB... Vote for this game

	Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre 1 vote "You will probably..." [+]"You will probably have to replay over and over to solve- that's the fun part of it. " ( - Full review) --tggdan3... Vote for this game

	Entangled, by Dark Star 1 vote "If you look at..." [+]"If you look at the walkthrough it appears to be a long game, but it is actually shorter than you think. A highlight of the game is that there are multiple solutions for each puzzle, and each one affects the ending. Even though the game's ending is focused on the protagonist there are quite a few variations in endings for the NPCs. The replay value is experimenting with different puzzle solutions and seeing how they affect the outcome for each character." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Curses, by Graham Nelson 1 vote "Probably a matter..." [+]"Probably a matter of idiosyncratic personal taste, but I've played Curses several times over the years. It's big enough and diverse enough to be good value even on subsequent runthroughs." () --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Best of Three, by Emily Short 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game

	An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang 1 vote "Worth playing..." [+]"Worth playing several times to solve different scenarios." () --Emily Short... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on October 2, 2009