by jsnlv - 16 games "Trying to put the games in Ryan Veeder's "Little Match Girl" interactive-fiction-universe in chronological order doesn't really work; since these are stories about time travel, it's possible that one game will take place before, during,..."
by Pegbiter - 100 games "An automatically updated list utilizing an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings. Questions and comments can be placed here...."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Friday, February 27, 2026, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by Joey Jones - 12 games "I'm taking part in the Great Play Marathon this year. This is my intended journey! Most of these games I have no so much as glanced at— with one rather large exception."
by Rovarsson - 12 games "A 2026 intfiction event, the *Great Play Marathon* presents the contestants with a 6x9 field of games and requires them to plot a course through them. I opted for a *Long Run*, meaning I must start at the top or bottom of the board, and..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Thursday, January 29, 2026, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by Denk - 25 games "(Created 16-Jan-2026) This is a 2026 snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings so people can check out the..."
by Max Fog - 24 games "Max Fog's personal order of Infocom games, with the top being my favourite and bottom being my least favourite. These are only of those I have played."
by David Welbourn - 10 games "On Saturday, December 27, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Saturday, November 29, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by Jerce - 6 games "A curated list of interactive fiction that uses glitch effects, system corruption, unstable narration, or AI malfunction themes to create psychological horror. Includes Twine games, parser games, and short surreal experiences."
by JTN - 62 games "In response to the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act, the organisers of the 2025 IF Competition decided to geoblock some of the entries based on their content, such that they could not be played from a network connection appearing to..."
by JTN - 23 games "In response to the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act, the organisers of the 2025 IF Competition decided to geoblock some of the entries based on their content, such that they could not be played from a network connection appearing to..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Tueday, October 28, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by Kinetic Mouse Car - 6 games "There are already several polls about games for kids, but I wanted to narrow it down a bit. This list is for games with artwork that, regardless if it were the author's intent, give the impression of reading a storybook. An illustrated..."
by Kinetic Mouse Car - 13 games "All about Mars (I love astronomy). The title says it all: Games that have Mars as a main subject matter. Includes works on Mars, orbiting Mars, on Mars' moons, traveling to Mars, or having Mars as a central theme in the gameplay...."
by EJ - 8 games "... from IFComp, specifically! Most years, I encounter one game out of the IFComp bunch that makes me go "This won't score well and that's probably fair but I can tell it's going to gnaw on my brain for a long time." These are those..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by Kinetic Mouse Car - 45 games "Free range of movement means the gameplay has parser qualities without the parser part. It allows you to wander around and interact directly with objects or talk to characters in your environment. This list does NOT require games to have..."
by David Welbourn - 9 games "On Friday, August 29, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by fiction-interactive.fr - 23 games "Certaines FI n'ont pas eu la chance de gagner un prix au concours annuel, malgré de très bonnes notes. Cette liste est là pour vous permettre de les (re-)découvrir."
by kqr - 38 games "When I play on my phone I like games where I don't have to draw maps either because the games are small (Violet) or have such logical geographies (Plundered Hearts). I also don't want to have to make notes (All Things Devours has an easy..."
by xkia - 11 games "My absolute favorites in no particular order - IFs that I would easily recommend. Many have great humor, clever mechanics/puzzles, an engaging story, and/or an emotional throughline. All were wonderful and brought me great..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Monday, July 28, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by fiction-interactive.fr - 17 games "Les fictions interactives ayant remporté le prix du meilleur jeu au concours de fiction interactive francophone."
by Hidnook - 64 games "A fan-driven competition hosted by @otistdog, featuring 64 player-nominated games. See the intfiction.org thread for more information. Congratulations to Mathbrush's Never Gives Up Her Dead for winning!"
by David Welbourn - 7 games "On Friday, June 27, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by Denk - 25 games "(Created 16-May-2025) This is a snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings so people can check out the less..."
by David Welbourn - 18 games "On Monday, April 28, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Thursday, March 27, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by Canalboy - 4 games "As an inveterate cartographer of text adventures I was considering which games require accurate map construction to solve at least one puzzle; this includes finding hidden locations whose existence is predicated on parts of the game map."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Friday, February 28, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by McGclock - 1 game "This is a list of text-based IF’s that I and another user from itch.io, xSai or Bladed-Barbwire on Discord, made on itch.io, and I thought I’d share this here with you guys in case anyone is interested. All the credit goes to..."
by tildemania - 9 games "Interactive Fiction that is in some way "annotated": a persistent running commentary from a perspective outside the narrative accompanies the "base" narration. Sometimes the annotation may be authorial, at other times it may be..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "n Wednesday, January 29, 2025, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by David Welbourn - 10 games "On Friday, December 27, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by David Welbourn - 7 games "On Thursday, November 28, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by thecanvasrose - 23 games "This list is based on a poll you can add votes to. I will update the list from time to time to reflect what's on the poll as I play the elected games and can write snippets about them. See here: https://ifdb.org/poll?id=9xs5adb1gvesf3tk..."
by David Welbourn - 7 games "On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by jaclynhyde - 48 games "My personal favorite games from IFComps I've judged, in no particular order (read: alphabetical until I get tired of sorting). Will be updated as I play through the games I didn't get to during the comp."
by OtisTDog - 64 games "A fan-driven tournament held at intfiction.org between the 64 highest-rated games on IFDB as of June 7, 2024. More information about the tournament can be found at: https://www.ifwiki.org/Free_IF_Playoffs_2024"
by David Welbourn - 5 games "On Monday, September 30, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by David Welbourn - 4 games "On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by OverThinking - 8 games "A personal list of games that include my music, either that I wrote specifically for or that use one of my tracks (I'll note which is which). Listed in order of release"
by David Welbourn - 5 games "On Friday, June 28, 2024 and on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (The first two in June; the latter three in July.) They were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon!..."
by Karona - 5 games "What distinguishes these works is the feeling I get while playing them -- the pang of ephemeral beauty, the bittersweetness of nostalgia, or a sense of mystery. Most of these works were recommended to me by members of the Interactive..."
by Lilie Bagage - 37 games "Fictions interactives francophones testées à plusieurs durant des sessions de streaming sur ma chaîne Twitch. French interactive fictions played during streaming sessions on my Twitch channel."
by Joey Jones - 10 games "As per this forum thread, this is the list (as of 24th June 2024) of games that are among the top 100 wishlisted games on the forum, that are not among the top 100 rated, or appear in the IFDB 100 list. That is to say, classic games a..."
by David Welbourn - 7 games "On Friday, May 31, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by Kastel - 41 games "A bunch of my friends into Japanese visual novels asked me repeatedly over the months about my IF recommendations. I should actually compile them instead of being lazy as usual..."
by David Welbourn - 5 games "On Monday and Tuesday, April 29 and 30, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 12 games "The weird environments, monstrosities, and existential dread of cosmic horror lend themselves to text, and so text-adventure games have played with the fear of the unknowable from the beginning of the genre. Here are some of the better..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 14 games "Text-adventure games ask players to solve puzzles, so asking them to also solve a murder mystery is quite common. Figure out who-done-it in the following games."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Friday, March 29, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 24 games "Some I.F. writers write more than others. Here are my favorite four games from authors who've released at least half-a-dozen games to date. This list covers 1st-generation text-adventure implementors, who published the bulk of their work..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 28 games "Some I.F. writers write more than others. Here are my favorite four games from authors who've released at least half-a-dozen games to date. This list covers 2nd-generation text-adventure implementors, who published the bulk of their work..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 13 games "Dragons are a favorite in fantastic fiction, but they don't get as much love in I.F. as they used to. So, here's a list of games that portray these mythological beasts."
by Walter Sandsquish - 12 games "Text-adventure games consist of little more than words, so some of them concern themselves with little more than wordplay. Here are a dozen of the better ones."
by Walter Sandsquish - 45 games "This list was created because TADS 2 didn't have a Web-based 'terp for a long time. It's still here because these games, from long ago, are good enough to not be forgotten."
by Walter Sandsquish - 15 games "Zork, the first commercially-successful adventure game, spawned a prequel, several sequels, and a slew of homages and pastiches, all of which were set in or around the whimsically-anachronistic land of swords-and-sorcery, the Great..."
by Walter Sandsquish - 13 games "Players get to travel back and forth through their player-characters' time-lines all the time by using UNDO, RESTART, and RESTORE. So, it's only fair that player-characters sometimes get to move back and forth through a time-line also...."
by Artran - 11 games "I appreciate smaller, puzzle-less, or experimental games like Shade, howling dogs, Photopia, Toby's Nose, De Baron. However, it's the longer, well-implemented interactive fiction games that tend to leave a lasting impression on me. These..."
by David Welbourn - 7 games "On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by Denk - 25 games "(Created 03-Feb-2024) This is a snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings so people can check out the less..."
by David Welbourn - 8 games "On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works..."
by manonamora - 13 games "Like the title indicates, below are games published in 2023 which I really enjoyed playing. There is no real order in this list. And I probably forgot some knowing me... (will update this at some point because I missed some big titles)"
by David Welbourn - 6 games "On Thursday, December 28, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for..."
by Spingly - 6 games "work in progress collection games with built in hints and/or easier puzzles content in this list should be more or less suitable for most ages"