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The Inclusive "Little Match Girl" Narratology

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,..."

IFDB Top 100

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...."

New walkthroughs for February 2026

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..."

Joey J's Great Play Marathon Run (2026)

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."

My IF Marathon.

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..."

New walkthroughs for January 2026

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..."

Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical

by writersarchive - 35 games

2026 Alternative Top 25

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..."

Infocom (in personal favourite order)

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."

Favourite games from 2025

by Max Fog - 10 games

New walkthroughs for December 2025

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..."

New walkthroughs for November 2025

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..."

Glitch Horror Interactive Fiction

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."

IFComp 2025 games playable in the UK

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..."

IFComp 2025 games geoblocked in the UK

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..."

Text Adventure Tuesdays

by hecuba - 13 games

New walkthroughs for October 2025

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..."

Storybooks for young audiences

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..."

Mars master list

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...."

recs for ace!

by Cryptic Puffin - 14 games
"recommendations for my friend ace :)"

Odd spec-fic games that I love despite jankiness or other objective issues

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..."

New walkthroughs for September 2025

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..."

Top works that made me feel

by Tabitha - 11 games
"Personal list of IF works I've found most emotionally hard-hitting."

Twine games with free range of movement: A personal list

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..."

New walkthroughs for August 2025

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..."

Mentions honorables - FI les mieux notées du concours annuel n'ayant pas reçu de prix

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."

good ass text RPGs

by hecuba - 12 games

Phone-friendly parser games

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..."

My IF favorites

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..."

Prix de design narratif au concours annuel

by fiction-interactive.fr - 3 games
"Les fictions interactives arrivées en tête du classement de design narratif lors du concours annuel"

New walkthroughs for July 2025

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..."

Prix technique au concours annuel

by fiction-interactive.fr - 16 games
"Les fictions interactives arrivées en tête du classement technique ou de programmation lors du concours annuel"

Prix d'écriture au concours annuel

by fiction-interactive.fr - 16 games
"Les fictions interactives arrivées en tête du classement d'écriture ou de narration lors du concours annuel"

"Meilleur jeu" au concours annuel

by fiction-interactive.fr - 17 games
"Les fictions interactives ayant remporté le prix du meilleur jeu au concours de fiction interactive francophone."

People's Champion Tournament 2025

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!"

New walkthroughs for June 2025

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..."

Games i've finished

by Vicusol - 1 game
"For personal use, don't take any game in this list as a recommendation."

Game I've started but not finished yet

by Vicusol - 2 games
"For personal use, don't take any game in this list as a recommendation."

Favorite recommended list of action games

by Litedeathdarkblade - 4 games
"My favorite recommended action containing games"

New walkthroughs for May 2025

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..."

2025 Alternative Top 25

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..."

New walkthroughs for April 2025

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..."

New walkthroughs for March 2025

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..."

Games Where The Shape Of The Map Is Relevant To Game Completion

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."

New walkthroughs for February 2025

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..."

My favorite games

by Firewood159 - 6 games

Text-based Interactive Fiction games recommendations from Itch.io

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..."

Annotated Interactive Fiction

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..."

Games I’ve Started

by jupiterleah - 8 games
"Games I have started playing but not yet finished. "

New walkthroughs for January 2025

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..."

My favorites ones

by Zeno Pillan - 3 games

Favourite games

by Max Fog - 20 games
"I use this list to remind myself what are good games and what to replay. Also, you guys might agree!"

New walkthroughs for December 2024

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..."

Superhero games

by MathBrush - 28 games
"These are games featuring superheros, with my thoughts on them. "

New walkthroughs for November 2024

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..."

Favoritos

by Jackson - 1 game
"Lista pessoal."

Nontraditional Parser, Gamebook, IF and Systems

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..."

Naarel's Choice Awards

by Naarel - 8 games
"IFDB equivalent of the same list I have on itch.io, in no particular order."

New walkthroughs for October 2024

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..."

Favourite games from 2024

by Max Fog - 10 games
"This is a list of games in 2024 I personally enjoyed the most."

JH's IFComp favorites

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."

Free IF Playoffs

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"

New walkthroughs for September 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..."

New walkthroughs for August 2024

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..."

Featuring music by Charm Cochran

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"

New walkthroughs for June/July 2024

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!..."

My Favorit Infocom Games

by Morrbjo - 3 games
"This List Containes Games i completed "

games i liked

by lil540 - 4 games

Liminal Works

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..."

French Interactive Fictions played on streams

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."

Top 10 Out-of-Fashion Classics

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..."

Emotionally resonant games

by shrimpylemons - 2 games
"A personal list. Games I find emotionally resonant, moving in some fashion. No true order. "

Favorite surreal games

by Tabitha - 5 games
"Using my own personal definition of "surreal", which is less a definition and more a vibe that I know when I see."

Good ass text adventures

by hecuba - 13 games
"Enjoy!"

New walkthroughs for May 2024

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..."

Favourite games from 2023

by Max Fog - 10 games
"My favourite games made in 2023..."

IF for Japanese visual novel fans

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..."

Now That’s What I Call Wordplay!

by vinceren - 6 games
"GOD i love word puzzles :D or, I liked The Phantom Tollbooth a LOT as a kid."

New walkthroughs for April 2024

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..."

My favourite games of all time

by Alyssia - 9 games

Eldritch Apprehension

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..."

Murder Mysteries

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."

Uncle Rov's Beginner's Must-Plays.

by Rovarsson - 10 games

New walkthroughs for March 2024

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..."

Favorite Fours From Industrious Implementors, 1G

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..."

Favorite Fours From Industrious Implementors, 2G

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..."

Dueling With Dragons

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."

Works of Wordplay

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."

Noteworthy T2 Games [Formerly: Which Can't Be Played on the Web]

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."

The Great Underground Empire

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..."

Time Travelers

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...."

Book Club Game List

by Passerine - 46 games
"A list of games played by the Unnamed IF Book Club."

Neat games. Neat-o, even (for Cat)

by Cryptic Puffin - 10 games
"A list of mostly spooky or mystery games for my friend Catarina."

My favorite games

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..."

New walkthroughs for February 2024

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..."

2024 Alternative Top 25 (formerly 100)

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..."

New walkthroughs for January 2024

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..."

Favourite games published in 2023

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)"

New walkthroughs for December 2023

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..."

games for beginners

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"

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