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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."

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...."

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!"

Top games that made me feel

by Tabitha - 10 games
"Personal list of games I've found most emotionally hard-hitting."

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..."

My favorite games

by Firewood159 - 5 games

Naarel's Choice Awards

by Naarel - 6 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 - 47 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 - 7 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

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..."

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 - 12 games
"My favourite games made in 2023..."

IF for Japanese visual novel fans

by Kastel - 40 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..."

Infocom (in personal favourite order)

by Max Fog - 24 games
"Order of my favourite Infocom games, top being favourite.These are only of those i have played."

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 - 30 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"

spingly's favourite games

by Spingly - 9 games
"not too difficult and/or with mechanics or storylines that i found compelling My comments aim to provide a brief summary with rough suitability ratings"

New walkthroughs for November 2023

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Wednesday, November 29, 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..."

inspirations

by ellisdex - 5 games

favorites

by snailmail - 4 games

New walkthroughs for October 2023

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Sunday, October 29, 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 works..."

Games that have been adapted into books, films and other works

by Strident - 7 games
"A list of text adventures and other IF that were later adapted by their authors into novels, films and other works besides traditional IF. "

Solid Favorites

by egostat - 18 games
"I was going to make an "All-time Favorites" list, but that's quite a burdensome title, so I decided to make a "Solid Favorites" list instead. To be honest, I made this entirely for myself since I'm so bad at keeping track of things, and..."

New walkthroughs for September 2023

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Friday, September 29, 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..."

2023 Alternative Top 100

by Denk - 100 games
"(18sep2023) This is an alternative to other rating based lists with pros and cons in that it allows for games with fewer ratings (5 ratings required) to reach the top of the list which obviously makes their place on the list quite..."

2023 - Top 50 short list

by manonamora - 7 games
"Tentative list for the Top 50 IF of 2023 It will help me remember the games that really did an impact on me... bc I am terrible at remembering titles There is no ranking here. Also not complete. I will add more stuff before the deadline"

Heli's favourite games

by Heli N. - 16 games
"Inspired by manonamora's own idea, this list will contain my favourite games until now and will be updated in a regular basis."

Historical Game Recs

by Heli N. - 5 games
"The list is going to be updated with even more games as I play and review games I find from the IFDB archive."

High Fantasy Game Recs

by Heli N. - 4 games
"While I continue to play and review games here, I'll continue to update the list with more and more games that belong to this genre."

New walkthroughs for August 2023

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"On Tuesday, August 29, 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 works..."

Agency Denied

by Tabitha - 6 games

Social Anxiety Games

by Tabitha - 5 games

IF Top 50 (2023)

by Edo - 20 games

Solvable systems

by Hellzon - 7 games
"Most puzzles in these games are about figuring out some in-game system."

Alien settings

by Hellzon - 5 games
"Games with interesting alien worlds, or strange protagonists."

Extremely Online Games

by autumnc - 22 games
"Games about being Extremely Online. Games that take place mostly on a simulated internet UI of some sort, games about online culture and relationships."

Friendly, puzzle-based games

by Perpetual Distractions - 2 games
"Being an "old school" IF player, I prefer the more traditional, puzzle-based games, though perhaps not the difficulty of them. With that in mind, here are some games that I think can be enjoyed by people with a similar taste in IF."

New walkthroughs for July 2023

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Friday, July 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 works of..."

Follow your nose!

by palindrome - 3 games
"Games that allow the player to investigate with more than just their eyes."

Laughter is the Best Medicine

by palindrome - 4 games
"A collection of games that aren't serious at all."

Games with Witty Wordplay

by palindrome - 2 games
"I love words! I wanted to make a list of interactive games with wordplay. Most of these are English; since it is my only language."

Works Consulted

by Drew Cook - 19 games
"I've decided to make a list of games that have influenced my writing, whether it be criticism or game development. I'll be adding to this over time. Comments and questions are welcome! There is no particular order or rating, no matter..."

Older Frankendrift compatible games

by Denk - 16 games
"Frankendrift was first published in 2021, which made Adrift 5 games playable on Mac and Linux and provides a lighter Runner for Windows as well, though without sound so far. So older Adrift 5 games may have been overlooked on those..."

To Play

by Ms. Woods - 3 games
"Games to be played."

Pick Up Again

by Ms. Woods - 1 game
"To be picked up again. Games paused, dropped, or put on hold."

TBR

by Ms. Woods - 2 games
"To be replayed."

Personal Favorites

by Ms. Woods - 3 games

New walkthroughs for June 2023

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Wednesday, June 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 works..."

Some of my Favorites, by SirIgnotus

by SirIgnotus - 5 games
"An ever expanding list of very good games I've come across."

Wholesome games

by Reeah - 4 games
"These are games that I find cute and/or wholesome. Games in no particular order."

New walkthroughs for May 2023

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Monday, May 29, 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 works of..."

Best criminal investigations

by Denk - 12 games
"Usually whodunits but any criminal investigation fits on this list. These are my favorites."

My Personal Fave Twine Games

by doodlelogic - 13 games
"Just a list of Twine games that I rated 4 or 5 stars, in alphabetical order."

My Personal Fave Parser Games

by doodlelogic - 20 games
"Just a list of parser-based games that I rated 4 or 5 stars, in alphabetical order."

Finished Games

by lyda01 - 3 games

Rovarsson's Superlative Games

by Rovarsson - 25 games
"Only supercalifragilisticexpialidocious games on this list."

Games with great NPCs

by Reeah - 3 games
"Exactly what it says on the tin. These games include some of my favourite NPCs. Games are in no particular order."

My favourite games

by Reeah - 13 games
"These are some games that I have really enjoyed playing. If you are new to interactive fiction and don’t know where to begin, these are some games I have really liked and I think you will too. The games are in no particular order."

Twine games with free range of movement: A personal list

by Kinetic Mouse Car - 35 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 April 2023

by David Welbourn - 11 games
"On Tuesday, April 25, 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 works..."

My Underrated Gems

by Lance Cirone - 5 games
"A few of my favorite IF games that just need more love. Some of these are particularly deep cuts, but they're all high quality and worth a playthrough."

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