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My new walkthroughs for August 2020

by David Welbourn - 13 games
"During the evening of Thursday August 27, 2020, 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..."

The Age of Exploration

by Walter Sandsquish - 12 games
"Adventure games typically involve a great deal of exploration, but few are set during the Age of Exploration. Nevertheless, here's a list of games which do explore the 15th through the 18th centuries."

See the Show

by Walter Sandsquish - 13 games
"If adventure games are a performance themselves, then it makes sense for some of them to also be about performers. So, here's a list of games involving performers and their venues."

Noteworthy Games Which Aren't Z-Code or TADS Bytecode

by Walter Sandsquish - 26 games
"So many text-adventure games have been written with some version of ZIL or Inform or TADS that we might forget other methods get used too. So, here is a list of noteworthy games which don't live on a Z-Machine or a TADS VM. By..."

My new walkthroughs for July 2020

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Tuesday July 28, 2020, 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..."

Crime and Heist games

by MathBrush - 26 games
"I've played a lot of these recently, so I'm making a list. A contrast to my Detective and Mystery games list and similar to my Espionage and Spy game list, where I put Spider and Web, for instance."

Great games in a mostly realistic setting

by MathBrush - 54 games
"These are games that for the most part don't contain magical elements or futuristic technology. This includes games where there might be magic or futuristic technology, but you don't know until the end. So several of these games do..."

Great games set in space

by MathBrush - 34 games
"My list for best sci-fi games has grown too large again, and so I'm splitting it off again. This list only includes games whose primary action is off-planet, or which feature exploring an unfamiliar planet, or which feature..."

Annotated list of best sci-fi games

by MathBrush - 33 games
"A few months ago, I thought, "There really aren't that many sci-fi IF games". Then I started going through old games I had played, and downlaoded TADS, and was shocked at how many great sci-fi games there are. This is a list of my..."

Recommended Games based on Design, Content, or Themes

by daelsepara - 4 games
"This is a list of games I would recommend based on their uniqueness and quality of the design and content."

Surprising Sentience

by Walter Sandsquish - 13 games
"Philosophers may wonder if people are the only ones who are rational and self-aware, but IF authors are certain we aren't. Here are some games where consciousness takes unexpected forms. "

My new walkthroughs for June 2020

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Friday June 26, 2020, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! (The walkthroughs for Bullhockey! and Under the Bed were published in May, but I'm adding them to this list because I didn't make a list in May..."

myin

by zerogalaxy123 - 3 games

myin

by zerogalaxy123 - 3 games

A timeline of some important games for authors

by MathBrush - 34 games
"This is a timeline of some highly influential games that were among the first to use specific techniques or which left a mark on future games. It leaves out games like Spellbreaker, Birdland, or Superluminal Vagrant Twin that were..."

Funniest games

by Denk - 14 games
"These games are not the best games, but the games that made me laugh the most. They may not be funny all the time but they contain one or more funny passages."

onebelatedbumblebee recommendations

by onebelatedbumblebee - 10 games

Replay and relax

by Felix Pleșoianu - 6 games
"Games that are always a pleasure to play again, not to solve puzzles but to enjoy the good memories."

My new walkthroughs for April 2020

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Wednesday April 29, 2020, I published some new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! One was paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

My First Games

by Zoe Victoria - 8 games
"The first time I played a text adventure was on my braille note apex in elementary school. Some were easy, some were hard. Some I loved, and some not so much. No matter what my opinions are these games introduced me to something I'd..."

Medical games

by MathBrush - 16 games
"These are games that have a medical theme of some sort, including medical simulators, medical horror, and games featuring doctors. Feel free to suggest others! (Items 8-15 suggested by David Welbourn)"

My new walkthroughs for March 2020

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"Quite late on Sunday March 29, 2020, 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..."

Campus Capers

by Walter Sandsquish - 11 games
"Games set on the author's campus have the same reputation as games set at the author's home: Trite and clumsy. But, some college games have excelled ..."

My new walkthroughs for February 2020

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Thursday February 27, 2020, 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..."

"Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces Infocom" CD Rom

by bgb1975 - 1 game
"Help! I'm a complete layman with this stuff - I have the old Activision CD ROM "Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces Infocom" and am trying to run the games using Gargoyle (downloaded onto my MacBook Pro). But I can't figure out how to do..."

Birthday Games

by jonprime - 2 games
"Interactive Fiction games about birthdays"

My new walkthroughs for January 2020

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Thursday January 30, 2020, 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..."

Personal favourites of a fledgling IF enthusiast

by Case - 6 games

INFOCOM FAVORITES

by Paddythemic - 6 games

My new walkthroughs for December 2019

by David Welbourn - 11 games
"On Monday December 30, 2019, 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..."

Favorite IF with randomized combat

by Denk - 9 games
"All the games on this list use quite simple turn based combat, similar to "Leadlight" and "Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom" (both on this list). A few well known titles with randomized combat are not on this list, since I have not been..."

Games that drew me in.

by Rovarsson - 7 games
"This list is not a best of. Nor does it have a theme. I haven't even finished some of the games on it. (shame on me!) This is a list of the games that kept me coming back to Interactive Fiction, despite my newbie-obstacles. (unhelpful..."

Favorite Horror Games

by thecanvasrose - 12 games
"The horror IF that I most love and enjoy! (I generally prefer narrative over puzzles and scare-factor over narrative.) Ranked from least to most favorite. For a list of other horror games with good ratings, see my other horror games..."

More Recommended Horror Games

by thecanvasrose - 13 games
"A list of well-rated, reputable and interesting horror games not included in my favorite horror games list. For those looking to explore the genre in IF."

My new walkthroughs for November 2019

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Friday November 29, 2019, 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..."

Parser games focused on a single action

by Sobol - 8 games

Favourite Games

by Isaac Buckley - 26 games

My new walkthroughs for October 2019

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"On Tuesday October 29, 2019, 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..."

QuaintHydra's Picks

by QuaintHydra - 4 games
"Games I enjoyed, in no particular order."

My Top Ten List

by MathBrush - 11 games
"This list is of my top 10 favorite games that I can also recommend to everyone. (Former items on this list included Anchorhead, Theatre, Rogue of the Multiverse and Eidolon)."

Ectocomp Games (All English Winners/Entries)

by thecanvasrose - 154 games
"A list I created for myself so I can play all of these games. Sorted by rank and year. English entries. I'll add descriptions and my own ratings (out of 5 stars) to the entries in this list as I go through them."

Favorite Weird/Surreal Games

by thecanvasrose - 17 games
"An ongoing list of bizarro, out of the box, quirky and 'who would ever think to make this' games which force one to question their own sanity, if just a little bit."

My new walkthroughs for September 2019

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Sunday September 29, 2019, 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 orchardorb - 4 games
"i'm semi-new to interactive fiction (started playing a little over a year ago off and on), and these are games i've experienced thusfar that i've loved. more to be added as i play them!"

My new walkthroughs for August 2019

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Friday August 30, 2019, 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..."

1-room games

by Luihum - 4 games

My new walkthroughs for July 2019

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"Very late on Monday July 29, 2019, 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 20 by 2019

by kala - 20 games
"I have followed the one work per author rule."

I Was A Teenage Adventure Gamer

by J. J. Guest - 18 games
"I grew up playing IF on the Acorn Electron, and later the BBC Master Compact. My aim here is to create a complete list of all the games that were in my collection back in the 8-bit era. It is not a Recommended List as such. Most of the..."

Atmosphere and gameplay I loved

by KathB - 5 games
"I'm not quite sure how to explain this list. These are games I loved playing because the atmosphere, structure, hinting and gameplay worked really well for my brain. In every case, once I finished I went searching for something similar."

My new walkthroughs for June 2019

by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Friday June 28, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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 interactive..."

Favourites

by retired mosquito - 5 games

My new walkthroughs for May 2019

by David Welbourn - 13 games
"On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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 of ADRIFT 5

by Denk - 26 games
"The following games are in my opinion the best ADRIFT 5 games. The games I like most have been given the highest position, except for Larry Horsfield's games, which would have taken all places in top 5, if I had not distributed them..."

My new walkthroughs for April 2019

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Saturday, April 27, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

Infocom Salvaged Adventures

by Tristano - 33 games
"List of the Infocom adventures that were recovered from the salvaged Infocom hard drive, and their source code was published on GitHub in April 2019 by Jason Scott for educational purposes and in an attempt to preserve them from..."

My new walkthroughs for March 2019

by David Welbourn - 18 games
"On Monday, March 26, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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 interactive..."

Tested on qFrotz

by gblekkenhorst - 2 games
"Games that work (or at least open in qFrotz on the Kobo H201."

Kiyo's Favorites

by Kiyo - 17 games
"A list to keep track of my personal favorite IF games. Opinions on each forthcoming. "

My new walkthroughs for February 2019

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

Museum educational games

by YuweiLin - 2 games
"These games were created by re-using materials released by the museums or galleries or libraries or local heritage services."

general stuff i dont want to lose

by Merrill - 12 games

My new walkthroughs for January 2019

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

My new walkthroughs for December 2018

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Friday, December 28, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

My new walkthroughs for November 2018

by David Welbourn - 11 games
"On Friday, November 23, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

Sci-fi Games

by AnnaKingston - 1 game
"Sci-fi/Dystopian Games"

Best of Quest

by Denk - 6 games
"There are lots of Quest games, some better than others. These are my favourites:"

My new walkthroughs for October 2018

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Friday, October 26, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

My new walkthroughs for September 2018

by David Welbourn - 6 games
"On Friday, September 28, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

A starter pack for those new to interactive fiction

by MathBrush - 31 games
"I had a list like this before which I deleted, but I noticed it had a lot of views on intfiction, so I thought I'd make a new one to help people out. It has 10 web-based games, 10 parser games for beginners and 10 parser games of medium..."

My new walkthroughs for August 2018

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Thursday, August 30, 2018, I published new walkthroughs for the games 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..."

Sabrina's Recommended Reading

by ninethlion - 4 games
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My new walkthroughs for July 2018

by David Welbourn - 23 games
"On Friday, July 6, 2018, I published several new walkthroughs for the games listed below! Many of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new walkthroughs for works of..."

Cool games I like

by Seth Fisher - 8 games
"to be expanded"

lucid dreaming or sleep paralysis

by DAB - 5 games
"Please, add what you find/know to the corresponding poll. https://ifdb.org/poll?id=ebdt8yrx99qgls80 These are not all recommended for play, stress here is the list part of "Recommended List""

Favorites

by Ivanr - 7 games
"This is a chronologically-ordered list of the games that are my personal favorites. These are the games that have stuck with me the way that a great movie or a great book does; a more restrictive criterion yet than my choice to give..."

Branching Narrative Structures

by ElliotM - 2 games
"A list sharing resource links and examples of branching narrative structures from some of the games I have played...."

Camp/"So Bad It's Good"

by Ivanr - 6 games
"It might seem strange that a video game, which relies on consistent and effortful coding in order to deliver any kind of experience, could be "so bad it's good" in the way that an Ed Wood movie is. But it can happen, as this list..."

Big, difficult games that I always return to.

by calindreams - 3 games
"Maybe I'm a masochist. I'm not very good at puzzles and I've got the attention span of a gnat. But for some reason I'm always drawn to big difficult games. I like games where you have a lot room to explore and you don't get stuck in one..."

Games with solutions

by macco3k - 1 game

Enduring Classics of Parser IF

by Ivanr - 9 games
"There are probably other lists like this, but this one is mine. Canonical/classic/highly-regarded works of (noncommercial, parser) IF that have stood the test of time -- i.e., that are at least fifteen years old (an arbitrary cutoff) as..."

Felicity Drake's favorite interactive fiction

by Felicity Drake - 9 games
"Personal favorites!"

Games for my friends

by Shchekotiki - 11 games

A Year on IFDB: The games that have stayed with me

by Spike - 12 games
"About a year ago I discovered post-AGT interactive fiction. Since then I've played a lot of great IF games. This list consists of the ones that have stuck with me the most. They're not necessarily the ones I rated the highest immediately..."

Twine stories

by Boris - 3 games
"Once you've published your work, consider adding it to the IFDB."

Recommended list

by DAB - 9 games

Bookamrked

by Xuan Li - 4 games
"memorable stuff?"

Bronxsta’s favorites

by Bronxsta - 8 games
"My favorite games "

Simulation games

by SpesKnight - 17 games
"Games that simulate something, not just IF stories but kind of management games made with IF engines"

Opus Ignored: Big games that didn't take off

by MathBrush - 15 games
"It happens over and over: an author spends hundreds of hours on a game, often setting up a commercial company, and then releases it to almost total silence. This list contains such games, as well as other big games where the author was..."

Best of Level 9

by Denk - 7 games
"After Infocom and Magnetic scrolls, Level 9 is perhaps the best known IF company. Though their first games had a very primitive parser, their last games had very advanced parser similar to infocom. These are my favorites. If you can..."

nanobots

by Xavid - 8 games
"a twine album by the Society of Narrativist Progenitors with apologies to They Might Be Giants and the People's Republic of Interactive Fiction (Twine games based on the track of the same name from the They Might Be Giants album..."

Games with mostly custom responses

by dutchmule - 4 games
"Here is a list of games in which most, if not all, of the default responses have been replaced by a custom response. There are prominent examples of such games, and they seem to be popular in the general audience, which could be..."

Surreal games on trains

by MathBrush - 17 games
"There is an unusually large amount of surreal games on trains (maybe from the Dark Tower?). Here are the ones I can find."

Spy games

by MathBrush - 22 games
"Games involving espionage, whether military or industrial. I've tried to put a few especially good games first, but the rest are in no particular order. This list includes games of excellent quality as well as games of lower quality."

Favourite games

by mirandamiranda - 2 games

Funny Games

by Ivanr - 6 games
"Okay, this is purely subjective, but since really successful comedy is so rare in IF I thought I'd collect what I consider to be the successes. Each of these is a game that made me grin. (To avoid killing any frogs, the commentary here..."

IF Arcade

by Ivanr - 5 games
"Graham Nelson once said that a text adventure is a "novel at war with a crossword puzzle". In some works, the novel wins, and in some the crossword wins. This is a list of games where both of them are trounced by the NES. In other words,..."

Stiffy Through The Ages

by Ivanr - 7 games
"One of the most enduring characters in interactive fiction is a guy named Stiffy. Stiffy Makane. A misogynistic, notoriously ill-coded three-room game from 1997 launched an enduring inside joke, and over the past 20 years the ribald id..."

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