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If you're looking for a specific kind of IF, you can create a poll to ask other people for recommendations.
"I mean games that have no posted solutions. I realise that a lot of these could be buggy and therefore unfinishable but some will be just too difficult. I guess only the authors would know for sure."
by Fredrik Ramsberg - 74 votes for 28 games, last vote on August 12, 2023; created on June 16, 2022"I'd like to compile a list of some of the most enjoyable games available in Z-code format (blorbed or not). Please add games that you thoroughly liked, and vote for games already on the list. Everything from short pieces to epic works..."
by deathbytroggles - 12 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on May 29, 2022"I am looking for massive puzzle games (think Curses, Mulldoon Legacy) where the game can never be put in an unwinnable situation that isn't obvious (either before or after). "
by MathBrush - 12 votes for 11 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."
by MathBrush - 13 votes for 9 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. Recall that best implementation is intended for excellence in parser use such as default responses and..."
by MathBrush - 18 votes for 13 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the PC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 8 votes for 6 games, last vote on October 7, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the NPC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on May 26, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the puzzle. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not..."
by MathBrush - 10 votes for 9 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best NPCs in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall NPCs of the game; there is another poll for best individual NPCs. This is not a..."
by MathBrush - 17 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Puzzles in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall puzzles of the game; there is another poll for best individual puzzle. This is not a..."
by MathBrush - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on December 1, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
by MathBrush - 13 votes for 11 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Story in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."
by MathBrush - 13 votes for 12 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
by MathBrush - 15 votes for 12 games, last vote on November 28, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."
by Andrew Schultz - 12 votes for 10 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on May 5, 2022"I enjoy seeing people trying to mix poetry and puzzles. Even if it doesn't work, it still is fun to see people try, and quite bluntly, it's brave to attempt at all. I'd like to remove works like Phenomena or 100000 years from..."
by Yukabacera - No votes; created on April 8, 2022"I'm looking for a specific game which I believe I played around or before 2010. It might have been a TADS game. It had graphics. It begins with the protagonist's car breaking down on a road in a wintery, snowy landscape. The protagonist..."
by dollweiss - 5 votes for 5 games, last vote on May 17, 2022; created on April 7, 2022"i'm looking for horror games with no paranormal/supernatural/non-human antagonists or enemies. no lovecraftian stuff. basically: stalkers, serial killers, that kinda thing. "
by Rovarsson - 22 votes for 18 games, last vote on June 24, 2023; created on March 23, 2022"I found the BBC Micro archive a little while ago and I'm overwhelmed. (http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?search=Text+Adventure&on_S=on) Any recommendations? I've put two games in myself from both sides of the spectrum: a 1984 old-school..."
by penguincascadia - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on March 18, 2022"Hello everyone, I'm looking for IF games that are mergers of other IF games or parts of other IF games together. Bonus points if the various games can interact with each other, like objects on one game section being usable in another..."