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by E.K. - 11 games
"My horror preference is literary with a strong atmosphere, so those types of games will make a stronger showing here than splatterfests, but I have an affection for some of those too. List currently in progress."

Puzzle-less or puzzle-light

by Felix Pleșoianu - 5 games
"The relative importance of puzzles in IF is a matter of some contention. But there's no doubt that puzzleless IF *can* be great. Here are some examples."

All-time favorites

by Felix Pleșoianu - 7 games
"No common thread here... Turns out, I like all kinds of games. Even some puzzlefests."

Linear games

by Felix Pleșoianu - 5 games
"The common wisdom holds that IF's greatest strength is the freedom it grants to the player (or at least the illusion thereof). Yet some of the best IF ever is highly linear."

Good German language games

by ifwizz - 15 games
"The best German language games I ever played"

Horror

by DavidG - 2 games
"I have a thing for horror stories, particularly ones by or inspired by HP Lovecraft."

Favorite Games

by katiebaker10 - 3 games

Beatloaf's list for class

by Beatloaf - 3 games

The games I like

by adorsey23 - 3 games

My favorite games

by kmccleland5 - 3 games

My Top Three

by jbabcock10 - 3 games
"My top three favorite interactive fiction games."

Recommended List

by ccrawley6 - 3 games

For Ash

by Keita - 13 games
"Games I'd think she'd enjoy."

Best Games

by kengle2 - 3 games

Best Works of Science Fiction IF

by OtisTDog - 10 games
"I've always been a science fiction buff, but works worth recommending seem even fewer-and-far-between in the world of IF than they are in the world of books. This is the list of my favorites for this genre. Please feel free to comment if..."

Games for IASQ

by Leland Paul - 7 games
"Recommendations for linguist-friends, intended to a) be a good introduction to the medium and b) show off things that you can accomplish in this medium that don't really work elsewhere. This should supplement, not replace, the excellent..."

Puzzle-light games with a strong narrative component

by schifter - 6 games

Xyzzy "Best Individual Puzzle" winners

by Nusco - 19 games
"All the games that won the Best Individual Puzzle award, year by year. I'll avoid giveaway spoilers in my comments, but I'll still comment on the type and difficulty of the puzzle. I'll describe the puzzles by my own categories...."

Recs for Ben and Amy

by Leland Paul - 10 games
"Recommendations for play-aloud IF for a roadtrip."

My Favourite Literary IF

by Janos Honkonen - 5 games
"These are my favourite games which I consider to be more story than puzzle based."

Recommended List

by CharlietheSpiffy - 6 games

Übertweak playlist

by Dannii - 12 games
"Playlist for Übertweak"

The Canonical Infocom Games

by wfaulk - 36 games
"This is a list of the canonical Infocom games in order of release, as according to the Infocom Fact Sheet."

Recommended Linguistic Games

by E.K. - 16 games
"Good games that use language puzzles, or language itself as the puzzle."

ADRIFT Authors' Iconic Works

by DB - 33 games
"I have attempted to assemble a list of some major (and some minor) authors for the ADRIFT platform along with a game iconic of their style. The games are listed by seniority of the authors, where seniority is determined by the year of an..."

Conversation (Heavy?) Games with I7 Source

by I4L - 2 games
"I'm finding that handling realistic conversation in Inform 7 to be something of a challenge. While the examples provided with certain extensions are useful, they only go so far. From an educational standpoint, what are some games with..."

Some interesting games

by Atropos - 17 games

Games I'd like to play

by Atropos - 10 games

Recommended List

by akillam - 3 games

Tim's Top Games

by timothyareeder - 3 games

Favorites

by jjfloatsmyboat - 1 game

Games

by Gaal24 - 3 games
"my favorite games "

Sparky's Recommended Online Games

by Sparky901 - 3 games

Recommended List

by katie087 - 3 games
"1. Lost Pig by Admiral Jota 2. Lock & Key by Adam Cadre 3. Best of Three by Emily Short "

Produções do Assombro

by Produções do Assombro - 1 game
"In this list you can find our best interactive fictions."

My favourite old IF games

by zhaofeng - 6 games
"Old IF games."

Interactive fiction top 50

by Aintelligence - 12 games
"This list is not interactive fiction's top 50, but instead my oersonal entry for the actual list. A message from VictorGijsbers: The aim is not to decide what the best IF ever is by majority vote -- that would be foolish. Rather, the..."

Some IF I recommend

by RedTulip - 5 games
"These are some games I really liked. You should try them out. My first list."

Faves~

by dacharya64 - 5 games
"My favorite IF games of all time, as I've played 'em. "

Best Games I've played so Far of new IF

by Joe Pereira - 5 games

My List Of Most Fun Games Ever

by Rotonoto - 29 games
"(in purely alphabetical order)"

Best games ever

by Grueslayer - 1 game
"Best games ever"

Games for my Introduction to IF class

by Pure - 1 game
"Only the best for my students"

Hard puzzle and dungeon games, Zork I, II, and III

by WandWielder - 2 games
"Very cool. Has a good story with a nice description and background. One small problem is the lack of enemies you find during the underground..."

Computer Assisted Language Learning

by Fredrik - 15 games
"As an English teacher I have sometimes used IF as a tool for language learning. IF is exceptionally well suited for that purpose, except for two things: 1) Most good games use very advanced language, too difficult for non-advanced..."

Role Playing Games

by Dan Welch - 1 game
"When I was a kid, I loved to read actual books that were interactive, such as Choose Your Own Adventure books (e.g. Wizards, Warriors, & You)! You died frequently, and so you simply turned back to page 1 to try again. This list of IF..."

My favorite games

by lsloan - 1 game

Some Games

by Razzal - 3 games

For My Correspondence Course

by TaciturnScribe - 3 games

A New IF Players List

by JSR - 4 games

This Is Actually For a Class...

by shorton2008 - 3 games
"Me attempting to fulfill requirements for a course I am taking."

The Best of the Best

by Causevic - 3 games
"The Best Games I've played"

Funny Games

by gamerbeauty86 - 2 games
"The following games are ones that I actually laughed at while playing and worth playing more than once simply for that reason. For some reason, I really like dry wit humor when it comes to these games and each game had a certain level of..."

Best Infocom Games

by Xervosh - 6 games
"The ones I personally enjoyed, and on that admittedly flawed basis, extrapolate you might enjoy the most as well. Presented in chronological order of release."

Light-hearted games with solveable puzzles

by Celestianpower - 4 games
"Games with comedic elements, and good, solveable puzzles."

Games with a Time Travel Puzzle

by tggdan3 - 5 games
"Maybe the whole game isn't about time travel, but I really got into some games when they had a time travel puzzle in it- especially when it can be difficult to implement such a puzzle. "

Good Games, Poor Parser

by tggdan3 - 5 games
"Games that you should just grit your teeth and try to complete, despite the poor parser, either because of great story or puzzles. "

Danielle's List of Quick, Crazy and Silly IF

by Danielle - 3 games
"You'll have to throw out obvious rules, your sanity, or both, for these games."

Danielle's List of Avant Garde IF

by Danielle - 2 games
"Artsy, Sophisticated, and often Insane. Know of any others I should try? Let me know!"

Danielle's Classic IF List

by Danielle - 7 games
"Traditional adventure games, filled with happy puzzles. Only thing is, you don't need a fancy video card to see the great graphics. Instead, just add imagination."

Danielle's Must-Play IF List

by Danielle - 9 games
"A list of my personal faves. The format and difficulty of these games vary. The quality, however, does not. I pondered on many of these games long after I finished them, and I hope you enjoy the depth of these works as well."

My Favorites

by Grey - 8 games
"My absolute favorite IFs, ordered by preference (roughly)"

Beginner's choice.

by Grey - 13 games
"If for first time or beginner players. "

Original Favorites from My FIrst Day

by NosesAreAlive - 3 games
"Anything I liked on my first day on this site"

Started But Unfinished Games

by GameDesigner - 10 games
"These are games that I started and never got around to finishing. I intend to finish them one at at time."

Ficção interativa

by Emily Short - 18 games
"IF presented so far at the 13ª Jornada Nacional de Literatura in Passo Fundo, 2009. These works were chosen for a variety of reasons: to illustrate the history of interactive fiction, to teach new players how to interact, to demonstrate..."

Either Interesting or Emotionally Involving

by Mark Jones - 8 games
"Works that have either broken conventional IF rules to some degree and have successfully gotten away with it (in my opinion), or involved a good storyline. Coincidentally, these types of games happen to be my favorite games."

My favorite modern IF games in French

by Eriorg - 7 games
"Here are my favorite modern (i.e. since 2000) IF games in French. This selection is, of course, entirely subjective. --- Voici mes jeux IF modernes (i.e. depuis 2000) en français préférés. Ce choix est bien sûr tout à fait..."

Pieces of Games

by Ron Newcomb - 10 games
"Sometimes the best way to understand a type of puzzle or interaction is a pithy, stand-alone example of it."

Plot-Driven IF

by Andromache - 9 games
"Some of my absolute favorite games."

Tolkien's Middle-earth games

by Fredrik - 44 games
"Games that are explicitly set in the fantasy world Middle-earth, created by J.R.R. Tolkien."

My Best Games

by tadsPro - 1 game
"I just began developing TADS games.I have played a few games until now but hope to play a lot in the coming days.This list will be updated frequently as i play new games.I will list my favourite games here."

Favorite Games

by Ron Newcomb - 6 games
"Quality games friendly to those of us new to Interactive Fiction and who would have little patience with the text adventures of old."

Games to be Replayed

by Raksab - 8 games
"These games should be played through more than once, for full effect."

Games That Will Keep You Busy For Weeks

by Raksab - 6 games
"These games are long. It may take you days, weeks, or even months to finish them. Not because the puzzles are incredibly hard (although some are), but simply because the worlds are so big and the plots so complete that it will take you a..."

Fun for Beginners

by Raksab - 7 games
"These are games that a newcomer to IF might enjoy. They are well-implemented, not too frustrating, and help give a general idea of what kinds of things IF can do."

To begin

by Fra Enrico - 4 games
"If you are new to the IF, I suggest to start with a bunch of games. Some are easy to play and to get into the thing, some are so great that make you fall in love with the genre."

Deep and long puzzle adventures

by Maze - 6 games
"I always loved adventures. And I like them long and involving, with good, difficult puzzles. This is a list of the best ones I played. I placed Infocom's games in last place, not because they're no good, but because they're usually not..."

IF for a laugh

by Maze - 6 games
"A list of games that will make you laugh. Most of them are very short, but there are a few longer ones. The order is in term of *laughs*, top to bottom."

Games for Handheld Devices

by Marius Müller - 5 games
"This (by no means complete list) lists game which are easy to play on Handheld devices, because they require neither extensive note-taking nor mapping."

Great setting

by Timo Saarinen - 3 games
"Smart puzzles and good writing don't alone make a good game. The setting and overall atmosphere are equally important."

Not Too Long, Not Too Difficult

by Eric Mayer - 8 games
"Being impatient and puzzle-challenged, I prefer rather short games that I can make it through without resorting to hints every other turn. The following leap to mind, in no particular order."

My Favorite Games

by Lady Sarah - 2 games

Tragedy in interactive fiction

by lobespear - 3 games
"The following games that play with the medium were used as examples of approaches to tragedy in interactive fiction at a Cambridge University lecture in 2007."

The Best Puzzle Games There Ever Were

by jingold - 4 games
"Puzzle games are out of vogue these days and even if they weren't, I just don't feel like I have the time to play them any more. But when I did, I loved them, and these are the ones I loved the most."

Games Worth Playing

by Jim Turner - 7 games
"Some of the games I liked best."

My favorite games

by Paolo Lucchesi - 5 games
"A brief list of the games I've liked, and I would recommend to another player"

Active Non-player Characters

by Emily Short - 26 games
"Games which make use of non-player characters that have a great deal of independence, often moving around and acting on their own, or taking the lead in conversation. Some of these are more successful than others, but all are likely to..."

Puzzle Based Small Games

by NiMuSi - 6 games
"Small games where the emphasis is on the puzzles. These small games all have puzzles with, on the main, logical answers. "

Plot-heavy IF

by Emily Short - 10 games
"Interactive fiction with a lot of plot -- many scenes and events moving the player forward, rather than just a collection of puzzles. Some of these works are fairly difficult and do use puzzles as pacing devices, while others are low in..."

Metatextual Conceits

by Michael Martin - 7 games
"Most works of IF present themselves as works of IF, to be interacted with by you, the user, much as a reader would read a novel. These games play with or reject this, by presenting themselves as some other kind of artifact, or by..."

Highly Recommended

by Wendymoon - 10 games
"I like great writing, interesting characters, a little mystery, romance and sci-fi."

Disturbing

by evil tabby cat - 2 games
"These are games which either sent a shiver down my spine, or made me look at reality differently. Only including games I've actually completed."

Innovative Interactive Fiction

by Victor Gijsbers - 7 games
"Much Interactive Fiction, and some of the best, quite obviously descends from Zork and other early Infocom text adventures. But some of it departs from that terrain, and attempts to take the medium to new and unexplored areas. I here..."

Delron Recommended ADRIFT Games

by Richard Otter - 9 games
"This is a list of my favourite ADRIFT games, which I consider are well worth a look."

IF For Libraries

by pwaak - 11 games
"I have examined the licensing and reviews for these games. They all conform to the selection policy of a typical public library in Texas. Your mileage may vary. Academic libraries may consider this list conservative while school..."

Games with a strong PC

by Tiny Clanger - 5 games
"In some games you mustn't just act, but act in character. In most games, Captain Kirk won't be allowed to shoot Mr Spock, and obviously nonsensical acts are disallowed. But in others, the whole world and its descriptions are filtered..."

Favorite ALAN games

by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 6 games
"These are some of my favorite games written in the ALAN IF-development language. With a lower learning curve and a more natural-language programming environment, ALAN v2 definitely filled an important role in IF before the advent of..."

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