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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'm a Chinese guy who is really interested in text-based stuff, but my English is not very good for me to play games with hard English. Especially games with slangs every where. So I'm just looking for games that really written in easy..."
by DenniaDale - 12 votes for 12 games, last vote on March 10, 2021; created on March 26, 2010"This is simple and I'm sure the list will grow as new games are developed, but what IF games are available for the iPhone, or like devices? I'm aware of one called "Cathy's Book" which looks like a lot of fun, at least for girls, but..."
by Sorrel - 12 votes for 10 games, last vote on May 8, 2017; created on February 5, 2010"I'm looking for IF where the setting constantly evolves/changes to either advance the plot or confuse the player. Something to the effect of Shade. "
by Felix Larsson - 15 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on February 5, 2010"I know there was a couple of commercial high-sea text adventures. Now I am on the look-out for ‘modern’, post-commercial IF with a nautical theme. As far as I can tell, there is a definite shortage of bucaneers, boatswains, able seamen..."
by NosesAreAlive - 5 votes for 3 games, last vote on May 30, 2017; created on January 17, 2010"I'm looking for games which can be won, but don't end when they are."
by aw1231 - 52 votes for 29 games, last vote on January 28, 2024; created on January 16, 2010"I am look for the hardest IF games ever."
by Sorrel - 50 votes for 21 games, last vote on August 9, 2022; created on December 23, 2009"I'm looking for games where the PC is the villain/antihero of the story and the traditional plotlines of "good beats evil" aren't followed. "
by Sorrel - 9 votes for 5 games, last vote on August 19, 2022; created on December 16, 2009"I'm looking for some IF games to get me into the holiday spirit. "
by dutchmule - 76 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on December 13, 2009"I'm looking for games which, as in a lot of short stories, feature a sudden and unexpected revelation/twist at the very end of the game, that possibly changes your interpretation of what the game was really all about. (but please be..."
by NosesAreAlive - 1 vote, last vote on January 2, 2010; created on December 12, 2009"The titles says it all!"
by Divide - 68 votes for 40 games, last vote on May 14, 2022; created on December 1, 2009"Pieces which can be fully enjoyed without drawing map, ideally without taking any notes whatsoever. Ones which you could play on a bus, on a break, laying on bed, etc. with nothing but a portable player. Games for which you don't need..."
by Ghalev - 22 votes for 12 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 24, 2009"Here's a dangerously subjective poll. I can be a bit impatient with text adventures on most days, sadly, and if a game doesn't grab me, shake me, French-kiss me and hump my leg in the first 2,000 words (those long intros count toward the..."
by JonathanCR - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 15, 2016; created on November 23, 2009"There are two competing philosophies in game design (in games in general, not just text games). One is the story: tell a story in which the player is the protagonist. Games of this kind have strong plotting but they can often seem to..."
by Newbot - 6 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 15, 2009"These are games you put down in awe after completing them -- it would seem wrong to play them again immediately. Yet long afterwards, something brings them back to mind, and you want to play them once again."
by Wendymoon - 87 votes for 54 games, last vote on April 26, 2024; created on November 8, 2009"What games can you think of with birds in them? What's the bird? Is it important to the game?"
by aaronius - 17 votes for 11 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 5, 2009"Post your favorite sentences/excerpts from games in the comment field. Especially lovely if they are from deeper in the game than the opening text, although all are welcome."
by aaronius - 23 votes for 15 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 5, 2009"I'm looking for games that demonstrate the power of text-based games. Games with sentences that would make developers of 3D games weep, like "The army of ten million robots marched over the liquid landscape," or "She concealed her anger..."
by Jeremy Freese - 27 votes for 16 games, last vote on January 20, 2024; created on October 25, 2009"The chase scene, a staple of Scooby Doo and action movies, but how often has it been done in IF?"
by Victor Gijsbers - 58 votes for 27 games, last vote on July 18, 2022; created on October 6, 2009"Some puzzles--like chess problems or sudokus--can be difficult even though you know all the rules. I'm looking for IF games with this kind of puzzle: you can get to know the rules by simple exploration, and then you still have to solve..."
by loocas - 22 votes for 17 games, last vote on April 25, 2023; created on October 2, 2009"I imagine that the interactive nature of IF would allow themes of fate and free will to be used powerfully. Perhaps the PC is given a glimpse of his or her future and the player tries to avoid it. Are there games in which this is done?..."