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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 looking for games from the sci-fi genre. I would prefer classic-style games, even if they're not classics (such as 'Across The Stars') because one of my all-time favorites is Planetfall, but really, anything goes."
by eyesack - 168 votes for 88 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on December 15, 2008"I couldn't find an easy way to search for this, so I figured I'd ask the hivemind: What games use graphics and/or sound to enhance the gameplay, similar to City of Secrets and Necrotic Drift?"
by verityvirtue - 24 votes for 15 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on October 11, 2015"Looking for IF which uses procedural generation (? I'm not a programmer) to derive its writing, story, etc."
by tiffanyfh - 8 votes for 8 games, last vote on August 9, 2022; created on April 9, 2009"im a teen and i want games that are entertaining for people around my age (16) to play. i liked punk points for example something like that would be nice. thanks."
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 Christopher Caesar - 43 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on September 25, 2013"Hey everybody. I am looking for a murder mystery text game. I finished An Act of Murder a while ago and want to play more games like that, where to get to solve the murder yourself. If you could tell me some of your recommendations that..."
by MathBrush - 11 votes for 7 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on August 30, 2017"What games have you played with great text effects (animations or styling or so on)?"
by cynical11 - 12 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on August 3, 2014"Basically, any game that features any kind of character creation system; but, the more in-depth, the better."
by strivenword - 16 votes for 12 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on July 27, 2010"My favorite genre of fiction, interactive or otherwise, is high fantasy -- the genre of such epic series of novels as The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien and The Wheel of Time by Jordan. I'm especially interested in games with an alternate..."
by Dannii - 26 votes for 16 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on September 2, 2012"Supposedly one of IFs strengths is for exploring places with few other people, often abandoned places, but I can't think of many works which have zero NPCs and consist of a lot of exploration. Usually there's at least one NPC, or the..."
by Rhetta_Lynnea - 21 votes for 13 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on May 31, 2013"I've played several good games with Aussie characters or setting, and I was wondering if there are any others. It doesn't have to be the main focus of the game, just a little extra colour."
by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on November 19, 2015"Looking for games that did more than bug fixes or extra polishing in their post-IF Comp releases, but rather made substantial changes in scope or content for the better. It could be a middling Comp game made great or an already good game..."
by Xionix - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on March 13, 2013"Looking for some IF with achievements, like, collect the 50 golden coins, or if you type 20 wrong commands you get the newbie achievement, or if you type "use hat in head" you get the "IF hater-to-be" achievement, well you get the idea."
by Sobol - 26 votes for 17 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on June 17, 2016"Mise-en-abīme is a technique of having a play within a play, a painting within a painting, etc. Let's list those interactive stories where the characters play interactive stories."
by Angharade - 14 votes for 11 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on October 28, 2017"I'm curious if there are any IF games where you can create your own character. I'm more interested in parser games than point and click, but I'm open to exceptions if they merit a mention. Also games wherein your actions change..."
by StrawberryPie1 - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on April 1, 2016"I'm looking for realistic gaming stories that include creepypasta"
by Xw - 23 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on March 6, 2020"any game will do"
by Molly - 76 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on February 3, 2009"In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm looking for games that deal with romance and relationships."
by Kenji Yamada - 31 votes for 12 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on March 25, 2012"I'd like to play more games set in fictional worlds with deeply-imagined cultures and history. Implementation depth would also be a plus."
by jakomo - 6 votes for 4 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on August 1, 2017"What games best evoke the psychedelic/hallucinogenic feelings of using DMT/Mescaline/LSD/Ayahuasca etc ?"