Browse Recommended Lists

Browsing

201–300 of 534

by Maureen - 10 games
"I have a soft spot for "literary" IF. Good writing can draw me into a story that doesn't really have much game to it, and amateur writing can wreck an otherwise good game. That's not to say I like puzzle-less IF or text dumps. I enjoy..."

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)"

Quirky

by Xuan Li - 5 games

My top 10 games

by Quintin Stone - 10 games

My (19) January CASA/solutionarchive walkthroughs/contributions

by Andrew Schultz - 21 games
"This month I got back into contributing to CASA. Actually, I never seriously had before. I have a year's goal of getting to 150 points, or Dungeon Master. I tried to avoid duplicating David Welbourn's excellent work both by checking his..."

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 ..."

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..."

All-time favorites

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

Favorite recommended list of action games

by Litedeathdarkblade - 4 games
"My favorite recommended action containing games"

Top 10 Out-of-Fashion Classics

by Joey Jones - 10 games
"As per this forum thread, this is the list (as of 24th June 2024) of games that are among the top 100 wishlisted games on the forum, that are not among the top 100 rated, or appear in the IFDB 100 list. That is to say, classic games a..."

New walkthroughs for May 2023

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Monday, May 29, 2023, 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..."

Good ass text adventures

by hecuba - 13 games
"Enjoy!"

New walkthroughs for April 2024

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Monday and Tuesday, April 29 and 30, 2024, 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..."

Danske teksteventyr

by Duffadash - 53 games
"This is a list of Danish Interactive Fiction and Text Adventure games. More titles can be found on the CASA Solution Archive. http://solutionarchive.com/ As a game preservationist I work with registering and collecting all Danish games..."

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..."

First Loves

by medievalfunk - 2 games

Tested on qFrotz

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

IF for Japanese visual novel fans

by Kastel - 40 games
"A bunch of my friends into Japanese visual novels asked me repeatedly over the months about my IF recommendations. I should actually compile them instead of being lazy as usual..."

Played but did not finish

by exomarch - 7 games

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""

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..."

My Top Three

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

Benevolent Computers

by Kinetic Mouse Car - 10 games
"Sometimes it is the AI characters who leave the strongest impression whether they are the villain or your closest friend. This list will focus on the latter. This is a mix of AI PCs and NPCs. You either play as an AI with a noble purpose..."

spingly's favourite games

by Spingly - 9 games
"not too difficult and/or with mechanics or storylines that i found compelling My comments aim to provide a brief summary with rough suitability ratings"

Must try

by Kku2611 - 36 games
"I am new to IF and collect all of the recommended games under a list for future consulting."

New walkthroughs for May 2025

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 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..."

New walkthroughs for September 2024

by David Welbourn - 5 games
"On Monday, September 30, 2024, 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..."

Best Games I've played so Far of new IF

by Joe Pereira - 5 games

My new walkthroughs for April 2021

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Tuesday April 27, 2021, 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..."

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."

Recs for Ben and Amy

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

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."

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..."

Abuses of the IF engine

by mjhayes - 21 games
"Although various interpreters were written to facilitate play and creation of interactive stories, it should be obvious that some people would find ways to write computer games using the various aspects of the interpreters."

Murder Mysteries

by Walter Sandsquish - 14 games
"Text-adventure games ask players to solve puzzles, so asking them to also solve a murder mystery is quite common. Figure out who-done-it in the following games."

Honorable Mentions

by mjhayes - 5 games
"These are pieces of IF that were written with a specific writing concept in mind. They deserve mention for their respective authors' efforts."

Games with solutions

by macco3k - 1 game

IFDB Top 100

by Pegbiter - 100 games
"An automatically updated list utilizing an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings. Questions and comments can be placed here...."

New walkthroughs for December 2022

by David Welbourn - 7 games
"On Friday, December 30, 2022, 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..."

This Is Actually For a Class...

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

Best criminal investigations

by Denk - 12 games
"Usually whodunits but any criminal investigation fits on this list. These are my favorites."

New walkthroughs for August 2021

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below and at IFDB! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even more new..."

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..."

Games of Infocom quality and length (or better)

by MathBrush - 41 games
"These are games that are as long as an Infocom game (i.e. Shade would be too short) and are as good quality (so Colossal Cave Adventure, though fun, is out). By quality, I mean the kind of things accomplished by numerous testers: few..."

New walkthroughs for April 2022

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Thursday, April 28, 2022, 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..."

Introducing a friend to IF

by KatherineTheCurst - 8 games
"This is a list I am making for a friend who has never played any IF before. I tried to include games that would be a good starting point for someone new to the format, but it also has a lot of personal favorites."

Oldest SPANISH IF titles (released before 2005)

by Jade68 - 18 games
"This list is a compendium of IF games founded in IFDB for the games released before 2005. "

Übertweak playlist

by Dannii - 12 games
"Playlist for Übertweak"

Games Worth Playing

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

Need to finish

by almondmilk - 5 games
"Games I started at one point and never got around to completing."

Favourite Games

by Isaac Buckley - 26 games

Linear thriller games

by MathBrush - 18 games
"These are games that are pretty straightforward, and which are designed to be easy enough that you can keep moving forward while hard enough to make you nervous. These games get your blood pumping."

An Incomplete List of IF That I've Come To Love

by Wes Modes - 3 games

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..."

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..."

Word-play games

by Emily Short - 12 games
"Games where the text of the game is part of the puzzle."

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."

Puzzle-light games with a strong narrative component

by schifter - 6 games

Some Games

by Razzal - 3 games

Games about interactive fiction itself

by MathBrush - 31 games
"This is hopefully my last list. These are games that comment on the nature of interactive fiction or the interactive fiction community itself. The quality of these games varies wildly, and this list doesn't attempt to sort by quality...."

Kiyo's Favorites

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

Text Adventure Tuesdays

by hecuba - 13 games
"Doug and Julia dork it out."

Highly polished gameplay

by Emily Short - 10 games
"Games that are exceptionally well-tested and smooth to play. They may not always be the most original works, but the implementation is strong, offering minimal frustration with guess-the-verb and other common flaws."

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..."

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."

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 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..."

that claustrophobic feeling ... (cw claustrophobia)

by cgasquid - 6 games
"there's a certain kind of feeling in horror (or horror-tinged works in other genres). a feeling that i'm about to graphically describe, so if you suffer from real claustrophobia, consider this a content warning. it's that feeling that..."

Recommended List

by akillam - 3 games

New walkthroughs for July 2022

by David Welbourn - 10 games
"On Monday, July 25, 2022, 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..."

Games I've Designed Cover Art For

by J. J. Guest - 11 games
"As well as writing games, I enjoy making cover art for them. This list includes all the games I've designed the cover art for. The top four covers on the list are my favourites, and I'd like to do more in a similar vein. If you have a..."

Faves~

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

Twine games with free range of movement: A personal list

by Kinetic Mouse Car - 35 games
"Free range of movement means the gameplay has parser qualities without the parser part. It allows you to wander around and interact directly with objects or talk to characters in your environment. This list does NOT require games to have..."

My Underrated Gems

by Lance Cirone - 5 games
"A few of my favorite IF games that just need more love. Some of these are particularly deep cuts, but they're all high quality and worth a playthrough."

Games with public source code

by OverThinking - 20 games
"This is more for my own reference than anything else, but these are games whose authors have made their source code public. Priority to I7 games and those with particularly interesting mechanics. Games are in alphabetical order."

Best Games

by kengle2 - 3 games

New walkthroughs for August 2022

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Saturday, August 27, 2022, 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 Favorites

by Ms. Woods - 3 games

Wow, it's cold in here: Waking up in cryopods

by Kinetic Mouse Car - 8 games
"Stasis. Frozen solid. On ice. Cold sleep. In suspension. There are a handful of games out there that begin with the player in a cryopod (or other similar concept) at the start of the game, almost always on a spaceship. I could not find a..."

Now That’s What I Call Wordplay!

by vinceren - 6 games
"GOD i love word puzzles :D or, I liked The Phantom Tollbooth a LOT as a kid."

IF Top 50 (2023)

by Edo - 20 games

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..."

Ogre's Stories

by Ogre - 5 games
"A list of stories written by me, Ogre."

Favorite IF Authors (represented by games)

by Denk - 14 games
"This list does not include authors, where I have only played one of their games. Thus great games such as Anchorhead and Blue Lacuna are currently not included."

INFOCOM FAVORITES

by Paddythemic - 6 games

Fun Games

by AmberShards - 6 games
"These are games which are entertaining but not enduring. Play them to enjoy a spot of diversion. "

Favourite games from 2024

by Max Fog - 10 games
"This is a list of games in 2024 I personally enjoyed the most."

Unusual input schemes

by Felix Pleșoianu - 5 games
"Nowadays most IF is either parser-based or else choice-based. But a few games occupy a space between the lines, so to speak. These are some examples."

My new walkthroughs for February 2021

by David Welbourn - 8 games
"On Friday February 26, 2021, 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..."

Recommended list

by DAB - 9 games

played

by skullofthemagdalene - 6 games
"games i've played just so i can keep track"

TBR

by Ms. Woods - 2 games
"To be replayed."

Naarel's Choice Awards

by Naarel - 8 games
"IFDB equivalent of the same list I have on itch.io, in no particular order."

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..."

Society, Socialites and Social Climbing

by E.K. - 13 games
"Games where the protagonist has to navigate aspirational society in some way, whether it is an attempt at climbing the social ladder or avoiding those who seek to do so. Status, gossip, backstabbing and money are the orders of the day..."

The Best of the Best

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

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..."

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..."

Previous | << 1 2 3 4 5 6 >> | Next