ZX Spectrum / SAM Adventures I enjoy
by chris00 - 10 games
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..."
MiSTings
by mjhayes - 3 games
"In the spirit of Mystery Science Theater 3000, some games were so bad that somebody decided to come along and spoof them. Not all of them work on all interpreters, but it's good to play through each one for a few laughs."
Excellent Writing
by Ilex - 2 games
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..."
Funniest games
by Denk - 12 games
"These games are not the best games, but the games that made me laugh the most. They may not be funny all the time but they contain one or more funny passages."
My new walkthroughs for July 2021
by David Welbourn - 9 games
"On Friday July 9, 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..."
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."
Branching Narrative Structures
by ElliotM - 2 games
"A list sharing resource links and examples of branching narrative structures from some of the games I have played...."
Find-all-the-rooms games
by mg51 - 5 games
"Usually short and contained, not particularly heavy on plot."
Justifiable Jokes
by Walter Sandsquish - 13 games
"So, I download a game and fire up the 'terp. A dozen or two moves later, I discover that the game is pretty absurd and is already finished. Mostly, this makes me roll my eyes, but these made me smile too."
The Endmaster Collection
by Perforation - 7 games
"Endmaster's best works"
Favorite wordplay/puzzle/code games
by MathBrush - 20 games
"Games whose main 'genre' is wordplay. This list does not include games like the Edifice or Suveh Nux which have significant wordplay elements, but which are not the focus of the story."
The games I like
by adorsey23 - 3 games
Recommended List
by akillam - 3 games
Great religious and mythological games
by MathBrush - 21 games
"My "Best Fantasy" list was growing too big, so I'm splitting off the religious, mythological, and afterlife games. Some games like Curses! have a lot of religious and mythological references, but this list focuses on games where it's the..."
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..."
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!"
Played and Liked
by exomarch - 15 games
"As it says"
Annotated list of best sci-fi games
by MathBrush - 30 games
"A few months ago, I thought, "There really aren't that many sci-fi IF games". Then I started going through old games I had played, and downlaoded TADS, and was shocked at how many great sci-fi games there are. This is a list of my..."