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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.
"This is for suggesting games released in 2019 which you think might be worth considering for Best Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best use of Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on May 1, 2018; created on March 18, 2018"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 9 games, last vote on April 5, 2018; created on March 18, 2018"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. Games not mentioned here will remain eligible. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 9 games, last vote on April 30, 2018; created on March 18, 2018"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Overall Puzzles in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned..."
by cray21 - 9 votes for 7 games, last vote on December 9, 2022; created on November 23, 2022"i am looking for more games like color the truth, honestly, i enjoyed playing it, and i hope there are more games like it"
by nick love - 9 votes for 6 games, last vote on March 17, 2014; created on February 22, 2014"I want a game with a great variety of interactiveness. I want it to be challenging but fun and comedic."
by Andrew Schultz - 9 votes for 9 games, last vote on March 2, 2022; created on December 14, 2021"While we want to put something like Trump behind us, it's not easy. Humor can help. So can comparing him to a historical villain. I'm interested in other efforts that have a clearly Trump-ish character in them, whether skewering his..."
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 penguincascadia - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on March 18, 2022"Hello everyone, I'm looking for IF games that are mergers of other IF games or parts of other IF games together. Bonus points if the various games can interact with each other, like objects on one game section being usable in another..."
by kenzie da pirate - 9 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 10, 2018; created on December 8, 2017"lava walking shoes are cool and i like unicorns"
by Max Fog - 9 votes for 5 games, last vote on January 17, 2024; created on December 6, 2023"Im looking for some games of more like 30 minute length, that are optimization based. And succeed in pulling it off. If you have some thoughts on length of these games (as in, maximum length or other), leave a comment."
by tggdan3 - 9 votes for 9 games, last vote on April 3, 2015; created on July 22, 2010"User-made challenges for existing IF games meant to make the game harder/more fun"
by OverThinking - 9 votes for 5 games, last vote on March 14, 2023; created on September 22, 2022"I'm looking for the most-developed "AI" characters—people with goals, who can move around and complete tasks whether or not the player character is there to see them or tell them what to do. People with memories and personalities, who..."
by MathBrush - 9 votes for 4 games, last vote on February 17, 2023; created on January 30, 2023"This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best retro game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB members..." by Adam Myers - 9 votes for 6 games, last vote on July 29, 2022; created on October 12, 2013"There are many games in which the player convinces someone to do something. This may be by undertaking to perform a quest or exchange an item, by making a threat, or in still other ways; but almost invariably, it will be by giving them a..."
by A. I. Wulf - 8 votes for 8 games, last vote on October 21, 2019; created on October 26, 2017"I would like to explore the IF works with a pinch of poetry. I want to find the IF games with a good dose of emotions collected in tranquillity, heightened by wings of poesy."
by Rovarsson - 8 votes for 4 games, last vote on December 16, 2021; created on May 7, 2021"I've recently started playing Cliff Diver 1 and I quit because I got impossibly stuck. I don't want to give u^p on a potential treasure trove though. Recommendations for AGT games?"
by MathBrush - 8 votes for 6 games, last vote on October 7, 2022; created on May 20, 2022"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the NPC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."
by MathBrush - 8 votes for 7 games, last vote on April 5, 2018; created on March 18, 2018"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best individual Puzzle in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not..."